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CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSacred Audacity with Rev. Tamara RossanderWe can choose to live large or small, and our experience reflects that choice. Today, we have the opportunity to make any necessary adjustments to achieve a different outcome in life.
The only thing holding us back is ourselves and possible perceptions of obstacles.
A sacred knowing is deep within us that always supports and guides us. Combined with courage, tenacity, and keen inner listening, this innate knowing will deliver us from and through anything. As we partner with Spirit, all things are truly possible, especially the seemingly impossible.
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2024-06-0424 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageTaking It to the Streets with Rev. Tamara RossanderWe are probably living in the most decisive time in human history—or at least it feels that way. We are inundated with media bias and more polarized opinions than ever before. And yet, love is fundamental to the Science of Mind.
Love is the very essence of gentleness.
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2024-05-0229 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageDon't Go Back to Sleep with Rev. Tamara RossanderKnowing that as we’ve awakened to the Truth of our identity as divine humans, our journey continues, and the path continues.
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2024-04-1022 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageNew... Now...What's Next? with Rev. Tamara RossanderShe will expand on how we are awakening in a new way to the Truth that we are bigger than we thought we were. We are stepping into our identity as divine-humans - God’s experience and expression of Itself in/through/as us. Now what are we going to do about it?
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2024-04-0127 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageTell Me Something Good with Rev. Tamara RossanderWhat happens when we’re confronted by a situation where “figuring it out” just doesn’t work? Sometimes it’s only when all our problem-solving skills fall short that we remember there’s a deeper intelligence within us, offering us our perfect answer. “I don’t know how, but Spirit does!”
Affirmation:
Divine Intelligence lives in me and guides me in each new day.
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2024-03-2826 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWhat does your G-D do for a Living with Rev. Terry SheaLet’s explore what God means to you.
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2024-02-0830 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageIt Is A Brand New Day with Rev. Tamara RossanderEverything in nature moves in circles. What goes out must come back. Love others, and you will receive love in return. Spread joy, and you will experience more joy. These words were spoken by Dr. Ernest Holmes. On this brand new day, let us embrace the unity of the universe and reflect on the first principle of the Science of Mind, which is oneness.
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2024-01-1826 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSunday Talk with Rev. Marilyn KnippTHREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK:
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LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL!
2023-12-1431 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWe are here to walk each other home with Rev. Tamara RossanderWE BELIEVE that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
Let's explore how the teachings of the Science of Mind can help us move through our daily lives while living this Principle.
Affirmation: I am made in the image of the Divine, living a whole life.
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2023-12-0827 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWE BELIEVE that heaven is within us with rev. Tamara RossanderFrom CSL's Declaration of Principles:
WE BELIEVE that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.Let's explore how the teachings of the Science of Mind can help us move through our daily lives while living this Principle.
Affirmation: Every aspect of life is a Sacred Expression of Spirit.
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2023-11-3026 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSpirit expresses as EVERYTHING with Rev. Tamara RossanderSpirit expresses as EVERYTHING…including the profane!
From CSL's Declaration of Principles:WE BELIEVE that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
Let's explore how the teachings of the Science of Mind can help us move through our daily lives while living this Principle.Affirmation: I am a holy being, just the way I am!
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2023-11-2325 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCSL's Declaration of Principles with Practitioner Derek HinchliffeDid you know that the sacred can not only be found on the meditation cushion, but also standing in line at the grocery store? This week we will explore the sacred, in both the expected and the unexpected.
From CSL's Declaration of Principles:WE BELIEVE that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
Let's explore how the teachings of the Science of Mind can help us move through our daily lives while living this Principle.
Affirmation: I...
2023-11-1721 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageNothing Outside of Me Needs to Change in Order for Me to Be Happy.This week, we will explore the CENTRE FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING WHITE ROCK'S THIRD NOBLE TRUTH:
"Nothing Outside of Me Needs to Change in Order for Me to Be Happy." with Rev. Tamara Rossander.
From CSL's Declaration of Principles:
WE BELIEVE that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
Let's explore how the teachings of the Science of Mind can help us move through our daily lives while living this Principle.
Affirmation: I wield the power in my life, and...
2023-11-0823 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageA wonderful conversation between Rev. Tamara and Rev. TerryA wonderful conversation between Rev. Tamara and Rev. Terry as they discuss CSL White Rock's second noble Truth:
We are Spirit having a human experience.
