MEDITATION AT UNITY
At Unity we advocate developing a strong and regular spiritual practice to balance your spiritual life with everyday working commitments during the week. One of these practices is meditation. Meditation is a helpful skill and enduring way to align and balance yourself in preparation for the demands & stresses of daily commitments. It can also help in your efforts to be present for your family. This practical spiritual tool can help alieviate anxiety and bring peace, self knowledge and acceptance to you in all stages of your life.
Every Sunday at Unity of Boulder we offer a 9am MST Meditation & Satsang–a group contemplative meditation featuring Live Tibetan Singing Bowls performed by Norma Groverland and a spiritual message and guided meditation given by Jack Groverland.
This Week Jack’s Spiritual Message is Titled: “A New Definition of Heaven”
Recently I have been sharing a more refined and inspiring definition of Heaven: “Heaven is a state of wellbeing in the ‘here and now’ awareness of moment to moment living.” Such a definition fits with the Master’s definition in the Gospel of Luke 17:20-21 “The Kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed… for behold the Kingdom of God is within you.” (a person’s state of mind.)
And this definition of Heaven being a moment to moment state of wellbeing coincides with the definition of modern day Master, Eckhart Tolle’s, ‘Now Only Theology’. Consider this excerpt from Tolle’s book, Stillness Speaks (early version P44 – Later Version P 56):
“The moment you enter the Now with your attention, you realize that life is sacred. There is a sacredness to everything you perceive when you are present. The more you live in the Now, the more you sense the simple yet profound joy of Being and the sacredness of all life.”
Thus, our spiritual pursuit and practices do not have the old time religion goal of going to Heaven in the future when we die, or even entering Heaven at some time in the future. But more truly transforming the quality of our thoughts now and thereby revealing the peace, joy and healing love of Heaven.
This Sunday at Unity of Boulder’s 9am MST Meditation & Satsang, we will look into the mind shift that establishes the state of wellbeing.
We hope you will join us for this universal multifaith experiential spiritual event and to discover, nurture and grow an awareness of yourself and your spiritual presence in the world.
We invite you to join us soon in person or on live stream at unityofboulder.com Sundays at 9AM MST, and give our Universal approach to Spiritual Life a try! There is no fee to attend or watch our live stream. Gratitude in the form of a donation is appreciated and welcomed. Thank you!