DECEMBER 2023: Pure Light of Love

“The Light is more than some abstract, unknowable energy force. Light is Truth. If Light is truth, then darkness must be lies. Each and every lie we tell to ourselves and others casts the shadow of separation upon us. Every time even the most minor deception is revealed and the truth is made known we are re-united with the Light. So, Let there be Light. Those are the words by which you can create your own magnificent world.” - Rev. Renee Bledsoe

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee

December 03 - Pure Light of Love
December 10 - Rebirth of Divinity
December 17 - White Magic: Creating with Celestial Light
December 24 -  A Star is Born
6pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Ceremony
December 31 - Love Wisdom

In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence, specifically an unknown and mysterious ability of God, angels, or human beings to express themselves communicatively through spiritual means, rather than through physical capacities. Spiritual light or divine light is often used as a metaphor for the Truth, as in seeing the light. However, spiritual light is a very real phenomenon that has a profound effect upon the earth and her inhabitants on many levels of being.

“Whoever lives the truth comes into the light.” (John 3:21)

Bringing in more divine light is accomplished slowly and over time, as we remove layers of denial and awaken to ever deepening understanding of the true nature of our being. Truth is revealed, this allows enlightenment to occur.. meaning darkness and confusion are brought to order. This order, at first can feel a little austere, and a kind of emptiness can occur, especially if the segueway into our purpose is not quite in step with the dance of our new beginnings. Yet, this stage of enlightenment is not to be feared. There is a definitive point in time where we are claiming the truth of our free will and going to places of greater responsibility with our free will.

At first when the full weight of that is felt, acknowledged and understood, it can press upon us and feel quite overwhelming. This is why the process of enlightenment, while in it's initial stages often entails a great deal of clearing and letting go of belief systems that do not serve free will, is ultimately leading us to the realization of our freedom to create our life, to live out our destiny in the highest, most ingenious ways we can imagine. Navigating in the emptiness of our own divine identity as it is coming to light is a time when our true selves are literally coming alive or coming online. It truly is an awakening and an unfolding of the great mystery within.

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato

As we begin the process of unfolding, much like a flower that opens its petals to the sun, we continue to bring in more and more light. It becomes important for us to consciously work with light. We do this by continuing practices which help us to raise and maintain higher levels of awareness and mindfulness. some of that freedom we have earned includes the propensity to tell the truth.... regularly and even at cost to what was before. When this is faithfully done, we start to see the perfection of this existence in greater detail. This brings us into a deep appreciation for our life and for all life. This appreciation and gratitude becomes a way of being, and not just a list that we rustle up when we need a reminder to pull us out of the doldrums.

Often we will hear teachers remind us of the power of our shadow and going into our own darkness. While these teachings are helpful for sure, ultimately if you look at darkness or chaos as a part of creation, or the void of creation to be more specific, then you will understand that journeying through a measure of darkness is a valid part of the process of creating our lives, and our divine identity. But just as the physical birth process and our time in the womb and passage through the birth canal is not the whole of our life experience, but in reality only the beginning, for our divinity is born through the passage through the valley of the shadow of darkness into the light in much the same way. Notice that it says the shadow of darkness. This could be interpreted as saying that when we are in the void or the unknown aspects of creation that if we are suffering, in pain or afraid that we may be in the shadow of darkness. As we ascribe our fears to this part of the creative process, it could quite possibly be reminding us that we are to bring light into the darkness in order to release the lie of the shadow.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”  ― Martin Luther King Jr

Divine Light has the power to heal and empower our lives in ways that we may barely be able to comprehend. Lightworkers the world over are essentially truth workers, who by facing their own darkness, bravely shine the light and are willing to die the little ego deaths of negativity and distorted belief systems in order to be reborn into the light. This has a visceral effect on all life. For bringing in divine light is much more than a metaphor for the truth, though it is always brought forth through the vehicle of Truth. Spiritual Light is here for us to resource ourselves and remember ourselves in due course. It is a real and vital substance that we must learn how to summon and direct for the greater good of all. We must do this regularly and routinely in order to strengthen and awaken to the light of truth. Truth brings healing and redemption. Our task is to learn to trust in the process of creation.

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” - Albus Dumbledore 

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Pure Light of Love Affirmations 

I am a being of pure light.

Where I once created my life in darkness, I now create through the awareness of the light of my soul. 

I refine my ability to create from love. 

I create my life because of love. 

I look for ever deepening enlightened expressions of  love. 

I create and express the light of my soul. 

I allow the light of my soul to be my guiding light. 

I enter the darkness, knowing that all that lies outside of what is known to me is there. 

Magic and miracles live in the unknown. 

