In Spirit's Time

Loving what is!

2012-02-20T10:02:00.001-08:00

Affirmation: That which is, already is. That which I desire is my choice now. I choose wisely and from my heart.

~jts

Live from the Love!

2012-02-11T08:20:00.001-08:00

Living from Love is living in the moment, living in this moment. And, if I am living in the moment, what happens tomorrow or what happened yesterday is of no concern to me, no effect on me, because what happened happened, and what is going to happen is also going to happen, because I am creating it. I am by my thinking bringing about in some way everything in my life, attracting every incident that becomes my next moment. How we look at those moments or incidents, whether we react or respond, how we observe them, determines how the continuum of our co-creation plays out going forward.

Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? But, and here’s the most incredible part, we can change it in an instant with a new thought.

"Look only at that which you wish to see and NOTHING else"
~ Dr. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

Allowing and being

2012-02-04T13:12:00.001-08:00

As I open to all the good in my life, all the good, and allow all that is in my life to be that good, I AM able to be One with all that is available, all that is coming into my sphere, all that surrounds me and enshrouds me. That which is my source serves me up a good portion of Love, today and every day, and brings to me all that I can embody in this moment.

I am blessed and a blessing in Its eyes. I AM grateful for all I have.

I give thanks knowing It is all good. It can be no other way.

Affirmation of action!

2012-01-26T12:09:00.001-08:00

When you move in the direction of what you want, what you want moves towards you!

affirmation 1/26/12

2012-01-25T20:01:00.001-08:00

As I move into the Now moment, I accept grace into my life and move forward into a new expression of me. I allow grace to move through me, expressing as me.

And, It is good.

affirmation for 01-20-12

2012-01-19T17:11:00.000-08:00

There I was standing at the precipice of decision, and I took the step into the unknown, and it was good. And, it still is. In the end, every step that moves us forward is a good one. I empower myself in this moment, as I reach out beyond my comfort zone.

In Love & Light,

Reverend Jim Starke

www.spiritontheroad.org

January 12, 2012 Affirmation

2012-01-12T13:15:00.001-08:00

In the knowing there is only One, I just allow myself to accept all the
Universe offers me, embrace what feels right and release the rest.

In Love & Peace,

Jim

12-26-11 The Essence of Presence

2011-12-26T12:01:00.000-08:00

In me, as me, through me, the Christ consciousness moves me ever closer. It
reminds me what I am and Centers me always as I allow Its presence to be my
essence!

embodying divinity!

2011-12-23T16:59:00.000-08:00

May the warmth you feel radiate beyond you, and open every person to the
realization of peace which we already are.
~jts

12-12-11 affirmation

2011-12-11T19:34:00.001-08:00

I simply change my thought, and I am reborn to a new world and a new idea of
me!

Happy Thanks Giving!

2011-11-24T06:11:00.001-08:00

Wishing you all a Happy Thanks Giving everywhere!. Enjoy this day of family and of giving thanks for all that we have in this moment.

jim

Self and being...

2011-10-25T05:13:00.001-07:00

In an age where there is much talk about "being yourself," I reserve to
myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is
very little chance of my being anybody else.

~Thomas Merton, "Day of a Stranger," Thomas Merton Reader, p. 431

Spirit in my experience

2011-10-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

To say I always recognize my connection to that life force which has brought me into this experience of myself in human form would be a lie, or, at the very least, a miss statement. I am after all human and subject to the miss thoughts, foibles and distractions that everyone else is.

I wish I was more conscious than I am, but in the overall life experience, I feel I am more conscious than I was. Whatever that means. I am more aware of the things I do that make my life better and help those around me. I am also painfully aware sometimes of the things I do that make my life less than a joy. I still wonder sometimes why I am not more conscious about those things I do which affect those around me or myself before I do them.

It is those times I need to work on. How can I move more deliberately, more mindfully, and more lovingly, more often? I talk about attention and intention all the time. In order to be a greater positive influence in the lives of others, I need to put greater attention on my intention towards myself and how I see myself. As I feel this greater conscious choice to see myself as a more compassionate, more caring, and more loving person, this intention will project itself in my outer experience.

Funny how that works. I wish it didn't happen in baby steps, that it could happen in one fell swoop. Maybe it can. Maybe it will. I guess it just depends on me and my intention for me.

I am a Mirror!

2011-10-06T13:31:00.001-07:00

Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, says,
"Life is a mirror of your consistent thoughts."
And he is so right.
So, remember if you wish to see yourself, your life and the world in a
different light, you must see yourself and all those around you in a new
light.

Peace and Light,
Jim

9-11-11 Remembering and moving forward

2011-09-11T20:25:00.001-07:00

Join me in knowing that as we leave this day of remembrance, we move forward
into a new idea, birthed in God, Spirit or whatever you want to call our
divine source. We are propelled by our thoughts to think of this world in
new ways in every moment.

Know with me that these thoughts are good thoughts, worthy thoughts,
thoughts of peace, of love, of joy.

And know with me that these conscious thoughts become the norm in our lives,
and in our actions and as we go forward day by day We move into a new
paradigm of a new world based in love, in compassion, and in the maxim that
we are, each of us, our brothers keeper. And in gratitude we are each given
a new life

This is the truth right now.

and so it is!

a thought about fear

2011-08-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Fear is an emotion, a reaction to something that exists only in our mind.

~jts

that place of peace . . .

2011-08-09T19:54:00.001-07:00

In the shadows of my thoughts, in that quiet place undisturbed by the world,
is a thought always of Peace. In that place of peace is the real world, and
the essence of all that is- Joy, Love, Harmony, Peace, Compassion, Gratitude
and Laughter. They are all connected as are we in our greatest realization
of the universe of Good.

~jt starke

Spirit Goes Ahead

2011-07-28T09:00:00.001-07:00

Quote:
Whenever you leave one place to go to another place, . pause for a second to
realize the presence has gone before you to prepare the way, and that the
same divine Presence remains behind you as a benediction to all who pass
that way.
~Joel Goldsmith, The Infinite Way, pg 97, para., 3

Affirmation:
Spirit moves me ahead as I am willing to move.

Affirmative Prayer:
I give pause to Spirit, everywhere present, everywhere the Presence in my
life. Before me, beside me beyond me, I find myself within Its embrace
always. I am bathed in the love of God in every moment. Immersed and
connected, I allow It to be my guide, the perfect conductor of my life, It
directs my every action. I move ever forward, allowing, ever allowing my
good to unfold. I open to every avenue, every way It lays before and trust.
As I go with the flow, it blesses that which has been and beckons me come
ever further into Its expression of life as me. I gratefully accept my good
in every way and in every day, and realize my blessings always. As I pause
in my gratitude, I am filled with the all guiding good which redirects me to
ever greater unfoldings of perfect love for me and the world of my
perception. And I just allow it to be.
And so it is.

I am a blessing to me!

2011-07-19T06:17:00.001-07:00

Quote::

According to traditional theology, we were all created in the image and
likeness of our Creator. Well then, shouldn't we act accordingly?"
~Tami Coyne and Karen Weisman

Affirmative Prayer::

There is only One. It exists in, as and through each one of us. Because It
is everywhere present and because It is always present, It manifests my
every thought. What do I choose today to be my experience? I choose good. I
choose my highest and best idea of me. I choose that which is an experience
of the Divine in me. I am the microcosm of the macrocosm. I am different
only by degree, like drop unto the ocean, the same yet individualized. As
this I am always sufficient in all things. In health, in success, in
prosperity, and in relationships with others. All I need and can accept at
my present level of acceptance and understanding is now provided. I am
blessed and I am a blessing. I am exceedingly grateful for the life I am. I
thank that spark within for all I have and for all I am in this present
moment and I accept the experience of the Divine in me. And so it is done.
And so it is.