Wayne Dyer says most of us define ourselves by our role, what we do, what we have, or what others say about us.
How do you define yourself?
How would your life be different if you defined yourself as Spirit having a human experience?
Affirmation: I AM Spirit having a human experience.
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2023-11-0235 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Genius of the “AND” with Rev. Tamara RossanderBuilders of greatness liberate themselves with the “Genius of the ‘AND’ ― paraphrased from Jim Collins. This week we explore solutions, possibilities, and potentials that exist as we release ourselves from the bondage of the known and step into the unknown, where paradoxes play.
Affirmation: I use my genius to find the potential and possibility available to me.
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2023-10-2621 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageShaking Up Our Worldview with Rev. Tamara RossanderThis journey of paradox calls us to curiosity and a willingness to stay in the question rather than know the answer. This uncertainty leads to vulnerability, which can be challenging. Luckily, there are tools we can use along the way to remember that playfulness is the key even in the midst of challenges.
Affirmation: I am curious and vulnerable as I explore paradoxes in my life.
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2023-10-1922 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageGetting Comfortable with Discomfort! with Rev. Champion FlemingDo you find yourself attached to certain beliefs, ideas, and perspectives? Is there a wrong way and a right way of doing things? What if there was a Third Way that brought limitless benefits? Good News! There is!
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2023-10-1223 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message"Playing with Paradox" with Rev. Tamara RossanderThree Ways to Give to CSL White Rock:
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2023-10-0228 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSunday's talk with Rev. Dr. Sunshine Michelle ColemanReverend Doctor Sunshine Michelle Coleman has been in New Thought for over four decades.
She is an ordained CSL Minister and is in her tenth year as a minister. Rev. Sunshine Michelle is the Spiritual Director and Senior Minister of Oakland Center for Spiritual Living. She is also the Founding Community Leader of Authenticity Journey of Renewal, a CSL Focus Ministry.
Rev. Sunshine Michelle has a passion for authentic self-expression and convening sacred circles. This is her fourth year serving on the CSL Global Themes Team, and she chairs the CSL Socially Motivated and Spiritually Eng...
2023-09-1426 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageLiving Curiosity Out Loud with Derek HinchliffeWe are thrilled to welcome Derek Hinchliffe and Amanda Pope, Spiritual Directors of CSL Nanaimo, to our Centre. They are here to share their passion for teaching the Science of Mind. As part of a global community, CSL White Rock is honoured to help bring awareness to this new Teaching Chapter, CSL Nanaimo.
The vision of CSL Nanaimo is to create a community of individuals who are committed to their own spiritual journey, who care for the good of humanity and the planet, and who believe in creating a world of kindness, inclusion, and respect. There are f...
2023-02-2830 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCuriosity: A Super Power with Rev. Savanna NoelleIf we knew it all or could see it all, we would not need a curious, imaginative mind. So let’s appreciate the unknown, for life would be so dull without it.
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2023-02-0837 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCelebrating Life as Source with Tamara Rossander RScPIt’s time to surrender to the Bigger Idea of Life. It’s time for us to move from struggle into celebration. Today we live in the flow, and the joy of simply being alive surrounds us.
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THREE WAYS TO GIVE TO CSL WHITE ROCK: 1. Go to the Donate page of our website. You can put in any amount you want. You can also become a monthly intentional donor by choosing the recurring payment option. https://www.csl-whiterock.com/donate 2. GIVE by mail. You can send a cheque to our mailing address: CSL White Rock, 13313 20th Ave., Su...
2023-02-0132 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageTis the Season with AMANDA POPE, RScPAffirm: I am one with the circle of life.
With a voice comes a song. With an instrument comes music. Yet it takes an orchestra to create a symphony.
Amanda Pope, RScP is a professional speaker, facilitator, and educator. She has been a New Thought Practitioner for over a decade and has just completed ministerial training. Amanda and her partner, Derek, recently moved to Nanaimo, BC and now serve as Co-Spiritual Directors of the CSL Nanaimo Teaching Chapter.
2022-12-2031 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageAbundance and Gratitude with Rev. Terry SheaThe leadership at CSL White Rock is excited to welcome back Rev Terry Shea as he shares his wisdom and guidance about the teachings of Science of Mind. This month our focus is on Abundance and Gratitude.
2022-10-1237 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCreating a Life that Matters with practitioner Jade HarmsWe welcome for the first time to CSL White Rock ministerial student and practitioner Jade Harms. Jade has graced us with her meditations, and now she is here to deliver the talk on Creating a Life that Matters.