I courageously enter the mystery void of creation. 

I reveal the light in all my dealings. 

The truth will set me free. 

The light resources me and gives me strength. 

I turn the karma of my ancestral path into the light. 

I heal and empower myself with the light of truth. 

I am devoted to the Light. 

Spiritual Light activates my soul. 

My spirit is reborn in the flesh. 

The divine mother within carefully tends my soul. 

My mind is in service to my soul. 

There is a saviour being born within me. 

Moments of truth clarify my connection to my divinity. 

I allow my divinity to be revealed. 

The light of my soul reveals the purity of my heart. 

I accept the light for my highest good. 

I receive and activate the great spiritual light of the holy days. 

I am conscious of greater depths of love. 

My spiritual strength comes from the light of the creator. 

Where there is truth, there is light. Where there is light, there is God

Wisdom lives in the pure light of true love.

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NOVEMBER 2023: The Way of Oneness

"The universe is a manifestation of the one, and the oneness is inside the soul. The soul is our real self. The ego is who we think we are.' - Ram Dass

There are 2 trees: The Tree of Knowledge (of Good & Evil) and the Tree of Life. These trees are correspondent to the neural nets in the brain and the way that we process realities. The "Tree of Knowledge" creates a certain pattern of exploration in duality within the brain state. The opposing hemispheres are fired up as we live our lives and come online. But as we become ready to truly live a second tree begins to alight in our brains and ultimately our body: the "Tree of Life". This stimulates new neural net activity. Consciousness grows. As we become whole brain functioning the new neural connections of the Tree of Life overlay the Tree of Knowledge. Duality is understood as transient and Eternity is understood as immortal. Thus we evolve into a more complete awareness of our inner and outer nature. Our true essence begins to permeate our life as we experience the layers of reality, and we begin to synthesize this into oneness and a singularity of rich experience.

Here the spirit and soul become one, mind and matter merge into an indistinguishable continuum, God and Goddess unite within us, and the new realm of love and peace is ONE.

"Oneness does not mean we are the same. It means we are connected. That has ramifications.  Not understanding that "no man is an island" is the root of all trouble and sorrow." - Rev. Renee Bledsoe

Oneness is Tantra. It is a kind of seeing that becomes the practice of being in full relationship with life—a living connection with all that is. It is a complete opening of the Self to the self and vice versa. It is an awakening and a quickening of the senses, awareness, and emotions—to the present moment and experiencing reality from that place of openness and oneness.Tantra affirms all aspects of the material world as infused with divine feminine power or Shakti. This is also known as Holy Spirit,】 or Shekhina.

Tantra is not focused on a single person, place or thing, because it is a way of being, seeing and relating which touches all aspects of life, inner, outer and other worlds. Though a person, place or thing can become a focal point, it is an intimate relationship with life that is grounded in and guided by Truth. That Truth reveals the reality and true nature of Love. This predicates the awakening of the divinity of humanity and the making sacred of Gaia, Mother Earth. Our body and the earth are experienced as one with the Divine. 

Munay Ki, Ho 'Oponopono, Huna, Baqua, Namaste, Passion of the Christ, and the Beauty Way are all examples of Tantra as a cross cultural way of life.

"What seems to be happening at the moment is never the full story of what is really going on. Inter-connectedness is a fundamental principle of nature. Nothing is isolated. Each event connects with others. Things are constantly unfolding on different levels. It's for us to perceive the warp and woof of the Oneness of All as best we can, and learn to follow our own threads through the tapestry of life with authenticity and resolve." - Jon Kabat-Zinn

"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us." - Nicholas Black Elk

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe

November 5 - The Way of Oneness

November 12 - At-one-ment

November 19 - Amazing Grace

November 26 - In-To-Me-See

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THE GREAT SCROLL: THE UNION OF SPIRIT AND FLESH

"The union of spirit and flesh is the 'one thing' spoken of by Hermes Trismegistus, who was also known as Mercurius, in his Emerald Tablet; it is the aqua vitae and quintessence of Alchemy; it is the Qi of Chinese Qigong; it is the Tao of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu; it is the Mysterious Female and tenuous matter of mystic Taoism; in Hinduism it is represented by Ardhanarisvara, who is the union of Shiva and Shakti, of being and non-being; it is the Great Way into Zen stillness, the Mother Luminosity or Rainbow Body of Dzogchen Buddhism, and the enlightened body of Buddha; it is the Tree of Life, linking Heaven and Earth; it is the transfiguration of the canononical Gospels, and the 'rapture' of Revelation; it is "of movement, and of rest", as declared by Christ in the Gospel of Thomas, and "The Word become flesh", of the Gospel of John; it is the ascension to unity spoken of in the New Age movement, and it is the eternal OM of the Goddess Lakshmi; it is the foundation of the Kabbalah; it is the unified wave structure of matter, of the new physics, and dark matter of astrophysics; it is the body electric of Walt Whitman, and the body divine. In short, the union of spirit and flesh is the essential component of all progressive cosmologies, for it is the true enlightenment.