I say thank you Spirit in every moment

2011-07-09T08:41:00.001-07:00

Today's Quote:

"Does God need our praise? No. God is whole and complete already. Do we need
to praise? Yes! In praise, we find our oneness with God. When we lift up our
hearts in praise, we raise our vision to the highest heights of soul
expression, where every answer stands out in crystal clarity."
~Greg Barrette

My Affirmation:

I lift up my heart and my spirit to God in praise.

Today's Meditation:

As I know Spirit doesn't need my praise to be made greater or more complete,
I also know that Spirit is already whole and complete within me, as in every
soul and creation that It has ever made.
I open my heart in praise to God, not because Spirit needs it, but because I
do.
In so doing, I raise my vibratory rate, aligning and attuning myself to
Spirit's vibration and energy.
Thank You, Spirit for this healing, life-giving power that is within me.
As I trust totally and I love utterly, I open to my greater growth as a
spiritual being, in this moment, and always.

and so it is.

~jts

I die to the old and rebirth in the new!

2011-06-27T06:43:00.001-07:00

Today's Quote:

Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a
death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let
the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in
silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Affirmation:

I die to the old and rebirth in the new!

Prayer:

Lover,

I fear not my death, for in this and every moment I know, I Am your Beloved.
In and through me are you, my heart, my soul, birthed to the world.
In and through you am I, your beloved, infinite and good.
Together we are complete, a perfect unity of the heavens and the earth.
Each moment, I relish the newness and bathe myself in the Light.
There can be nothing greater than the infinite rebirth in thee.
I am at Peace in each moment I AM.
I AM every moment anew.
Thank you Spirit.

~jts

It's All God!

2011-06-10T09:10:00.001-07:00

Quote:

According to traditional theology, we were all created in the image and
likeness of our Creator. Well then, shouldn't we act accordingly?"
~Tami Coyne and Karen Weisman

Affirmative Prayer:

There is only One. It exists in, as and through each one of us. Because It
is everywhere present and because It is always present, It manifests my
every thought. What do I choose today to be my experience? I choose good. I
choose my highest and best. I choose that which is an experience of the
Divine in me. I am the microcosm of the macrocosm. I am different only by
degree, like drop unto the ocean, the same yet individualized. As this I am
always sufficient in all things. In health, in success, in prosperity, and
in relationships with other, all I need and can accept at my present level
of acceptance and understanding is now provided. I am blessed. I am
exceedingly grateful. I thank that spark within for all I have and for all I
am in this present moment and I accept the experience of the Divine in me.
And so it is done.
and so it is.

I create and mold my own reality

2011-06-08T10:42:00.001-07:00

Quote:

"Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold
into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and
take the desired form."
~Thomas Troward

Affirmative Prayer:

In this space I call reality, I recognize the perfect form of Spirit in all
things. God is my co-creator. As I offer myself up to Its perfect creative
power, I know that I am One with it, now and always. It is all there is, and
I know that I am an extension of It. Spirit is my every thought, and every
movement. As I think my thought, I know Spirit is there kneading my unformed
thought into a shape consistent with my reality in this moment. It can do no
less. My thoughts are the unformed "things" manifest in my experience, and I
am blessed. How I see them is my choice. I can see the divine sculpture or
the rubble before me. I choose to see the beauty of it all, the peace of it
all and the Love of it all. There is nothing that is not God. Why would I
choose otherwise?
As I allow this to exist in and as me, I am blessed. I thank Spirit for my
life in every way.
And so it is.

I create and mold my own reality!

2011-05-26T10:22:00.001-07:00

Quote:
"Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold
into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and
take the desired form."
~Thomas Troward

Affirmative Prayer:
In this space I call reality, I recognize the perfect form of Spirit in all
things. God is my co-creator. As I offer myself up to Its perfect creative
power, I know that I am One with it, now and always. It is all there is, and
I know that I am an extension of It. Spirit is my every thought, and every
movement. As I think my thought, I know Spirit is there kneeding my unformed
thought into a shape consistent with my reality in this moment. It can do no
less. My thoughts are the unformed "things" manifest in my experience, and I
am blessed. How I see them is my choice. I can see the divine sculpture or
the rubble before me. I choose to see the beauty of it all, the peace of it
all and the Love of it all. There is nothing that is not God. Why would I
choose otherwise?
As I allow this to exist in and as me, I am blessed. I thank Spirit for my
life in every way.
And so it is.

Rev. Jim Starke

I am an Awesome Expression of God's Good!

2011-05-17T19:01:00.000-07:00

Quote:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
~Albert Einstein

Affirmative Prayer:

As I look around me, I see the beauty of my Source in everything I see, touch, taste, smell, and hear. There is nothing It is not. God in everything is God in me. I am always in awe of Its power to express through me as my world. I am humbled that I am a powerful co-creator with Source. I am in unity with this Source of Good in me, and know that as I think my thoughts, Spirit fills my world with the beauty of this One Mind of which I am an individualization. Thank you Spirit

I choose the path that is in conscious expectation of good unfolding. I know my good is my God, and in whatever form it manifests, I see the highest expression of God in It. It's all Good.

I accept my abundance with gratitude. In whatever form it comes, it comes from God. I see no lack, no limitation. I turn lemons to lemonade, and pennies to millions, one at a time. I always choose the greater over the lesser.

My good health is the perfect health of God, in whose image I am formed. I am God's direct experience of this physical world, and I choose to make Its experience a bold adventure. I step out at every turn into the unknown to experience new thoughts, new ideas, and a greater awakening of the higher me, as my world expands before me.

God this is good, this feeling of love. Thank you, Spirit. As I just allow this Love to surround me, I know that it is already done rightly.

And so it is. Amen.

I Am a Reflection of my Inner Being

2011-05-11T11:56:00.000-07:00

Quote:
Men need assurance that the physical life is a reflection of the INNER LIFE,
and that the physical life responds to the INNER LIFE through prayer - - the
speaking of the Word.
~ Benjamin F. Sherman, The Hem of the Garment

Affirmative Prayer:
Know in this moment and every now moment that the one life, the one Truth,
that which is indivisible in my life is that which is of God, my Source,
that infinite body of the universe and even greater than I can imagine. Know
with me that this power is in each and every atom and cell of our bodies, of
mine and of yours and that this source of all things is that through which I
think, speak, feel, and know.

In knowing this I know that this power in me creates with such conscious
action that my life as I see it must be the perfect result. My thoughts by
my inner communication with source are the out-picturing I call my life. It
can be no less. I am perfect as me. My Word is my bond. I I am that which I
see myself to be. I am That. I am the out-picturing of my thoughts and I am
just as I see me. I choose all Good. I choose all perfect Source creating
through me as grand a life as I can accept. I accept it all. I know there is
only good in this and my world. I know this Good is mine unconditionally. I
accept it in style, in form and in idea.
I am blessed in all that I am.
Thank you Spirit,
And so it is.

On love

2011-05-05T09:27:00.000-07:00

I don't have a TV. The little news and info I get, I get from being online. I'm already staring at a screen too much, so I'm glad I don't have a TV. And I read a lot more, which I love.

I digress.

I heard about Osama the day after it happened, much later, and I went to CNN.Com to get the skinny.

