What are you seeing?

In light of the spiritual universe God created that is filled with goodness but that goodness is not always apparent to the human mind, it's not the world we have to change to find it, it's our perception of the world that needs improvement.

What needs to change?

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

~Albert Einstein

Open the curtains

The human mind is like a house with windows and curtains in every room to the outside world. Over the house is a bright sun shining massive amounts of light all around, illuminating a beautiful landscape and scenery to behold.

A person sitting in the house in a room with the curtains closed sees nothing of the light and beauty around his abode. He sits in darkness wondering why life is so dim and dreary.

The occupant who throws opens the curtains and lets in the light rejoices in the warm sunshine and the awe-inspiring flowers, grass and trees surrounding his home. Beckoned by the beauty and promise of adventure, he walks out the door to participate, leaving the structure behind.

Jesus preached, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Heaven is at hand!

How close is “at hand?”

How close is your hand?

It’s closer than close. It’s attached. You have it now. It’s here. You’re in the kingdom at this moment.

Christian Science explains that heaven is not a physical place, but a state of Mind. We find heaven, not in a material world, but in spiritual consciousness.

Material sense is the darkened room of the house that has all the curtains closed. The view is dismal. Throw open the curtains—open thought to Spirit—and the light pours in.

Spiritual awareness is an open window to the kingdom of heaven at hand.

So, if you’d like a brighter day today, fling open the draperies of the human mind. Toss off a material sense of your environment, and consciously live in the omnipresence of God, good.

Let the light of Truth and Love flood your perspective and illuminate heavenly good abundant.

Let God light up your life!

“Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God.” Mary Baker Eddy

International Day of Peace

You may not realize it, but September 21, 2006, is the International Day of Peace, as declared by the United Nations in 1981. The world certainly could use more peace, and every effort by any organization to promote brotherly love among mankind is worthy of support.

I asked myself this morning, "How can I contribute to worldwide peace from my humble and remote locale here in Kennewick, Washington?

Every thought we think is part of the collective whole and has an impact on humanity's experience. I may not be a national leader making military decisions, but that doesn't mean my prayers aren't just as effective in resolving mental conflict in remote regions. God's harmonizing love is not available only to leaders with famous titles. God's love works through Truth, and Truth knows no boundaries, geographical or political.

Some of my prayers...

I pray for peace in Iraq. That all parties involved let go of their selfish pursuits, personal grievances, and ideological extremes to find common ground in Love where brother can unite with brother for the public good.

I pray that Muslims and Christians everywhere see the good in each other and unite in Love based on that goodness.

I pray for understanding and compassion in Africa, for tribal members to see the child of God in one another and value each life as they do their own.

I pray for the dissolution of political polarization in the US. That Republicans and Democrats cease warring between themselves, and become a model for how differing groups can work together as one for the greater whole.

I pray for young children to be raised in homes of harmony so that when they grow up and go out into the world they have a model of peace embedded in their minds to share with others.

I pray that people around the world value living a life of Love more than they do the pursuit of personal gain, recognition, position and worldly power.

I pray that we all see each other as brothers and sisters united in the family of God which knows no cultural, ethnic, political, religious, social or economic divide.

I pray to see one perfect child of God living in a land of Love where the one Mind reigns and peace is the rule, not the exception.

What's you prayer for the world today?

Don't be overwhelmed by evil

Rockets are falling in Israel. Armored divisions are patrolling in Lebanon. Chaos reigns in Baghdad. Headlines boast death, killing, threats and conflict running rife these days. To keep our spiritual equanimity intact, we must not be impressed!

If you’ve ever watched a movie that was depressing, filled with despair, despondency, and heaviness, you might have left the movie theater feeling heavy and despondent yourself. The same effect can happen if we soak in negative world news everyday without keeping our thought spiritually enlightened.

Each of us has to take responsibility for our state of thought and not let it fall to a low level. And we can keep it inspired when we stay convinced of spiritual reality.

The material world is a temporal place that passes away in time. The events of planet earth are not the definitive statement for all time to come. There is a greater spiritual reality that supersedes and endures beyond any worldly experience. It’s called life in Spirit, and this life is eternal, wholly good, and forever intact.

In the face of evil, we can proclaim the omnipresence of good. We can know God’s allness and goodness, and the powerlessness of evil to destroy anything truly good.

As we consciously know the spiritual truth more than we entertain error, we will not be overwhelmed by evil. We will keep our spiritual perspective intact, and not let our thinking fall into the metaphysical doldrums.

God is all. God is good. God is power, and evil is not power. With this truth overwhelming our sense of things, we will see hope and promise of healing rather than darkness and bleakness.