Historically this 'oneness' has be called advaita (non-dual). However, the non-dualists of history seem to have overlooked the flesh as being part of that oneness, and continually declared that the body, and all matter, were merely illusion. Fortunately humanity is at a point in its evolution where the flesh can be known to be divine, and a new advaita in which emptiness and fullness are one can come into being. For some people there must be a healing of the pain caused by division in order for them to return to the original harmony of the cosmos.

It is through this new, and absolute, unity and oneness that the true ascension of Sophia, our cosmic being, occurs. This is when the vibration of flesh is raised into the vibration of spirit, and the vibration of spirit descends into harmony with the flesh. Within this new and holy oneness, nothing shall be alien: matter is mind, will is consciousness, and flesh is now holy ground! A truly Pagan event: the divination of matter has occurred. This unification is the actual intent behind the Christian Eucharist and the Catholic communion; the word 'catholic' means 'universality'- or, that which is without limits. Communion is thus the integration of the body (flesh) and the blood (spirit), of Heaven and Earth, of form and formlessness, of Creator and Created, and of He and She.

The Aquarian Age is upon us, and Love is the one and only Law. And, as in the Jeweled Web of Indra- in which the entire cosmos is made of hollow gems, each filled with nothing but the reflection of all other gems- we must now know and feel that separateness is an illusion and we are all actually an interdependent, multidimensional, infinite oneness. Each of us is everything. A great silence. A new vibration. An holistic ascension. This is the Aquarian Awakening into the Cosmic Christ."

"To become light, bodily, is the destiny of man." - Adi Du

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The Way of Oneness Affirmations
I allow myself to expand and grow outside of my comfort zone.
When I am experiencing pain in my life, I acknowledge it and then look for the bigger yes that is wanting my attention.
I sit with my pain and the pain of others in non-judgmental discernment.
I feel my feelings and this softens my heart and creates true empathy.
It takes great strength to be tender hearted.
As I create my personal boundaries, I make it possible to come into oneness with others.
Others feel safe around me because they know where I stand.
I ask for clarity in communication if I do not understand.
I take the time to explore my own thoughts and feelings.
The issue may not be how I feel, but what I think about how I feel.
I use empathy, not to excuse another's behavior and position but to see the big picture.
I do not minimize, alter, or deny how I truly feel.
I use only positive self talk, always looking for the love in every situation.
I see myself and others as capable of leading an empowered life.
I do not mask pain in various ways such as anger, humor, or isolation, instead being honest and sitting with my feelings.
I do not express negativity or aggression in indirect and passive ways, instead journaling and seeking counsel from trusted sources.
The more honest I can be with myself about my feelings, the clearer my mind becomes.
With clarity of thought comes healing and empowerment.
As I experience the dance of thoughts and feelings, I do not take it all so seriously.
When I am able to watch and observe my inner dialogue, higher consciousness and greater awareness comes forth.
I pay attention to self-talk, and speak to myself as I would to a friend.
As I invoke the silent watcher within I start to come into oneness with my Higher Self.
My Higher Self is calm and centered with me.
I allow myself to receive praise and recognition.
I am fair and open-minded in my dealing with others.
When I experience conflict I stay present to the pain.
I allow the pain of conflict to create the alchemy of change within me.
I rise up out of conflict and come into oneness, by seeing the deep hidden message.
I come into my own, in full awareness that this is not accomplished alone.
I take responsibility for myself and for my own life, and am attentive to my own needs.
I am responsible for how I feel and what I think, and I respond with love.
I experience the joy of oneness with this creation, as I recognize the sacrifices that have been made by each of us for all of us.
I am one with all that is, even as I am whole and complete within myself.
It is my very wholeness from within that creates awareness of oneness with all that is.

OCTOBER 2023: Energy Matters

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” ~ Aristotle

More and more people are coming to understand that what we can interpret with our physical senses and our conscious intelligence is not the only intelligences and energies at work in the universe. But as we  lose our fascination with what is only available to us through the physical senses and the cognitive mind, we need to continue to develop our intuitive abilities and our spiritual senses to better interpret the energies around and within us, and tap into the power of the Divine Intelligence. 

