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Positive and inspirational teachings that will make a difference in your life from Reverends Larry and Mary Ellen Swartz, ordained Unity ministers.
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Easter is celebrated as the overcoming of death by Jesus the Christ. But what if it is that and more in our lives? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of Easter as a present moment experience available to us as we begin to understand that we are more than human beings having a human experience on planet Earth. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below. Support the show
For many Holy Week has been seen as something that only happened in the life of Jesus the Christ. Listen as Mary Ellen shares some metaphysical meanings and lessons to be found within Palm Sunday and Holy Week which are always applicable...even in today's world. Support the show
"Nuts and bolts" is an idiom meaning the practical facts or basic aspects and working parts of something. Listen as Larry shares his understanding of some "nuts and bolts" that are important to understand in order for Unity and New Thought teachings to work in your life. Support the show
What does it mean to be spiritual? What would it take for you or anyone else to become spiritual? Mathew 5th chapter contains many of the teachings of Jesus about this. Listen as Mary Ellen shares her thoughts about what it means to be spiritual. Support the show
Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, taught that the Law of Attraction is how all conditions and circumstances in affairs and body are attracted to us and that they match with the thoughts we hold steadily in consciousness. What are you holding steadily in your thoughts and feelings? If what is being attracted is not to your liking, how can you begin to change those thoughts? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of spiritual law and gives some practical things you can incorporate as you...
What is the greatest commandment? When asked this, Jesus said it is to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40) This sounds good. But what about someone who you feel is just unlovable? What about someone who doesn't deserve love? Maybe it feels like you don't deserve love. Listen as Mary Ellen ...
"Soul - Man's consciousness; the underlying idea back of any expression. In man, the soul is the many accumulated ideas back of his present expression. In its original and true sense, the soul of man is the expressed idea of man in Divine Mind." The Revealing Word (published by Unity) What is the soul? What is its purpose? These are deep questions that one may be asking. Listen as Larry shares his understanding about this subject of soul. Support the show
"Prayer - Communion between God and man. This communion takes place in the Innermost part of man's being. Prayer is the most highly accelerated mind action known. It steps up mental action until man's consciousness synchronizes with the Christ Mind." The Revealing Word published by Unity. Listen as Mary Ellen shares a practical and useable message that may offer you a new insight and concept of prayer. Follow the link below if you appreciate our podcasts and are guided to share a g...
"To be ignorant of mind and its laws is to be a child playing with fire or a man manipulating powerful chemicals without knowing their relation to one another. This is universally true and all who are not learning about mind are in like danger, because all are dealing with the great cause from which spring forth all the conditions that appear..." Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity. Listen as Larry speaks about how knowing your Inner Splendor or Higher Self leads to accepting your freedom t...
In this lesson Mary Ellen speaks of miracles as natural and that each one is wired for miracles. Getting ready for a miracle involves expectation. You may want your miracle but what are you expecting? Getting ready for a miracle involves focus. Energy goes where focus is being directed. Where is your focus directing energy in your life? "In reality miracles are events that take place as a result of the operation of a higher, unknown law. All true action is governed by law. Nothing...
Listen to this lesson taught by Mary Ellen as she explains the metaphysical principle or law behind miracles and get ready for your own miracle. Miracle - "An event in the physical world beyond or out of the ordinary course of things, deviating from the known laws of nature, or transcending our knowledge of these laws." (Webster) Miracle - "In reality miracles are events that take place as a result of the operation of a higher, unknown law. All true action is governed by law. Nothing ju...
"Lack in any form is against the very essence of pure being which is omnipresent abundance, and we get to choose how it expresses to, through and as us." Larry Swartz Listen as Larry shares part 2 of How to Begin Opening Your Mind To Abundance which includes some exercises to remove blocks to accepting the abundance which is omnipresent. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen. Support the show
If life is consciousness and we each create our own reality, then what have you been creating for yourself? Have you been holding a belief in a God of lack or abundance? Do you think that living a life of abundance and well being is even spiritual? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about how your answers to these questions will affect whether you have or don't have the good that you deserve. Please follow the link below if you are guided to share a gift in appreciation of our podcasts. B...
Luke 9:62 "Jesus said to him, 'No man who puts his hand on the plough handle and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'" Regrets! What are they? Why and how does regret and remorse have an affect on our lives now? Listen as Mary Ellen shares some thoughts about regrets and explains how focusing on them is creating more of the same. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen Support the show
Larry's message cuts through the belief in luck, accident and chance reminding us about the importance of what we allow to be our focus. If we create our reality, what's ahead? Listen as Larry explains. If you enjoy our podcasts and want to encourage us by sharing a gift in any amount, please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen. Support the show
The will of God is not passive but rather it's the blueprint within all creation and that includes each of us. The belief that God wills both good and evil doesn't align with the truth that God is all good and only good can come from God. Listen as Mary Ellen shares an inspiring fresh look at God's will. If you enjoy our podcasts and want to encourage us, please follow the link below to share a gift of any amount. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen. Support the show
Is heaven up in the sky above the Earth? And is hell somewhere down below it? Are you ready to relook at your beliefs not only about where heaven and hell are located but how your beliefs about heaven and hell are affecting your experience of life now? If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gift please follow the link below. Blessings, Larry and Mary Ellen Support the show
The books of the Bible are not in chronological order and this includes the New Testament. Therefore, the first account of the birth of Jesus is not the book of Matthew, nor of Luke, but it is in the writings of Paul: Galatians 4:4; Romans 1:3, 4 and 8:3, and Philippians 2:5–11. Listen as Mary Ellen shares a practical message to help you understand Christmas as Jesus' story and your story, too. If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gift with us, please follow the link belo...
Faith - The perceiving power of the mind linked with the power to shape substance. The Revealing Word, published by Unity. Unity books can be found in a local library or ordered online at Unity.org. Listen as Larry speaks of faith as an energy that attracts what is focused upon. Where have you been focusing the power of your faith? Regardless of any past choice, you can choose now to realign the power of your faith with what you truly deserve. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you find benefi...
Are you ready to take a new look at Jesus? Are you willing to expand your understanding of Jesus? Listen as Mary Ellen shares a lesson about who Jesus was and who Jesus is in our ever growing spiritual understanding. Christ is the perfect idea of God...Jesus is the perfect expression of the divine idea of man. The Revealing Word published by Unity. Unity books can be found in a local library or ordered online at Unity.org. The medieval Christian mystic known as Meister Eckhart, said: “...
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