Everything HAS Changed

One has to have complete faith and trust to live through these times. This morning my husband and I were talking. He used the term “crumbling” when referring to our Center for Spiritual Living. I was startled at first when he used that word, but it did make sense. We’ve have built CSL Kaua`i with […]

Everything Happens for a Reason?

When something occurs that is distressful or tragic, there is a somewhat pat answer that we sometimes get from spiritual advisors. It is “Everything happens for a reason.” I just read a wonderful blog by Dr. Jim Lockard about this very topic primarily concerning the COVID 19 pandemic. It got me thinking, and I reflected […]

Consciousness First

“Ernest Holmes wrote, “Ignorance stays with us until the day of enlightenment, until our vision toward the Spirit broadens and casts out the image of a no longer useful littleness. What we now experience we may cease experiencing if we have the will and the imagination to set our vision in an opposite direction and […]

Happy Birthday Rev. Patrick Feren

When you meet your destiny, you know it, even if you do not consciously admit it. I remember when I saw Patrick Feren for the first time. It was back in 1997 and I was at an actors’ gathering in New Mexico. He was standing across a crowded room. He didn’t notice me. “Some enchanted […]

Birthing Prosperity

Prosperity has been on many of our minds during this time of the Coronavirus. In fact, more than likely, it has been on many of our minds for much of our lives. How many of us never concern ourselves about money? Honestly, I know that I have had to come to terms with my abundance […]

Stop

Yesterday, I took a moment to stop. I shut off my connections to the outside world and went within. The surprising thing is that I had truly not done this during the time of the Coronavirus. Yes, of course I did my meditations and daily treatments, but I simply took off like a race horse […]

64 Crayola Crayons

Yesterday, Sunday, April 26, I gave a talk at our Center(cslkauai) called “64 Crayola Crayons. You can find it on YouTube: 64 Crayola Crayons One thing I remember about my childhood is my crayon box. I loved to color. When they reintroduced adult coloring books, I embraced them from more of a Zen perspective for […]

No More!

What do I need to know today? I woke this morning thinking about the world and all that is happening. I wondered “what will become of us?” I hear information coming from all directions telling us that this is likely to happen or that will continue. We wonder about the economy? We wonder if we […]

Step Back and Step Up

When my children were young, once in a while they’d have a temper tantrum. Anyone who has experienced a child in tantrum knows how frustrating it can be. I found a remedy that always worked. I’d turn on my little 1980’s tape recorder and tape them. Then immediately, I’d begin to play it back to […]

Spiritual Growth or Tolerance?

Dr. Robert Bitzer, mystic and teacher of the Science of Mind and Spirit wrote, “Adjusting yourself to situations over which you have no control does not bring spiritual growth. Such experience would develop tolerance, patience, and forbearance; but it merely accepts the status quo and disallows your opportunity for conscious choice.” This statement brings up […]

Love Changes everything

Author: Rev. Dr. Rita