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Rev. Karen Lindvig Sermon "Buddha Nature"—Seattle Unity Church—07-20-2014
—Rev. Karen Lindvig gives her sermon titled "Buddha Nature." This sermon expands the theme for 2014 called "Soul-Trek." The sub-theme in the month of July is exploring moving beyond the Third Dimension. In this sermon titled "Buddha Nature," she leads the spiritual community to practice several of the Five Unity Principles by focusing on the deep, heart of compassion that is so present so often in so many people. She illustrates this idea with several intense and memorable examples. Licensed Unity Teacher Barbara Thorpe also presents some key ideas that have touched her deeply as part of this sermon. Quotes related to this sermon: Gautama Buddha: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity." Dalai Lama XIV: "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Myrtle Fillmore: "Prayer is an exercise to change our thought habits and our living habits, that we may set up a new and better activity, in accord with the divine law rather than with the suggestions we have received from various sources." 1 Peter 4:10: "As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace." |
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International New Thought Alliance
Membership
Vision: Our vision, since 1914, is to unify and strengthen New Thought
in the world and to support the spiritual awakening of each member of
the family of humanity through teaching the principles of one’s inseparable
oneness with God, the Good.
Mission: As a world-wide spiritual community with
roots in timeless universal principles, our mission
is to further educate individuals as to their
Divine Nature which ever seeks to manifest
as health, supply, wisdom, love, life, truth,
power, peace, and joy.
Purpose: Our purpose is to walk the talk
of our spirituality so that others see and
are inspired to do likewise, to encourage
all to draw and depend upon the Divinity
of their being and to affirm universal spirituality
as the eternal commonality of all
humanity, the collective realization of which
brings heaven on earth.
Goal: Our goal, as a democratic, umbrella organization,
is to be a vehicle for disseminating timeless universal
Truths to spiritually awaken, empower, transform, and connect individuals
globally.
Membership: INTA needs your support in celebrating the spiritual
unfoldment, freedom, diversity, and full creative participation of individuals
world-wide. INTA needs you to share in its dynamic Vision, Mission,
Purpose and Goals by becoming a member.
What We Believe
INTA’s Declaration of Principles
Revised January 2000
1. We affirm God as Mind, Infinite Being, Spirit,
Ultimate Reality.
2. We affirm that God, the Good, is supreme,
universal, and everlasting.
3. We affirm the unity of God and humanity,
in that the divine nature dwells within and
expresses through each of us, by means of
our acceptance of it, as health, supply,
wisdom, love, life, truth, power, beauty,
and peace.
4. We affirm the power of prayer and the
capacity of each person to have mystical
experience with God, and to enjoy the
grace of God.
5. We affirm the freedom of all persons as to
beliefs, and we honor the diversity of humanity
by being open and affirming of all persons,
affirming the dignity of human beings as
founded on the presence of God within them,
and, therefore, the principle of democracy.
6. We affirm that we are all spiritual beings,
dwelling in a spiritual universe that is governed
by spiritual law; and that in alignment with spiritual
law, we can heal, prosper, and harmonize.
7. We affirm that our mental states are carried
forward into manifestation and become our
experience in daily living.
8. We affirm the manifestation of the kingdom of
heaven here and now.
9. We affirm expression of the highest spiritual
principles in loving one another unconditionally,
promoting the highest good for all, teaching and
healing one another, ministering to one another,
and living together in peace, in accordance with
the teachings of Jesus and other enlightened
teachers.
10. We affirm our evolving awareness of the
nature of reality and our willingness to refine our
beliefs accordingly. |
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Written by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica
Last Updated7-21-2013 Table of Contents Introduction Origins New Thought teachings and practices New Thought, a mind-healing movement that originated in the United States in the 19th century, based on religious and metaphysical (concerning the nature of ultimate reality) presuppositions. The diversity of views and styles of life represented in various New Thought groups are difficult to describe because of their variety, and the same reason makes it virtually impossible to determine either membership or adherents. The influence of the various New Thought groups has been spread by its leaders through lectures, journals, and books not only in the United States but also in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Many adherents of New Thought consider themselves to be Christian, though generalizations about their relations to Christianity have been questioned. Origins. The origins of New Thought may be traced to a dissatisfaction on the part of many persons with scientific empiricism and their reaction to the religious skepticism of the 17th and 18th centuries. The romanticism and idealism of the 19th century also influenced the New Thought movement, of which Phineas P. Quimby (1802–66) is usually cited as the earliest proponent. A native of Portland, Maine, Quimby practiced mesmerism (hypnotism) and developed his concepts of mental and spiritual healing and health based on the view that illness is a matter of the mind. Quimby’s influence may be seen in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and in the development of Christian Science (which she founded), although Mrs. Eddy retracted acknowledgment of dependence on her teacher. Quimby’s influence was readily acknowledged by others. Warren F. Evans (1817–89), a Methodist and then a Swedenborgian minister (leader of a theosophical movement based on the teachings of the 18th-century Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg), published a number of works exploring and systematizing the ideas of Quimby. These included Mental Cure (1869), Mental Medicine (1872), and Soul and Body (1876). Julius Dresser (1838–93) was a popular lecturer who emphasized the theories of Quimby, and his son Horatio (1866–1954) spread the elder Dresser’s teachings and later edited The Quimby Manuscripts (1921). New Thought teachings and practices. Elements of New Thought may be traced to Platonism, based on the Idealism of the 5th–4th-century-bc Greek philosopher Plato, who held that the realm of ideas is more real than that of matter; to Swedenborgianism, especially Swedenborg’s view that the material realm is one of effects whose causes are spiritual and whose purpose is divine; to Hegelianism, based on the views of the 18th–19th-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, especially those concerning the external world, mental phenomena, and the nervous organism as the meeting ground of the body and the mind; to Orientalism, involving spiritual teachings of Eastern religions (e.g., Hinduism); and, particularly, to the Transcendentalism (a form of Idealism) of the 19th-century American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Though it is difficult to summarize New Thought beliefs, since they are so varied and to so large a degree individualistic, it is possible to summarize some of the more prevalent views. As far as Christian Science is concerned, New Thought adherents do not accept Mary Baker Eddy’s teaching or any other formulation as the final revelation. Rather, truth is viewed as a matter of continuing revelation, and no one leader or institution can declare with finality what is the nature of truth. Moreover, New Thought does not oppose medical science, as Mrs. Eddy did, and it is essentially positive and optimistic about life and its outcome. In 1916 the International New Thought Alliance (formed 1914) agreed upon a purpose that embraces some central ideas of most groups: To teach the Infinitude of the Supreme One; the Divinity of Man and his Infinite Possibilities through the creative power of constructive thinking and obedience to the voice of the indwelling Presence which is our source of Inspiration, Power, Health and Prosperity. In 1917, at the St. Louis (Missouri) Congress, the alliance adopted a “Declaration of Principles.” It was modified in 1919 and was printed in New Thought until revised in the 1950s. This purpose and these principles emphasized the immanence of God, the divine nature of man, the immediate availability of God’s power to man, the spiritual character of the universe, and the fact that sin, human disorders, and human disease are basically matters of incorrect thinking. Moreover, according to New Thought, man can live in oneness with God in love, truth, peace, health, and plenty. Many New Thought groups emphasize Jesus as teacher and healer and proclaim his kingdom as being within a person. Reference to Jesus or the Christ is totally omitted in the principles, however, as revised in 1954. New Thought leaders—unlike Quimby, it should be noted—have increasingly stressed material prosperity as one result of New Thought. New Thought implies a kind of monism, or view of the oneness of the world, but it also has strong Gnostic (i.e., dualistic, matter being opposed to spirit) undertones; that is, though New Thought is open to all, spiritual healing and strength of mind and body are available only to those who have the insights and who have been initiated into the movement at some point. There are no established patterns of worship, although the services often involve explication of New Thought ideas, testimony to healing, and prayer for the sick. |
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 Free 自由
Today, I choose to be free. 今日、私は自由を選ぶのである Freedom is a state of being beyond external circumstances. I can experience freedom regardless of what I see outside myself. I choose to be positive in my thoughts and feelings, attitudes and perceptions. By choosing to focus on the good, I am free. 自由とは外部の環境を超えた、人間の存在の状態のことをいうのである。私が外部に如何なるものを見ようとも私は自由でいることができるのである。私の思考、感情、態度、認識において、常に、肯定的な姿勢を選ぶのである。善なるものに集中することによって、私は自由なのである。
I release negative thoughts and emotions, and feel lighter in mind, body, and soul. I nurture my mind with ideas of health and well-being and experience the freedom of a balanced and productive life. My outlook is positive—I expect only good. 否定的な思い、感情を私の心から放り出し、私の心、身体、魂がより爽快になっていくのを感じるのである。健康で、幸福な思考で私の心を満たしながら、バランスの取れた、生産的な人生の自由を経験するのである。私の姿勢は常に肯定的であり、善のみを思い描く。
Freedom is a choice, a state of mind. By holding positive thoughts and feelings, I experience life to the fullest. Today I choose to be optimistic. Today I choose my freedom. 自由とは選択であり、心の状態のことをいうのである。肯定的な思考、感情のみを抱くことによって、私は、自分の人生を最大限に生きるのである。今日、私は、楽天的な態度、姿勢を選ぶのである。今日、私は私の自由を選ぶのである。 I have set before you life and death ... Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.—Deuteronomy 30:19 我は命を死を汝らの前に置けり、、、、汝生命をえらぶべし然せば汝と汝の子孫生存らふることを得ん 申命記30:19
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