Tuned into a replay of Obama's address to the nation about the tactical operation, blah, blah, blah. I was saddened by what seemed like a need to justifythe killing of another human being in order that someone might feel like they would have closure. The bizarre thing is that closure at the elimination of one person will be short lived for those seeking this superficial closure when the next bomb goes off or the next attack takes place.

The cancer of hate, of religious bigotry and racial supremacy will continue to fester until each of us is willing to do a serious self-examination of who and what we are, truly. Everytime we kill someone else, we kill a little of ourselves. We have taken God out of the picture, because the ACLU puts the different religion's Gods at odds. So, we fight our wars to bring democracy to the world, but what are we? One nation under God. Is that really who says our way of life is best? Are we even a democracy? Do our legislators really do what's right for our country?

OK, I did it again. The point is, the Source of all there is, God or whatever you want to call it, manifested each and every one of us out of nothing. We are energy coming into existence, and that energy is God. We are all the livingness of God. When we kill another, we diminish ourselves just a little bit by negatively de-energizing another. God is Love. We are love. We are the microcosm of the macrocosm.

When will we realize there is no right way or wrong way? There is only The Way, and Peace is The Way, the only way. The only loving way.

Conscious Awareness

2011-05-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

Quote:

"Everywhere we look in nature. Our eyes come in contact with abundance; for nature knows no such thing as "failure." Therefore, there never has been, and there never will be, a lack of anything, except conscious-awareness."
~ Bob Proctor

Affirmation:

I have the consciousness to create all things new.

Affirmative Prayer:

There is only One life, this life is Universal Divine Energy, and this life is my life, now and always.
As I open to this truth of nature, the world and the Universe, I naturally open to my abundance. As I awaken to the conscious awareness that I am blessed and surrounded by the natural opulence of the world, I allow the small ideas, the limiting ideas, and the less-than ideas to fall away as I open my arms and just allow the greater goodness of all that surrounds me to be attracted into my experience. With God, I create all things new. Infinite good is mine, Infinite love, infinite joy, infinite self-expression. I say, "Yes! I am blessed!" and God, I am grateful for all the little and big things I am attracting in my life, for I AM life. And as I learn just how to accept this good, in this moment, I am able to accept more and more, easily and effortlessly. And it is good, all good. And I allow it to be.

And so it is.

I embrace my entirety!

2011-04-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Quote:

Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness. Wholeness is a natural radiance of Love, and Love demands that we allow the destruction of our old self for the sake of the new.
-Jalaja Bonheim, Aphrodite's Daughters

Affirmation:

Divine source moves in, through and as me, and as each and every living thing in Its infinite universe. I am One with my Source, and the microcosm as It is the Macrocosm. As part of It, I am, in my essence, that which It is. Perfect, Whole, and Complete. All my emotions, all my thoughts, and all my actions are the livingness of Spirit, individualized in physical form. As such I embrace every morsel of me, knowing that each is the perfect balance of me in this moment. I embrace the light and the dark, the happy and sad, the joy and the sorrow, the highs and the lows. All parts of me I honor and embrace, knowing that through all of them I find my center. I am blessed in the love of this knowing and I accept myself and all my parts with love. I am grateful for all of me and I rest in this truth.
And so it is.

What life is! ::

2011-03-07T19:01:00.001-08:00

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.

~ Crowfoot, a leader of the Blackfoot nation

There is only One. It is found in all things. It is all things. It is in you, and me and even in the breath of the Buffalo in the Winter time. I am blessed. We are all blessed by the unity within which we move, within the perfection which is everywhere present.

I know that my life, our lives, are entwined, inseparable, just as we are inseparable from our source. Never is there separation, never is there, lack, never is there anything which is not in perfect loving order, if we are ready to open to that which is.

As I lose my old self in the sunset of yesterday, and turn towards the light, towards, the truth, towards a new idea of me, of us, of everyone and everything, I see the change unfold before my very eyes.

It is my life, and I am always in humble gratitude for what it is, and how it serves me.

And so it is!

Abundance is attracted to me

2011-01-14T08:44:00.000-08:00

"Everywhere we look in nature, our eyes come in contact with abundance; for nature knows no such thing as "failure." Therefore, there never has been, and there never will be, a lack of anything, except conscious-awareness."
~ Bob Proctor

I have the consciousness to create all things new.

There is only One life, this life is Universal Divine Energy, and this life is my life, now and always.
As I open to this truth of nature, the world and the Universe, I naturally open to my abundance. As I awaken to the conscious awareness that I am blessed and surrounded by the natural opulence of the world, I allow the small ideas, the limiting ideas, and the less-than ideas to fall away as I open my arms and just allow the greater goodness of all that surrounds me to be attracted into my experience. With God, I create all things new. Infinite good is mine. Infinite love, infinite joy, infinite self-expression. I say, "Yes! I am blessed!" and God, I am grateful for all the little and big things I am attracting in my life, for I AM life. And as I learn just how to accept this good, in this moment, I am able to accept more and more, easily and effortlessly. And it is good, all good. And I allow it to be.

And so it is.
www.spiritontheroad.org

Peace Rules!

2011-01-12T08:53:00.000-08:00

With the unified realization of One Divine Spirit common to all, we will realize peace. Commonalities create unity and our differences individualize each of us as incidences of the Divine.

~jts
www.SpiritOnTheRoad.org

Thy Will Be Done!

2011-01-12T08:27:00.000-08:00

Quote:

"What we usually pray to God is not that His will be done, but that He approve ours."
~Helga Bergold Gross

Today's Affirmation

I am surrendered and still in the Oneness of my unified Life.

Today's Meditation

I know that there is only one life. That life is God's life, and that life is my life. I know that there is no separation in any way between the Infinite and I. The I that is me is that same I in "I Am." As I create my life, it is the life of Spirit personified. In all its joys and all its sorrows, in its seeming abundance and perceived failures it only reflects that perfect idea of life as I wish to experience it in my God state. I choose exactly how I wish to spend my awakened moments. There is no one else who can live my life, God's life, for me. I am the only player, and I choose the good of my experiences.

As I allow all the experiences in my world to flow, I choose to reach for and attract into my life that which is meaningful and that which is loving.

I consciously know my life is guided by Love and that I am transformed by the guidance of Spirit in my life.

I release any perceptions that I must make anything happen to receive my good and my love.
I am focused on what I desire in my life, and open myself to the clarity I receive through Spirit.
I know Spirit desires only for my highest and best, now and always.
I am grateful for all of my life and allow it to unfold in perfect order.
And so it is.

Rev. Jim Starke
www.SpiritOnTheRoad.Org
Mobile Outreach Ministry

There is only Now

2011-01-05T10:58:00.001-08:00

Quote:
The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future.
Forget about the future.
~ A Year with Rumi, trans., by Coleman Barks

There is nothing out there. It is all right here, within. In the now moment
all things exist. The past, present and future exist as One. One. One life,
One Love, just One. We, I, am part of it, or No, I am It. There is no
separation, no thing, which I am not. I am related to all. Atom by atom,
cell by cell, I am inextricably part of the whole. I can think I am
separate, but whatever I do I am always reminded, I am, and I am brought
back to the whole. I am, particle by particle, perfect, I am whole and I am
complete, just as I am.
That's all I can be. In whatever I dive into, I am a success. It may not
seem that way, but I always am. I learn, I grow, I conquer my fears, I see a
greater idea, beyond even what I thought could be, and it is so. As I let go
of any limited ideas I may have and blaze forward knowing I am supported
always, as one thing falls away another rises to take its place. As I forge
new paths, new roads emerge beneath my feet. God, I love this life, and it
loves me, and I know it's so.
And so it is.

