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Friday, May 03, 2019 edition


"Mystical Practice of a Course In Miracles"
Sunday, May 05, 2019



This Sunday join Rev. Maryum Morse and ACIM Minister Muriel Guilbaud, RScP. for an informative talk about what A Course In Miracles is and how it can help you have a closer walk with God. The talk title is "Mystical Practice of a Course in Miracles"
 
Our wonderful musicians Eje Lynn-Jacobs & George Friedenthal will set the musical tonefor our joyful Celebration Service.
 
This gathering is your opportunity to build up your faith muscles and to forge a connection with other truth-seekers in your community!
 
Stay after service and have a bite to eat with us and make friends too.
 
We look forward to your presence here with us!
 
You Are Welcome here

 
This week's quote:
"To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when no one else will." Sugar Ray Robinson
 
This Week's Affirmation
" I am a magnet for miracles" .



 
 
 
 

 
Reverend Maryum's Weekly Prayer
I Realize My Divinity
Divine Mind Pervades the Universe and is the only Power. I am aware on my Oneness with Infinite Intelligence; I know God in me, as me, is me.
 
I now realize my divinity, made in the image and likeness of God. I recognize and claim, with a grateful heart, the magnificent, healthy, loving life that is mine by right of consciousness. My great reality is Spirit is expressed by the highest ideas and manifest in my life; as I awaken to ever flowing spiritual rejuvenation. The beacon light of Spirit, as me, now floods my experience with the glow of good. My light is shining more clearly from the heart of God as my heart. I celebrate this truth. I use the One Power within me and experience more abundance, success, health, and happiness than I have ever experienced before.
 
Today I feel this shift in my reality as I have outstanding accomplishments and the blessings of abundant living in all aspects of my life. I give thanks, release my word to the Divine, and know this is done. And so it is. Amen
Rev. Maryum Morse


 



 
The Good Thought
 
Quotes About
Miracles
 
"Don't believe in miracles - depend on them."
Laurence J. Peter
   
"Where there is great love there are always miracles. 
Willa Cather
 
"Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see."
C.S. Lewis

         

 

 
 
Intuitive Card Reading just for You!
 
I am pulling a card from 
"Keepers of the Light"
Oracle Cards by Kyle Gray!
 
The Holy Spirit
Expect Miracles
"Remember that only love is real. Miracles will occur naturally. Spirit has your back."

About: "According to the spiritual text A Course in Miracles, the Holy Spirit meditates between illusion and truth. It's the essence that allows us to move beyond the illusion of fear or the illusions that our fear has created. It's the holiest light of truth and love that we can ever experience, an aspect of our truest self - the self that's never separate from God. When it appears in a reading, prepare for the miraculous!"

Extended Message: Expect the unexpected. Expect miracles. A real turn-around is possible now. Angels are dancing around you. Leave behind thoughts, memories and feelings that are no longer serving you and remember the love that you are. Move into your heart and allow that love to shine out into the world. Then miracles can happen.
 
 
JUST A THOUGHT (or two) ABOUT THIS CARD:
What stands out for me with this card is "move into your heart" and "you are never separate from God "
 
I always ask God to guide me as I pull these cards and this week's card was definitely no exception. I hit the cards to rid the stagnant energy from the last pull, and then I intuitively pick a card. When the Expect Miracles card came up - I knew two things immediately -
1) God always hears my prayers
2) Miracles are natural occurrences that happen when the channel for Love is open and I am willing to receive the guidance.
 
So, though a little thrill of OMG this is so like cool, did appear in my mind - I also was like - "Whoa Heaven really IS nearer than my hands and feet!" as Dr. Rev. Beckwith says.
 
Now let's unpack this message.
 
On Sunday, we have the privilege of a talk where we get to ask questions about Miracles.
 
You may not be aware, but Center of the Heart hosts A Course in Miracles Study Group every Wednesday night @ 7:15pm (though this upcoming week we agreed to go to IANDS meetings which meet on 2nd Wednesdays @ Unity) - The Course is lead by Muriel Guilbaud, RScP, who is also ACIM Minister.
 
This is but one opportunity to learn how to expect miracles and express daily them in your life. There are many paths to God and the cessation of separation. But luckily there is this one conveniently located at the Center.
 
Now back to the card explanation.
 
We all have our inner Doubting Thomas. Our egos truly want us to believe we are like astronauts floating in space tethered by a cord all alone in cold and dark space.
 
Well the thing is we forget that even if we sometimes feel alone and frightened, that we come equipped with a special skill -
 
We can change our thoughts about how we are feeling, and then almost magically, supernaturally, the panic, the fear and the doubt will dissipate.   It's a muscle that we must remember we have and learn how to exercise it here and now, as much as we can.
 
. Ask and it shall be given . This means, if you're lost, you need to ask for directions!
 
The Holy Spirit - personally for me, was a concept that I couldn't get my head wrapped around. My earlier forays into spirituality as a child, sort of scarred and scurred me. So, the religious concept of the Holy Spirit was tossed in the back room of my mind, along with other Trinity folk because it seemed spooky. My ego stated for me that all that stuff is divisive and confusing - so I won't believe in any of it!
 
