Insight into One Affirmation

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from the spiritual awareness class entitled "Private Class 2, The Fountain of Youth," which will be published in Volume 18 of The Living Light Dialogue.   "Greetings, children of Light and Life. It is our pleasure once again to speak with you. And at this time, we should like to discuss the fountain of youth and how to perceive and become it. You all know in truth that Life herself, which is God, is a stream of consciousness in perfect flow. And so it is in order to help you, your soul, to help yourselves, I should like to give at this time an affirmation to help you to flow in consciousness, which is in truth God. The affirmation is:      Rhythm, Harmony, Balance, Peace.      Hold, release. Hold, release. Now, my good students, whenever you have a thought which is with you at all time, declare the truth in, "Rhythm, Harmony, Balance, Peace. Hold, release. Hold, release." That is the Law of Demand-Supply. And so it is that the magnetic mind holds, as the electrical mind releases. When these two minds are in perfect balance, which is reason, which is peace, which is soul perception, which is truth, which is the joy of life, you indeed will be Life herself. My good students, long ago we stated, "Dreamer, dream a life of beauty before your dream starts dreaming you." And so it is because of the dreams of yesterday that you persist on holding in consciousness, you, your soul, cannot move in the perfect rhythm and harmony along the stream of life. This ancient truth is revealed in your world today in many, many ways. One of those ways is what is known in your world as acupuncture; that is, the placing of needles in the human body in order to redirect the current or life stream. It is known by those who know well the science of acupuncture that harmony can be restored in the body by the proper directing of the life stream or energy. It is not necessary, my students, nor is it desirable to use needles to direct this current, which is the stream of consciousness. This current may be directed in perfect balance by the affirmation that has been given to you. When something disturbs you, it controls you because you, through the power of thought, have directed the current to a dam which you yourselves have built. Using this affirmation in perfect rhythm, you will release what you are holding. You will free the river of life, the stream of consciousness, within your universe and be free, be happy, and be joyous."   Our thoughts have a tremendous effect upon our feelings, our attitudes, and even our experiences.  Given that, it is only prudent to direct some of our attention to harmonious thoughts that we may be affected in a way that is beneficial. Students were often encouraged to choose an affirmation and repeat that affirmation many, many times over the course of a day. This spiritual exercise was known as flooding the consciousness. Our minds are very active---one thought leads to another and another and another. And so very quickly we often find ourselves dwelling on some discordant experience of the past that we did not consciously choose to entertain. At those times, we are being led by our thoughts instead of guiding our thoughts: our crew (our thoughts) have mutinied. Affirmations help us reclaim our rightful place in consciousness as the captain of our ship. 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 Copyright © 2021 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Awakening to our Purpose

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class Special Seminar 1A, which will be published in Volume 18 of The Living Light Dialogue.   "We have come to earth to serve a purpose. The purpose that we have to serve is not within the realm of the mental world to inform us. We all know when we are still and when we free our self from the belief of the thought of I, for when we free our self from the belief of the thought of I, then we awaken to what we are and not what we think we are. For in so doing shall we then serve the purpose for which we have entered this earth realm. We cannot fully serve the purpose of our soul until we still our mind and awaken to the soul that we are. We are not the mind, nor are we the body, for if we are, then it is indeed sad god that we attempt to believe in. For what god would put anyone through such trials and tribulations? It is our belief that we are the thought that is our trials and tribulations. We have been granted by our divine birthright to choose wisely which thought at any time we choose to entertain within our consciousness. We have, by our birthright, the freedom and the truth that we are. But we cannot find that 'till we give up what we think we are and then, by so giving, awaken to what we are."   We are not our mind and we are not our bodies. And even though we often believe we are our thoughts, we are not our thoughts. Think how often our thoughts change. How could we even for a moment believe we are our thoughts? Yet, whenever we express any degree of emotional upset, even the slightest degree of irritation, we, at those moments, believe we are our thoughts. And it is our belief that we are our thoughts that cause us so much suffering and grief. This philosophy encourages us to become more aware of our thoughts, for as we become more aware of what is going on in our own consciousness, we begin to choose more wisely which thoughts we wish to entertain. 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 Copyright © 2021 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