This is one of the reasons why it is so important to get very clear emotionally, so that we can interpret our experiences with purity and not through the darkened lens of a fear of the unseen, unknown or unusual. If we do not allow ourselves to learn how to read energy in a non-judgmental way we will find ourselves lost in a world of fear, superstition and misinformation. We do not want to burn the witch within. For certainly within each of us there is a master magician and a powerful manifestor, who will benefit greatly by understanding how to better work with and manage energy.

During the month of October we will be increasing our understanding of energy. We will be raising and resetting our vibration, discovering areas that need vibrational re-attunements, learning about how to read and shift the energies surrounding people, places and things, including ourselves and opening to new levels of manifestation. Everything is energy and as such, we invoke the power of change right from within.

“Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.” ― Barbara Marciniak

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe
October 01 - Energy Matters
October 08 - 101 Ways to Raise Your Vibration on the Medicine Wheel
October 15 - Thoughts vs Impressions 
October 22 - Energy & Consciousness

October 29 -  Everything is Energy

ENERGY AFFIRMATIONS

That which is like unto itself is drawn.

I am a multi-dimensional being of light, color and sound frequencies.

I re-attune my body through energy healing and balancing activities.

I magnetize my clear intentions into my life.

I receive divine inspiration through the channel of my higher self.

I clear my energy field through prayer, ritual and visualization.

I invoke the Light for healing and enlightenment.

I access the wisdom of the ages through study of ancient mystery teachings.

I see and experience the divinity of all that is.

I am a vessel for the Light.

I am integrating Light into my physical body.

I am on the path of ascension to higher consciousness, opening new pathways for all mankind.

My consciousness lifts me into ever higher realms of love and light.

I am filled with well-being and high intentions for the greater good of all mankind.

My joy will heal and delight the world.

The “I am” presence within me is at peace in my being.

I acknowledge my emotions so that I can be in the present moment.

I give the gift of my attention to someone who needs to be seen.

I experience the power of love, compassion and forgiveness in my life.

I unconditionally release judgment of myself and others.

I observe with  awareness the hidden meanings of my experiences.

I call to my power animal to enrich my life and call upon new programs for empowerment and healing.

If I wish to experience more love, I will love myself more, by caring for my physical, emotional and spiritual well being.

 If I wish for others to treat me with kindness, care and respect, I will do those same things for myself.

If I wish to be more abundant, I will invest in myself. If I wish that others will utilize my services, I will utilize the services of others.

The universe is conspiring on my behalf.

The moment I register a desire, focus on that desire and turn that desire into an intention I begin to resonate with that desire and it with me.

 What I truly want, wants me.

I am, that I am.

SEPTEMBER 2023: Alchemy of Time

"The Great Work is a Spiritual Process. The One thing is the birth of your soul." - Hermetica 

Our human journey is a study in spiritual alchemy. Alchemy is the art and science of transformation, which follows a very specific and predictable set of protocols. Initially it was couched in secret, scientific encoded writings. However, many mystics have since revealed the code, and applied it to the most powerful alchemical laboratory of all: the human being. As we evolve it is apparent that we are turning our base, instinctually driven nature into a fully free willed creator God,  the pauper into the King or Queen, the lead of our mortal existence into the "gold" of our immortality, our body into the Light of our Soul. 

“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” - C.S. Lewis 

We are always changing, yet we haven't always understood, nor recognized our changes and have even feared change.  In the past, time had been slowed and attuned by the current state of human consciousness, sometimes not allowing us to see the cause of effects enough to truly link up the truth of cause and effect. This was so for many reasons, not the least of which was to give us the gift of time so that we could discern our existence with free will, and learn, discover, and grow more into the fullness of our human potential, and our powers to manifest. 

“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” - Oscar Wilde 

Time is key here as we delve into the alchemical marriage of our body/mind/soul and spirit. For it is time that draws us upward on the vertical axis of the path and subjects us to the process of spiritual alchemy. Yet, as we become more fifth dimensional, stepping outside of linear time and space, it becomes imperative to engage with time in a new way. We must have a way to routinely take stock of ourselves as we become increasingly non-linear and more holistic. The medicine wheel with it's ouroborous effect is the complete package that allows us to not only take stock, but setup milemarkers to chart and direct our own progression. 

Most of our growth has come through a painful rending of old belief systems, which also tend to show up as a letting go of relationships, careers and other physical manifestations, as well as, dreams, ideas, fantasies and karmic contracts. Without knowledge of spiritual alchemy, these things might appear to make no sense, and serve to further dig us into the roles of victim and perpetrator. But once this most predictable process is realized and we see that we are literally experiencing a kind of spiritual procedure through our own crisis, we have a chance of lifting ourselves into another mode and way of being. While understanding this process from a more cosmic and spiritual evolutionary perspective might not make it immediately less painful, it can relieve any undue suffering from our misunderstanding, internalizing or confusion. Much like a midwife's job is to bring comfort to the birthing mother, by truly understanding spiritual alchemy we can comfort and prepare ourselves for what is to come. 

