Center for Spiritual Living - Redding

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Center for Spiritual Living - Redding provides spiritual tools to transform our personal lives and help make the world a better place.

Center for Spiritual Living is a spiritual community and way of life that honors all paths to God and helps people to discover a personal relationship with God. When God is the focus of our spirituality, then other areas of our lives fall into place—we are happier, we can do more for others, be better stewards of the Earth, and bring peace and harmony to the world.

We extend a warm welcome to all people in search of a spiritual community where they are embraced, respected, and accepted for who they are and inspired and supported to grow to their highest potential.

No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here.

Are you feeling alone, lost, empty or disconnected? Are you in crisis? Are you lacking fulfillment, looking for answers, healing, and a spiritual home?

At Center for Spiritual Living, you will belong to a like-minded community, a spiritual home, where you can discoverpeace of mind, healing, and inspiration, and live with a personal relationship with God. We look forward to meeting you in person! »

Visitors and newcomers are always welcome!
· Join us in the Social Hall after each service. Refreshments will be served and Nasruddin's Espresso Bar will be open.
· Watch us on TV if you can't attend
· Interested in becoming a member? Attend The Essence, a newcomer's orientation class, on the 1st Sunday of each month following the 10:30 service... meet at the front of the sanctuary.
· Pick-up a Friendship Packet at the Information Desk.
· Call our 24-hour recorded prayer line: 221-HEAL.
· Browse our Bookstore for inspirational reading and listening material.
· Call us at 221-4849 or email us for more information.

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Peace Practice for February

In her work author and therapist, Byron Katie, introduced us to the idea that when we are willing to inquire into our suffering and ask ourselves, “What would I be without that thought?” and “What would it feel like?” most often we easily entertain the idea of release and peace. The burden is lifted magically. So why not? What are you holding on to so tightly and righteously that you can’t seem to redeem the peace of heart that is your God nature?

You are invited to think deeply on this and then walk the path of letting go. And keep walking. Peace is.

Blessings,
Rev. Sue MillerBorn

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February 2010
Ministers' Message

A Message from Revs. Bob Luckin
& Judith Churchman

What If We Really Believed?

We hear the words, “God in me, as me, working through me, can do anything,” and “There is a power for good in the universe and you can use it.” Then we hear the less heady words, “God expresses through me according to my beliefs,” and “It is done unto me according to my beliefs.” Those last two statements clearly unmask our most frequent problem: limiting beliefs. When we first accept the concept that God is part of each of us and our experience, a mental avalanche occurs and our life-scape changes forever. The concept of God expressing as part of each of us can be the beginning of a rebirth.

For the last ten years of ministry, I have jumped into what I call the ‘big 10 percent.’ The first 90 percent of my spiritual journey was composed of learning, sorting, resorting, organizing, and updating old beliefs as well as developing new ones. This mental house cleaning was followed by major structural changes to my life and led to a spiritual awakening. The remaining ‘big 10 percent’ requires my heart fully embracing with passion and joy the irrefutable fact that God is my source and substance. Knowing this in heart and mind changes everything.

What happens when we discover God deep down in the marrow of our mind? What happens when we awaken and truly know in our whole being we are living in a world of infinite possibility and unlimited supply? What happens when we savor the fiber and taste of every moment without fear? What happens when we truly know this life is God’s life, a perfect life, and our life now? The power of these questions is dizzying. The more we explore the lush garden of God, the deeper we find our joy and understanding. We are co-creating our lives with God. Knowing God in us, as us, can do anything, unlocks the gates of heaven within.

My used-to-be life was fear-based. The foundational cornerstone of every decision and action was fear. I spent more time and energy trying to avoid a bad life than creating a great one.

Every morning as I awaken I ask myself if I am willing to live God’s unlimited, infinite, love-filled life or if I am going to choose to live my life from foxhole to foxhole, as if I were at war.

Ask as many times as you need: Am I willing to live God’s life now? If the answer is yes, declare your life whole, perfect, and complete. Put down whatever combat gear you have armed yourself with and declare yourself at peace. Don’t do this later or after the next battle. Do it now. God in you, as you, wants you to live this amazing life without fear or limitation. At the core of your being you know this is so. Declare it now, and so it is.

Blessings,
Rev. Bob Luckin and Rev. Judith Churchman

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