Begin Within and Begin Again

One of our members is in California at Encinitas Center for Spiritual Living and he sent me this quote from Ernest Holmes that he saw posted there: “The biggest life is the one that gives the most, loves the most, has the greatest understanding and the greatest consciousness of Eternal Good, and redistributes that Good […]

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Come to the Cabaret!

On July 13 and 14, my husband and I will present a Cabaret at our Center. The room will be transformed to resemble a New York Cabaret with tables and decorations. There will be a delectable pupu buffet with drinks. Patrick and I will entertain everyone for over an hour. The evening is full. What’s […]

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Am I Perfect?

Yesterday, I sat with someone who told me that we were all born imperfect. I know that many of us were taught this in our religion classes; however, through further contemplation, prayer, study and reading of the great books, including the Bible, I could not agree with this person. I have come to believe that […]

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It is a Responsibility

Last night, my husband and I gave a class on the work of Florence Shinn: The Game of Life and How to Play It. There were about 30 people in attendance, some new to our philosophy and some seasoned ministers. What I knew about last evening, when it ended, was that it was perfect. During the […]

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There is a Power for Good

Ernest Holmes, the Founder of Religious Science and a great mystic and teacher, would start all his meetings with this phrase, “There is a Power for Good in the Universe Greater than we are and we can use it.” Later, as I studied Religious Science and the New Thought movement, my teacher would add to […]

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Free to Choose

We are approaching July and I am thinking about the spiritual idea of freedom. What is freedom? Freedom to me is the ability to choose and to accept the responsibility of those choices. There can be no other way for me. I know I am free to choose, because I am free to think and […]

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Spinning Straw into Gold

Joseph Alexander wrote, “The secret of fairy-tales longevity and continuing interest lays in their spiritual foundation, not their entertainment value.” We’ve been studying fairy tales all month here at our Center on Kaua’i. This week, I’ve been contemplating on the tale of Rumpelstiltskin. At first, I spent a lot of time, surfing the net to […]

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