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As we begin to do church around the purpose of transforming lives instead of
doing church around the purpose of feeling better about ourselves, we in the
community begin to feel a greater sense of empowerment, partnership, and
ownership.
This week, the Centre's transformation coach, Dr. Gary Simmons, visits to
teach us how to not be triggered when we're judged.
Knowing how is not enough to begin practicing not being triggered when someone
judges us. We need to know _why_ we should not be triggered.
Right now we're living in a story of separation. But we're shifting into a
world of inter-being, a shift to a context of wholeness, of oneness.
When we are being judged, here is what we say: Tell me more.
Why? Because the judgement _is not about us_.
And we may find that behind every judgement is the gift of the revelation of
an unmet need. But to get there, we need to stand in the place of "Tell me
more."
The three things that people are most afraid of are death, other people, and
their own minds.
The Buddha said this, "All we are is the result of what we have thought. It is
founded on our thought. It is made up of our thought. If a man speaks or acts
with an evil thought, pain follows him, as...
Published 02/17/19
Motivational guest speaker Elizabeth Manuel speaks today about presence,
awareness, and intention.
She considers the question, "What's lurking beneath the threshold of our
consciousness?", as she weaves examples of practical spiritual principles into
triumphant stories of her life's struggles.
Published 02/10/19