Bodhi’s 15th anniversary month continues with Derrick Wells describing the five things we must do to activate the law of reciprocity and get more from what we already have. Listen, watch, or read his talk now.
Lola Wright kicks off Bodhi’s 15th anniversary month and our new monthly series “Reciprocity” with her talk, “Living in the Flow”. Listen, watch, or read how we are living in a reciprocal universe and how that’s showing up for you each day.
For Bodhi’s 15th anniversary month, we celebrate the Law of Reciprocity, which asserts that there is a flow to life. As we give, so do we receive. Of course, reciprocation is not a 1:1 experience. When you circulate your time, your talent, or your money, it is not that you should expect to receive that currency in return, although you may. The inquiry within one’s being is to determine if the channels of circulation are open or clogged.
The antidote to scarcity is circulation. To demonstrate the capacity of this generous Universe you must activate the Law of Reciprocity. If you are experiencing scarcity of time, start being generous with your time. Get into Sacred Service. Give yourself away. The suggestion is not martyrdom. The suggestion is living a life of generosity. Trust that as you move with greater faith and generosity, you will not be left out of the equation.
In November, we activate the reciprocal nature of the Universe by circulating our time, our talent, and our money. We notice any tendency to grip or hold tightly when circulating. We move through any fear of loss or feelings of scarcity, deepening our knowing that we are always supported.
Rev. Gaylon McDowell talks to getting to the next stage of growth in life and making sense of some of the issues facing us today by speaking about how consciousness leads to form; how that creates conflicts; how those conflicts lead to anger, frustration, and fear; and how we can break that cycle. Listen, watch, or read the talk now, which is part of this month’s series, “Open at the Top.”
Lola Wright honors John Carlos’, who was in attendance, and his iconic work of bringing attention to racism in American by talking to how we can all serve on the planet at this time in history with, “Resting in the Unknown”. Listen, watch, or read the talk, which is part of this month’s series, “Open at the Top.”
For our “Open at the Top” series this month, former evangelical Christian, and current humanist community builder Chris Stedman (author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious) discussed his journey and how people of all religious and nonreligious identities can work to better understand one another, build solidarity, and identify areas of shared concern.
Lola Wright kicks off this month’s series, “Open at the Top”, with an impassioned talk that challenges everyone to look at “The Consequences of Your Thinking.”
Taking on fixed worldviews creates a sense of safety and security that human beings have long been conditioned to find comfort in. And yet, every mystical tradition encourages a childlike disposition of curiosity for greater exploration of both the inner world of imagination and the external world of conditions. The great mystics, masters, saints, and sages have always pointed humanity to an inner world that may serve as a well of guidance, inspiration, wisdom, and intelligence.
The great philosopher Ernest Holmes would famously ask, “Can you afford the consequences of the way you are thinking?” Consider the great inventors of history. They never accepted the limitations before them. They always remained open. There are an infinite number of solutions to any circumstance or condition. As we remain open to new possibilities, new developments, new innovations, we avail ourselves to something greater than that meets the eye.
To be “Open At The Top” is to walk through life with a willingness for something new to emerge, a receptivity to alternate perspectives, and an assertion that there is an evolutionary impulse to life that is not fixed or ending. In October, we invoke a greater sense of wonder. We expand our capacity for imagination, ingenuity, and curiosity such that “out of nowhere and no way, a way is made.”
“Feel the Presence in the sacred place of your consciousness. Then use the Power. Your thoughts will change the conditions of your life.” – Ernest Holmes
Bodhi’s September Series: “Who You Be” wraps up with Rainbow Weldon’s talk, “The Practice of Noticing Inauthenticity”, where she examines what can occur when one fully awakens and commits to living in their zone of genius.