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All-Faiths Meditation Worship Services

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A new Meditation Worship service will begin Sunday, Jan. 8, for people of all faith traditions, or none, who desire inner nourishment through a meditation-based spiritual service. The format is intended to help deepen one's inner experience of and relationship with the Divine. The program will be simple and consistent: An Opening Prayer Invocation, Guided Breath / Mind Centering, Devotional Song or Chanting, Silent Meditation, A Healing Offering and an Inspirational Message The Meditation … [Read more...]

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10 Tips for the New Kid at the Spiritual Center

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You stand in the doorway of a strange building, surrounded by unfamiliar sights, sounds and smells. You wonder what to do, what to say, what questions to ask and how to get to know the people inside. Perhaps those people dress strangely or use unrecognizable words. This scenario gets acted out daily at spiritual and meditation centers around the world. This article is for people who are contemplating such an encounter. It covers what questions to ask, what etiquette to follow, what to look … [Read more...]

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10 Ways Rituals Help Us Celebrate Our Lives

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Ritual has its roots in religion, and life's fundamental passages are often traditionally accompanied by religious ritual. But life's great passages are by nature spiritual. They affirm human mystery and mutability, our connection with the universal. Rituals serve as a bridge between our outer and inner worlds, between the profane and the sacred, and between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Rituals: Afford us a sense of belonging. When we engage in the ritual process we are, in … [Read more...]

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Holiday Events at Unity Christ Church

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Unity Christ Church in Golden Valley, MN, has announced the following holiday services: November 30 - December 21 - Journey to Christmas services, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 - Remembrance Service at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Services at 7 and 11 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25 - Christmas Day service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve Burning Bowl service at 8 p.m. and Meditation service at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1 - New Year's Day service at 10 … [Read more...]

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Practical Conscious Creation

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The Key to Becoming a Better, Faster Manifestor By now you are no doubt familiar with the principles of Law of Attraction and Conscious Creation, and have seen or read The Secret -- and you are aware of using the power of positively directed thought to improve your life. But let's be honest: How often do you remember to apply these? Maybe once or twice a month? Or when you come across something you really want to manifest -- so you get busy visualizing? Have you really made it a way of … [Read more...]

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Local singer Alison Scott lends her voice to support LHSC

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Perched atop a hill overlooking Lake Harriet, Alison Scott, one of the Twin Cities' most popular voices in the local music scene, will sing her heart out under a silver dome -- all to help out a neighbor in need. Alison Scott and guitarist Kevin Bowe will be performing a fundraiser at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in the stained-glass sanctuary of Lake Harriet Spiritual Community in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Southwest Minneapolis. All proceeds will go toward Lake Harriet Spiritual … [Read more...]

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One Step at a Time

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I had always wanted to walk a labyrinth "someday" and my 40th birthday seemed like a perfectly timed "someday" to walk one, taking time to reflect on my life: its past, present and future. So the afternoon of my birthday, with a small amethyst stone in my jeans' front pocket, my husband Gary and I drove northward three hours to a bed-and-breakfast that had a labyrinth on its grounds. As we checked in to the inn, I asked Clara, its owner, "Where can we find your labyrinth?" Grinning widely she … [Read more...]

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The Spiritual Practice of True Community

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Think of each individual as being like a book, composing a life in chapters, writing his or her own history (or "herstory"). Some persons are thicker than others, with more pages, chapters and sections because of past repersonalizations or past lives, while others are thinner due to just beginning to write their story as they live their first-time lives. In looking back at their lives, some may observe that their religious growth was fairly even, with little inner turmoil. Their spiritual … [Read more...]

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Wake Up — Searching for Meaning

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I'm fully aware of how this is all going to sound, but it also happens to be the truth. I woke up one day six years ago to discover that I had inexplicably gained the ability to see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. This was not something I was chasing or even really believed in. I was in my early 30s, living in New York City and working the daily grind. I had a string of unsuccessful relationships and was just kind of treading water. As far as any kind of spiritual life -- it could not … [Read more...]

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Interview: A NonBeliever’s Higher Power with author Marya Hornbacher

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Marya Hornbacher, a Pulitzer Prize and Pushcart Prize nominee, has written several books dealing with various mental illnesses, including eating and bipolar disorders. Her books have been translated into multiple languages and are taught as part of coursework at universities and literature programs in the United States and Europe. Marya's previous book, Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps, was written as a guide for those dealing with addictions and mental illness. Her most … [Read more...]

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