"Where there is fear, there is power. Even fear is a friend. Transcend."  - Cora Flora 

It is through the process of alchemy that our soul emerges and integrates the body and the spirit in the flesh. It is how we become like God. Yet, as we let go of our notions of who and what God is... and turn more toward our own inward journey and allowing that transformation to outwardly manifest, we come to truly know the complexities of the creator, through the gift of our Higher Self... our Holy Guardian Angel. As we entertain greater levels of freedom, we find that we are the captain of our destiny. This can seem like an overwhelming responsibility unless we are aware of the alchemical process by having a system which helps us to keep the lines of communication open between all our aspects. Containers such as meditation, medicine wheel  and Kabbalah helps us to do just that. Ultimately we do not need blind faith to proceed, for we can develop the spiritual eyes to see and the ears to hear the whisperings of our soul. 

“Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see” - William Newton Clarke 

We are evolving. Humanity has enough time into this process now, and the ability to communicate and compare notes, which is a part of that process itself. For as we observe ourselves and become more and more consciously aware of the depth of our own existence, we then can realize our own tempering into compassionate and loving beings of light, with great powers of healing and creativity which will allow us to fully step into our free will and choose the kind of world we will make real. We can choose heaven or hell. The power is within our hands. 

“This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.” - Rabindranath Tagore 

Conversely enough, there is a divine plan however, that was agreed upon by our GodSelf to elevate humanity back to a state of re-unification in God Consciousness. The truth is that we cannot fail. Because just because we do not remember our GodSelf and our master purpose, doesn't mean that our soul doesn't remember. And this process of alchemy will birth our soul, one way or another. And when the soul comes stalking, the things we need to experience to awaken will happen. 

“Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word, nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges.” 

— Sri Aurobindo 

It is our work here to awaken the GodSelf within through love and awareness, and proactive midwiving of the soul's emergence. This is why our power to communicate is so important. Messengers are being sent to tell us that it does not have to be difficult. Great sacrifices have been made to ensure that each wave of souls successively has an easier birth. So we must take this great gift, awaken now and receive the grace of our existence in this moment. Let love live through us, allow our souls to emerge and heaven on earth to end the war between fear and love. This is the alchemy of life. 

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe

September 03 - Alchemy of Time

September 10 - Secrets of Change

September 17 - Movement in the Moment

September 23 - ForGiving 

Alchemy Affirmations 

My Soul is preparing me to meet my Higher Self.

I am becoming the Light of my Soul.

I am inspired with the Light of the Creator to open to my full potential.

I am free to choose life.

I am free to choose love.

True freedom means free to be in the presence of the divine.

My freedom allows me to be more devoted and committed to the Light and Love of this creation.

My Spirit informs my soul every day.

I take the time to care for my soul, as I care for my body.

I honor all aspects of my being.

I am in conscious contact with my Higher Self.

I an reunited with my soul group.

I understand the great powers of a working with my soul group.

A soul group allows for the constant reflection of God/dess to be made manifest.

My soul group allows me to refine my divinity, my divine identity.

I accept my God Self.

I am loving and compassionate for this journey of becoming.

Through spiritual alchemy my soul emerges.

I am tempered through this alchemical process into a loving super-being of light.

My love is my shield and my guide.

I accept the alchemy of my addictions as part of growing and evolving.

Addictions and attachments are breaking me open and allowing me to rebirth myself.

Illness and disease calls for the awakening of the physician within.

My inner physician is activated.

I heal and inspire myself and others from the depths of my soul and heights of my spirit.

I prepare my body as a temple of God's love.

I am disciplined with  my self and soul care.

I continue to expand as a healer and lightworker.

I ground and anchor my spiritual experiences into the manifested reality.

I receive the proper support, as well as give it to others.

I release all codependent patterns.

My divinity is the Holy Grail.

I embrace the alchemy of my life.

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AUGUST 2023: Inner Light

"Don't shine to be seen, shine so that others can see the way." ~ Unknown 

If you see the Light, in its most practical nature, as the Truth, then you understand that enlightenment is the means by which we reveal the truth to ourselves and to the world. Yet, enlightenment is about far more than simply being honest. True enlightenment strips away all the illusions about life itself, including people, places and things, parts of our own personality and belief systems and anything else at all that is keeping us from the truth of love. It inspires us to open to our soul and it allows us to see the light in everyone and everything. 

