Living in God’s Bounty: A Prayer

— by Rev. Temple Hayes

I am immersed in the invigorating, energetic presence of life which expresses itself through, in and around me. Wherever I go and wherever I am it is self-evident that life magnifies and regenerates through me. My daily mission is to bring the presence and bountifulness of life to every situation and circumstance. With Life as my cause, love is my existence. …

I open my heart to the East filled with new beginnings and new births. I allow the element of air to impact every encounter of my day for the rising sun has the capacity to rise within me on a continuous basis. I am self-actualized and filled with self-esteem as I draw from this illuminating power.

I draw from the endless fire of the South, which is forever giving of itself, as I create and walk on the path of my faith. The fire within me is my strength and resource as I live on purpose and honor the very nature as to why I exist.

I connect to the water of the West, which relaxes my spirit, for I believe in the flow of my good. Just as this infinite life is flowing all around me, my eyes and my heart witness and participate in the miracles flowing to me.

I am grounded on the platform of Mother Earth honoring the North as I realize and value the true meaning of my sacredness and the power of my creation. As I hold these words to be law in my life, the law consistently working in my life is an ongoing new birth and birthright. I am Life. I am infinite Life. I am fully here.

And so it is.

— Rev. Hayes’ full prayer can be found on page 110 of the October issue of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine.

Join Walden Award Honoree Summit

On October 23, 2018, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, you can join a live online summit featuring the Walden Award honorees.

The Association for Global New Thought, Unity, Centers for Spiritual Living, Agape and representatives from Universal Foundation for Better Living combined forces in 2018 to create a list of 25 New Thought and socially conscious leaders who work to create positive change in the world. The honorees were announced in the September issue of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine and in the September/October issue of Unity Magazine.

From almost 300 nominations, the awards committee chose 27 honorees — five in each of five categories: New Thought Wisdom, Interfaith and Intercultural Understanding, Care and Reverence for the Earth, Spiritually Guided Social Activism, and Next Generation (under 40). In addition, one honoree was named for each of two special awards: the Mind/Body Healing Award and the Change Maker Award.

The awards honor these individuals while inspiring the rest of us to follow in their footsteps with our work and vision.

Register here for the free online honoree summit: www.agnt.today/2018-walden-awards

Announcing 2019 Monthly Themes

As readers of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine know, each month’s issue addresses a theme. For those who are inspired to contribute to the magazine in 2019, here is a list of the themes we will turn our attention to, along with the deadlines for contributions to each issue:

1. January: Embody Spiritual Principles, deadline 10/3/18
2. February: Reveal Our Common Good, deadline 11/1/18, Special Section: Sacred Travel
3. March: Demonstrate Integral Integrity, deadline 12/1/18
4. April: Celebrate Our Unique Oneness, deadline 1/3/19
5. May: Recognize Ourselves in Others, deadline 2/1/19
6. June: Nurture Empowered Consciousness, deadline 3/1/19, Special Section: Holistic Pets
7. July: Free to Create, deadline 4/3/19
8. August: A World That Works for Everyone, deadline 5/1/19
9. September: Spiritual Stewards of Our Planet, deadline 6/1/19
10. October: Cherish Our Human Family, deadline 7/3/19, Special Section: Health & Wellness
11. November: Lead With Mindfulness, deadline 8/1/19
12. December: Everything Is Holy Now, deadline 9/1/19

Submission guidelines are posted at scienceofmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SOM-Submission-Guidelines_2018-1.pdf.

Lifting the Burden

— by Dr. Ernest Holmes

Whatever the mistakes of yesterday may have been, today is a new creation. Turning from the errors of the past and no longer carrying with us the sorrows and mistakes of yesterday, today we may enter a new experience. But it is only when we forgive ourselves and everyone else that we may feel certain that the weight of condemnation is lifted from our consciousness.

Therefore, I know: There is no animosity, no criticism, no hatred in me. I lose all condemnation. I judge not, and the mistakes of yesterday are rendered powerless. I know that my every right motive has the blessing of the Spirit and that there is nothing which opposes this blessing or denies this Divine givingness.

I permit my inward vision to penetrate every apparent obstruction, every obstinate attempt to cover up the Divine, every ignorant misuse of the Law.

Definitely I know that every negative condition of the past is cleared away from my consciousness. I no longer think about it, see it or believe in it. Nor do I believe that it has any effect whatsoever in my experience today. Today is a new beginning. Steadfastly beholding the fact of Divine Reality, I resolve to walk in that light wherein there is no darkness.

— From Spiritual Awareness, 1972; pages 40-41, as included in the October 2018 issue of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine, Daily Guide entry for October 8