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June 2008
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Tony's Musings
Meditation and Prayer
The Featured Reading this month from Eric
Butterworth illustrates one of the principle
Ideas in Unity concerning prayer.
We have often been taught to pray to a Being
out there to get this Mighty Being to change
the world and circumstances to suite our
desires and needs. But in Unity we
teach that prayer is really aligning our
thoughts and feelings with the presence of
God in us and allowing that presence to work
through us to manifest the good that God is
from the essence of our being as the very
good that we desire. God doesn't
answer prayer by making everything and
everyone different. God doesn't really
answer prayer by making us different for
that matter. It is in focusing our
thoughts to vibrate in harmony with the good
that already exist for us in our essence
that allows us to then see that good (God)
in our experiences. In a very real
sense, prayer is removing the blinders from
our own heart to be able to see the presence
of God in us and manifesting in the world
through the form or experience that can most
meet our hearts desire and needs in that
moment. That which ultimately meets
our hearts desires and needs is the very
experience we most want-- to be our true
essence. In Unity we call this the
Christ within. Christ is that consciousness
within us from which the Divine expresses
itself. It expresses itself in ever
richer ways as we allow the beliefs,
thoughts and emotions of the past to
dissolve and experience our Self here and
now as our wholeness. We come more in
alignment with this Christ essence through
meditation or "Sitting in the Silence".
Meditation allows us to release our
identification with outer form to experience
our Christ essence. Prayer
allows us to align our thoughts, emotions
and beliefs to be in harmony with that
Christ essence. From this we become
instruments of that Christ light shining in
our world. This is meditation and
prayer in it's highest form. Meditation and
prayer are 2 sides of the same coin of an
awakening consciousness.
Blessings
Tony
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Featured
Reading
"The Cosmic Counterpart"
from The Universe is Calling by
Eric Butterworth
Jesus clearly said, "Your Father knows
what you need before you ask him" (Matt.
6:8). The implication is, "Why ask?"
This leads to one of the most
challenging points in the entire prayer
process: Don't ask . . . claim your
good. Affirm the truth. God, the whole
of God-mind, is ever present. God is
always centered in you. You need to
become centered in God.
Now the question might be asked, and it
should be, "If prayer is a science, then
why isn't my prayer always answered?"
This is like asking, "If there is a
principle of electrical energy, why
doesn't the light come on every time I
throw the switch?" But what if the bulb
is burned out? Or there is a break in
the circuit? Or the appliance is
unplugged? We are told, "Before they
call I will answer."' In an orderly
universe, the need and its answer are
always one. We live and move and have
our being in infinite mind, a veritable
"mind field." In the transcendence of
mind, the answer to any need is present
and follows as does four from two plus
two.
This is what I call "your cosmic
counterpart." It is very much like a
mystical shadow. There is a whole of you
that is present in the energy field that
you are, even in a partial expression
of you. There is an allness even within
illness, an all-sufficiency in any
seeming insufficiency.
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Special Guest Speaker
June 15th
Rev. Ann Holmes Redding
We are honored to welcome Rev. Ann
Holmes Redding who is an Episcopalian
Priest and is both a Christian and a
Muslim. We are excited to have her
share her spiritual path with us as she
lives out what it means to be
Interfaith. Read this article on
her in the Seattle Times-
"I am both Muslim and Christian"
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Women's Retreat
"Exploring the Path of Sacred
Receptivity"
- An In Depth Contemplation, Celebration
and Experience of Willingness Practice -
The Activity of Presence which Expands
our Awareness of the Heart, Connects us
directly with the Divine and Opens us to
Sacred Surprise!
with
Holly Michelle Eckert
from Radiant Relations
and musical guest
Ava Sakowski
& The Fabulous Women of Unity of
Woodinville
Friday, July 25 - Sunday, July 27th
Begins with an evening meal on the 25th
prior to the official opening at 7:00 PM
and ends after our Sunday Service at
11:00
$200.00 includes five meals, two nights
lodging, motel-style, (shared room &
bath), the beautiful pastoral grounds of
Camp Brotherhood near Mt. Vernon,
walking trails, arts, crafts, yoga,
meditation, prayer, music and a program
of inspiration and celebration for your
mind, body and spirit!