When you possess light within, you see it externally. ~Anaïs Nin 

Many people try to shine a spotlight onto themselves from without, competing for attention and living in a perpetual state of lack, forgetting all about power versus force and the power of their true light.  When you absolutely know who you are, what you have to offer to the world and the importance of anchoring your God self onto this planet, then you know it's not really that much about you shining at all. It's about you becoming in alignment with your radiant God Self, so that the unique aspects of this creation that you are resonant with, can find you and we can all be re-united with the Light. 

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 

We are here now in a dance of shadow and light. This is a dance that we must come to enjoy. For even though we all know that the life giving light of the sun is what keeps our body and mind alive and well. It is under the cover of the night, and in the void of our own soul, where all possibility exists and the deep lake of our inner being, reflects the light of God and refracts it out into the world in a way that allows us to reveal, share and receive God's Love. This is the means by which the omnipotent forces of creation can experience itself in the material world, where we can play and have fun, creating our dreams and manifesting love without "blinding" each other with our Light. This is how we all come to shine our Light from within and live as one. 

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Marianne Williamson 

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe

August 06 - Inner Light

August 13 - Boundaries & Free Will

August 20 - The Illuminated Heart

August 27 - Many Hands Make Light Work 

LIGHT AFFIRMATIONS

I am guided by the Light.

I am filled with the Light of the Creator.

I meditate with the Light.

As I shine the light and reflect on my life, I look for the love.

I ask what would love do?

I am evolving into full realization and becoming my soul.

My soul will set my spirit free.

My light must come through the depths of my soul.

The Light is in service to my soul.

In the darkness of my soul, all things are possible and I choose according to the desires of my heart what I will create.

I use reflection and contemplation to know myself.

I allow myself to shine.

I allow others to shine, and bask in the gifts they freely give.

I see the inner beauty of all those who surround me.

I receive the gifts of life, through all the people, places and things on my journey.

The Light destroys all illusions of love.

The Light leads me to divine love.

I am inspiring, when I am inspired.

I live an illuminated life.

I dance with shadow and light, understanding that this is how I am able to choose with my free will.

It is within the darkness, that I find the true light within.

I order to access the darkness, I turn toward my problems and issues, not away.

I face the power of my own Light within and actively work with it to dispell illusion.

Once I see the Light, I have faith that my innate wisdom will guide me to the choices that will illuminate my heart and soul.

As I illuminate my mind, I free my body. As I illuminate my heart, I free my soul.

I am a radiant Light unto the world.

What I love inspires and enlightens the world.

I shine my Light from within.

I am powered by spiritual light

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JULY 2023: Pursuit of Happiness

"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness." ~Robert Frost 

In our country the Fourth of July marks a very special milestone in human history: a collective acknowledgment in a new world for liberation from tyranny, injustice, slavery and anything that bars our pathway to life, lliberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

Does anyone ever notice that our founding fathers put the pursuit of happiness right up there with life and limb? But how many of us truly honor and guard our pursuit to happiness as much as we do our very lives? Don't we tend to suffer as long as we can tolerate the suffering? Which for many of us is very long. Don't we say someday I'll be happy when... Don't we underestimate our need for deep soul satisfaction as being something that would be nice, but not necessary for our survival? 

I daresay our ancestors had gave us alot more than a free country when they signed those documents. They gave us the true formula to properly prioritize the care and feeding of the human spirit. Isn't it fascinating that this powerful message comes forth in what is considered a political, secular document? In one of the greatest revelations of the power of the people the Declaration of Independence is possibly one of the most sacred documents in existence for our time, if you consider that God can speak through humankind. 

We must be committed to our freedom. Freedom isn't free and we must be willing to pay the price, to fight if need be not only for our right to do as we please, but to be who we really are. We must fight our own inner demons and that of our ancestral karma to be free of old patterns and programming, while enjoying the gifts we've been given to create ourselves by the power of the divine will that resides within each of us. This is our path to freedom, right through the center of our heart. Most of all we simply want to be free to love, to be love, to flow love and to receive love. This is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves and to each other. 

"Most people want security in this world, not liberty." ~H.L. Mencken 

"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it." ~William Faulkner 

"Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves." ~Nietzsche 

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe

July 2 -  Pursuit of Happiness

July 9 -  Choosing Life

July 16 -  Positivity = Creativity

July 23 -  Energy Flows 

July 30 -  Glow Up!

Pursuit of Happiness Affirmations 

I am committed to the freedom of my spirit.

I allow my soul to soar.

I practice freedom in my life.

I allow others the freedom to be who they are.

I am free to love.

