The Heart Center

Welcome to this week's Red Letter Living. Next week we'll talk about John the Baptist then dive into more red letters. That's all explained inside. Just give it a tap

Red Letter Living Persecuted

Welcome to this week's Red Letter Living. Blessed are the peacemakers

Red Letter Living: Peacemakers

Welcome to this week's Red Letter Living. Blessed Are The Pure In Heart. I love how these explain things in the way we don't even think of.

Red Letter Living: Pure In Heart

This week's Red Letter Living
The Merciful...another twist this week

Red Letter Living: Blessed Are The Merciful

I'm really loving this Red LetterLiving. Notice, our hunger to learn and connect to Spirit is also Spirit hungering for us

Blessed Are Those Who hunger And Thirst

This week I combined the next 2 Beatitudes. The section on the same page as the Red Letter Living picture is from Blessed Are Those Who Mourn. That will stay on that page because I feel like that is important to us putting off the old self and transforming into the new.
I did find some interesting things from The Center For Action and Contemplation this time. The last 2 pgs are from the Unity website I've been using

Blessed Are The Meek

Here's are some midweek thoughts on a video I listened to this week by Richard Rohr. Comment and let me know what you think

RNR Relationship Not Religion

In most Western Christian teachings they don't teach meditation like in eastern religions, even though the Bible says to go into a quiet place to pray, and be still and know that I am God. Here's one Christian organization that teaches meditation and that method

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The method of Centering Prayer





The integrity of the teaching of the method of Centering Prayer is contained in the Four Guidelines and their conceptual background as described in the Method of Centering Prayer brochure.






Additional practices offered by Contemplative Outreach are skillful means to bring the fruits of Centering Prayer into daily life, but are not part of the integrity of the teaching of the method. Similarly, resources such as books, videos, and articles are not part of the integrity of the teaching of the method, but provide vital support for the ongoing practice of Centering Prayer.

Guidelines for Contemplative Outreach Service with Commentary
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Four Guidelines for Centering Prayer practice….

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1/ Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.

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2/ Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.

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3/ When engaged with your *thoughts, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.

*thoughts include body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections

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4/ At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.





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Some midweek thoughts. What do you think of when you hear the word mystic? Fortune teller with a crystal ball or tarot cards? Because we hear the word mysticism associated with those practices. Maybe even a prophet in the bible or even modern day? Well, here's a really short video explaining that we are considered mystics because we search for the divine, and get inspiration from Spirit

You Are a Mystic Awaken the Mystic Within, with Mirabai StarrA live, 7-week course to accompany Mirabai's new book, Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground.It’s exhila...

I am reading this book by Cynthia Bourgeault. She is involved with the Center For Action and Contemplation. It just so happens I just got to the Beatitudes section of the book. Here is what she has to say

The Center For Action and Contemplation talks about Jesus's Sermon On The Mount is Jesus's most important foundational teaching, yet the protestant church has mainly disregarded how the Beatitudes help us to understand our connection to Spirit (Christ consciousness.) I couldn't find any details written on their website, but I did find it explained on unity.org (a church Andrea and I have gone to) The explanation of the Sermon On the Mount is actually eye opening. It not what we're taught in Sunday School or in movies

This week's Red Letter Living posted last Friday

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