One's vocation is not something out there at the edge of the horizon between now and not yet. Vocation is the Divine energy already and always at work within us. How can we deepen into the wonder of vocation to create a life that matters?
Jade Harms lives in Kelowna, BC, with her partner on the Sylix O...
2022-09-1133 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Truth about Timbits with Jayme Blenkarn RScPWe welcome for the first time to CSL White Rock ministerial student and practitioner Jayme Blenkarn. She will be filling us in on The Truth about Timbits.
What’s missing? Is your life going well? You’ve embraced the concept of changing your thinking. You’ve fully opened your heart to unconditional love. Yet, there is this nagging sense of something missing. Discovering your Timbit is easier than you think. You’re not broken. There’s no work to do. It’s right there!”
Jayme Blenkarn has been active in CSL since 2010; it was the perfect fit fo...
2022-09-0537 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageNaturally Divine with Rev. Karin WilsonTune in to engage with the topic of Naturally Divine - the wonder of nature, as we look at the nature of humankind.
Humans are fascinating creatures—intelligent, social, creative, capable, unconscious, destructive, biased, and selfish. Do our genetics determine our destiny or do we have a choice in how we turn out? This week we explore what makes us tick and how to make the most of the gift of the human experience.
Rev Karin has been in ministry since 2008, and she’s guided spiritual seekers throughout BC and Alberta, helping them deepen their conne...
2022-08-2934 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageFrom The Smallest Seed with Rev. Dr. Kenn GordonWhen Dr. Kenn was asked to write the Daily Guides on the theme “Living Everyday Wonder: Nature,” his mind swirled back to the early days, and he began to appreciate the spirituality he learned in his youth. It is a spirituality based on love, family, community and shared awe of life itself. It is the very foundation of who he is today.
Rev. Dr. Kenn Gordon founded the Centre for Spiritual Living Kelowna, British Columbia, in 1993 with his wife, Rev. Dr. Deborah Gordon. When United Centers for Spiritual Living combined with International Centers for Spiritual Living in 2012, Gord...
2022-08-2238 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Water of Life with Tamara Rossander RScP, Spiritual Director of CSL White RockJoin Tamara Rossander as she discusses: "The Water of Life"
This week, as we explore the wonder of nature, let us look at one of the most vital resources we have - water. Earth is called the blue planet because of the large surface area that is covered by water. Our oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers provide food, oxygen, climate regulation, recreation, the ability to travel from one land mass to another, and even medicine. While water is plentiful, most of it is salt water and not readily drinkable or usable for agriculture. Let us be custodians a...
2022-08-2141 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWe are Star Stuff with Spiritual Director Tamara Rossander RScPTamara Rossander, RScP Spiritual Director for CSL White Rock, will explore the topic: "We are Star Stuff" with musical guest Linda Kidder.
When we are in harmony with, and in a respectful relationship with all of nature, we find a level of sacredness and beauty that we were previously oblivious to. Nature, and the universe itself, is the physical expression of the body of God; why would we ever desecrate our relationship with it?
2022-07-2530 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWe and Me Create Society with Spiritual Director Tamara Rossander RScPTamara Rossander, RScP Spiritual Director for CSL White Rock, will explore the topic of We and Me Create Society with musical guest Linda Kidder.
Our relationships with the broader gathering of people have created and continue to develop societies. The agreements we make consciously and those we agree to by default are what affect and govern how we interact.
2022-07-2531 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageFreedom without Fear No Matter What! with Rev. Siota BelleFreedom without Fear No Matter What! Spirit has the answer to every human fear and challenge, yet our problems never exist in Spirit. You have a divine right to life without fear, poverty, disease and challenge.
Do you ever find yourself not knowing how to get answers and find solutions? Let's talk about accessing Divine Mind to empower greater freedom and solve those situations-no matter what has been going on in your world.
Rev. Siota Belle, Ph.D. serves as the Spiritual Support Minister for CSL Santa Rosa.
In addition to her...
2022-05-1235 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageRev Karin Wilson: What’s on Your Spice Rack?There are so many types of emotions with varying levels and degrees of intensity. Our emotions are like a spice rack that we can spin to find the one that is the focus of the moment. All emotions are beneficial and have lessons to offer. As we strive for balance in our emotional spectrum, we achieve balance in our life.
