Tuesday, January 11, 2011

JOYCE DUFFALA AT CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

JOYCE SPOKE ABOUT A DIVINE LIFE. SHE SAID TO CLARIFY WHAT WE BELIEVE IN - ONE ABSOLUTE INSTANT CAUSE AS ERNEST HOLMES STATED. SHE SAID IF YOU IMAGINE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WHEN SHE WENT THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY, HOWEVER SHE STAYED POSITIVE. SHE SAID TO STAY WITH WHAT IS...WHAT THE OCEAN IS MADE OF IS WHAT GOD IS. IT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE, PERMANENT. DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS IS WHAT IS PERMANENT THE FRIEND WITHIN YOU IS ABOVE FEAR AND BEYOND HURT. THE UNCHANGING THING IS EXPRESSING IN FORM. SHE REFERRED TO JULIA CAMERON WHO SPEAKS ABOUT BEING ATTACHED TO SOMETHING IS THE ORIGIN OF CHANGE. MOST OF US HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CHANGE.

REVEREND JOICE SAID THERE ARE THREE STAGES OF CHANGE - 1) SOMETHING HAS ENDED; 2) THE NEUTRAL ZONE; 3) THE NEW BEGINNING. THE NEUTRAL ZONE IS UNCOMFORTABLE . HER SUGGESTION WAS TO JOURNAL OR THINK ABOUT THINGS WHICH YOU WANT TO DO. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS PERMANENT. REMEMBER MOMENTS OF JOY AND LOVE, AND A PLACE OF PEACE. WE ARE ALWAYS EXPANDING INTO MORE GOOD. THERE IS AN OCEAN OF ABUNDANT GOODNESS. YOUR QUEST IS TO FIND MORE WAYS TO EXPRESS LOVE.

SHE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO KEEP RECYCLING. BOTTLES AND CANS TAKE 500 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE. IN SONOMA COUNTY THEY GO INTO OUR BLUE BINS AND THEY GET SENT TO SAN LOUIS OBISPO. PLASTICS TAKE AT LEAST 1000 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE. SOME OF THESE CONTAINERS CAN ALSO GO INTO THE BLUE BINS!

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