Center for Spiritual Living - Redding

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Experience Our Labyrinth

We at CSLR are very excited to share our labyrinth with members of our commmunity and the world at large. We are extending an invitiation to you to experience this spiritual practice at our Center.

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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! »

February Peace Practice

“Be peace. Allow every situation to take you deeper into your own sense of inner serenity.”
...A Zen saying

The opportunity is before us to practice peace by simply pausing before we respond. Stop reacting. It can be within a breath that our thoughts are transformed skillfully into right speech and right action. Do nothing until you are convinced that what you are about to say is an improvement on the silence or the mood. “Even the wisest of us get angry, but the wise wait to speak or act until the fire of anger is cooled.” (Allan Lokos) Ask yourself if you are handling the situation as the person you want to be. Truly allow every situation to take you deeper into the true nature of peace.

Peace be with you,,
Rev. Sue MillerBorn

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February 2012
Pastors’ Message

Spiritual Life

We believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in us and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.

I have a great fascination for two aspects of the spirituality of India: 1) They have the most ancient of all written spiritual texts, and 2) They have some of the most profound teachers (gurus) with extraordinary abilities, quite foreign to the west. Add to this the fact that here is the source of many of the key concepts of the Science of Mind, and it just makes me want to know more.

Ernest Holmes was very influenced by the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He attributed about 30% of the Science of Mind philosophy to him. Emerson was very influenced by the sacred texts of India, which had just been translated into English in his day. Of them he said, “In all nations there are minds which incline to dwell on the conception of the fundamental Unity….This tendency finds its highest expression in the religious writing of the East, and chiefly in the Indian Scriptures; in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Vishnu Purana.”

In our studies of the Science of Mind, we explore the essays of Emerson and the lectures of Thomas Troward (who spent most of his life in India). Holmes attributed another 30% of the Science of Mind philosophy to him. But our accredited studies do not include the sacred texts of India, the source of many of the core concepts incorporated into our teaching from these two great thinkers. The Bhagavad Gita even uses the words “Universal Mind,” our favorite words for God.

We have a great opportunity to learn more about this important connection the first weekend in February. We have the privilege of hosting a man who has made this study his passion. Dave DeLuca has written two books to make this ancient wisdom accessible to a modern audience. He will be offering his wisdom in two formats: a longer, two-day seminar on Friday night and Saturday, and a shorter, three-hour seminar on Sunday afternoon. Be sure to sign up right away to reserve your space!

Love and Blessings,
Judith and Bob

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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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