More about what Jim Starke does @ http://www.spiritontheroad.org

Yesterday's Gone

2010-12-31T09:23:00.001-08:00

Don't stop thinkin' about tomorrow, it'll soon be here better than before.
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.
~ Fleetwood Mac

I know this. That there is only this now moment, moving, ever moving. We call it life. We call it Love. We call it whatever It means to us, but it is divine sprit moving in, through, and as us, moving us ever forward into a
greater expression of who and what we are. I choose to move, to dance, to be all that I can be. I surrender to the greater idea which desires to birth itself in me. I choose to dream, to vision, to envision a greater world
which as each tomorrow becomes today, I say "Yes, this is my world," and "Yes, this is what I see." I surrender to its unfolding in perfect ways, knowing I don't need to know how, or why, but just that it is and it does
out-picture in exactly the way it needs to be, and that all that comes from this realization leads us from where we were in the last moment to where we are right now.

And knowing that it's all good, I know that whatever form this good takes, it is the perfect form in this moment, that life is ever-changing and will be transformed again tomorrow better than before, always, better than before. I know this life is for living and as I live it It lives in me in miraculous, joyous and loving ways.

As I allow this to be, and I am One with it, It is One with me, and my life unfolds in God. I can be no other way. Yesterday's gone and I am blessed.
And so it is.

Rev. Jim Starke, Focus Minister
Spirit on the Road

What is gratitude?

2010-12-05T05:00:00.001-08:00

It is the response we have, when we realize our world is a product of our thought process and accept the manifestations of our thoughts, no matter what they are.
In all things be grateful.

In Love & Light,
Jim
Spirit on the Road

"Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens
at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late.
You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do."
- Byron Katie

Changes

2010-10-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year and for me anyway, that time of life. As the color of autumn gets deeper, so does the starkness of winter bring on the sense of dying to the old and through that incubation period or chrysalis stage to be reborn. Letting go of everything in your experience that doesn't serve you, complete dissolution of what has existed before in order that something radically new can be birthed.

How hard it is to let go, to leave the comfort of the womb, but unless we give ourselves to it completely without any thoughts as to the outcome, we surely die. If the caterpillar resists burying itself within its self made sarcophagus, it will shrivel up, whither, and die. Even as it finishes its own tomb, wraps itself in its shroud, it begins to come apart, dissolve into its own imaginal or primordial soup. These cells know what to do, and in its connection back to Source, to its Divine Essence, a reformation and rebirth takes place bringing forth one of nature's most beautiful and most fragile creatures, the butterfly.

Why then do we resist so when Spirit calls to us? Why do we fear so this natural way of it?

I allow myself to die.
I give in to Divine urge,
To be birthed anew.
I trust the Joy of knowing,
There is more to know.
More to be.
And in my Eternal Soul,
I am That, I am.

Water from your Spring

2010-10-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

What was in the candle's light
that opened and consumed me so quickly?

Come back, my friend. The form of our love is not a created form.

Nothing can help me, but that beauty.
There was a dawn I remember
when my soul heard something from your soul.

I drank water from your spring
and felt the current take me.

~ Rumi
Translation by Coleman Barks

This Rumi poem recently brought up some strong feelings within me reaching
out to many areas of my life, but none so profound as my relationship with
Spirit, just as this relates to Rumi's relationship with "Shams of Tabriz."

Mosque Controversy Obscures Bigger Issue

2010-09-03T04:23:00.001-07:00

When I received this "Press Release" from Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn of our Sister
Organization this morning, I felt compelled to put this on my blog. Not out
of a sense of duty to the organization, but out of a sense of Divine
Rightness. In a country founded of the precepts of all types of freedom, and
especially Religious Freedom, we seem to have swept some of our beliefs
under the rug, and allowed fear and righteousness creep in to take their
place. jts

From: Rev Dr Kathy Hearn, United Church of Religious Science

Golden, CO.As the media frenzy around the controversy over a proposed mosque
within blocks of Ground Zero has continued to grow, and verbal and physical
attacks against Islamic people take place, I am struck with the thought that
many Americans have forgotten some basic tenets of not only the U.S.
Constitution, but also of civility and common decency. While I appreciate
the raw feelings surrounding the site, which has rightly become sacred
ground in the nine years since the fall of the World Trade towers, it does
not make sense to me to deny rights to groups who had nothing to do with the
tragedy. September 11th was not an act of Islam. It was an act of terrorists
who distort the precepts of that religion.

As the Community Spiritual Leader for United Centers for Spiritual Living, I
have had the honor of traveling throughout the Middle East and experiencing
Islamic people firsthand. Hospitality is a profound spiritual practice that
lives at the heart of their religion. It stretches back to the patriarch
Abraham - acknowledged as the father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam -
who kept his tent open on all sides to welcome any traveler.

Our organization teaches that there is a deep and essential unity underlying
our apparent differences. Underneath diversity is the shining reality that
there is only One God, One Life shared by all. Consequently, we honor all
paths to God, understanding that each religion has a golden thread of truth.
We know that, as Albert Einstein said, we cannot solve a problem with the
same consciousness that created it. Fear and hatred will never transform
fear and hatred to create a peaceful world. We need to envision a world
beyond what we now know; a world free of war, homelessness, hunger, poverty,
disenfranchisement and terror - a world of peace, freedom, justice, caring,
compassion and unity. The bigger issue, then, is not the proximity of one
piece of sacred ground to another. The issue is finding common ground to
create a peaceful, tolerant world that works for everyone.

Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn is the Community Spiritual Leader for United Centers
for Spiritual Living, a global organization that provides spiritual tools to
transform personal lives and help make the world the better place.

To find out more go to http://www.UnitedCentersforSpirituaLiving.org

Only One

2010-08-26T11:32:00.001-07:00

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science.
~ Albert Einstein

As I know there is One Source of all things, I know that this source is
everywhere, everything, and I know It is within me creating my life by my
word. I allow this All Good to create all that moves through me, all that is
created in my experience, and all that out-pictures in others. I feel all
that is good moving in my world and I feel at peace with the thoughts I have
which create my world.

In the Oneness that is, Is allow it to be. And in my gratitude, I sing
praises to nature, from whence it all came. I am blessed. I release my Word
and know it is done already.

And so it is.

I allow myself to be alive.

2010-08-04T04:09:00.000-07:00

Quote:
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. --Madeleine L'Engle

Affirmative Prayer:
In allowing Source in me to guide me, I find myself in the flow. The Universe at my back urging me on, I move forward, ever forward to that place of complete surrender. From that place all things are possible. All things are within reach, because all things are within God.

This is my truth. This is my recognition of the all good that is everywhere. I allow my challenges to show me what not to do or how to do it better, and I allow those things which came easy to guide me into even greater direction and awareness of myself, my world , and my design in it.

I just allow, and I do it in complete gratitude, thank you Spirit. Thank you God, in me.

And so it is, Amen.

We are Good Stewards of this Earth!

2010-07-04T04:28:00.000-07:00

My Quote:

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
~Native American Proverb

The Affirmative Prayer:

I open to that which I am. I am an incident of the Divine. I am Whole, Complete, Perfect. I am made in the image and likeness of that source from which “I AM” birthed. In this moment I accept my charge. I accept the duty left to me. I accept the responsibility of Stewardship.

