VISION: A Center For Spiritual Living

Rev Patti "Can U Hear Me Now?"

We are waiting for the still small voice to speak, just be sure it is not the voice of a stranger. If we are fluent in Fear, the voice of Intuition may not be understood when it speaks.
When we believe we are "too busy" to meditate, that is ego keeping us from going deep. It is ego`s job to protect us from the unknown, so make the deep, the spiritual, the Oneness known and familiar by engaging in a spiritual practice.

Rev Patti Paris "Your Higher Calling"

We empty the past when it is, the past. We fill the current moment with our joy, our energy. We release 'then', and 'when" for now. We let go of the grasp of our expectations, and we are free.
Let go of self-imposed limitations, which exist only in our heads, and accept a consciousness of ever-expanding good

Rev Patti "Life Reflections"

"Know thyself" is an ancient journey, yet we get caught up by stuff, the never ending display of shifting energy and thoughts. We seek the eternal, and find it only within. We look for good, for joy, for companionship "out there", only to find it lacking.
When we try to add to our lives from the external, rather than express from the internal, we are looking for the eternal in a world of change. We must make time for our spiritual practice, to find within that which we seek.

Rev Patti Paris "You, Me and Thee"

We live in state of existence as encounter, as relationship with all. But we must be conscious and awake to have the I/Thee experience. Otherwise we fall into an I/it relationship.
We commit to a universal truth of Oneness and Unity. And in that, we trust and move forward into a life of joy and grace.

Rev Patti "All There Is"

There is nowhere to go, no 'out there' out there. It is always a journey within, for we are individualized elements of the divine nature, which creates without being consumed by the creation. Our nature is spirit. It is Oneness.
When we look outside ourselves for answers, we are in effect. When we run around trying to control effects, we are in ego. We don`t identify with the outer, we use the outer to show us what is going on within.

Rev Patti "Health, Wealth, Happiness"

We must not fall into the trap of being happy for "stuff"- because things are conditions, and conditions change. We are grateful for life, for the process, not the product. We always have more to be grateful for than for just what we have.
Gratitude keeps us focused on what`s going right. It`s not about the cards we`ve been dealt, but in how we choose to play them.

Rev Patti Paris "The Love of Life"

We lose sight of the Truth. We lose sight of our way. We lose sight of Spirit. And it can be ugly. But we find our highest thought. We know the Truth, the Wholeness for others who need support, and found our foundation.

Break the cycle of judgement and love back to Wholeness. At our most unskilled behavior, it is not who we are. And we are called to remember that same truth for others.

Rev Patti "Thank You for this Day"

Gratitude is not a "get" mentality, it is a receiving mentality. A feeling independent of conditions, it is conscious living in the Joy of life.
Grateful people are healthier, sleep better and respond to set backs better. Gratitude is a practice, it is a commitment to a way of life.

Rev Patti "The Kingdom and the Power"

Forgiveness does not condone bad behavior or make another`s actions okay, it puts us on a path to freedom by not being trapped in a story. The event is over. We cannot allow ourselves to remain in the past reliving it.
When we free ourselves from the past, we allow ourselves to stand in our authentic power. A unified field, which denies itself nothing.

Rev Patti "Lead Us"

We must resist the urge to seek revenge, or "make things RIGHT", when we go there, we are deep in effect, deep in our story. We are led from within to go higher, to act from the exalted state, our Higher Self; which knows only Wholeness, only Oneness.

We do not deny that people can behave in the most inhuman ways towards each other, and some of us have been injured, however, healing is our birthright, we can see ourselves as students of the situation, or victims. We are always at choice.