Plan to join us for discussion of this Month’s movie, “American Beauty,” on Sunday, February 27 at 8 pm ET.

Lester Burnham, the hero of “American Beauty,” is played by Kevin Spacey as a man who is unloved by his daughter, ignored by his wife and unnecessary at work. “I’ll be dead in a year,” he tells us in almost the first words of the movie. “In a way, I’m dead already.” The movie is the story of his rebellion.

“Look closer,” the film’s tag-line tells us. Look closer at the beautiful things we yearn for and spend our life chasing. The characters in “American Beauty” are yearning to fulfill a dream that they think will get them out of their miserable lives.

By the end of the film, most of the characters get a taste of their dreams and discover the underlying emptiness of their lives. Looking closer, they see the decay that has replaced genuine beauty and meaning and discover that their dreams are nothing but illusions.

The movie is available on Amazon, Hulu, Showtime, Vudu, YouTube and other streaming services. The playsheet for the movie will soon become available.

Thoughts of Awakening # 342

The mind wills to wander,
but the Heart remains
as always
constant.

Let the mind stay focused with the Heart.
Let it not be like a separate being
wandering apart and lost.

Let the mind be Home,
focused on the Heart,
centered and one with it.

This is its truth.

Let it not deny reality
by thinking and wandering as if alone
separate from the loving and peaceful existence
that is its Source.

Amen.

~A prayer of awakening

Gentle Healing Year 2 begins on Thursday, February 10, 2022. There are two options to fit your schedule. The first group is with Susan Telford on Thursdays 2-4 pm ET/12-2 MT; the second is with Cyndi Krupp 6-8 pm ET/4-6 pm MT on Thursdays. If you have already taken year 1 and are ready for the next year where there will be deep-diving into The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) and the Thoughts of Awakening both of which were scribed by Regina Dawn Akers, then we invite you just show up in the Sanctuary at the previously mentioned times.

The Gentle Healing Curriculum guides committed students to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. Everyone who is willing to make a commitment to awakening is invited to join this weekly online Gentle Healing group for year 2.

No sign-up is required; however, you will need to purchase your own copy of The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) and Thoughts of Awakening, which are both available on Amazon.com.

Thoughts of Awakening # 341

Reminder: instead of contemplating the Thought of Awakening with the inner teacher, contemplate the messages from The Teachings of Inner Ramana  with the inner teacher each day.

For the remainder of Year 2, use each day’s Thought of Awakening as a prayer that you return to throughout the day in order to remain in a state of devotion.

Words are symbols.
They are symbols
that I believed
communicated.

I see now
that symbols do not
communicate.

Communication is beyond
all symbols.
Communication occurs
through the vibration
of mind or Heart.

Holy Spirit,
help me to abandon
the vibration of mind
because the thinking in mind
is not me.

Help me attune
to the vibration of Heart
and sing only its song,
since its song is my true song
and all that I would want
to sing now.

Amen.

~A prayer of awakening