VISION: A Center For Spiritual Living

Rev Jeanne Phillips

 We are not fragmented beings, with separate 'selves' operating in isolation. We are beings of infinite Wholeness.
Our integrity comes from knowing who we are and living from both our light and shadow natures. We cannot claim one and reject the other.

Rev Patti "One looks like many"

Everything in the manifest universe is a demonstration of infinite inclusivity- we are each a branch off a tree with but a single root.
Every aspect of the Divine is found in us, it is up to us through freewill, what we will use and what we allow to fall into disuse.
And the Divine is in each and every one we meet. Even those we consider outside our circle. We must expand our definition of Oneness.

Rev Patti "Thanks for all the fish"

Either everything is a miracle, or nothing is. We can find something to be grateful for at any time. Not just when things are going our way, but at all times.
If we only work our spiritual practice when things are in chaos, we`re being blown by the wind and that`s no time to try and find peace. We have to be familiar with our peace beforehand.
We train ourselves to see through a lens of gratitude regardless of conditions, and we remains stable and fulfilled in all things.

Rev Patti Gratitude Grows

Looking for simple solutions in the midst of chaos is not where the peace is. Choosing sides does not heal anything. We are called in such times to love deeply, and more fiercely than ever before.
Grace moves through tragedy. We have to look past the conditions and adhere to the truth that God is Good! And good always wins.

Rev Dr Kathy Hearn "A Grateful Heart"

The exchange of 'please' and 'thank you' can be a more conscious experience when we bring ourselves fully present. We must be in Balance with our lives, in order to be in Balance with giving and receiving with others.
The Law of Gratitude says what we to focus on increases. In order to be truly grateful for something, you must see it. So we focus on what is working, on what we love- not on a story of lack!

Jana Zunich "MMTOOT-ing"

The things that happen to us are imbued with the energy of the story we invest in it. Embellishing things to empower our side of the story, only deepens our investment being right, not in being able to free ourselves to move forward.
Gratitude can be as simple as the breath we are taking, and grow it from there.

Rev Patti "Changing the Future"

To ask to be forgiven, shows us how easy it is to make mistakes, and how we would like to be dealt with when we make our own. When we are comfortable asking for it, it gets easier to extend it to others.
We need to drop our "victim" story, and start telling an empowering story of our Hero`s Journey.
When we become the place where love shows up, we become the place where peace is known.

Rev Sam Flynn "How Peaceful is the Top of the Mountain"

What is peace? Surrender, Acceptance, Stillness. It is a quality of God, so it has no opposite. It shows up in varying amounts, but is a constant.
We grow into peace, it is a sense of the divine within. And when we know our divinity, life starts working.

Rev Patti "Love can do that"

Core Concept 1: God is all there is. So, Love is all there is. Not God and. Not Love but. Only the active principle of creation and Love is working in our lives.
There is an entire industry working to convince us we aren`t good enough, not well enough, not safe- and that we must "get" something outside of us to complete us. But as soon as we look outside for something we think we don`t have, we`re off the tracks.
Love alone can overcome fear, hate and loneliness and transform our lives.

Rev Patti "It`s the Journey"

The joy is in the journey, not in the destination. We choose joy all along the way.

Joy is not something we get out of life, it is what we bring to live as we go.