No matter what anyone else says, Now!, or at any time , there is one truth and one truth only. I Am. There is no one else to do what needs to be done. “I am the only one who can assure the continuation of life on this planet. My thought says it all. I am the one, and this is the time. I allow that in me which must align with the infinitude of my larger self to do so. I drop the excuses that I’m not qualified, I loose the ideas from my mind, the One Mind, that I have not the power, and I set my intention, I fix my focus on the vision of a safe world, a pure world, a world of great value to everyone, and a peaceful world I am proud to hand down to my children everywhere, knowing that, above all else Love has shown the way. I look to the future where greed, avarice, war and poverty are not even in the vocabulary, and I say, “Thank you, God!”

It’s done, it’s voiced, it’s put into form in my world, and I allow it to be.

And it is so.

I am, the Only Thing There Is.

2010-06-05T15:54:00.000-07:00

Quote:

“I am.” – Question that. That is where the world ends, until what’s left comes back to explore the next concept.
~ Byron Katie, A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are.

The Affirmation:

I am. There is only One. It is I AM. It is me. From within, so without. The difference is indistinguishable, as there is only I. Think Big, think Large, think Infinity, think One. One thought, One Idea, of me, of the Universe, of God, of You. The difference, the no-thing. There is no separation, as there is no-thing to separate. I loose the me from the I am and observe. I see the thing I thought I was, the thought of me as thinker, the thought maker, the idea man. I see that, but am not that. I am only I am. I am no-thing. As I watch this unfold,
I see “I am” anew. I see it as All things, and One. Only One. All perfect, all whole, all complete.

Who am I? I am. No more, no less. I am not greater than or less than that which I Am. Thankful in the knowing of this, I am.

And so it is.

I die and am reborn.

2010-05-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Quote::

Truth is a uniquely challenging pursuit because the very thing that wants it is the only thing in the way of it.
~ Jed McKenna, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

Affirmative Prayer::

I Am, Source, is All there is. I am one with my source, and All there is. Ego forms the illusion I call me. I choose in this moment to release me from my illusory self, to die to the idea that everyone, including me, thought I was, and be open to the greater idea of my god-self.

I release anything and everything which identifies in my life with fear that I might step into that place spiritually, mentally physically, and knowingly, where all miracles are commonplace events and my life is forever in the flow. I choose this place of being that allows me to entertain and be entertained by life every moment of every day. This is my life. Where work is joy, and play is joyous and I see no difference between the two.

There is only one life, It is mine to choose, I choose it well, I choose it easily, and it serves me as I serve yet.

No Divide, No separation Thank you God!

And so it is!

Victim-hood?

2010-04-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

There is this place which seems so foreign to me, that I need to talk about. It's victim-hood. Allowing ourselves to be a victim. Why would we do that? By feeling victimized we allow something external to us determine our course, and it's usually not rational. There are no victims. Only individuals who choose to think of themselves as such.

I have a friend, who, when I first met her and we talked about my spiritual beliefs, said I've always believed this way, but never realized anyone else did. She shared with me that she had been stabbed, shot and raped, but never felt that she was a victim and moved on out of the darkness of the moment into the knowing that those actions were not her. She is a vibrant, happy, well rounded and vital member of her community. She is prosperous, happy and on the move with her career and her life.

The point is, we don't need to dwell on those things that have happened "to" us in the past, because it is over and done, and only effects us, if we allow it to. If we wish to move on with our lives, we need to move forward, and leave the past behind.

Any sense of victim-hood that we may feel comes from a sense or feeling that is already within us. In order to move ahead with our lives, we must figure out what that thing is, determine whether it really serves us, decide if we are willing to let this story of who we think we are, is where we want to be, and if and when we're willing let it go. If I let the monkey off my back, I will feel the lightness.

It's about accepting what is, and moving into a higher idea what can be!

Easter to me:

2010-04-03T14:38:00.000-07:00

The longer I am on this earth, the more I understand the significance of this holiday and the ideas conveyed from the Cruci-fiction story. And No, that's not a typo. And, it's timing of taking place in the Spring is no coincidence either.

To me, it's a melding of the Christian and Earth based Spiritualities into one "story" of dying to the old, releasing and allowing the new to be rebirthed in each of us, and in the planet. In order for anything in nature to be renewed each year, it must release that which no longer serves them, whether it's winter coats, or old leaves or dead branches, in order that the new glory of Spring can express the magnificent colors of Spring and Summer.

With us, in order for us to move on with our lives in any way, we must allow the stale, old, unserving ideas of yesterday go, in order for new ideas to be birthed in us.These ideas can be ideas of unworthiness, lack, dis-ease, dis-ability, anything which keeps us from stepping out of the old and seeing ourselves and our lives in new light.

Until we are willing to allow the old ideas to fall away, until we are willing to let go of our stories, no matter how justified and real they may seem, there is no room for new good to flow into our lives. This is never easy, because ego says, "but this is who I am!"

I remember when I had trouble letting go of one of my businesses not too many years ago. I didn't have a job to go to, I hadn't been in the corporate business world for many years. I had a lot of good reasons to stay where I was and watch this crumble around me, but it wasn't serving me anymore, and I let it go and I stepped out and took a $10/hr job to tide me over. It was work I was good at, but I knew it was only temporary, and sure enough within a year, a small part-time business I had started on the Internet bore me fruit. It literally went from petty cash to full time income.

That's the way the Universe works when we get out of the way, and don't try to make it happen. In no way did I sit back in a closet and wait for Spirit to produce, I got out there and did my work, but I was open to whatever good was going to appear from whatever place it might come, and I didn't wallow in the mud of my despair. I don't believe in despair. I choose my direction and move that way, and Spirit says, "do you want this?", "or this?" I was even turned down for my $10/hr job, when I applied, and told they hired someone else. Then 3 days later they called me back and asked if I still wanted it. How cool is that?

I died to the old ideas and was born again into this new idea of who and what I could be and have.

God is out there seeking us. Are we willing to let go of our stories and step out into the dark knowing the light will come on and illumine our path? Are we willing to be resurrected or reborn into something even greater?

I'm doing it right now. How about you?

in peace,

jim

From Walter Starcke:

"Easter is not complete without loving the one who made it possible-Judas. Forgiveness becomes possible when we transcend appearances and realize that those people who represent the Judases in our lives and those qualities within ourselves that seem to have betrayed us have been the divine process growing us into Christs. It's all Love."

I forgive!!

With the knowing that there is an infinite power back of all things, that guides, directs and influences my life and every one of our lives, I know that I am directed to do that which serves my fellow beings everywhere and always. As I forgive myself and others for all the mistakes of our pasts, I allow myself to move forward into a greater expression of myself, and I see a greater expression of everyone else also.

I am open to the Loving Presence of the Divine to express in, through, and as me, and in, through, and as everyone else. As I allow all beings express themselves in greater ways, my world grows in greater and greater ways. As there is only One force acting and One force expressing, I realize that there is only good in my world and this good is always expressing as the out-picturing as my world. It's glorious and grand, and I am in awe as it just gets better and better. I am grateful, ever grateful for this out-picturing as Peace, glorious Peace.

I always allow it to be.

and so it is.

~ jt

The Not-So-Final Word:

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting golden delicious.

-- Bill Meyer

Love, Peace & Happiness,

Reverend Jim Starke

Spirit on the Road

904-874-0179

http://www.spiritontheroad.com

My Heart's Desire is...

2010-03-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

Wow! I've been over a month without a new treatment. Time flies when you're movin' around. It's not that I haven't been writing them or doing them, I just haven't been sharing them here. I am going to make up for that and this is number 1. What better way than to start with Heart's Desire. That thing you wish to have express in your life above all else. To be "born again" as a completely new idea of yourself!

