After the Ball

There is a song from the musical Showboat called “After the Ball.” It’s lyrics seem appropriate today after the great opening and party that took place yesterday at Center for Spiritual Living Kaua`i’s new space at the Hongwanji Mission Hall. The lyrics go like this: “After the ball is over,After the break of morn,After the […]

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The Power for Good

“There is a Power for Good in the Universe greater than we are and we get to use it.” Ernest Holmes This is a scientific statement and is the Truth of my being. I know beyond any shadow of a doubt that there is a Power working through me that is Good and only Good. […]

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Give Way to the Divine

We all wonder and lament over all the struggle and turmoil in the world. There is turmoil and struggle in human existence, but it is just that – human existence. The struggle is for power, the power to make things happen in the way that we think they should be. Mother Nature is reflecting all […]

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Soul On Deck

According to the Science of Mind: “Soul” is defined as “…the Creative Medium into which the Word of Spirit falls and from which Creation arises.” However, let us not separate our Spirit from Soul , for Spirit is God in us and Soul is the medium which we use to create our lives. There is […]

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Raising the Barn

“A barn raising, also historically called a raising bee or rearing in the U.K., is a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community. Barn raising was particularly common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America.” This was a topic of discussion at our Center, because we are literally raising a new […]

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Take Out the Trash

Merriam Webster defines crazy as “not mentally sound:  marked by thought or action that lacks reason.” Our course by logical reasonable decisions made by what we see, those who practice the Science of Mind, would be considered crazy. But, truly, those who practice the Science of Mind, use spiritual logic which is based on the […]

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Under Construction

“Under construction refers to a building, structure, or project that is unfinished but actively being worked on.” As I feel the devastation on Maui and all it will take to rebuild it, I can only imagine the amount of patience that will need to be practiced. I already hear people who are so disgruntled, even though […]

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Do It Anyway!

I am a writer and I write. I’m not a best-selling author, but I write. I do it anyway because that is who I am. When I practiced acting, it was like that too. I wasn’t always cast in a play or a movie, but I found ways to act because that is how I […]

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Ripped Off????

Our Center for Spiritual Living Kaua`I has an amazing relationship with one of the Swamis at the Hindu Monastery of Kaua`i. We consider him one of our very special mentors. Every year, we visit him with our Sacred Journey and tour the Monastery while having wonderful spiritual and philosophical conversations. One thing about him, is […]

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No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

There is one Power. It is Infinite. No Ifs, Ands or Buts. Ernest Holmes wrote this: “We mean by demonstration, bringing into our experience something which we had not experienced before; bringing it in as the result of conscious thought; and unless it is possible to do this, our whole science is a mistake and […]

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