Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus ---

Mortals may climb the smooth glaciers, leap the dark fissures, scale the treacherous ice, and stand on the summit of Mont Blanc; but they can never turn back what Deity knoweth, nor escape from identification with what dwelleth in the eternal Mind. – Mary Baker Eddy--

The parable of the Good Samaritan

_____________________________ A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, “Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.” — Luke 10:30–37

In the 16-century there lived a very spiritually-minded woman to whom one day a man of the church confided that he felt inclined to give up mental prayer.  The reply she made showed to what extent she understood the process of thought at the different levels of consciousness: “Take absolutely no notice.  Praise the Lord for the desire you have for prayer, trust that your mind intends it thus and that it likes to be with God.  When you feel the tension is too great, make an effort to go where you can look at the sky, walk for a little, you won't waste your prayer time for that. Managing our weaknesses is an art and it doesn’t do to oppress nature.  All consists in the search for God and the means by which we can draw nearer to Him.  The soul is led onwards by gentleness.”

Sing, O heavens;

And be joyful, O earth;

And break forth into singing

O mountains:

For the Lord hath comforted

His people,

And will have mercy

Upon his afflicted.

--Isaiah 49:13

I wish you a joyous Christmas,

filled with the ever-present light of love!

Eva-Maria

"Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy" Luke 2:10

“Thanks!” And “Giving!”

----------------------------- Should go together.  First the Thanks, and then we’ll recognize how much we have been given … and how much we can give!  Be it love, kindness, and understanding, … or whatever else the immediate need might be.  Perhaps, we need a re-assurance of the qualities of courage, joy, and peace of mind … or an encouragement to tap into our spiritual resourcefulness.  Our spiritual treasures are not hidden but awaiting our partaking. --Eva-Maria--

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Not what we say about our blessings,

but how we use them,

is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

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“… The fathers’ face is the face of all that reflect love and will bring to us the consciousness of it.  ‘Be therefore perfect as thy father which is in heaven is perfect.’  This is not asking more than we all must give at last and the sooner we arrive at this state the sooner our trials will all be over.”

Mary Baker Eddy

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

William Blake

A Native American ... A Sioux Indian ... I drew him on paper with charcoal when living in South Dakota ... he was an amazing man … at his late years he could walk a tight rope.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings 

of my life: 

Each year has grown better than the last.

Lawrence Welk

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

Victor Hugo

Thanksgiving 

is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

John Clayton

I wish you a blessed THANKSGIVING 

– day in and day out …

- and at all times.

With much love to you …

Eva-Maria

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ― Rumi

A client, who calls me for prayer, C. S. treatment, and also for guidance in business matters, shared today the outcome of a situation she has had to deal with as a Travel Agent.

A Muslim man with a Green Card, a professor traveling in our country (the USA), had made hotel reservations with my friend, the Travel Agent. Going out for sightseeing, he left his iPad on the table and put his wallet into the Hotel-safe. On his return he could not find the items and reported them missing to the manager of the hotel. At the same time he called my friend to support the return of these items, especially his green card that was of utmost importance to him.  She called me.  I prayed (and so did she).  The hotel reimbursed him for the lost iPad, but not for the wallet. 

From a metaphysical perspective nothing can really be lost … something can change … or be misplaced … or stolen … or destroyed … but also it can be restored … remembered … and be found!  ALL IS IN MIND.  Perhaps, this spiritual concept is not easy to understand if one has not studied and practiced the law of divine Mind and its Principle … but tangible experiences of meta-physics, confirm the truth found therein. 

The wallet was found on the roof of the hotel by a hotel staff, at a later time when working up there.  All the items that meant so much to the traveler, were untouched, only the money was gone.  When we comprehend the significance of the truth that all is in Mind, then, too, we understand whatever has to return will be in a place where it can be found.

The prelude to a belief of loss is too often a subtle notion of loss that influences us in hidden ways.  It may be disguised as negligence or thoughtlessness, because in some form or shape we have a fear of loss unbeknown to us but entertained by the mortal senses. –Eva-Maria

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.

Jack Canfield

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learned how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

Taylor Swift

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, 

but its fears.

C. Benson

“And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:

Your seeds shall live in my body,

And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,

And your fragrance shall be my breath,

And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.”

― Khalil Gibran

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”

― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.

― Criss Jami

Trust truth, not error; and Truth will give you all that belongs to [you and] the right of freedom.  Mary Baker Eddy--

The LORD is my shepherd; 
I shall not be in want.
 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
 He leads me beside quiet waters,
 He restores my soul.
 He guides me in paths of righteousness
 for his name's sake.
 Even though I walk 
through the valley of the shadow of death,
 I will fear no evil,
 for you are with me;
 your rod and your staff, 
they comfort me.
 You prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; you anoint my head with oil;
 my cup overflows.
 Surely goodness and love will follow me
 all the days of my life,
 and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
 forever. -- Psalm 23


BE AT  PEACE !

You can never be lost ... especially

when LOVE is at the helm of your thought.

your Eva-Maria

WE LEAP WITH JOY FOR GOD AND MAN

A photo of me from years ago

_________________I have learned early on that joy does not come from without ... that is, from people, even very dear people, loved-ones, it comes from within, as I could see, when their eyes sparkled because of some good they discerned.  Their joy I would take in so deeply that I did not loose sight of the sparkle in their eyes, even so I knew it was more than an outer giving but an inner nurturing of a joy they could feel.

And at times when I walked through a blooming meadow, again I could feel a joy bubbling up, a feeling of belonging right there in the midst of the beauty of that field.  Sometimes I would kneel in the grass and then stretch out in it and looking up into the blue of the sky, reaching beyond my vision higher and higher.  As I would get up and walk to a brook gurgling along with its crystal clear water, there too I could feel the joy swelling in me and seeing the little fish swimming by, looking sideways up, as if to say, ”Why is she here?” Because of joy, I could say! Joy made me step into a shady cool forest, ah … the stillness.  Only a few rays of sunlight sliding by the trees to make the stillness more delightful, joy was here --- and from within me it would brake forth, making me feel as if a deep well was springing up without ever loosing its power to flow outward. 

Joy is the nectar of Love … and thus we leap with peace-generating joy for All of God and His beloved living things and beings, may it be a blade of grass or a singing bird in the bright blue sky. –Eva-Maria <>

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

When you do things from your soul,

you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

― Rumi

Jack, Zara, and Kris, walking on Pismo Beach California

Laughter is wine for the soul –

laughter soft, or loud and deep,

tinged through with seriousness –

the hilarious declaration

made by man that life is worth living.

― Seán O'Casey

 One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

 Dare to love yourself

as if you were a rainbow

with gold at both ends.

― Aberjhani

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,

but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

― Thích Nhất Hạnh

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.

― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

 I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

― Rabindranath Tagore

According to Vedanta,

there are only two symptoms of enlightenment,

just two indications that a transformation is taking

place within you toward a higher consciousness.

The first symptom is that you stop worrying.

Things don't bother you anymore.

You become light-hearted and full of joy.

The second symptom is that you encounter

more and more meaningful coincidences in your life,

more and more synchronicities.

And this accelerates to the point

where you actually experience the miraculous.

(quoted by Carol Lynn Pearson in Consider the Butterfly).

― Deepak Chopra,

 Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it

--Psalm 118:24

Positive and imperative thoughts should be dropped into the balances of God

and weighed by spiritual Love, and not to be found wanting,

before being put into action

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with love --

all pictures, except the first two photos,

are by 

Eva-Maria