Quote:

"Here is a central tenet of the New Spirituality: the purpose-and the greatest opportunity and gift--of life is to recreate yourself anew in the next grandest version of the greatest vision you ever held about Who You Are. And you can do this in every single golden moment of Now. The time of your transformation is at hand. It is always at hand."
~Neale Donald Walsch

Affirmative Prayer:

I recognize the One in everything around me. I know It is waiting for me to become in total awareness of my inner being, the I AM in me. As I open to my Source within I open to that great body of knowledge which flows through me, through each of us and I become One with It. I feel within this body, this force, that which I am above all else, above the present idea of me I see as me, above that idea of what I could or should be to what I feel called to be.

As I align with this incredible idea of me I feel a change, a movement into that place of perfect alignment with this new idea, which flows through me now. Wow!. I am blessed. I am truly blessed in this idea of me. I know not only am I this idea, but that I am out picturing it as my life in this moment. There is no doubt, no other thing I can be in this moment but this new me. I am grateful. I am so grateful to feel this, to be this, and to do this new idea of me. My vision is percolating and brewing entirely new and complete thoughts. I know I attract this good right now. Thank you God.

and so it is!

My Secret is revealed!

2010-01-29T12:16:00.000-08:00

Quote:

The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.
~Jalaluddin Rumi

Affirmative Prayer:

In the silence and the quiet of the early morning I connect to my Source. Upon awakening, as if from a dream, I dive into the delicious silence which is the Self. It is within this quiet space I connect. I really connect.

While I am always connected, I am oft-times distracted by the world and doing, but, in the pre-light of the expectant dawn, I find myself focused. From the one I, I see my truth, that of a perfect health, perfect abundance in all things, and the perfect peace of the everywhere present Creator, of which I Am all things, in which I am ever immersed, and with which I am never separate. Dear God, I am blessed! Thank you Spirit, I amid humbled. I am laid forth at the altar of my faith, knowing this creation which is my life is in its perfect place. I knead my world into a space, which I out-picture as peaceful, loving, and prosperous to every corner of itself. Where there is need, there is fulfillment. Where there is the appearance of hate, I see the inflow of precious love, and where there is war, I see the radiant light of peace.

With my eyes fully open, and beyond all appearance to the contrary, I know this to be so. These are the secrets given to me upon the breezes at dawn, and It is so.

~jt

A Happy & Peace-filled New Year!

2010-01-11T19:49:00.000-08:00

I seek the New each day, in the present moment of the New Me!

Quote:

“There is a force within that gives you life--Seek that. In your body there lies a priceless jewel-Seek that. Oh, wandering Sufi, if you are in search of the greatest treasure, don't look outside, Look within, and seek That."
~Jalaluddin Rumi

Prayer:

I am that, and in that I Am. There is no sparation, only One. In this One I live, move and have my being. Our paths are one. Our sight is One and our Purpose is One. There is only Good and this Good is in and of me. I tap this well of infinite expression and outpour the love of that which is in me to all the world. I stretch my concepts to the universe and beyond. I release the ideas of time and space, of form and limitation, and open my mind into the nothingness from wence It all came. In the quantum field of life I find myself alone, gloriously alone. One! From the singularity of the One I view the world and see the shift. All is in flux, all is in the flow of the cosmic good. The in-breath and out-breath, ebb and flow of tides, the change of seasons, evaporation and condensation, each are the yin and yang of life. It is in this balance on which we flow on our cosmic journey, the journey of the soul. My soul's journey is easy and flows easily and effortlessly. I am grateful in my source, and reticent in my thoughts for they are of the One, and therefore of the whole to each in their own time.

Thank you Spirit. With that I know it is done and released, complete in every way.

And so it is.

~jt

Life demonstrates as me!

2009-12-26T10:26:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

What consciousness expects, accepts and embodies, demonstrates. -Dr. David Walker

Affirmative Prayer:

The great I Am in me and as me, is that One Dynamic Force of Good, which is All. Universal, Divine mind gives life to my thoughts daily. As I know this force works in my life always, I take great joy in my thoughts of good for me and all others.

I know that what I choose to create manifests. I therefore declare that infinite prosperity is mine in every way; in my life, relationships, and my finances the All Good of God manifests perfectly for me and for all according to my thinking. I know that which manifests, I need in this moment. It is perfect in every way.

I surrender and accept my good, in every form, knowing I am in my perfect place.

Thank you Spirit

It is done. I let it go. I am at Peace.

And so it is.

I am a reflection of my inner being.

2009-12-23T09:36:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

Men need assurance that the physical life is a reflection of the INNER LIFE, and that the physical life responds to the INNER LIFE through prayer - - the speaking of the Word.
Benjamin F. Sherman, The Hem of the Garment, pg. 118

Today's Prayer:

Know in this moment and every now moment that the one life, the one Truth, that which is indivisible in my life is that which is of God, my Source, that infinite body of the universe and even greater than I can imagine. Know with me that this power is in each and every atom and cell of our bodies, of mine and of yours and that this source of all things is that through which I think, speak, feel, and know.

In knowing this I know that this power in me creates with such conscious action that my life as I see it must be the perfect result. My thoughts by my inner communication with source are the out-picturing I call my life. It can be no less. I am perfect as me. My Word is my bond. I I am that which I see myself to be. I am That. I am the out-picturing of my thoughts and I am just as I see me. I choose all Good. I choose all perfect Source creating through me as grand a life as I can accept. I accept it all. I know there is only good in this and my world. I know this Good is mine unconditionally. I accept it in style, in form and in idea.
I am blessed in all that I am.
Thank you Spirit,
And so it is.

~jt

I taste the Joy.

2009-12-21T19:12:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

When I am grateful, I allow my emotions fully to taste and to express the joy I have received.
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast

Our Affirmation:

I am joyous in my gratitude.

Today's Prayer:

As I outbreathe Spirit to express as my world, I am grateful for the presence of It in and as my life. I am surrounded, and filled with the awesomeness of who and what I am. I am an individualization of the Divine; Perfect, as it can know no less than that which it is. All It creates, It creates in perfect order, in Its image.

I am that creation, as are all those who touch my world, and all that interact in my world. My world is just as I perceive it. and everything in It is just as I thought it would be. It can be no less. It is more as I vision it to be more. When and as this happens, I am in joyous gratitude.

and so it is.

Tis the Season to be Awesome!

2009-12-11T07:48:00.000-08:00

Quote:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
~Albert Einstein

Affirmation:

I am an Awesome expression of God's Good!

This Day's Prayer:

As I look around me, I see the beauty of Source in everything I see, touch, taste, smell, and hear. There is nothing It is not. God in everything is God in me. I am always in awe of Its power to express through me as my world. I am humbled that I am a powerful co-creator with Source. I am in unity with this Source of Good in me, and know that as I think my thoughts, Spirit fills my world with the beauty of this One Mind of which I am an individualization. Thank you Spirit

I choose the path that is in conscious expectation of good unfolding. I know my good is my God, and in whatever form it manifests, I see the highest expression of God in It. It's all Good.

I accept my abundance with gratitude. In whatever form it comes, it comes from God. I see no lack, no limitation. I turn lemons to lemonade, and pennies to millions, one at a time. I always choose the greater over the lesser.

My good health is the perfect health of God, in whose image I am formed. I am God's direct experience of this physical world, and I choose to make Its experience a bold adventure. I step out at every turn into the unknown to experience new thoughts, new ideas, and a greater awakening of the higher me, as my world expands before me.

God this is good, this feeling of love. Thank you, Spirit. As I just allow this Love to surround me, I know that it is already done rightly.

And so it is. Amen.