The True Charity of Life

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class AWF 18, which will be published in Volume 18 of The Living Light Dialogue. This week's quote begins with a question from a student, which is in italics.   "Thank you. What is the responsibility, if any, of those nations that have merited great abundance to those nations who have merited other conditions?" "To learn beyond a shadow of any doubt that all souls have the right, the divine right of expression; that man, in his evolution, is to help awaken not only, of course, within himself but within those who seem to be underprivileged that it is only an error in the thought of the mind; to help educate, for in educating the mind that it may see its errors, they may move into the abundant good, which is the birthright of all souls everywhere. Education is the true charity of life, for each soul has come not to be dependent upon the minds of men, but to be free to work, to live, and enjoy the abundant good of their birthright."   There is a relationship between the thoughts of our mind (both conscious and subconscious) and the experiences we merit. If we are experiencing lack and limit in certain areas of our life, then on certain levels of our consciousness we are expressing lack and limit. If we are experiencing an abundance, then we are expressing gratitude and other soul faculties on the levels of consciousness associated with our abundance. Life is a mirror reflecting back to us what we are entertaining in thought. We change our lives by changing our thoughts. 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 Copyright © 2021 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Insight into the Law of Supply

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 172, which was published in Volume 6 of The Living Light Dialogue.   "And I want to speak on that Law of Supply which flows through the open door of gratitude. All of you have the opportunity each day of demonstrating gratitude for the crumbs of life. And I would like to share with you this evening what happens when you don't demonstrate gratitude for the crumbs of life. Whenever you have an experience and you permit your mind to dictate that it was a good experience, but there should be more, you direct energy to the throne of judgment. And the energy necessary for the little crumb, the essence, to grow and become a loaf is dissipated by your choice of the mental superiority over your spiritual being. It is sad, but true, that through errors of ignorance the masses of your planet continue to live in unfulfilled desires because of that one, simple transgression of the Law of Supply. I do hope that you will take to heart this evening, that the faculty of reason may rise within your being supreme, that you may see, clearly and fully, how, by denying the crumb by the judgment of more, that law truly works. My students, yes, make more effort on the little things of life, for it is those little things that build the abundant good that is your right. Tell the mind to be still and when, by your own efforts, you receive the crumbs of life, remember, in those moments if you permit your mind to dictate more, that essence disintegrates, the crumb leaves your universe, and your loaves never come to be. And so it is not only in your material world, but in your spiritual world. For you are this moment, and every moment, you are building your spiritual abode. For each time your mind dictates, you deny the Divine Intelligence, called God. And your denials continue to be your destinies. Let us demonstrate more fully the crumb of gratitude, for there is indeed not only for you, as earthly individuals, but for the body of Light that has been brought to your world—and that body of Light shall strengthen through unity, yea, even more. The greatest teaching that could pass through your universe is your personal effort to demonstrate what has been revealed to you. It is within your power and the time is now. There is no escape from that which is distasteful in your lives. There is only growth through it. You are growing and you will—most of you— continue to do so. The effort of constant prayer is a demonstration of the Law of Gratitude: a recognition of an intelligent Power greater than your mind. And as you become more open and more receptive, by your recognition and your gratitude for that infinite intelligent Power, that infinite intelligent Power will flow more freely and more clearly through your universe. And any obstructions that you see today, redirect your view. For in so redirecting do you become a more open channel."   One of the key teachings of this philosophy is that we have a tendency to become what we place our attention upon. If our attention is placed upon our needs, we have a tendency to believe we are those needs, and we experience greater need. If we place our attention upon the abundance and we express gratitude for that supply, we, again, have a tendency to believe we are that abundance and experience greater abundance. Our experiences are a mirror reflecting back to us where we are in consciousness. 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 Copyright © 2021 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.