I am free to just be myself. I am free to discover who I am.

I am free to make new choices.

I give myself permission to express myself in different ways.

I am a growing, evolving spiritual being.

I have the higher vision of eagle within my being.

I am free to explore the possibilities of life.

My will to live is ignited and my love is the flame.

There is so much to live for and I am grateful for my life.

I am the intention of my ancestors, but I am ultimately made in the image of the creator.

I remember who I am. I remember all that I have been.

I activate stellar consciousness and witness the birth of this universe and all that is.

I am a Shining Star.

I am gifted and talented at____________________________________________.

I love to____________________________________________________________________.

Others think I am good at ___________________________________________________________.

My journey has been long, but I have never been alone.

I feel the supportive power of my people.

I experience God through my people and my family and community.

I call upon Archangel Michael, the mighty Eagle, to clear me of the imprints of the past.

I clear and purify myself and reset the future.

With great excitement and gratitude I step into my destiny.

I am free to choose life.

JUNE 2023: Inner Sun Shining

"You are more than you know, greater than the sum of your parts. The power of love and light lie deep within you. You are more loving than you can ever imagine in a day, and more powerful than you can possibly realize in a lifetime. Your light has been cloaked only so that you can bring this to bear in a way that allows you to relate and share in a way that also honors this in each other." Rev. Renee Bledsoe 

Sunday Talks with Rev. Renee Bledsoe

June 04 - Inner Sun Shining

June 11 - Courage, Strength & Confidence

June 18 - Church in Circle - Summer Solstice - Father's Day

June 25 - The Movement of Action 

On the medicine wheel, in the sacred direction of the West, we gain the courage, strength and confidence to enter the unknown element of soul. Though the West is the place of darkness, we find that it is here that we are often called out, not just to face off on what we think is wicked about us, but more poignantly the great, potent powerful seed of eternal light that lives hidden deep within our heart and soul. 

This place within us is the part of us where the field of pure potential resides. It holds, guards and keeps glimpses of the brilliance of our true nature until we are ready to wield such power. As we sit in this aspect of ourselves on the wheel, it is like a visionquest for every cell of our body. It is a brave call for something beyond our meager imagining to come forth, so that we can continue to change and grow as a human being, and to be in a new, old way. 

"Buddha has actually called it the lion's roar. When a man reaches an absolutely silent state he roars like a lion. For the first time he knows what freedom is because now there is no fear of anybody's opinion. What people say does not matter. Whether they call you a saint or a sinner is immaterial; your whole and sole judge is God. And by 'God' a person is not meant at all, God simply means the whole universe." - Osho 

Courage, strength and confidence are the stepping stones to our future selves. It is important to understand this process of growth and to realize the heirarchy of our spiritual evolution. For courage builds strength, and strength builds confidence. Often we forget that confidence must be built, even earned. Just as we might lift weights to build muscular strength, so too, must we exercise our options to build confidence. In other words, the more we courageously venture into the unknown, the stronger we become, the better prepared we are to take risks, the more confident we become. 

Notice that confidence and comfort are not the same things. In many ways our confidence level is directly related to our perception of our ability to handle the unknown. So if miracles of manifestation lie outside of what is known to us, then how could we consider making this a routine part of our lives, and not just some leap of faith that we take every now and again as we muster the courage, or more likely life and our soul stalk us to move into the void? 

"It is not a question of having to face a person; you have to face the trees, the rivers, the mountains, the stars -- the whole universe. And this is our universe, we are part of it. There is no need to be afraid of it, there is no need to hide anything from it. In fact, even if you try you cannot hide. The whole knows it already, the whole knows more about you than you know." - Osho 

One of the best ways that I know of to teach ourselves about what we are really made of, to help us continously access the depths of our being, and to access great assistance in the realm of pure possibility is the medicine wheel. When you journey on the wheel, you first build faith in the presence of unseen forces of light through the courageous act of humility. One could say that the very first leap of faith of the fool to venture into the unknown is where courage begins on the wheel. As one becomes a seasoned traveler however, the awareness of the magician within, and a whole cast of characters, magical beings and divine helpers come to the fore, and we are strengthened for the journey by our deep awareness that we are not alone, in many senses of the word. 

"The ground of fearlessness is fear. In order to become fearless you have to stand in the middle of your fear." - Osho

Much like the story of the Wizard of Oz, the hero's journey reveals the deep magic that lies within, and this begins to outpicture in our lives. People, places, situations and scenarios will play out to call into awareness what is within. Then something amazing happens, we start to be able to navigate in the dark, through the signs and symbology of the events of our life. And we are no longer the victim of circumstance, karma or fate. As soon as we get our shaman's eyes, and develop the ability to track our lives, to see the experiences of our lives through higher dimensions, it is as if an invisible light comes on and we can access greater information. It is in that moment that we truly realize that we are creating all of it. 

