Friday, April 5, 2013

The Place of Expansion

So Spirit, I showed our blog to some people and a few members of our church had some really positive comments.  Hearing from them made me wish to ask you what the role of our church is and should become in the future.  How do you view the First Spiritualist Church of Rhode Island and where do you see us going?

First of all we are happy to hear people are connecting with the information presented.  This means that these people are in a similar vibrational pattern to you, Nathan, at least as far as their Spiritual beliefs go.  Beliefs are usually the essence of a church or religious body.  We feel though that beliefs are not the driving force behind your church.  In fact, while you do state some beliefs and have others repeat them, that is truly the least important and we feel the least successful part of your church service.  Where you all find success is in your teaching.  We truly prefer to see your organization as a school over that of a religion.

This idea of being a school is where you will find success.  By teaching others to connect with Spirit you will open a new path for them to expand their lives in wondrous ways. Of course it is important to allow them to use this knowledge to form their own beliefs.  By allowing others to believe different concepts and yet still feel comfortable within your church you will create a place of amazing expansion.  In fact, having a belief and experience forum would be a great way to truly expand your minds.  In this case no one person would take the lead as teacher.  People could openly discuss what they believe and why.  And then others could respectfully say why they feel differently and explain their own experiences.  Allow everyone to talk and speak.  At the end, everyone should take home what they have heard and open their minds saying, "What if my friend's belief is true."  In fact, take the most interesting belief you heard that night and live it for one day, or maybe even longer.  How does living that belief affect your life?  Next time discuss what you have experienced in your time apart. 

Want to really expand your reality quickly?  Have everyone in the group expand their beliefs further to what most would consider a ridiculous level.  Make up crazy theories about the universe and them share them.  Thoughts like these will open your minds in way you could not believe.  It is funny how little people are willing to truly experiment and test their belief systems.  If you do not hold on so tightly to your beliefs we guarantee that you will discover something more wonderful than you could ever imagine. 

Allow your church to become this place.  Let the dreams become the reality.  Allow people to share their stories.  Do not let a small few be heard.  This is especially true in who comes to speak at your church.  Are they open minded and excited by Spirituality and change?  If so then we feel they should come.  If rather a medium, no matter how gifted with communication, holds tight to their beliefs and their way of doing things, let them find another place to speak.  Your church is about growing, for both its members and those who run it.  We will tell you now that even with the experienced and wonderful teachers that you have within your church group, there are so many concepts that are not really understood about the universe and Spirit.  So even the greatest teachers that you have need to be the students as well.  Use your church as a place to experience that which you have never experienced before.  Use your church as a place to discover truth, and then use that truth to discover new truths.  Allow this process to continue and you will soon learn that the first truth you discovered no longer has the same meaning because you have allowed your perspective to expand, and with this new expansion you discover new truths. 

Once you lose the quest for truth and expansion your church will no longer serve the needs of the people.  We feel that it is also very important that your organization does not just cater to those who are new to Spirit communication.  Sure the church is a great starting point for anyone, but your growth and expansion and importance will really come from catering also to the needs of those who would push the boundaries of their beliefs.  Always push further ahead and never be afraid to share this new knowledge.  Never be afraid to say we once believed this, but now our experience points us in another direction.  Always make your goal be to serve the people in their needs and to serve the universe by pushing to understand it more closely.  There is a whole reality out there waiting to be discovered by you, waiting to speak with you and waiting to expand your lives into such amazing places you could not even comprehend at this time.  Push yourself, push others, release and explore and if you do so then you, your church, and all those who come to it will fall in love with life in ways never believed before.  This is why your current beliefs are so unimportant, because even better ones are just around the bend.  Until then, enjoy where you are.  Love life.  Live life.  Explore life and allow it to change.  Wonderful things are coming just around the bend, and we all in Spirit cannot wait to meet you there.

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