Dear Friends, This week's quote is from the spiritual awareness class The Art of Evolution, which will be published in Volume 19 of The Living Light Dialogue. Also, the annual drawing commemorating Mr. Goodwin is now open. For more information on that, please see below.
"As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so art is in the soul of God. Now art is not limited to painting, to singing, to carpentry, or to plumbing or to any particular field of endeavor. Art is the expression of the soul faculty of harmony, rhythm, and quality. Art is an instrument through which the seeing eye or the listening ear is enabled to open the door of imagination and enter the spheres of perfect harmony, where peace reigns supreme. Whenever the artist is concerned with the effect of their effort, they steal from the viewer the indispensable ingredient for opening the door of imaging or imagination. It is commonly referred to as an artist who has overdone their writing, their painting, or their particular form of soul expression. Concern over the effect of any endeavor places the endeavor into the mental world of consciousness, guaranteeing the duality of expression and the bondage of form. For art to be art, the instrument through which it is being expressed must be free from the bondage of a mental world. And in order to accomplish this freedom, the instrument of the Divine Expression must move quickly, for the spirit of freedom is a spirit of spontaneity. It is in spontaneity, in those moments that we experience inspiration, for in spontaneity is the ability to be free from the shadows of the past, from the bondage of yesterday, commonly known as judgment. Without quality, there is no good; without good, there is no God; without God, there is no inspiration; without inspiration, there is no true art." I am pleased to announce the annual drawing to commemorate the life on earth of the founder of Serenity, Mr. Richard Goodwin. The prizes for the drawing are 5 copies of any volume of The Living Light Dialogue. That is, there will be 5 winners and each winner will be mailed a copy of the volume of their choice. The drawing opens today and will close on March 1, 2021. All are welcomed to enter---just respond to any of the weekly emails saying that you would like to enter. In order to be fair, only one entry per email address will be allowed. In the first week of March, the winners will be drawn. The winners will be notified by email and asked which volume they prefer. The volumes can be delivered as paperback (which requires a mailing address) or as a PDF. If a winner does not respond in a timely manner, a new name will be drawn. As soon as all copies have been mailed to the winners, their names and countries of residence will be announced in this weekly email. This drawing is being sponsored by a number of friends of Serenity in order to make these beautiful teachings more available to those who are seeking. And I think this is a beautiful way to honor and commemorate Mr. Goodwin. Due to technical difficulties this email, which was to have been sent last Sunday, was delayed. I apologize. If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President |
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