Camp Brotherhood Website
Click
for a Brochure and registration
information
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Financial Report for April 08
Total Income $6,595.65
Total Expense $6,858.94
Net Ordinary Income $
(263.29)
TOTAL ASSETS $24,391.07
We continue to prosper financially.
We thank you all for your continued
tithes, offerings and support of your
spiritual community. If you would
like to see more detailed financial
statements you can pick these up on the
greeters table on Sunday Morning.
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June Service Project
Mathew House
is a non=profit organization dedicated
to assisting families of those
incarcerated in Washington's prisons,
with a clothing closet, food pantry,
shelter in its 3 apartments,
transportation, child care and
counseling.
Ways to help:
Children snacks, soups, canned food,
juices, milk, cleaning supplies, good
quality woman or children's clothing,
diapers, baby food,, twin blankets,
sheets, pillows and pillow cases,
towels, etc.
Also cars, RV's, Vans are accepted.
Volunteers are encouraged and handyman
skills are especially requested to help
in upkeep of the 3 apartments.
Mathew House Website
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New Class
Meditation and
Prayer
Lead by Rev Tony Roebuck
Beginning Sunday June 22nd through Aug 3rd
1:30 to 3:00 PM
This is a 6 week class but we will skip the July
4th weekend.
In this class we will not only learn and discuss
different ways to meditate and pray but will
practice and experience them first hand in each
class. This class meets a requirement for Center
Membership.
Other Classes and Events
A New Earth Class-Eckhart Tolle-Chapter 6,
"Breaking Free"
Saturday June 7th
9:30 AM-This is a potluck brunch and class lead
by Tony Roebuck and will be held at the home of
Alan & Lois Caswell
View
"An Evening with Eckhart Tolle" at Unity
Village on Unity FM
Meditation
Ongoing Wednesdays at 6:00 to 6:30 PM
This will be a half hour weekly guided
meditation lead by Rev Tony Roebuck based on
varying meditation techniques and practices.
We will be starting off working with the The
Star/Cross Meditation by Ira
Progroff. This if you are new to
meditation this is a great place to start and if
you are experienced in meditation this is an
excellent opportunity join your consciousness
and deepen in group meditation.
Spiritual Cinema
At Tony & Julie Roebuck's home.
May 31st,
7:00 PM
"The Laughing Club of India" and other featured
shorts
This joyous documentary made by celebrated
Indian director Mira Nair (The Namesake, Monsoon
Wedding) introduces us to a new trend spreading
across India: laughing clubs. Knowing the
positive health benefits of laughter, groups of
people meet to laugh together each week.
Mair traces the roots of these clubs by
following some members home, revealing
challenging lives in much need of laughter as a
form of medicine. Now laughing clubs have
spread throughout the world.
June 21st, 7:00 PM
"What's Bugging Seth?"
Quirky romantic comedy about a hearing impaired
young man trying to navigate a career, love and
friendship while also battling his own internal
beliefs about failure and success.
Directions
Unity Circle of Friends
Will meet on June 12 from 11:00 to 1:30 at the
home of Julia Craig. Prayer, meditation,
fellowship, potluck lunch, Gratitude Practice
and Practicing the Intuitive Heart. Bring
rhythm instruments if you like!
Directions
Course in Miracles
Ongoing Sundays at 9:30 AM
This class will be meeting on Sunday mornings at
the church's Cottage Lake location. Bob
Hiester will be facilitating. Please
contact him for further information.
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"The only thing we are ever dealing with is a
thought, and at thought can be changed." Louise
Hay-You can Heal your Life
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