tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179551652024-03-13T12:54:38.844-04:00Unity TeacherCo-Creating Oneness in Spirit, On earth as it is in heavenJohn Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-80334034876831441802024-01-20T09:08:00.000-05:002024-01-20T09:08:16.084-05:00Awaken the Power Within You<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“According to the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali, the practice of meditation <i>adds </i>no special powers
at all. All the powers are always present within us, but they are lying blocked
(<i>Sutra IV.3</i>). When a farmer wants to irrigate his field , he does not
create water, nor does he push it into the field. He simply raises the sluice
gate that was blocking the flow, and the field is automatically irrigated. The
blocks we have placed in our minds are simply removed in meditation so that the
inner forces begin to function, and all our faculties come to their fullest
possible growth.”</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">-Pandit Usharbudh Arya (who later
became Swami Veda Bharati), <i>Mantra & Meditation, </i>in the
Forward<i>, </i>pages <i>xv - xvi</i></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7U677T9UPAnz81fAQn9a2e4vUsZtRhwa0EG6joRD_H1QlOlIAzOTn4rsw3l-zCK9Wr49s2wppA6i2EHqHYgoEEKUpVkHMP0eKPUW1yPp9tWZ_d8sVnfbySATWI3G1yRt4L0sxUUjT-NYSp2U4iaMNoQQkxuGZbL0GYVGjGQy-YlHHghiwhnQ/s474/Mantra%20&%20Meditation%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7U677T9UPAnz81fAQn9a2e4vUsZtRhwa0EG6joRD_H1QlOlIAzOTn4rsw3l-zCK9Wr49s2wppA6i2EHqHYgoEEKUpVkHMP0eKPUW1yPp9tWZ_d8sVnfbySATWI3G1yRt4L0sxUUjT-NYSp2U4iaMNoQQkxuGZbL0GYVGjGQy-YlHHghiwhnQ/s320/Mantra%20&%20Meditation%20cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-29019857803429851732022-04-24T17:39:00.002-04:002022-04-24T17:39:31.832-04:00How Unity Got a Transcendent God<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">Hi Friends,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.truthunity.net/audio/philip-white/background-of-new-thought-6" target="_blank">This is a great post on the Truth Unity Website:</a></span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">That metaphysical Christians experience God as </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">immanent</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"> (the God within which we refer to as the Christ) is well understood. What is not so obvious is our experience of the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">transcendent</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"> God (a God in which we live and move and have our being). Does such a God exist? If so, is the transcendent God comprehensible to us? If a transcendent God exists and is comprehensible, is such a God personally involved in my life? Does He or She care? Or is It impersonal Principle?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;">This 90 minute talk given in 1984 by Phil White explains why we have his ambiguity in Unity today. Phil explains and compares the basic belief of Phineas Quimby, “change your thoughts and you change your life” and the basic belief of Mary Baker Eddy, “Divine Mind and its ideas lead to expression<a href="https://www.truthunity.net/audio/philip-white/background-of-new-thought-6" target="_blank">”.Read More>>>>></a></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhegj2uID2YfY_P9ArQqQteE9B0PKZS0FjNTe3jtktghr5uomHgYx-rGuqNMuBQarG3zWdH07on58Ly25x3I1myjYDJNoza89_aoLp_J2wDm07nDSY3RPR0zr9zMZa9f4McNQdoF_rh7nEwwVB6YKo8JxcnijVuu8677afMfTOrc59XbOHuWw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhegj2uID2YfY_P9ArQqQteE9B0PKZS0FjNTe3jtktghr5uomHgYx-rGuqNMuBQarG3zWdH07on58Ly25x3I1myjYDJNoza89_aoLp_J2wDm07nDSY3RPR0zr9zMZa9f4McNQdoF_rh7nEwwVB6YKo8JxcnijVuu8677afMfTOrc59XbOHuWw" width="174" /></a></div></div></blockquote><div><br /><br /></div>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-81861100246087884692022-04-21T16:33:00.000-04:002022-04-21T16:33:45.290-04:00May every word you speak float down like a rose petal.<p></p><p></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswhlATACNKN8yZqcD6j-w32cNsfimvYfCQ4VoMLRyRBAfWxAeWGzxuoSEe85SdOln7m8fhPypYkxJFuCQqJZr6r_Ny8l14suBGAyLfmFUoUe8N3Dyy81JBFI6EvVVKqLx_uiyrgzzj8H4GjjJJaF7Rp5JJHQUK9PXjSAK_IFvIoQXhCMxaw/s196/unnamed%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="126" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswhlATACNKN8yZqcD6j-w32cNsfimvYfCQ4VoMLRyRBAfWxAeWGzxuoSEe85SdOln7m8fhPypYkxJFuCQqJZr6r_Ny8l14suBGAyLfmFUoUe8N3Dyy81JBFI6EvVVKqLx_uiyrgzzj8H4GjjJJaF7Rp5JJHQUK9PXjSAK_IFvIoQXhCMxaw/s1600/unnamed%20(1).png" width="126" /></b></a></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_5902504002810926052editor-text" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><b>May every step you take tinkle like a silver bell.</b></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May every thought in your mind become a </span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">star in heaven.</span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><b>May everything you touch become flowers and fruits.</b></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May you be Infinity's infant and suckle on </span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Her sun-breast.