Where the Passion of the Heart
Meets the Wisdom of the One Spirit in us all
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MARCH’S THEME: COMMITMENT
Aloha Unlimited Expression of Life,
I have found the surest way to tap into our unlimited nature is to tell the Truth about who we are. Bold statements of Truth help us to remember. I have been sharing each month one of Emma Curtis Hopkin’s 12 Gates or evolutions in consciousness to realize our divine nature.* The first one is our foundation belief. What do we really believe about Life? The next one is knowing there is no opposition as material conditions to our true God. The third “gate” which we are focusing on for March starts out as follows:
God is all. God is the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient good,
as life, truth, love, substance, intelligence. I am my own idea of
God, and I live and move and have my being according to my
idea of God. (See complete affirmations below.)
Since we live, move and have our being according to our idea of God, it is imperative to have a fabulously vast concept of the Infinite. If we don’t, Life will urge us to grow and expand into a greater concept of God and of ourselves. It’s not always comfortable. That’s when we have to be committed to our spiritual development no matter what.
What I have noticed is that the bigger the resistance and the firmer the resolve to grow, the greater release from the chains that have bound us. Two resolutions that facilitate this process are 1) letting the past go and living as fully as possible in this now moment
2) identifying with the greatness of our divine “I AM nature.” Ask for the grace—the givingness of Spirit to Its Creation—to assist you. Grace is always available but the more we recognize it, the more we feel its blessings.
Anytime your attention wants to dip to the past or appearances, try using this affirmation: I choose to believe in my Self as undefeatable, ever triumphant Free Spirit. It doesn’t matter how long it takes to be committed to the best in us. There are rewards all along the journey. Remember “The greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising each time we fall.”—Confusius. That’s commitment.
Here’s to rising and see expanded horizons within ourselves and in the world.
In Joyful Commitment,
Rev. Patri Hildreth
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MARCH MESSAGES:
Mar. 7: Authentic Happiness
Mar. 14: Up Each Moment
Mar. 21: Divine Commitment
Mar. 28: True Governance
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MONTHLY AFFIRMATIONS:
* The following affirmations are from Emma Curtis Hopkins’ 12 Statements of Truth. She calls them “gates” or the 12 evolutions in consciousness to awaken to our Christ nature, the presence of God within us. Hopkins is often called the teacher of teachers as she taught so many that founded New Thought churches—Ernest Holmes of Religious Science, the Fillmores of Unity and several others. We are focusing on one for each month of 2010.
These affirmation come from the place of our Triumphant Spirit that knows the Truth that there is only God, only Good. The more we boldly speak from our I AM nature, the more we experience the Truth of these affirmations in our lives.
JAN. (1) There is good for me. My good is my God, my life, my love, my substance, my intelligence, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient.
FEB. (2) There is no mixture of evil [error, darkness] in my good. There is no opposition to my God as material conditions of any kind. There is no absence of life, substance, intelligence. There is nothing to hate. There is no presence of sin, sickness or death in my world, where God is the only presence and power and wisdom.
MAR. (3) God is all. God is the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient good, as life, truth, love, substance, intelligence. I am my own idea of God, and I live and move and have my being according to my idea of God. I am spirit, mind, like my God, and shed abroad wisdom, strength, holiness. My God works through me to will and do that which ought to be done by me. I am governed by the true God and am kept from sin [error], from suffering for sin [error], and I cannot fear sin, sickness or death.
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