Flash forward to ACIM and how Muriel helped reframe it all for me.
 
She suggested that I think of the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Innocence - a superpower to be sure that we all have. Imagine deep within you, there is a responsive higher guidance - that is akin to the innocence you possessed as a child. Incorruptible, everlasting and as much a part of you as your breath.
 
But that's not all!   When you call upon your Holy Spirit of Innocence, it clicks into place and envelopes you in pure loving grace, gently providing you with exactly what you need - be it peace, the dissolving of fear, increasing your confidence or a brand new idea.
 
Years will fall away in an instant. Illusions evaporate and disappear. All that is left is a direct and complete enfoldment in the arms of God. You can be fed, held and healed in one glorious instant.
 
Let this thought marinate a moment.
 
In a holy instant, you are separated from pain, fear and the illusion of lack and you are free to just be you. The you that is timeless, whole and absolutely and utterly supported.
 
So I'm not surprised that the Holy Spirit card appeared for us all this week!
 
So that other important message that I gleaned from this card is simply "MOVE INTO YOUR HEART"
 
There is a reality that is outside of the current maddening one that is broadcast constantly. An inner realm that no matter what is going on - it is your personal Shangri-la - you "Calgon take me away" place where love abounds
 
A place where the only currency is love. That's your heart. This is your own cathedral, supercomputer and compass.
 
I feel very blessed to have pulled this very special card which is a reminder that we are not ever without the protection and peace of God's love. We are, (each one of us) packing the heat of that force always.
 
Here's some questions to ask yourself:
  • What if I surrendered my fear truly and embraced a more loving and gentle explanation of God?
  • Who can I be if I'm not carrying guilt, worry and shame all of the time?
  • What would my life be like if I trusted Life with innocence of a child?
Here's a quote on holy innocence:
 
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd"
Alexander Pope
 
Your connection with love is forever unbroken
 
Here's an affirmation to use and let the peace from within flow:
"I am God's beloved child. I am complete innocence, perfection and freedom.
 
  And so it is.
And So It Is.
Namaste & Peace - Roxy Angel Superstar
 
If you are interested in having a reading by Roxy, please call  (805) 636-4217  or email me at  r[email protected]. Visit my website at www.roxyangelsuperstar.com


 
 
 

 
Our Mission:
Center of the Heart is a loving spiritual community that empowers all people to live passionate, successful and joy-filled lives.
 
 
Our Mantra:
Miracles follow miracles;
Wonders always increase;
I give thanks for this amazing day!
 
CORE COUNCIL
Prayer Intention for Center:
We are a thriving spiritual community. We claim our personal growth and healing now for the betterment of the Planet, our lives & everyone.
We are committed, supportive and joyful friends   We come together to celebrate our uniqueness and our Oneness in this safe & loving space.
 
 
 
 
E-Light News Link for
Friday, April 26, 2019: https://conta.cc/2Zkz2XM
 
 
Video Links:
For Sunday, April 28, 2019
 
04 28 19 Center of the Heart Eje Lynn Jacobs solo 1
Eje Lynn-Jacobs sings "Love Train""
04 28 19 Center of the Heart Eje Lynn Jacobs solo 2
Eje Lynn-Jacobs sings "Old Time Rock n Roll""
 
04 28 19 Center of the Heart RoxyAngel Superstar Invocation
 
04 28 19 Center of the Heart RevMaryum Morse with Roxy
 
04 28 19 Center of the Heart RevMaryum Morse prayer


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
What Brother Ernie said:
 
The Science of Mind

INDIVIDUALITY MEANS SELF-CHOICE
Individuality means real individualized being and real personified self-choice. We could not imagine an individuality without self-choice; but what would be the use of self-choice unless the ability to choose were backed with the power to externalize that choice? It would remain simply an idle dream, never coming into real self-expression. A little thought will make it clear that, if man is created to express freedom, he must be left to discover himself. Of course, during the process he will have much experience, but in the end he will come out a real being.
 
The day of man's discovery of himself marked the first day of the record of human history on this planet; and from the day when he first made this discovery he has constantly risen and continuously progressed. All the forces of nature attend him on his way, but he must first discover them in order to make use of them.
 
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY EVER MADE
The greatest discovery that man ever made was, that his thought has creative power; that is, that it uses creative power. His thought, of itself, would have no power unless it were operative through a creative medium. We do not have to compel Law to operate; all that we have to do is to use It. The Law of Mind is just like any and all other laws of Being. It simply Is.
 
A COMPLETE UNITY
We have now discovered a Unity with the Whole on all three sides of life or from all three modes of expression. We are One with all matter in the physical world, One with the Creative Law of the Universe in the Mental World, and One with the Spirit of God in the Conscious World.
 
What more could we ask or hope for? How would it be possible for more to be given? We could ask for no more, and no greater freedom could be given. From now on we will expand, grow and express, only to the degree that we consciously cooperate with the Whole
Spirit. -- That part of man which enables him to be self-conscious. That which he really is. We do not see the spirit of man any more than we see the Spirit of God. We see what man does; but we do not see the doer.
 
