The silence must be heard

Philadelphia. There is a lot of noise outside. Tools, lawnmowers, cars, plane, sirens. Lots of constant background noise. I have had to get used to that, coming from Europe. Not that it’s quiet in Europe. In the Spiritual Reality Center all maintenance work will be done without power tools. The silence must be heard. For [...]

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Secrets

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Jade Tower

“I saw the fields beyond the fields.” (Dar Williams – The End of the Summer) Something is changing, has changed. The sweet and bitter truth of life. “The same things look different, when you move to another place” (Dar Williams). I am right now in “a relaxed state of expectation and trust” (Abraham). I stand [...]

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Practicing the presence of God

“The key is in practicing the presence of God.” (Susan L. Howard) What a phrase! That would be an exhilarating theme for a retreat. Focusing first on “the spiritual presence we want to be.” Do we need to ask, now, how to do this? No, not really. Looks different for each person anyway. One of [...]

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Vision questing coming up

I have signed up for 12-day Mid Winter Fast vision quest in February 2011. Organized by the School of Lost Borders. Takes place in Death Valley, California. Gives whole new meaning to “the old man must die.” Why a vision quest? One answer, because this may be my last chance at doing one, at least [...]

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The Rainmaker Story

If my sources are right the following story appears in one of Carl Jung’s books. It is amazing and simple. There is a lesson in it that we already know, and a lesson that we just cannot yet grasp. There was a great drought; for months there had not been a drop of rain and [...]

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Passion: part one

At camp Laurel I asked some people what makes a lecture or a sermon inspiring? One person nailed it: passion. If the speaker has passion, the talk is inspiring. Note that it’s not any of the following: truth articulation message structure preparation theatricals solemnity props, timing, pauses, humor, good music… Passion: part two.

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Falling down from perception

Once upon a time the human race “talked to the Lord and to angels” (AC 125). At a spiritual retreat camp, like Laurel, something of this celestial state of affairs is re-instated. Very subtly, but very real. It is said that people once “received perception from the Lord continually” (AC 125). There is an openness [...]

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Unbelief

“He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” (Matthew 13:58) There have been small conversations at Laurel 2010 in which genuine puzzlement was expressed why not more people come to this yearly camp. Out of the population of adults to whom information about Laurel can be expected to be available, only [...]

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Coming into union

Reflections on the 2010 Laurel camp experience. It was all as I had expected and hoped, yet at the same time totally different. I was staffing as full-time minister and have received only exceedingly good feedback on talks and services. Still I have to admit to myself that the Guiding Hand wasn’t mine. One vesper [...]

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Donations

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Process and inner change

“Outer reforms are useless if the inner state is not changed.” (Neville – Awakened Imagination) A personal fitness trainer works hard to introduce new outer forms. Jogging, push-ups, etc. And they work as long as they are being enacted. But as long as the inner state of the person is not at the same time [...]

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Invitation

Does anyone want to help me build the Spiritual Reality Center? This is a New Church retreat center, the largest and probably only one on earth. This link describes to some degree the visions. It will not be a place where people live permanently, not another Bryn Athyn. The place is focused on one-week retreats. [...]

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Ground plan

Here’s a sketch of what I envision. Click on the picture to see larger size. Not to scale. There is a lot more space between the buildings and areas than comes out in this drawing.

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Filling out the vision (part two)

Continuation of vision sheet #1. Atmosphere: every part of the Spiritual Reality Center is maintained at an atmospheric level. This is not talking about cleanliness and tidiness. There is a sense of containment, inside the buildings as well as outside. The silence is thick in the air. People using the place are aware and sensitive [...]

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The Sedona Vision Board

The Sedona Method of Hale Dwoskin works on the release of negative emotions. I was wondering if the method could be adjusted when working with a vision board. Ask the following questions, and remember that “yes” is one correct answer, but so is “no.” Be honest with yourself. 1. Hold the vision. Look at the [...]

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Retreats and Seminars

Events at the Spiritual Retreat Center. SWET 1: Spiritual Warfare Effectiveness Training – initiation SWET 2: Spiritual Warfare Effectiveness Training – awareness SWET 3: Spiritual Warfare Effectiveness Training – vision quest SWET 4, 5, 6, 7: to be developed SWET for Women: initiation SWET for New Church ministers: initiation Stillness Seminar: groups and talks along [...]

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Mind Reflection

(Meditation outline, at the lake, at the Spiritual Reality Center) Sitting at the lake side, a row of people on the sand, facing the still water. My mind is like this lake, reflecting the clouds, reflecting the sky, reflecting the trees, reflecting the mountain, reflecting the moon, reflecting the sun, reflecting the stars. My mind [...]

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Filling out the vision (part one)

This page will be a list of ideas, plans and envisioned details for the project called the Spiritual Reality Center. The list is not ordered. These notes are bricks in the vision process. This project is currently on the path of manifestation. The time line is not a concern, since it is in the hands [...]

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Mission statement

A Men’s group Mission Statement process yielded for me: My mission is to create a world in which people are in touch with their spiritual reality, tangibly, every day. (Stephen Muires) Shadow mission: I carry negativity around with me. This blocks any spiritual presence being real. Mission restatement, also valid: My mission is to create [...]

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