I am the Abundance of Spirit

2009-12-05T07:38:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

True affluence is not needing anything.
~Gary Snyder, as Quoted on Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac"

Today's Affirmation:

Knowing that God is everywhere present in me and in my life, I know the abundance of Spirit in me. I know God, Creator is All there is, supporting me in all I do. As an individualized expression of Spirit, everything I do I love and because I love what I’m doing and it not only benefits my clients, but it also benefits me in greater and greater ways.

I know I am always provided for and that I lack for nothing. Anything I wish to do, I am able to do easily and effortlessly. I know the universe unfolds before me in wondrous ways, and that this abundant universe is here for me and my good, just as I am there for God as an expression of Its good.

I allow Spirit to work through me knowing there is no greater source of good and I am connecting right in this moment and every moment. As I imagine my greater abundance unfolding for me, I feel the Divine Urge telling me “step out and accept this good in my name.”
In gratitude for the Lover within embracing Its Beloved, I say, Thank You Spirit, and know it is done already.

And so it is!

~rev jim

I allow my Imagination to expand my Good!

2009-11-29T16:38:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
~Albert Einstein

Affirmative Prayer:

There is a Power. It is all there is in my life and my world. There is nothing else. There doesn't need to be, because It is Infinite, It is Goodness, and It is God-ness in my life. It is ever-present in and as me, and expresses as my ever-expanding idea of my life.

As I allow myself to imagine greater and greater good in my life, my idea, my knowledge of God in my life grows. There is no stopping It, no holding It back, for It is Infinite, and all knowledge. My experience of It is limited by my needing to know Its expanse. I therefore just allow my good to unfold. I think no thoughts which might box it in or limit It. Knowing of Its limitless nature, I imagine outrageous good be attracted to me. I know I need not limit the experience by attempting to intellectualize It, so I just give Thanks that It is, and knowing It's All Good, loose it to God my word's unfoldment, knowing it is done.

And so it is.
-jt

For Your highest Good

2009-11-20T12:30:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

"Wherever I go I shall meet peace, joy and happiness. Whatever I do shall be done with reason and intelligence. I shall be surrounded by friendship, by beauty, by right action. My whole being responds to this conviction. Simply, with complete conviction, I accept my Freedom.
- Ernest Holmes, "This Thing Called You.

Today's Meditation:

There is only One in all the Universe. It is in and of each of us, now and always. I know it by many names, and in many religions, and I know It to be the Infinite, Divine Source of all things. It is perfect in every way. I, being Its manifestation must therefore be a perfect expression of It for it can create no less than that which It is.

By our nature we are perfect, whole and complete. And, by my unlearning of the past, I become that again. I am powerful by nature and as I wisely take hold of and use this power for good, it grows and multiples in me as the loaves and fish to Jesus.

I open my whole being to the thought that good flows through me in every moment and I know that it does. I feel blessed, and joyful in knowing that this perfection shows through as my inherent beauty and the full friendships with I have with others.

I know this as my truth, and I know this to be true in my life and in this moment.

I thank God for my unshakable faith in this and release it to the Word, and the Law. I let it be.

And so it is.

I am the High note of Spirit!

2009-11-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.
~ August Rush, from the movie “August Rush”

Today's Meditation:

I am the High note of Spirit in this moment. The symphony I call life flows through me always. It is my highest Good. It is my God. I am enveloped in Its tune, now and always. Being the instrument of God in physical form, I know that I am a member of Its Symphony of Life, a grand symphony, with the supreme conductor of all time.

As I listen, I know the great song of my life is unfolding perfectly in verse and note. I know no dissonant chords that cannot find complete harmony with my song of life, and as I rise to my crescendos and dip into my decrescendos, I just allow it to all flow easily and effortlessly and my life remains on course, in tune, centered in the right verse and completing each task in an harmonious chorus of Love. Above all else I hear the good of life flowing in perfect harmony.

I am a simple “C” in the Infinite Symphony of Life, a common note, centered in the scale of life’s song. I choose this consciously, and feel peace flowing ever outward from my center. My gratitude is in the even greater Song of which I am a part. And I release my voice to God, in anticipation of an ever greater experience of life.

And so it is.

Think God

2009-11-09T13:38:00.001-08:00

Today's Quote
"Resist pessimism and negative thinking both in private and national life. Think only good. 'Think God.' Whatever your trouble, put God, and thoughts of God, in place of that trouble. Think godly things. Even if he or she does not appear to be doing so, see that your brother-sister is striving towards God. See the world developing and growing more spiritual."
~White Eagle, The Quiet Mind

Today's Affirmation
In every situation I think, "What would God think?"

Today's Meditation

Spirit,
Together, we feel the presence and power at work in our lives, and moving in mighty ways across this planet.
Within our hearts, we feel the love that is the essence of all life.
As we share this essential truth with each other, we are filled with peace, hope, joy, strength and calm assurance.
As we collectively and consciously live from this well of strength, we are guided to think good thoughts and to act with love always.
No matter how great the challenge appears to be, we know that God is greater still.
May righteous acts be done through us all.
We accept the miracles that are freely provided.
We release this prayer knowing that Spirit already responds.
And so, we let it be.

Creating My Future

2009-11-07T12:39:00.000-08:00

Today's Quote:

"Embracing change is consciously choosing our future."
~Tom Crum
from The Aiki Approach, Be Willing to Change

Today's Affirmation:

I surrender to the energy of my soul.

Today's Meditation:

Infinite Divine Presence living in, through and as me.

My life continually expands beyond my present state of understanding.

Every time I cooperate with a change that happens in my life, I consciously choose to align with my soul plan.

Spirit moves through my soul, awakening me to more of my innate divinity.

I create my future by flowing in the infinite river of Love.

Thank You, God!

And so it is

My Path To Walk.

2009-11-06T05:23:00.000-08:00

Friday November 6, 2009

Today's Quote:

Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking. --Antonio Machado

~ The Path

Affirmation:

As I walk with these feet, I am in awe of the many ways Spirit expresses through me.
There is only One, living in and as me. This powerful, universal source of good is my life and my being. As I open myself to the possibility, Spirit expresses as my life, as my good.

As I walk my walk, and walk my path, I know the power of Spirit walks with me, protects me, and loves me. As I take each step on my path, I do so mindfully, I do so intentionally, I do so wholly. There is no other way to walk in Spirit. There is no other way to know Spirit.

In the realization that I am the livingness of Spirit, I know that All is good in my life. There are only experiences, each one perfect in its own way, each one spiritual, and each one unique to my path. I accumulate my lessons with love, knowing that each one has been precious to me in some way.

As I move forward on my path, I release all the old lessons. They are lessons done, and I set my focus and intention on that which is in front of me. I give easily, I accept graciously and I release joyously.

I am grateful for each moment, and I set my foot firmly with each step, knowing it is God stepping in time with me.

Having released the past to move forward with every step, I simply continue mindfully.
And so it is.

Thy Will Be Done!

2009-11-03T11:11:00.000-08:00

November 3, 2009 - Thy Will Be Done!

"What we usually pray to God is not that His will be done, but that He approve ours."
~Helga Bergold Gross

Today's Affirmation

I am surrendered and still in the Oneness of my unified Life.

Today's Meditation

I know that there is only one life. That life is God's life, and that life is my life. I know that there is no separation in any way between the Infinite and I. The I that is me is that same I in "I Am." As I create my life, it is the life of Spirit personified. In all its joys and all its sorrows, in its seeming abundance and perceived failures it only reflects that perfect idea of life as I wish to experience it in my God state. I choose exactly how I wish to spend my awakened moments. There is no one else who can live my life, God's life, for me. I am the only player, and I choose the good of my experiences.