</span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May sunbeam and moonbeam be the twin ropes </span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">for your soul's swing.</span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May every word you speak float down like a </span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">rose petal.</span></b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">(</span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Blessings,</span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> pages 26)</span></b></div></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>by Swami Veda Bharati</b></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-6565543317581307402022-01-10T21:57:00.001-05:002022-01-10T21:57:22.782-05:00Blessings<p> </p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_8128791584409178583editor-image" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="CToWUd" hspace="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiS0tTiI_zjdL80npr8tFWp5hAFSrXpUfunuuoWZc84XT32jmhOzbMWMTKwPuPKp1Xl8fhi3ZQjRHWH94nZ4-tHoXANeKkQe4KpUW5unTXZ6M_uyns4WWJVE1zqXzi1dnv9KYpuDwiVeEGBwjGViMnbF4jkVJCRfz-Y3Y1EM0OBxRjOt0eDe9isfQ9UJs5CCKYd=s0-d-e1-ft" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="202" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5ab2; font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May He cast you in His own image.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May you know your scriptures by heart, not</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">by mind alone.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May your capacities continue to grow.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May the Sun be your own honeycomb.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May you give, never needing to ask.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May your life be your immortal work of art.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">May you not pick up the desires of others as your own.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">(</span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Blessings</span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">, page 64)</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-32305486568785954752021-10-25T21:58:00.000-04:002021-10-25T21:58:31.233-04:00Aspirations<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-col m_-8551476623729479023OneColumnMobile" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-text m_-8551476623729479023editor-text" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">"Aspiration #7"</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">by Swami Veda Bharati</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-col m_-8551476623729479023OneColumnMobile" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-image m_-8551476623729479023editor-image" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-col m_-8551476623729479023OneColumnMobile" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_-8551476623729479023editor-text m_-8551476623729479023editor-text" style="display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Would you rather be little or would you choose to be large?</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Would you rather have only the twinkle of your eye</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">or would you rather have the sun?</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Would you rather only dwell in that sound</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">which the limited space of your ear can grasp</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">or would you choose to be the entire space</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">in which all sounds become one OM? --</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">-- that one OM from which all the other sounds</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">then diversify and become many.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">(From Bindu.org, </span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Offerings:Inspirations</span><span style="color: #000090; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">, circa 2000/2001)</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-67027768206348830432021-09-04T21:26:00.000-04:002021-09-04T21:27:44.010-04:00Set aside time each day for prayer.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;">Begin your quiet time by relaxing your body</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span><span class="JsGRdQ">opening your mind to an awareness of God.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Breathe Deeply, </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span class="JsGRdQ">knowing that you are </span><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;">in the presence of God </span><span style="font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;">and </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;">The presence of God is within you.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Let go of your concerns and</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span><span class="JsGRdQ">know that all is well.