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I am now surrounded by all love, all friendship, all companionship, all health, all happiness, all success. I AM ONE WITH LIFE. I wait in the silence while the Great Spirit bears this message to the whole world. ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 299

As we continue developing the art of appreciation, we find that the Law of Increase expands our good in every area of living. The greater and more faith-filled our expectations, the more perfectly we demonstrate a life of freedom and joy. Choosing to focus on Truth, rather than error, Goodness, instead of condemnation, we draw the best from situations and relationships. As the Danish proverb advises, “Look for the King in the man, and he shall come forth.” (The same applies to beholding the Queen in anyone!)

It is this higher vision that empowers us to form friendships and human connections that are valuable, authentic, and mutually respectful and supportive. Yes, it requires we abandon our criticism and replace it with real appreciation for the unique way Spirit expresses through each person. Imagine a world in which people chose the wisdom to see “Jove nodding behind Jove,” as Emerson suggests we view the Presence of the Divine behind each of our neighbors. Our sacred, internal work allows us to await the results “with cheerful expectancy,” as Troward wisely states.

Tune in this Sunday, November 20^th, as we livestream from the Inspiration Café in Paoli, PA. Rev. Mike will return to the podium and inspire us with his talk on developing and appreciating relations, entitled “Cheerful Expectancy.” Please go to our website, www.cslphilly.org and click on the Orange “Watch Live” button. Past talks and Love Notes may be viewed there, as well.

Our Practitioners are found on the Practitioner Page of our website and may be contacted for spiritual support, via Spiritual Mind Treatment, for any challenges you may be facing or simply to lift and heal consciousness.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

Welcome to November’s BoT Spot

As I wrote this, it was election day. I felt emotional as I cast my vote that evening after work. The welling up of emotion surprised me, but when I thought about it, it made sense. On voting day, I had the opportunity to express my vote for a future that most closely aligns with my personally held vision. Each of us has a vision for ourselves, our communities and the future. Subsequently, we may differ in our vote. . . it is an individual thing. Our politics is not the point . . . my message is that we all have the opportunity to vote and that is a beautiful thing! And, as John Szal so eloquently spoke about at our annual business meeting in October, “What are you voting for?” when it comes to the Greater Philadelphia Center for Spiritual Living?

It is GPCSL’s Intentional Giving Program season, and as such . . . it is worth mentioning that in 2023, The Greater Philadelphia Center for Spiritual Living turns 30! That is 30 years of providing a path for people to improve their lives with “Spirituality that Works”, helping them to reconnect with Source and live their best life. Personally, I have navigated deeply challenging times with a greater degree of grace and ease because of my exposure to the Science of Mind philosophy and the support of the community’s members and friends. I am eternally grateful for this, and it is one of the reasons I give my 3Ts (Time, Treasure, Talent) to the Center. In doing so, I am casting a vote for the vision I hold in which the Center helps others, as it has helped me and people dear to me, for many years to come.

Each of us has the opportunity to cast a vote for the future of the GPCSL community by participating in the 2023 Intentional Giving Program (IGP) at the level that feels good. That level will differ from one person to the next . . . it is an individual thing! Collectively, the difference is really made when more of us participate in the program, because it helps the Center plan for the future in a fiscally successful way. It gives us the insight needed for responsibly investing our resources on things like a new space for classes and Celebrations, events, staff, and hmmm, I don’t know…a 30^th Year Anniversary Party??? I will vote for that!!!

With love and deep appreciation,

Edie Janik

President, on behalf of the GPCSL Board of Trustees, sqemj@hotmail.com

The ideas of God are perfect laws on their way to producing complete and perfect effects. The Universe is alive, conscious, awake and aware. It is love and life. It is law and order. ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 407

As we deepen our awareness of God’s Perfection and how It flows through each of us, we become more open to the healthy vibration of Divine Life expressing as Joyful Health and Radiant Wholeness. In accepting this universal truth, we are more willing and able to release any former erroneous ideas of separation from Source or need to suffer at all.

The only thing between us and our experience of Authentic Aliveness is a false belief in any power other than God’s Power and certain limiting ideas we may have inadvertently accepted into our subconscious mind. We were all created in the image and likeness of the Divine: happy, whole, and healthy, so let’s move more clearly into this awareness.

Today is election day in many places in our country. Just as we vote for what and whom we consider the best choices for everyone’s wellbeing, so we must choose every day our highest thoughts and most harmonious feelings. All this we are impressing upon the wonderful Law of Cause and Effect with the expected result of the experience of greater aliveness in mind and body.

This Sunday, November 13^th, we will meet IN PERSON at Inteprod, 2583 Industry Lane, Eagleville, PA and shall also livestream for those not in the area. Our topic will be, “The Joy of Aliveness.” Please join us in person or go to our website, www.cslphilly.org and click on the Orange “Watch Live” button. Look through the site to discover our coming events and to view past Celebrations and Love Notes.

Meet our Practitioners on the Practitioner Page of our website and call or text any of them you may wish to have help you through any challenges with the spiritual tools we use in Science of Mind. Even though we all have access to spiritual mind treatment, we may require someone professionally trained to help us from time to time.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

You must have faith in something greater than your previous experience. You must bind yourself back in faith to the God Principle within you.  ~ Ernest Holmes, This Thing Called Life

Yesterday, I marked the 46th anniversary of the beginning of my ministry, having begun at my first church in Alamo, California on October 31, 1976. I feel more in love with our teaching with each year and deeply grateful for the Principle on which we depend.  I have “Courted the Presence and Directed the Law” since I was a child, growing up in Religious Science, and I intend never to cease the practice.

People have often shared their regrets that they had not grown up in our Science of Mind philosophy or that they had not found it sooner.  My response is that everything we had previously experienced was a necessary part of our spiritual evolution and that it is in this powerful moment that we are seeing the clarity of our Unity with God and the possibilities that understanding provides for us.

Let’s deepen our appreciation for everything in our lives, past and present, as we embark on the greatest adventure of our lives: finding the Presence within us and awakening to the Infinite Possibilities that await our creation of a bright, new, inspired future.

We begin a new theme for the month of November, “The Art of Appreciation,” and we shall live stream from the Inspiration Café this Sunday, November 6^th. Our topic will be, “Graceful Passages.” Daylight Savings ends this weekend, so do remember to set your clocks back one hour before retiring on Saturday.  Then, please join us by going to our website, www.cslphilly.org and clicking on the Orange “Watch Live” button. Look through the site to discover our coming events and to view past Celebrations and Love Notes.

Our Practitioners are available to you and can be reached on the Practitioner Page of our website.  Their contact information is posted, and any of them will be willing to bring you back to your Unity with the One and to utilize spiritual tools to deal effectively with life’s challenges.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine