Spiritual Practices and how we use them.

The talk at AMOR this past week was on Spiritual Practices. Today I realized that we are asked quite often just what is it that we believe in. Do you believe in this, or do you believe that? My response is usually "Yes," which then brings about more questions. What I see today as our greatest gift within Amor that we give is that we see community as a 'Spiritual Practice.'  You may ask; how is community a spiritual practice?  Well.. I think of the many times we spend with friends and family, and it is really awesome, yet we just chalk it up as spending time together. This may be true, yet I find that though we are indeed spending time together, we are also creating a community where we live in Spiritual Practice with each other.

Within the last month, members of Amor have built relationships with each other asking members of our families, or our community to become our treatment partners (affirmative prayer).  The change in our lives as a community has been amazing.  We also started a weekly treatment call where anyone can call in and join us and I have the chance to do a treatment (affirmative prayer), for everyone on the call. I love how we start the call.  We all talk about something good in our lives, which I know to be gratitude, another word for Spiritual Practice. That which I focus on, I call more of the same in. We have also been singing together for almost a year, meeting weekly since we have our new location, and to borrow a phrase from a friend, Rev. Eric Odel, "We sing together as a Spiritual Practice!”

For the last 10 months, we have been holding a monthly “Conscious Eating” meeting where we "Meet to EAT" (share our favorite healthy recipes, food and fellowship together which has extended from our community to 3 other communities) and I know that to be a Spiritual Practice. We also have a monthly meeting called “Conscious Choice,” where we look at what we are thinking and calling into our lives.  I also know this to be a Spiritual Practice. Each morning we share affirmative readings and thoughts as part of our daily Spiritual Practice on Email and FaceBook.

Is this all a shameless plug for AMOR,..yes!  It is also a reminder that we are living the lives we want to live. It is a reminder to look at everything we do to expand our consciousness as a Spiritual Practice. It is a reminder that “My Consciousness makes a Difference,” and the more I share in, steal away, and create time for Spiritual Practice, the more I am investing in my Good.

It is a reminder that when things come up in my life and I need help seeing them for what they really are (which is All Good and for My Good,) I want to know my community, my family, has my back. I know today that I have endless lifelines because I surround myself with folks who are in Spiritual Practice on a regular basis. I know that I am responsible for my happiness, and it starts with my awareness of my DIVINE source, and self.  The more I put into these practices, the more I can drawn from them in a time of illusion that may appear to me as anything other than good.

Today I am so grateful that I live and move and have my being in a community that lives a life filled with Spiritual Practices and is calling in the lives they want and deserve.  I know this to be a really good thing and a Spiritual Practice.

I love you

Namaste`

Rev. Allen


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