Christ, Logos. -- The Word of God manifest in and through man. In a liberal sense the Christ means the Entire Manifestation of God and is, therefore, the Second Person of the Trinity. Christ is a Universal Idea, and each one "Puts on The Christ" to the degree that he surrenders a limited sense of Life to the Divine Realization.
 
Sonship. -- We are all Sons of God and all partake of the Divine Nature.
 
Microcosm. -- The individual world as distinguished from the Universal.
 
Emmanuel.-God-with-us. -- Means that Christ is in every one.
 
Personality. -- The external evidence of individualized being.
 
Individuality. -- Each one is a separate identity in Mind and no two are alike. Each is an Individualized Center of God-Consciousness. Our personality is the use that we make of our Divine Individuality.
 
Conscious-State. -- The conscious-state is the self-knowing mind of man. It is the only thing that distinguishes him from brute creation. Without a conscious-state of mind man would not be at all; or, at least, he would not know that he is. The conscious mind should be carefully guarded, as it is the real man.
 
Mental. -- Means that man is mentally conscious.
 
Spiritual. -- Means that man is a Spiritual Being.
 
Excerpted from
The Science of Mind
by Ernest Holmes


 
 
 
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Let our licensed Practitioners pray with you! 
  
A licensed Practitioner of Religious Science is a spiritual coach trained to see the absolute Truth in any situation, whether it is physical or mental health, finances, relationships, career issues, etc.  They serve individuals privately in person, by phone, or sometimes by e-mail assisting them to see the Truth behind their present situation.
 
Our Practitioners have completed 4 to 5 years of training and classes accredited by Centers for Spiritual Living to answer their Spiritual calling. A practitioner's license is renewed every two years with their minister's recommendation after having met service and continuing education requirements.

A licensed practitioner will pray with you after church service regarding any situation, circumstance, or goal you desire. These services after church are offered free of charge.

Below is a list of our licensed practitioners who serve this community  
 
Bev Berry,  RScP (Outreach)
Darrolyn Fennelly , RScP
Denise Foxwell,  RScP
Douglas Howard,  RScP
Ejé Lynn-Jacobs,  RScP
Lily S. Cree, RScP
Muriel Gilbaud, RScP
Roxy Angel Superstar, RScP
Shar Ybarra, RScP
Sibyl Piediscalzi,  RScP (Outreach) 
Trish Jahnke,  RScP (Outreach)
Brian Bailey (Prayer Warrior)
Susan Rice, (Honorary Practitioner)
 
 
email us at  [email protected]  
or telephone office  (805) 964-4861
  Or catch one immediately after service for prayers
 
 
 
 
  
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Food for Thought...
8 Steps to Strengthening Your Faith

Focusing on your faith every day is essential to keeping it resilient and ready to go. Here are eight ways to keep your faith strong so it can help you through the tough times
Strength Training
Keep doing the things that make you strong. If you find peace in reading, listening to music or working out, keep doing these things. Stay true to the activities that give you strength because these are probably the things that nourish your soul and feed your
 
Embracing Grief
Allow yourself to grieve for what you have lost. Permit yourself to feel the sadness loss may bring. To change your condition, you must first acknowledge your reality. Name it, call out for it, or weep for it. Your cries will be heard by an all listening, Almighty God.
 
Patience
Be patient with the uncertainty. Use this time to build your faith around the certainty that there is a purpose created just for you.
 
Be Watchful
Watch how you rebound and fill in the gaps. Above all, be true to yourself. When you feel your faith returning make certain it is your faith and not a need to begin feeling something, anything, even it is something that is not aligned with your core beliefs and values.
 
Receive
Faith is resistible; learn not to resist, but to receive more. Your faith is a gift of grace and you get to choose if you want to receive it, or not. But once you learn to surrender, and allow yourself to open up, then faith will only multiple and manifest itself in your life more, not less
Be Positive
If you find yourself coming back from a difficult situation where your faith has been tested, begin to look for the small, but positive things happening around you. Every good thought or encouraging experience is not an accident - these are signs to remind you of your purpose and the hope for what is waiting for you.
 
Take Action
Practicing faith takes action. Get involved with the people and causes that touch your heart the most. Spend more time with your children, volunteer in your community, or get behind a group or organization you believe is able to make a positive difference in the lives of others
 
Deepen Your Faith
Have deep water faith in the shallow end. Your faith can be strong when you know what to expect. To do more in life, to take the chance your heart is asking you to take, you need to have the faith to jump in without knowing the depth of the water. What you'll find is your feet will touch and the water will not be over your head.
 
 Article Excerpted:

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Buddha


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Center of the Heart is a Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Barbara California. Lead by Spiritual Leader & Senior Minister Reverend Maryum Morse for over ten years.  Our Center is non-denominational, non-judgmental, where we give total acceptance, allowing for spiritual growth and healing of your emotions so that you can become happier, experience more joy, miracles and release fears. You will  find a healing spiritual community to embrace your creativity, celebrate your individuality, learn laws of prosperity and abundance and the tools to deepen your connection with Spirit