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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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"Blessed are the merciful for they shall have mercy." (Matthew 5:7)Mercy is often thought of as something given to an offender or someone who it is within our power to punish. What if mercy is actually a life principle that everyone can use and benefit from?Listen as Mary Ellen shares thoughts about making practical use of mercy in our everyday lives.If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below.Support the Show.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice for they shall be well satisfied." (Lamsa transl.)Hungering and thirsting are signs of being alive. When we are hungry or thirsty physically we want something to eat or drink however the satisfaction is temporary.Listen as Larry shares thoughts about another type of hunger and thirsting which Jesus taught that comes from being alive spiritually. That hunger and thirst comes from the deep desire of knowing our spiritual connection and ...
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:3)Listen as Mary Ellen shares thoughts about meekness getting a "bad rap." The reason is because when meekness is viewed from human only thinking it's often equated with weakness or spinelessness. Meekness is, In fact, a powerful spiritual attitude we can cultivate. From spiritual understanding, meekness is an attitude of receptivity to the Infinite. "There is but one Source of being. That Source is the Living Fount...
"Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4Mourning or a sense of loss is something everyone knows well and there are many kinds of losses experienced in life. For what are you mourning? It might be the loss of a person, a relationship, a change of job or retirement, an earlier time in your life, or even an era that you considered the "good old days". Listen as Larry speaks to this and shares the reminder that when we practice looking beyond or not attem...
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5: 3 KJV. Blessed are the humble for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Lamsa transl. "The poor in spirit (humble) are persons who relinquish their human concepts that they may learn from God. The intellect of man is marvelous indeed; yet if we are to attain divine wisdom we must be humble (poor in spirit.") Your Hope of Glory by Elizabeth Sand Turner (Unity books) List...
Unity teaches that the nature of our thoughts determines the nature of the conditions in the environment of our life. How does thought become memory? How does memory become experience? Listen as Larry shares this important yet practical lesson about how you can change any memory.Friends, if you are guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below.Support the Show.
God's judgment, our judgments, judgmentalness and a day of judgment are linked. Listen as Mary Ellen connects the dots on the subject of judgment.If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below.Support the Show.
You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28Ask, and it will be given to you...Matthew 7:7-8On the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, Matthew 12:36Listen as Larry speaks about the ways we can "decree a thing" and how we may unknowingly "ask" and get that for which we asked. He explains when "the day of judgment" is happening for us.If you are guided to share a gift of apprec...
Unity considers Easter as more than the story in the life of Jesus the Christ. Metaphysically Easter is about each individual awakening from the "dead" false beliefs that hinder the life more abundant of which Jesus taught. The crossing out or releasing of old beliefs is necessary for new life and understanding to grow within us. Listen as Mary Ellen tells a metaphysical Easter story that is applicable to us today. If guided, please follow the link below to share a gift of apprecia...
Holy Week is considered to be the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. The name Holy Week has been used since the 4th century of the common era. However, it is called the Great Week in Greek and Roman liturgical books because of what Jesus did during this week. Listen as Larry speaks to the inner meaning and significance Holy Week and the recognition of the Christ within as the reality of your life.If guided to share a gift of appreciation, follow the link below.Support the Show.
One's concept or belief about God will shape their belief about God's will for them. For example, how God is portrayed in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran or any holy book affects the beliefs of those who accept them as true. Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, came to understand God as unchangeable Truth, the Principle of absolute good that is personal to us when we recognize God within us as our indwelling life, intelligence, love, and power.Listen as Larry...
Who was Jesus? What is the Christ? Who is the only begotten? Listen as Mary Ellen gives a powerful talk about Practical Christianity and the Dynamic Power within you. Support the Show.
Are the Commandments just some old laws to keep people in line? What if they actually can apply to life today? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about them as principles of prosperity.1. Know that God is your Source.2. Don't keep mental images of lack.3. Don't speak of lack as being a truth.4. Don't constrict the flow of your good.5. Be honest in all dealings.6. Keep your good in circulation.7. Use your good with your highest understanding.8. Never think you can get something for no...
How could someone have terrible things happen in their body, their family, their finances, if God is good all the time?Listen to this powerful lesson by Mary Ellen that will help shed light on the question for you.If guided to share a gift for our podcasts, please follow the link below.Support the Show.
Do you have any control over peace? It may depend upon how peace is defined by you.Some define peace as being a time when there is no war or fighting in the world. (There may or may not have been such a time.) Others define peace in a personal way, meaning freedom from mental or emotional disturbance or a state of tranquility. Listen as Larry gives a lesson about focusing on personal peace regardless of the environment around us. Support the Show.
Unity and New Thought teach the tools of denial and affirmation. Denials have a similar purpose as that of soap and water. It refers to cleansing or releasing a belief that no longer serves us. Affirmation is about making a new choice about the beliefs to which we will say yes. Denials and affirmations can be summed up in this gardening term: pull the weed and plant the seed. Once we decide we will release a belief previously held, we then decide what to replace it with or what we ...
"The fourth dimension (which embraces and encompasses the other three dimensions) is also realization, the doing away with time and space and all conditions. The human mind, with its limited reasoning faculties, is bound by time, space and conditions and can get no farther into the spiritual than reason will take it, but when we go beyond reason into the realm of realization, then we have attained the consciousness of pure being, the fourth dimension mind." The Revealing Word by Unity.Listen ...
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes contains simple but powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we've been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements with ourselves which will transform our lives. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word.2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally3rd Agreemen...
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements and transform our life. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines for transformation and freedom. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word.2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally...
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with simple yet powerful points for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in."Just being ourselves is the biggest fear we have as humans...We end up feeling inauthentic because we try to put on a mask - so afraid that someone will realize we are not what we pretend to be." 2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally...
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