As I allow all the experiences in my world to flow, I choose to reach for and attract into my life that which is meaningful and that which is loving.

I consciously know my life is guided by Love and that I am transformed by the guidance of Spirit in my life.

I release any perceptions that I must make anything happen to receive my good and my love.
I am focused on what I desire in my life, and open myself to the clarity I receive through Spirit.
I know Spirit desires only for my highest and best, now and always.
I am grateful for all of my life and allow it to unfold in perfect order.

And so it is.

Inner Fire

2009-11-02T05:15:00.000-08:00

Thursday, November 1, 2007 - Inner Fire

"When we find ourselves looking at the world and saying, 'There's nothing out there for me,' we should probably also look into our hearts and ask, 'If there's nothing out there, is there anything in here?' We need to examine our inner dialogue to discover where we might be blocking the conscious energy flow, then remove the ego, step out of the way, and let the fire of the soul shine through us."
~Deepak Chopra

Today's quote is taken from:
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence

Today's Affirmation
I am filled with the fire of Love.

Today's Meditation

Infinite Source,
I feel within me a cool-hot fire.
When I set my ego aside, I more fully express this inner nature.
I consciously shift my awareness from the outer world to the inner reality.
I choose to get my ego out of way.
Resting here, safe in the light of Source, I recommit myself to joy.
I invite Love: Express through me now!
Every aspect of my being is fed and fueled by the inner fire of the Creator.
Thank You God.
And so it is.

Happy Samhain!

2009-10-31T08:44:00.000-07:00

Saturday, October 31, 2009

"Halloween serves to remind us that our shadow side of consciousness is always seeking to be embraced, released and healed. When we laugh at the "scary" images of this holiday, we vent some of our fears about the illusory nature of life, and release our inner tensions."

~Greg Barrette

Today's Affirmation

I am set free from fear and all is well.

Today's Meditation

Spirit,

There is no place where Spirit are not fully and actively present; therefore I embrace every experience of life as a potential spiritual experience. I am healed from within of all fears, which are always based on illusion, and fully express myself as the confident, divine being I was created to be.

This holiday gives rise to the occasion of my laughing at any inner ghosts and goblins, thus exposing them to be the figments of my imagination that they truly are. From within my own beingness, I am set free from all fear!

Thank You Spirit within!

And so it is!

Changes

2009-10-31T08:30:00.001-07:00

I have decided to use this blog to publish Affirmations and Thoughts. These will be almost daily, but useful affirmations for our daily lives. I hope you enjoy these.

If you would like to keep track of our travels, you can do that through my Spirit On The Road Blog or by signing up for my Spirit Newsletter which is a weekly publication.

Thank you for your support.

Peace & Love,

Jim

Reinventing Myself

2009-09-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

I just read Margo's latest blog and was touched and a little struck by what I heard, because I too am, I guess, reinventing ministry, at least for our organization.

In more ways than one, I am reinventing how I do business. I am uprooting myself and taking to the road in search of the elusive "Cultural Creative." Definition of "Cultural Creative" is someone who is Spiritual, but not religious. That includes me. I know there are literally millions of us out there. I see Margo's situation as the perfect example of an outreach.

We already have ministers doing this in Europe. They teach the philosophy like Ernest Holmes wanted in the first place, but the majority of people in Europe are turned off to religion.

Can you blame them. Most of the wars in the last 3,000 years have been fought over differences in gods, and who's concepts were right. The old "my god's better than your god offense! Still no concept that there is only One, and that All Paths lead to God, the One God, the same God, the only God. Don't even try to tell them that It's not outside us, but within! In order to beleive that, they may have to read their own scriptures. It takes the power away from the clerics of all religions and puts it back in our corner. Of course, with the power comes responsibility.

That is and can be fodder for another post. With these thought, I will leave us all to chew on the meat for a while, or for the vegans, the tofu!

Peace in me is the same peace in you. Dive in, still your thoughts, accept your magnificence. You are God in expression. We all are.

In Love,

jim

Just Words . . . or are they?

2009-05-15T10:40:00.000-07:00

We hear the words poverty and prosperity on the news all the time. We hear about the "War on Poverty" and the "Prosperity of the Nation." We assign the word poverty to the poor and prosperity to the rich. It makes everything so neat, so cut and dry. But have you ever thought about the words and the control they have over the thoughts and feelings of people.

When you hear the words poverty and prosperity, can you feel the power behind them. Say the word poverty, and maybe put it in a sentence like, "I am poor." Can you feel how that sentence sucks the very life out of you? Can you imagine being the object of that sentence? Can you imagine how degrading it is to be "on welfare?" It may not be obvious, but if someone has a poverty consciousness, how can they ever get out of that place.

Albert Einstein said, “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” And you can't be anything but poor, if you believe yourself to be that. If you give a poor person a large sum of money there would be a tendancy for that person to squander the money, and end up in the same condition.

If, on the other hand you that same person is taught to change their thoughts of themselves and learn to consider themselves a prosperous person, they would in turn attract that prosperity to themselves. Wayne Dyer says "change your thoughts, change your life." The difference between being poor and being rich is a single thought. There have been many times in my life when I have been broke, but I never considered myself poor, and my prosperity was always evident all around me.

I saw it in nature. I saw it in the mussels I would pick of the rocks in the bay , and cook up for lunch or dinner. There are mores ways to measure prosperity than money. In fact defining money as the only measurement of prosperity can be very limiting and wholly unrealistic.

Make a list of the things you are thankful for; your friends, your family, your pets, your car, your ability to walk or talk, the beauty in the forests or the streams or the ocean. There so many things to be thankful for and it is these things that really make us prosperous. So the next time you think, I'm poor, or woe is me, Chang that thought and think about all the good, all the abundance in your life.

Now say the sentence, "I am prosperous" or I am abundant." Doesn't that feel lighter, more healthy, almost exhilarating? That's because it's an uplifting, positive thought. It's a thought that makes you feel good.

Next time you hear about the "war on poverty", just say, I don't support a "War on Poverty", I support "A Consciousness of being Prosperity!"

Jesus never considered himself poor, yet he never carried any money with him, and he always had enough. He had a "Prosperity Consciousness."

So can you.

New Beginnings

2009-04-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

I have spent most of my life, marking time, marching in time, watching time, counting time, and many other ways looking at time as being something that was finite and fleeting.

Lately, I have started to look at time as something that I have been unconsciously obsessed with. I have always, I guess, looked at it as something there is never enough of. That I'll never have enough of it to get everything done.

I also was never a religious person, and I'm still not. Seems like a strange thing for someone pursuing the ministry to say, but it's true. Probably why I am a Religious Scientist.

Now that I am more aware of who and what I am, I find myself less concerned as to how much I accomplish in my life, because I am an eternal soul. I truly believe that. Being eternal, I am able to know that anything I do is good. Hell I could just BE and that would be good, but I choose to do and be more. I enjoy just "being" sometimes, but I need more, so I try to help people.

Being a minister enables me to help in many ways. Having life experiences in finance, construction, manufacturing, IT and design, allows me to offer ideas and solutions from many angles, but I also find most people need to doe the inquiry themselves. I can help guide them, but they need to do the work. The wise Chinese prophet, Lao Tzu once said, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." It's so true.

Anyway, while I still feel I need to be "on time" for appointments out of respect, I feel that whatever I do in this world is enough, and just right. So here I am almost a reverend, ready to start my ministry reaching out to those who may believe as I do. More on that next time.
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