Rev Karin Wilson has been in ministry since 2008 and she’s guided spiritual seekers throughout BC and Alberta, helping them to deepen their connection to Source through the application of spiritual principles. Now she serves the greater CSL...
2022-05-0437 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageReveal, Release, Rise (Repeat) with Rev. Champion FlamingRev. Champion Fleming is a minister, organizational development consultant, and leadership coach working with national non-profits and labour unions committed to anti-racist strategies that lead to cultural and political change. Champion has worked for decades on LGBTQIA issues, AIDS awareness, poverty, and racism.
Rev. Champion has served CSL White Rock in many capacities including organizational development consultant, and facilitator.
2022-04-2433 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessagePROVE IT! with Amanda Pope RScPThis week we welcome Amanda Pope, RScP, as she concludes our topic for the month, Living Everyday Wonder with her talk titled, Prove It! Our organization is called the Centre for Spiritual Living (CSL), not Centre for Spiritual Navel-gazing. Living requires active participation, application, and practice. Life is an experience that must be experienced! Here at CSL, we practice Religious Science. Science asks that we prove principles. So, let’s prove it, shall we?!
2022-02-0343 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWisdom Reminders with Rev Cassandra Rae“Although mental and spiritual sovereignty are our true nature, humanity has tragically forgotten its inner spiritual core. Therefore, we need wisdom reminders.” - Archarya Shunya
The spiritual path of awakening is one filled with all the things - nothing in life is excluded. Every experience and emotion can be a part of the awakening and not just the good-feeling-ones. While it might be part of our humanity to fall asleep or forget, it is part of our destiny to wake up and remember. This week using Sovereign Self by Archarya Shunya as our guide, we listen to wisd...
2021-08-1836 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWhat’s Evolution Without Love? with Rev. Cassandra Rae‘Without love, Evolution is a spiritual path of apathy, complacency, and lethargy. It is easy to talk the talk about love and more challenging to love our neighbour as ourselves. The evolutionary leap of this radical love calls us to reach out and love another. This is the Be-Loved community in action!’
The brilliance of this description of Rev. Cassandra Rae’s talk for this Sunday, What’s Evolution Without Love?, is not lost on me. In my six years with CSL White Rock, my spiritual growth around Love has instilled in me such joy. And as I have o...
2021-06-2037 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessagePushed by PainI admire our incredible Spiritual Director, Rev. Cassandra Rae, for her courage, compassion, and willingness to serve up the difficult topics. If the title for this week’s talk, Pushed by Pain, was a Netflix movie title, I would skim right past it. That is until I read Rev. Cassandra’s talk intro:
‘Suppose we didn’t deny or avoid pain, but rather embraced it as an invitation to higher consciousness, deeper love, and the opportunity to be more resolute to faith in action. This week we explore pain as fertilizer, recognizing pain is not punishment, and the jour...
2021-06-0838 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageRevolutionary Love with Rev. Cassandra RaeRevolutionary Love invites us into a way of being, a way of thinking, a way of feeling, and a way of acting that is rooted in our love for one another. It is in this rising up of our consciousness that we rise up in revolutionary love for ourselves, for each other, and for the wholeness of Life Itself. This week we explore mindfulness as a practice that sows revolutionary love into our hearts and minds as we continue on the journey to become Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King.
Reverend C...
2021-05-1040 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageStepping Out, Stepping Up, or TBD by Tamara Rossander, RScPThis week, as Rev. Cassandra Rae takes her monthly-board-ordered Sunday off, we are thrilled to welcome Tamara Rossander, CSL White Rock’s very own RScP and Ministerial student, as our guest speaker! Tamara walks with people on their path, helps them open their hearts, expand their lives, and transform the world. Her highest directive is to create space for Divine Love to show up in the world. Tamara endlessly and lovingly gives of her time, her talent, and her treasure from her beautiful heart! As Tamara puts the finishing touches to April’s theme, Stepping into the Unknown, she desc...
2021-04-2534 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Path Less Travelled with Rev. Cassandra RaeI vividly remember my first Sunday at CSL White Rock, 6 years ago. It was the first time I learned that I am not a human being on a spiritual journey - I am Spirit having a human experience. In that moment, I was stupefied and elated! Clearly, this was the explanation for the conundrum I had often debated with others: If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good, and everywhere, how can evil exist? As Spirits, we embody our human form and, as humans, we have free will. Free will, a gift from our Creator. Free will to choose our path.
