Today is the last day of the Leadership Gathering for the Centers for Spiritual Living. It has been a jam-packed weekend. So many hugs, ideas, and love. This was a historical meeting – the coming together of two organizations which have been like identical twins separated at birth – coming together to integrate into a new third organization. These two spiritual organizations have operating as two distinct entities for over 50 years…it is an idea whose time has come.
During this conference, I have been rooming with two other guys, Eric O’del and John Niec. It has been a wonderful experience. The conference itself has been opening my eyes to a great idea of what Spirit is wanting to express through me in my own ministry – but rooming with these guys has helped bring that awareness from just a mental idea into embodying it.
Besides the wonderful conversations and sharing we have doing a daily spiritual practice. It is simple but it has been powerful. Each morning before heading out to whatever event or activity we are interested in, we take the time to read the daily reading from the Science of Mind magazine and we each then state to our roommates – “My intention for today is…”
This process has been such a powerful practice. Stating my intention for the day has empowered me to look and see exactly what I am wanting to see for the day.
For example, my intention for yesterday morning was: “My intention for today is to be easy with myself.” Throughout the course of the day I had choices to make, am I going to do this or am I going to do that? During the evening there was a big event going on at Mi-High Church which everyone was going to – but it wasn’t in alignment with my intention. As a result, I had dinner with Eric, who did some amazing practitioner work for me and helped me gift a shift in my thinking about a situation that I had been seeking for quite a while. Later I spent some time in prayer and meditation in the Ministry of Prayer. (The MOP is a room that is set aside for people to come and make prayer requests and for people to sit in prayer for those who have prayer needs, themselves and all at the conference. It is a a chamber of prayer.)
This morning, my intention was “I release any anxiety and am open to receive the answers I need. There is no anxiety about the answer coming or in hearing it.” Without going into all the details, it was less than an hour later that I got to spend some time with Rev. David, my teacher. We spent a little time discussing some of the questions I had about “next steps” for my ministry – answers came freely and I was open to receive them.
Further “answers” came – it was a couple hours later that I led a discussion group during one of the morning events. One of the women that came to join the group was a minister that I had been wanting to speak with and her and I had the discussion that I had been looking to have…it was another answer.
It was my intention to be open, to receive, releasing all anxiety about whether it would show up and would I hear it. I AM open to receive all I need. I look forward to what is yet to come – knowing that it is showing up in wonderful ways – at the right time. It is my intention… Are you clear on your intentions for today? This week? If you would like to share them, I would love to hear them.
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