Six weeks into 2024 … are you experiencing the MORE? And, by MORE I mean “My Own Reality Expressed.” Have you been expressing more of yourself into existence? Have you allowed your consciousness to inform the world, or have you allowed the world to inform your consciousness?

“Please, sir, I want some more.” This line comes from the Dickens classic, Oliver Twist. Can you imagine if Ralph Waldo Emerson, also of that era, had given Dickens notes on how to rewrite Oliver Twist and bring more of a new thought feeling to it? You might imagine those notes sounding like this…

Everyone, at some point in their life, encounters aspects of themselves they might label as weaknesses or imperfections. These are facets of our being that we might shy away from, often out of fear. Yet, what if there was a way to transform these perceived weaknesses into strengths? The answer lies in the power of "Expression" through Embracement.

Authentic expression is like sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings in a way that radiates your genuine self. In this article, Rev. Dr. Andrea Arlington shares six tips for expressing yourself authentically.

Where can you be more present? Would you be willing to give yourself the gift of time, to be open to the signs that would come your way, if only you allowed and accepted them? When you’re present, you notice the cracked spine in the book, and you ask, “What’s that about?” And sometimes the answer to that question can change your life.

Does the girl in this image look like she’d ask you what colors to paint with? No! Yet when it comes to our own creative expression, often we ask the world, “What do YOU want me to do?” It’s time we paint with our own palette, any way we want.

if we are free to choose anything …Why do we ever hesitate to follow our inner guidance? That is the question I have been asking myself, and I invite you to contemplate it for yourself.

To be able to accept change, to acknowledge the primacy of your own thoughts requires deep engagement in the shared consciousness, no matter the age. When you are awake, the world only makes sense when you have the freedom, the language to name the absurdities, the hypocrisies and are offered new ways to understand. Of course, this is everyone’s curriculum.

In a world that often seems chaotic and demanding, perhaps on some level we see the fountain as a metaphor for the wellspring of life that resides within us. A wellspring that is deep-seated, pure, and quenching. A wellspring of vitality.

Ernest Holmes talked about love and law. Yes the law is impersonal. But that doesn’t mean the creative energy within us – the God, the Father/Mother – is. Much the opposite. It is absolute Love. And so are we.

Inherent in every decision that we make there are a plethora of possibilities that creates a world for us that we are either comfortable or uncomfortable living. ‘Whatever choice you make, makes you.” But why?

For me, it was ALL about forgiveness. Forgiving myself for the choices and actions that I had made in the past, all of it. … Unforgiveness had been the clog in the pipes of ALL aspects of my life and forgiveness was the antidote that cleared the way for HUGE opportunities to enter our lives.

Last week I finished C.P.R, the 30 day Core Prosperity Relief challenge, with Dr. James and about 40 other people. It was quite an exciting and thought provoking month long venture. And while the weeks were filled with "AHA" after "AHA," what really stuck and continues to stay with me is this notion of how easily mixed messages can enter into our consciousness and create in our world.

We must learn to create the image of what we desire and work to know that we are actualizing that and nothing else. This is the purpose of daily spiritual practices of treatment, affirmation, and contemplation of the good.

Ernest Holmes wrote, “We can only know as much as we can prove by demonstration.” This requires that we are absolutely, concretely, and irrevocably able to navigate life from the Truth of our individual self. It means we must be willing to live in our skin and be the witnesses of our self-designed experiences. Are you daring enough to look at your life and realize what you’ve been doing with your mind thus far?

We understand that there is so much for us to celebrate: our joy brings us bliss; our struggles bring us insight; our awareness brings us presences; and our commitment to knowing who we truly are brings us EVERYTHING! That’s right…EVERYTHING!

As we get ready to greet 2023, here’s a question: who are we going to be and how are we going to affect the changes we so deeply deserve to allow ourselves to live our greatest lives? Good question, right? So, what’s the answer? And more to the point, what’s YOUR answer?

In Sunday’s talk, Dr. James asked us to reflect on how committed we are to being and staying awake. He asked us to be cognizant of the “investment” we are making towards the growth in our consciousness, towards our own awareness of REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE. That struck me, the word investment. It gave me pause to self-evaluate how I’ve been using my investment…my mental coin.

This Christmas, as I contemplate another year spent and another year older, it occurs to me that I am ready to AWAKEN to more of whatever this beautiful life has to offer. I’m asking myself what this season of celebration is all about. Not just Christmas, but all the holidays that are celebrated this time of year.

Perched in the middle of an island between two very busy streets there was a light covering of snow on the ground and the morning was just about to emerge from the night before. It was a little after 5:00 am, the usual hour for the paper boy to take his position selling papers to the people on their way to work. But this was Thanksgiving. How many people would be driving by?