"Never think in terms of being free from; always think in terms of being free for. And the difference is vast, tremendously vast. Don't think in terms of from -- think for. Be free for God, be free for truth, but don't think that you want to be free from the crowd, free from the church, free from this and that. You may be able to go far away one day, but you will never be free, never. It is going to be some sort of suppression." - Osho 

Courage, strength and confidence come from within. But the process and experience of life is designed to give us what we need to pull what is within "out" into the world. The reason for this is that above all we are destined to create. Being fruitful and multiplying is not just about procreation of other human beings... it is an all encompassing command to be abundant, to improve your lot, to advance and grow... and ultimately to evolve right through the door of the unknown, the great mystery of our own soul... to become fully human. 

If we can imagine something into existence one time, it can be done a hundred thousand times. The truth is, that we have already imagined a great many things into existence. The imaginal realm is very real. In meditation and journeywork sometimes people ask, how do I know that I am not imagining it? The answer is that you are! Yet there is a great question that must be asked. Why, out of all the things your could have imagined did you choose that? And "who" was it that chose that? Exploring these questions almost always bears fruit. These are most often treasures pulled up from the deep, clues about your unique individuality and purpose. 

"The crowd is not the problem -- you are the problem. The crowd is not pulling you -- you are being pulled, not by somebody else but by your own unconscious conditioning. Always remember not to throw the responsibility somewhere on somebody else, because then you will never be free of it. Deep down it is your responsibility. Why should one be so much against the crowd? Poor crowd! Why should you be so much against it? Why do you carry such a wound?" - Osho 

Sometimes we discover that the soul is tossing us clues through our dreams, imaginings and visions about what is hidden inside of us. It is even possible to tap into the visions and dreams of each other. It is also possible for each of us to have a similar dream, a memory, or a calling that is so strong, that even if we don't realize it, we magnetize ourselves to each other through this common dream. It is then that we truly begin to understand the reality of the realities within the unconscious, and the great hidden powers that are available to us, upon this discovery. 

This realization is the ultimate courage bringer. For in this we begin to see our purpose and remember who we really are. And we begin to recognize each other, and much like in the Wizard of Oz, there is a homecoming, and a newfound ability to reunify with lost aspect of ourself, and a discovery of strength we didn't know we had. This in turn gives us the confidence to continue to build our dreams, to seek out a vision, to allow our soul group both within and without to come forth and move together as one. This oneness, this reunification is our heart of hearts. It is here, in this space that we can live inside the gap, the tao of our heart, regularly and routinely living in the fifth dimensional holy, whole sacred space of a life lived loving like God/dess loves. 

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Affirmations: Inner Sun Shining 

I build confidence by actively engaging in my inner and outer life.

I explore my inner world through contemplation and reflection.

My practice of contemplation involves writings from my soul.

I allow my soul to reveal my own depth to me through writing.

I contemplate my writing through reflection and divination.

Divination is a contemplative art that allows me to speak with my soul.

As I become more aware of my soul I am better able to communicate.

My soul is a great mysterious being, and I open to that mystery.

I offer myself up to the great mystery of my soul.

I allow my life to be an expression of my soul.

As I express my own soul, I relieve the world of it's soulessness.

I am connected to the web of souls.

My I AM presence alights my soul.

I have the courage and strength to be myself.

I have the confidence to enter the unknown aspects of my self.

I allow my second sight and my spiritual perceptions to increase my faith.

As I see more, my faith becomes knowledge.

As I experience more of life, my knowledge becomes wisdom.

As I experience my life in wisdom, I am filled with understanding.

As I am filled with understanding, I am free from judgment.

As I am free from judgment, I allow the energy to flow.

When energy is flowing, There is room for miracles.

I have the courage to hold sacred space and entertain the void of the unknown.

I am reborn each time I face a fear.

The way out is through.

Outside of my comfort zone lie miracles and magic.

I work with the medicine wheel to help me navigate through the void.

The medicine wheel provides the mysterious platform on which to access the deep magic of life.

As I build my life on the platform of the medicine wheel, I lay the groundwork for my ascension.

As my consciousness ascends, I have a top down view and a higher perspective.

The medicine wheel helps me to maintain a view of all perspectives.

The medicine wheel helps me to assemble my dream team both within and without, as I honor all aspects of myself.

Courage, strength and confidence allow me to take even greater risks to open to even greater love.

I have the courage to love like God/dess loves.

My inner sun is shining.