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-subtitle" style="font-family: "YACgEQNAr7w 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 25.176px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; line-height: 1.51; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3otWqfjEX1yYEVcjVLUzYdWp-fsQrux94bCFBN_vxX5rkYC99ay9ny8zePhJAlbiK30yMIprbd4hc7F-IGfLOkElkG-nxfxGjPRExoLuXToPe2c4oj_0BsFnIo0YpzEfE6W6/s940/Med+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3otWqfjEX1yYEVcjVLUzYdWp-fsQrux94bCFBN_vxX5rkYC99ay9ny8zePhJAlbiK30yMIprbd4hc7F-IGfLOkElkG-nxfxGjPRExoLuXToPe2c4oj_0BsFnIo0YpzEfE6W6/s320/Med+1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="JsGRdQ"><br /></span><p></p>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-55156668617237631442021-09-04T20:43:00.000-04:002021-09-04T20:43:46.624-04:00Love The highest of all....<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">When one's whole being is saturated with the idea of love from head to foot, then every pore of the body becomes alive to cosmic consciousness...</span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The highest of all religions and all practices is love.</span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">-H.H.S. Swami Rama-</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">The Ancient Traveler Writings on Love</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">, pages 70-71)</span></div>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-79467162888841344342021-03-14T12:14:00.000-04:002021-03-14T12:14:00.652-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“The prime
means to end the dysfunctional dynamics of the human family is to introduce a
change in all minds through an education that instills a sense of peace, so
that the basic urge and peace may find its fullest expression and satisfaction.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Swami Veda
Bharati, (The Human Urge for Peace), P. 121 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErc7LCFAswJoXUulRv2ZbikB2m95-9vepSBNkeuu-XK2tbntgWFTYhCV0o-arn00-e9kN7x3mxpC8rCOOfbd6XZ866p4tzSogoZMeYh8KGagWl_pOnA8LMWc5Jo2GqPSCYxFM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="187" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErc7LCFAswJoXUulRv2ZbikB2m95-9vepSBNkeuu-XK2tbntgWFTYhCV0o-arn00-e9kN7x3mxpC8rCOOfbd6XZ866p4tzSogoZMeYh8KGagWl_pOnA8LMWc5Jo2GqPSCYxFM/" width="153" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-57697486710876653202020-03-16T12:15:00.000-04:002020-03-16T12:15:20.912-04:00I Pray for Your Healing<br />
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large number of the letters that come to Silent Unity include requests for
prayers for others. Often the one requesting prayers says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Help me to pray for my dear one. Tell
me how to pray for him, how to help him." We in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unity<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>feel that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the following<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>meditations<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>helpful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>praying for someone else. They<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>help you to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lift<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>up your thoughts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>whom you pray; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they will help
you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>realize the Truth about him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pray for another you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>give him<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the greatest gift you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have to
give; and the wonderful thing about praying for someone else is that you cannot
pray for another without feeling the blessing and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the good<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>effect of your prayers for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>him<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your own<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>heart, mind, and life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I pray for your healing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
are created in the image and likeness of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His life and health flow through every part of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your being. His vital energy is in every
cell. His order blesses every function of your body. His breath is the breath
of your life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Whenever I think about you,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I see you as whole and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perfect.
I give thanks that appearances are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not
the Truth in God's sight. I give thanks that all things are possible with God.
