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Endings and Beginnings

edwardviljoen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:15:00 +0000

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In 2012 our focus is on Sowing Seeds of Greatness.

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We thank you for your participation and trust that 2012 will be a blessing to you and your loved ones. Although we are shifting our focus to Spiritual Seeds we will leave this blog site up so that you can visit it at your leisure. We would love to hear from you about your spiritual journey,

Warm regards,

Edward Viljoen and Chris Michaels

December 25, 2011

edwardviljoen — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:05:08 +0000

By Sanna Rose

The Freedom to Be Joyful

God is the Light of the
world, in all places seen and unseen. This Light is illuminating the world and
is the Light of Freedom, shining, warming, celebrating the expression of Life,
of Itself, without hindrance, without limitation. There are no bounds to this
Light. Nothing stands in Its way. This Light that is Spirit dances in the
heavens as the stars on a winter’s night. It hums and sings as the colored
lights on our holiday trees, as the candles on the altars, flickering in quiet
joy. God is this Joy, bursting as Light, twinkling through the chill of ice crystals,
each raindrop and snowflake. The exuberance of Spirit equally shines through
the laugh of a child as it does through the twinkle of a quiet eye. Joy is
everywhere in the stillness of winter, in the Peace, in the Love that is ever
present in all things, through all things.

The dance of Spirit’s Light,
the exuberance of the uncaused, omnipresent Joy
presents Itself within me; It is what breathes me, sustains me, is alive
within me. As it is within me so it is within all who are reading this prayer.
As I consciously allow my cheeks to sculpt a quiet smile, this act brings the
everpresent Joy into action, for this Joy is poised within my heart, my body,
and my mind, ready to fly forth. This is so for each one of us. We are all
sourced in this Joy that is God.

I, then, accept this activity
of Joy. I set this Joy free within me, free to fly through me as Its instrument
of expression. I give over any burden, I set it down into God’s embrace. I set
myself free so God can have its way with me and lift me up into the freedom of
knowing Joy. I accept and declare the same for all of us, for each of us. We
are divine centers of God activity and there is nothing in the way of our
knowing this, celebrating this together, as One. All despair, all appearance of
depression and pain, vanish in this Joy. With a single breath this Joy sings in
every heart. In this moment there is only Joy, only God, only Love.

I am so grateful for the
power of God, for the Joy in me, before me, behind me, beneath me, all around
me. I breathe the freedom of God, the power of God, the Joy of God. And it
breathes me back. Thank you Spirit.

I release this word into the
Law of God where this Truth is already known and is taking action.

And so It is. Amen.

December 18, 2011

edwardviljoen — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:11:39 +0000

By Ora Stafford

FREEDOM

The Freedom to Belong

RECOGNITION

There is one Source, one limitless Power, filled with infinite potential for any possible configuration imaginable, and beyond. This is the Source from which everything that is now manifest has come.

UNIFICATION

As I am spiritual essence manifest in physical form, I am one with the Perfect One, as Its individualized expression. I have the freedom to explore the height, depth, width and breadth of Its riches within me, to bring forth a new thing which has not yet been seen in our collective human experience.

Indeed, I am blessed with the freedom to create new and wondrous paths to and greater awareness of the Infinite possibilities inherent in all humankind.

REALIZATION

With the awareness of who and what I am, I fully realize that I am free to choose how I will show up in the world. I can exercise my freedom to pursue a solitary life alone and apart from my fellow beings or to be fully engaged and committed to bringing forth the greater good in our collective experience.

THANKSGIVING

I am so deeply grateful for everything in my life, knowing that I always have the freedom and ability to fully transform and transcend every experience.

RELEASE

In complete faith I release my word, knowing that it is acted upon by the Law of Mind, bringing forth the perfect result.

And so it is

Ora Stafford/CSL KC

15 December 2010

December 17, 2011

edwardviljoen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:13:02 +0000

We live on three planes at the same time. To attempt to desert anyone of these, to the cost of the others, is abnormal. To live only on the physical plane is to become a brute. To live on the intellectual plane alone, might produce a learned and a scientific man, but he would lack true perception. To live only on the spiritual plane, might cause one to become a dreamer without any practical way of making his dreams come true.

December 16, 2011

edwardviljoen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:12:25 +0000

Man is a threefold principle of life and action; he is spirit, soul and body. From the Spirit he receives inspiration and guidance; in the soul he finds a perfect Law of life; and through the body he proves that he is a real individualization of the Invisible Principle.

Man’s mind should swing from inspiration to action, from contemplation to accomplishment, from prayer to performance. This would be a well-balanced existence. The Spirit fires the soul with energy and understanding; the soul, which is the subjective mentality, vitalizes the body and animates all that we do.

December 15, 2011

edwardviljoen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:11:57 +0000

No greater mistake could be made than to think we must separate life from what it does. We must unify and not divide. The Spirit must go forth into creation through law and action. Life must enter living, and God must flow through man, if there is to be a real representation of the Divine through the human.

Let us feel that our purposes are animated and inspired from on high and then let us go forth and make our dream come true in human experience. With an invisible Intelligence to guide, and an immutable Law to direct, let us take our place in any legitimate activity, and thus cause our dreams to come to full fruition.

December 14, 2011

edwardviljoen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:11:07 +0000

“I am the light of the world.” Jesus was not referring to his human personality, but to the Principle inherent in generic man. They who follow this inner Principle shall have the light of life; for this Principle is life.

“I Am” has a dual meaning.

It is both individual and universal. God was revealed to Moses as the great “I AM,” the Universal Cause, the Causeless or Self-existent One. Moses taught that “I AM” is the First Principle of all life, and the Law of cause and effect running through everything. The whole teaching of Moses is based upon the perception of this “First Principle.”

December 13, 2011

edwardviljoen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:10:19 +0000

Love is the central flame of the universe, nay, the very fire itself.

It is written that God is Love, and that we are His expressed likeness, the image of the Eternal Being. Love is selfgivingness through creation, the impartation of the Divine through the human.

Love is an essence, an atmosphere, which defies analysis, as does Life Itself.

It is that which IS and cannot be explained: it is common to all people, to all animal life, and evident in the response of plants to those who love them. Love reigns supreme over all.

The essence of love, while elusive, pervades everything, fires the heart, stimulates the emotions, renews the soul and proclaims the Spirit. Only love knows love, and love knows only love. Words cannot express its depths or meaning.

A universal sense alone bears witness to the divine fact: God is Love and Love is God.

December 12, 2011

edwardviljoen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:09:16 +0000

Some express themselves constructively and some destructively. Suppose a man who has the liquor habit comes to you to be healed. You would not treat that habit. You would not pray for the man to be healed. You would know that you are dealing with a man who has the desire to express life and who, for the moment, thinks he must express it in terms of intoxication. He once thought this expressed reality to him. He now knows that it does not, but he cannot with mere will-power stop it, for the habit appears to have taken complete possession of him. (We might well remember always that unless we control thought, it will control us.)

Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

December 11, 2011

edwardviljoen — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:08:28 +0000

What is a habit? A habit is desire objectified-lithe continuous character of one’s thoughts and feelings”-desire for something that will give satisfaction. At the root of all habit is one basic thing: the desire to express life. There is an urge to express in all people, and this urge, operating through the channels of Creative Mind, looses energy into action, and compels the individual to do something. Back of all this desire is the impulse of Spirit to express. In man, this impulse must express at the level of his consciousness.

Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind