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

“We shouldn’t view the state of the world with fear, because we shouldn’t have any fear. We shouldn’t view it with timidity because we shouldn’t be timid. But we should view it with intelligence, because the only sin is the lack of intelligence.” ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind Magazine, 1955

“We have to have the same faith in what we teach and preach and practice that science has or the gardener has.”  ~ Ernest Holmes, The Philosophy of Ernest Holmes

Let’s embrace Ernest Holmes’ “Divine Fearlessness,” as we encounter situations external to us and seemingly out of our control. This is a natural outgrowth of our ever-deepening faith in the Power and Presence and Possibility of God. Truly, there is nothing to fear when we realize our constant nurture and guidance from the One Source. Our life is God’s Life, for there is none other. It is in this sacred remembrance that we are able to rest in supreme confidence and walk boldly into each day of our lives.

As we develop the Faith OF God, which is so much more authentic and productive that simply faith IN God, fears dissolve into the “natural nothingness” from which they came. We were designed to live intelligently, confidently and successfully, and it is our complete dependence on Spirit that invites this peace and freedom to accompany our every experience.

With Halloween occurring soon, our topic for Sunday, October 30^th will be, “Leave the Fear; Grab the Faith,” as we discover how to convert fear to faith individually and collectively. We will live stream from the Inspiration Café, so please join us by going 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.

When life seems challenging, or even downright “frightful,” it may be time to check the Practitioner Page on our website and choose to contact one for caring and competent support and Spiritual Mind Treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

“The Spirit is a perfect unity and we harmonize with this unity when we maintain a state of peace in our minds. . .We have learned that all material forms come from one ultimate substance. . . The original substance takes many forms; multiplicity, or many, within unity, or the One.”  ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 493

In our “Declaration of Principles,” we remember that, “This One manifests Itself in and through all creation . . .,” that “. . . all people are incarnations of the One Spirit,” and that, “. . . the ultimate goal of life is to be a complete emancipation of all discord of every nature and that this goal is sure to be attained by all.” The latter quote may seem a lofty, fairly inaccessible intention, but perhaps that is only because we have not yet fully released all fallacious human argument against the Infinite Power and Possibility of God.

We require a willingness to see beyond our limited perception of ourselves and humanity by beholding the Divinity and Unity back of all appearances to the contrary. It is this peaceful and powerful path that leads us from separation to Unity, from divisiveness to Oneness, and we are wise to deepen our connection to Spirit and to one another, as we expand our view and learn to live in appreciation instead of judgment.

As we invite the Presence to awaken us to the beauty of all life forms, we realize our sweet connection with the Peace and Power within Spirit which flows through all sentient beings. Let’s begin with ourselves, our loved ones, our Beloved Community, and allow Spirit to lift all humanity to a greater realization of the Unity of Life.

With United Nations Day coming next week, our topic for Sunday, October 23^rd will be, “United Communities,” as we recognize the need to experience Oneness with beings from all walks of life, theologies, political views, etc. We will live stream from the Inspiration Café, so please join us by going 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.

Our Practitioners are standing by to support you spiritually, as you may seek compassionate assistance in moving through conditions or seeking answers to questions. You’ll find caring and competent people trained in the art of Spiritual Mind Treatment on our Practitioner Page, and you may select any of our eight Practitioners who will be happy to assist you on your journey.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine

Welcome to GPCSL’s October BoT SPOT!

With love and deep appreciation,

Edie Janik

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

“Continually we must expect new revelations of old truths. We should never lose sight of the fact that the soul is on the pathway of an endless and ever-expanding experience, and that only by expansion can it evolve.”  ~ Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind, p. 439

Our sacred, inner work benefits everyone in our circle of influence, as well as moving us gracefully and powerfully along our own spiritual journey. As we willingly do the deep work of clearing and cleansing and transforming, we not only become unobstructed instruments for the flow of Divine Wisdom, but we are more effective in positively touching and lifting others.

In our kind and honest self-evaluations, we find joy in changing longtime patterns of erroneous beliefs and freedom in embracing newer, truer ideas about ourselves and our environment. Encouraging and supporting each other on this peaceful and powerful pathway, we develop the Beloved Community that continues to love and encourage us on our individual and collective journeys.

Our topic for Sunday, October 16^th, will be, “Soul Work: Solo and Collective,” both essential to build a strong Beloved Community. We will livestream from the Inspiration Café, so please join us by going 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.

Whenever you may desire to connect with one of our Practitioners for help with a challenge or simply to deepen and expand your consciousness, go to our Practitioner Page, and select any of our eight Practitioner who will be happy to assist you on this spiritual journey, using the spiritual tools of heartfelt listening and spiritual mind treatment.

With great love and respect,

Dr. Maxine