The Ultimate Goal of Life
The ultimate goal of life does not mean that we shall ever arrive at a spiritual destination where everything remains static and inactive. That which to our present understanding seems an ultimate good will, when attained, be but the starting point for a new and further evolution. We believe in an eternal upward spiral of existence. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions.”…All evolution proves the transition of the lesser into the greater. The original sources of spiritual thought, from which the great religious conceptions of the ages have been drawn, have taught that evolution is an eternal manifestation of life on an ascending scale. As we ascend from a lower to a higher level, the limitations of the previous experience must drop away from us. Since the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Reality is already established in Spirit, our transition from one plane to another is a matter of consciousness, and since all persons are incarnations of the Divine Spirit, every soul will ultimately find complete emancipation, not through losing itself in God, but rather through finding God in itself….Every apparent ultimate is but the beginning of a new experience. Excerpted from What Religious Science Teaches by Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind Publishing. |
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Barry Ebert—Music Inspired from the Soul
Ebert is also a singer/songwriter with four CDs of original music. One of his greatest career accomplishments was playing one of his songs, “Growing with Spirit,” with the Colorado Children’s Chorale at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the summer of 2010. Ebert’s interview with Gary Zukav titled “Soul Man” is featured in the April issue of Science of Mind. Zukav’s book The Seat of the Soul inspired Ebert to write the song “Our Souls Come Here to Grow.” Ebert explains that inspiration: “I wrote this song for Gary Zukav when we were doing some music before his speaking engagement at Mile Hi Church. I've always been intrigued with the concept that Spirit puts us on Earth to participate in a sort of cosmic theatre, and it’s our job to figure out what our role is and play it well. Rev. Cynthia James was kind enough to join me on this recording.” Click here to listen to “Our Souls Come Here to Grow.” |
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Wisdom of the World—For You, Up Close and Personal April’s Science of Mind features multiple Emmy Award-winning composer Gary Malkin and his WisdomFilms, “Media for a Meaningful Life,” offered through his organization, Wisdom of the World. Following are two samples of Malkin’s consciousness-enhancing media, true inner-tainment—five-minute journeys of wisdom and beauty that will leave you refreshed and rejuvenated. Please click here to see and hear The Stillness is You—Whispering the Mystery, with words spoken by Deepak Chopra, or here to see and hear Our Deepest Fear—A Message of Inspiration, an excerpt from Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, spoken by the author. We lovingly recommend that you put the image on full screen and turn up the volume! Wisdom of the World offers many tools for spiritual transformation. To see the full array of WOW’s products and programs, vist www.wisdomoftheworld.com. Malkin and guest Dr. Clint Rogers are offering a teleseminar on May 24 on Radical Resourcefulness: Discovering Hidden Resources That Can Transform Your Life. For more information, click here. |
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Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green®
In recognition of the power of millions of individual actions, Earth Day 2011 will be organized around A Billion Acts of Green®. This initiative calls for personal, organizational, and corporate pledges to live and act sustainably. It is the largest environmental service campaign in the world with over 45 million actions to date. This campaign to honor Earth Day inspires and rewards both simple individual acts and larger organizational initiatives that further the goal of measurably reducing carbon emissions and supporting sustainability. A Billion Acts of Green® demonstrates the kind of environmental impact that can be made when millions of people, corporations, and organizations make commitments, both small and large, to better their environment. Elements of the 2011 Earth Day campaign include:
Visit earthday.org to see how you can get involved. |
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Our beloved columnist Rev. Barry Ebert is the Youth Director and Assistant Minister at Mile Hi Church in Lakewood, Colorado. Ebert has been a facilitator of the Love and Logic parenting workshops for twenty years, teaching at various schools, churches, and community centers in Colorado. He and his wife Stephanie are the parents of two grown sons who gave Barry plenty of opportunity to practice his parenting principles when they were teens. 
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