I give thanks that you are a spiritual being, that your life is "hid with
Christ in God," that in Him you live and love and have your being.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
I pray for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>faith<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Truth,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>feel
a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>great surge<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>healing life through my<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>own<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>being. I know that this life in which we live
is omnipresent. I know that you are healed. Praise God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-69453353128302778172016-05-01T17:55:00.001-04:002016-05-01T17:55:31.388-04:00Prosperity is a State of Mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-20837192334729444282015-10-04T15:46:00.000-04:002015-10-04T15:46:18.466-04:00Fr John Main OSB, “Religious Love,”<span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Fr John Main OSB, “Religious Love,” THE WAY OF UNKNOWING (New York: Crossroad, 1990), pp. 115-116.</strong><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">By opening our hearts to love at the deepest and most silent level of our being, we are not repressing human knowledge or rejecting human values or relationships. On the contrary, all of these are enlightened; that is, we see them in a new light, in a transcendent light. We see a new light in them. The extraordinary thing about the Christian message is that this light is not less than the light of Christ, the light who is Christ. The call to us to enter this light is for each of us to know from our own experience. . . .that Christ’s light shines in our hearts and that the first task of our life is to be open to it, to be bathed in it, to be made whole in it and so see with it. [. . . .] Meditation is our journey to that light. </span></span>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-29908743922359184572015-07-14T21:17:00.002-04:002015-07-14T21:17:52.062-04:00Merger<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">
Below is a beautiful poem written by Swami Veda Bharati, with a story from Paul Emerson:</div>
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<em>When my father died in 2006 Swami Veda gifted me with the following poem. With my mother's recent passing <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_871956211" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span> and Swami Veda's own passing <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_871956212" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Monday</span></span> it seems an especially appropriate sentiment.</em></div>
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<strong>Merger</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The breath becomes one</span></div>
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With all the fragrant breezes,<br />One's little earth joins the vast expanse.<br />Prana merges into lightning,<br />The eyes now dwell in the core of the sun.<br />Boundaries have been demolished<br />And the soul is no longer held fast, fettered.<br />The being now takes a walk in open cosmic fields,<br />A flight through obstacle-free skies.</div>
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Those who are left behind<br />Yet confined within the boundaries of tangibles;<br />Not knowing the pleasure of subtle intangibles,<br />Irrigate the fields of the past with liquid pearls.<br />But the one who has flown<br />Is now planting fresh crops into the fields of his future.</div>
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Do not bind him to your fetters now.<br />Rejoice if you cannot in his freedom,<br />Cherish the paths traversed through the flourishing greens,<br />Claim no more his future harvest.<br />He paid all his debts before leaving,<br />Now claim him no more.</div>
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May the flowers of his wisdom<br />Remain a treasure in your mind vase.<br />May your wisdom guide your ever flowing sentiment<br />Into an ocean-ward channel,<br />Into a God-ward flowing stream.</div>
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John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-10308519692487002002015-03-18T11:57:00.002-04:002015-03-18T11:57:29.971-04:00I remain centered in the peace of God. 25th Day of Lent<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>Are you willing to give up your enemies?</i></b></div>
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<b>25th Day of Lent</b><br />
<b>Wednesday, March 18, 2015</b><br />
<b><i>Nonresistance</i></b><br />
<b>By Elise Cowan</b><br />
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<b><i>Regardless of outer circumstances,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I remain centered in the peace of God.</i></b></div>
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Sometimes things don’t go the way we would like them to<br />
go. We may feel we have been treated rudely, unkindly, or<br />
unfairly. Yet despite outer conditions, we can choose to stay<br />
centered in the love of God. When we do, peace permeates<br />
our very being.<br />
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In Matthew 5:43-45, Jesus taught we are not to question<br />
someone’s motive but to love them without judgment. “You<br />
have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and<br />
hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and<br />
pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children<br />
of your Father in heaven.” What happens when we love our<br />
enemies? We no longer have enemies! When we practice<br />
