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Qigong : “The Movement of Now” with Ian McArthur ~ 5-16-21

In this program, Ian teaches about the traditional Mind, Body, and Spirit practice of Qigong (Chi Kung). Qi meaning life energy, referring to the energy circulating through the body, and Gong meaning cultivation or work. The two words are combined to describe a practice to cultivate and balance life energy. By following movements (forms) and a simple breathing technique, we encourage more Qi to flow which in turn allows us to feel more peaceful and at One with ourselves.

Live in the Sanctuary Sundays at 2:30-3:30 pm ET/12:30-1:30 pm MT on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the Month.

 

 

 

500 Days with NTI ~ Day 141

NTI-The Holy Spirit's Interpretation of the New TestamentDay 141 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 9 (v18-27) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

  1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Spring Forest
  2. Take eight 2-minute breaks to contemplate the following excerpt.
    As you contemplate it, let related thoughts come to you:
    “You will not be healed by following the ways that make sense to you. Following what makes sense to you has brought you to the point of needing healing, so it cannot be healing itself. … Give yourself over to me. … Remember that the result of giving yourself to me is your own healing.”

(You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)

Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #75

Please read and contemplate quotes #214-216 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:

The mind bewildered which mistakes the body for oneself conceives the transient world of names and forms, makes it seem real and lovable, and promptly entraps one in the strong, illusive bondage of desire.

Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.

Tips for Gentle Healing Year 2 – Day 97 – NTI John 6

Today’s reading says:

To have faith in anything at all is to have faith in everything you see. For without faith in all things, you are faithless, because all things are God and you are all things.

Let’s review the definition of faith. Faith is:

  • Trusting the healing process & having confidence awakening is certain
  • Having confidence in a benevolent power beyond what your senses or mind can know
  • Accepting that all is well, regardless of the appearance

Today’s reading points out that faith is total or it isn’t faith at all.

Do you have faith in some circumstances, but not in others?

Do you have faith regarding some people’s lives, but not regarding others?

Do you have faith regarding others, but not regarding yourself?

Do you have faith regarding your personal life, but not regarding the universal scene?

Today, contemplate the definition of faith and the fact that true faith is total. Where are the gaps in your faith?

Thoughts of Awakening # 97

Slow down between the thoughts.
Let go of definitions.
Let go of conclusions.
Let go of reliance on words.

Do not feel that silence is empty.
Silence is not empty.
Silence is the birthplace of all ideas.

Let go of the old.
Make room for the new.
Let go of your way of seeing and expecting.
Make room for Mine.

~From our Holy Spirit

500 Days with NTI ~ Day 140

NTI-The Holy Spirit's Interpretation of the New TestamentDay 140 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 9 (v1-6) thru (v10-17).

Tomorrow:

  1. Select from one of the following meditation options:
    ~ Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the Do Nothing Meditation. If you want to, select a video from this playlist.
    ~ Practice The Stillpoint, a 28-minute guided meditation by Samaneri Jayasara.
  2. Take eight 2-minute breaks to contemplate the following excerpt.
    As you contemplate it, let related thoughts come to you:
    “Everyone who reads My Word, listens to My Word and practices My Word, teaches My Word. … You, who are reading this now, are My holy teacher.”

Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #74

Please read and contemplate the instructions to Step Two in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is an excerpt from the instructions:

Know that the world is a dreamlike illusion.

Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.

Tips for Gentle Healing Year 2 – Day 96 – NTI John 5

On Day 74, we saw that Love is life-awareness. The light is also life-awareness. Love, light and life-awareness are synonymous.

On Day 74, our tip said:

When NTI says that our Father is the extension of Love, it means that life-awareness is the only present reality. We are asked to see anything that isn’t love (life-awareness) as meaningless and valueless.

Since everything is life-awareness in reality, what isn’t life-awareness?

Mental interpretation isn’t life-awareness. We are to see mental interpretation as meaningless and valueless.

That is the essence of today’s reading too. Today’s reading teaches that everything is light. If we do not see only light, it is because we choose not to see it.

Some of us may think that we do want to see everything as life-awareness, but NTI is clear that if that were true, we would see that way. Since we don’t see that way, it means we don’t want it as much as we think we do.

This points to a core problem:

We may think we value truth,
but what we really value is our thinking.

Every time I believe a judgment in my mind about anyone or anything, I choose my thinking over truth.

Every time I think thinking is the answer to a problem I perceive, I choose my thinking over truth.

Every time I think I know or understand something based on my thinking and my past experience, I choose my thinking over truth.

This has been pointed out to us before. On Day 79, our tip said:

It’s important to be clear that if it were not for the mind, our truth would be obvious to us. This is important, because humans tend to value their mind above everything else that they value. That means that we put the obstacle to truth above everything else in our list of ‘What Is Important to Me’.

The false self is made up of thought. If we value our thinking, we value our false self.

What we truly are is freedom. If freedom chooses to value a false idea about itself, freedom sees falsely. That is the essence of freedom.

In order to see truly, we must value truth over falsehood. That means we must value the presence of life-awareness as everything  over thinking, which defines everything differently.

Thoughts of Awakening # 96

Let go of words today.
Let go of definitions.
Let go of judgments.

You do this by being alert to each one,
by being slow and purposeful within the mind,
and then by meeting each thought of form
with mere observation.

Make no judgment.
Give no conclusion.
Merely observe.

~From our Holy Spirit

Being Aware of Awareness Meditation 05-21-2021

In this program, Anne Blanchard facilitates one of the core practices of the Awakening Together community. This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no-place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Anne Blanchard facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET/5:30-6:30 am MT by leading participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness meditation. All are warmly welcome.

This particular meditation was facilitated by Kate Brennan.

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500 Days with NTI ~ Day 139

NTI-The Holy Spirit's Interpretation of the New TestamentDay 139 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 8 (v19-21) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

  1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Wonderland
    (You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)
  2. Pay attention to thoughts or feelings that indicate you are not good enough. It could be unworthiness, guilt, low self-esteem, lack of confidence in yourself, envy of someone else or something similar. When you notice something like that, look at your mind to see if you can see a judgment you just made about yourself.
    • If you can, say this to yourself: I am willing to have faith that my judgments about myself are wrong. Next, relax and become the superconductor.
    • If you can’t see a judgment that you made, say this to yourself: I am willing to see my judgments of myself. Relax for a few moments and have gratitude for your willingness.

Sometime this weekend:

  1. Listen to this 34-minute audio teaching by Regina Dawn Akers from NTI Luke.
  2. Watch this 10-minute video, Do Nothing Meditation: How & Why.

Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #73 (Step One Review)

Please review the instructions for Step One in The Seven Steps to Awakening and contemplate your experience with the Step One quotes. Has anything changed for you since beginning Step One? Have any new, permanent insights arisen? Has your spiritual practice changed in any way? Please write your reflections about your experience with Step One.

This is an excerpt from the Step One instructions:

The words and concepts taught in The Seven Steps to Awakening lead to the final awakening only if they are actually practiced.

Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.

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