nonresistance, we allow the kingdomJohn Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-76097849923487722052014-12-22T16:08:00.000-05:002014-12-22T16:08:16.991-05:00A Christmas BlessingWe hope to see you at our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:30 pm @ 38 Old Country Road Garden City NY 11530.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We bless you at Christmas with a merry heart, a heart that sings its own songs of gladness, a heart that catches the rhythm of life, a heart that is lifted, a heart that lifts up all other hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We bless you at Christmas with perfect health. God is your life; in Him you live. His strength flows in you renewing, restoring, and making whole every part of you. God bless you at Christmas with perfect health. God heals you now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We bless you at Christmas with a loving spirit. With every gift you give, with everything you do to make Christmas a happy time, give the greatest gift of all you can give love.<b><i><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We bless you at Christmas with fulfillment of your heart’s desire. What is the desire of your heart? Your true heart's desire is to be completely whole, a completely happy person. Your true heart's desire is to be free, to be wise, to be loving, to be understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/75045602" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/75045602">Halloween: Trick or Treat?</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/10ofthose">10ofthose.com</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-82958045513134032192014-08-15T13:09:00.001-04:002014-08-15T13:09:33.372-04:00Connecting with Spirituality, Karen Berg<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">In this world, people are judged by race, money, status, religion, and a thousand other criteria that society imposes on us. As spiritual human beings, however, we need to push ourselves to have a different consciousness.<br /><br />Spirituality is believing that everyone has the right to draw spiritual energy and to bring that energy into their lives and the lives of others. Spirituality is understanding that the Light force of the Creator transcends the physical world. Spirituality is realizing that the Light exists in each and every one of us. Spirituality is about caring for the welfare of others and not just looking out for ourselves. </span></div>
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John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-64488038728375873482014-08-06T21:05:00.000-04:002014-08-06T21:37:53.161-04:00The Wonderful Spirit That Is In You."Something in you knows that you are greater than anything you have yet experienced or expressed. This inner knowing, this feeling of potential greatness, is the spirit of God in you trying to break through. It is like sunlight that may be temporarily hidden behind clouds; but the clouds cannot take away the light. Nothing can erase or lessen the bright, glorious, wonderful spirit that is in you."<br />
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John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-35518302163103649672014-08-02T08:15:00.000-04:002014-08-02T08:15:03.657-04:00Jesus The Craftsman..<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Sometimes the greatest challenge is to actually begin: there is something deep in us that conspires with what wants to remain within safe boundaries and stay the same. Years ago my neighbor here set out to build his new home. He had just stripped the sod off the field to begin digging out the foundation when an old man from the village happened to come by. He blessed the work and said, "You have the worst of it behind you now." My neighbor laughed and said, "But I have only just begun." The old man said, "That's what I mean. You have begun; and to make a real beginning is the most difficult act."<br /><br />There is an old Irish proberb that says, <em>"Tus maith leath na hoibre</em> -- a good beginning is half the work." There seems to be wisdom here, when one considers all the considerations, hesitation, and uncertainty that can claim our hearts for such a long time before the actual act of beginning happens.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">To Bless the Space Between Us</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> by John O'Donohue</span>John Zenkewichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566924699039979540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17955165.post-66058773291297919642014-04-16T15:07:00.000-04:002014-04-16T15:26:33.991-04:00What is Scientific Prayer?Here is an essay from Emmet Fox:<br />
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prayer or spiritual treatment is really the lifting of your consciousness above
the level where you have met your problem. If only you can rise high enough in thought,
the problem will solve itself. That is really the only problem you have-- to rise
in consciousness. The more “difficult” which means more deeply rooted in your thought,
is the problem concerned, the higher you will have to rise. What is called a
small trouble will yield to a slight rise in consciousness. What is called a
serious difficulty will require a relatively higher rise. What is called a
terrible danger or hopeless problem, will require a considerable rise in
consciousness to overcome it, but that is the only difference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time trying to straighten out your own or other people's problems by manipulating
thought, that gets you nowhere, but raise your consciousness, and the action of
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He raised the dead because he was able to get as high in consciousness as is
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your consciousness you must positively withdraw your attention from the picture
for the time being (The Golden Key) and then concentrate gently upon spiritual
truth. You may do this by reading the Bible or any spiritual book that appeals
to you, by going over any hymn or poem that helps you in this way, or by the
use of one or more affirmations. Just as you like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people have secured the necessary elevation of consciousness by browsing at
random through the Bible. A man I know was saved in a terrible shipwreck by
quietly reading the 91st Psalm. Another man healed himself of a supposedly
hopeless disease by working on the one affirmation, “God is love," until
he was able to realize something of what that greatest of all statements must
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should not employ all these methods in turn, and also any others that you can
think of. Sometimes a talk with a spiritual person gives you just the lift that
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