2021-04-0434 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWith Open Arms, by Rev. Cassandra Rae‘What beliefs, ideas, and actions must we embrace, embody, and become to live in alignment with Spirit’s Highest Vision for our lives? Embracing these things brings us into the realization of the Vision. Following that inner voice of wisdom might lead you into change, but it also leads you into your greatest fulfillment.’ This uplifting description of Sunday’s talk, With Open Arms, by Rev. Cassandra Rae, churns up such positive images of possibilities for me.
Our March theme of Open to Possibilities is continually stoking my heart and mind towards recognizing beliefs that have long been war...
2021-03-2127 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCompassion Satisfaction in Action with Rev. Champion FlemingAre you living from compassion satisfaction or compassion fatigue? As spiritually minded humans with an inherently loving nature we often give, help, support our family and community with ease. Sometimes we extend ourselves beyond our capacity which results in burnout or resentment. Divine Love is the perfect balm. It is limitless, always available, and the most radical way to restore us to the radiance of our being so we can continue to live as compassion in action.
Our guest speaker, Rev. Champion Fleming (they/them) is an organizational development consultant and leadership coach working w...
2021-01-2430 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageGrounding Beyond the Beginning with Rev. Cassandra RaeIn her description of this week’s talk, Grounding Beyond the Beginning, Rev. Cassandra Rae writes,
‘At the beginning of a new journey, there can be a lot of energy, hope, and optimism. But what do you do when you hit that messy middle? When things get hard or you slip up? Join us as we clarify: What are we really committed to? And how can community and compassion strengthen our resolve?’
CSL White Rock, Rev. Cassandra Rae, our Practitioners, our Board, and our community have continued to teach me that our connection to each other...
2021-01-1025 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWinter Solstice - Christmas Celebration and Celebrating Light with Rev. Cassandra RaeMy heart is charged with excitement for our Winter Solstice – Christmas Celebration on Sunday evening! For her talk, Celebrating Light, Rev. Cassandra Rae describes this event:
‘Arriving at the winter solstice, we come together to release that which is complete and to celebrate the rebirth of light emerging from the darkness. In this new spaciousness, we explore: What does the Light want to be in you this coming year? Join us for a candle lighting Winter Solstice Ritual with fantastic live music!’
I love that I continue to discover my limiting beliefs and the blatant errors t...
2020-12-2158 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageStepping Out in Spirit with Rev. Cassandra RaeRev. Cassandra Rae is a blessing to our CSL White Rock community and to me personally. In her compassionate and loving manner, Rev. Cassandra has spent the last 12 months nudging me closer to Truth: helping me learn the value of sacred self-care, deepening my understanding of spiritual principles, growing my spiritual practice, releasing judgment of myself and others, and embracing unconditional love. This week, in her talk, Stepping Out in Spirit, Rev. Cassandra enriches us further. She writes:
"Life/Love/God/Spirit is living out its perfect Life as us. It is knowing more of Itself as u...
2020-11-1622 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageLiving in the Flow with Rev. Cassandra RaeThe very first day I attended a Sunday Gathering at CSL White Rock, six years ago, I knew I had found ‘the Thing’ I had been seeking for three decades. For as long as I can remember, I always believed in God; I just could not reconcile my understanding of an unconditionally loving God with the wrathful, vengeful, angry, punitive, judgmental God, about Whom I was being force-fed.
The joy I get now, from knowing the Truth of God and the truth of who I am, fills my days. I organize my life around learning and understanding the...
2020-10-2628 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageHARVESTING GRATITUDE with Rev. Cassandra Rae & Our Outstanding PractitionersHappy Thanksgiving Weekend! CSL White Rock is blessed with Amazing Practitioners! You may notice that I seldom mention the word Practitioner without preceding it with a descriptive adjective: incredible, fantastic, fabulous, wonderful, magnificent, marvelous...Why is that, you may ask?
Well, aside from their dedication to years and endless hours of study and training to become Licensed Practitioners; aside from their unending, selfless, service to our Centre; aside from their personal and generous tithing, back to our Centre, of their time, talent, and treasure; aside from their soul-enriching meditations and affirmative prayers for our members; aside from...
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWhere We Go When We Die by Rev. Cassandra RaeWhere We Go When We Die...?!!! Prior to 6 years ago, I understood the two places where 'good' and 'bad' people go - and they both start with the letter 'H.' In 2014, my understanding of Where We Go When We Die shifted entirely when I began attending the Centre for Spiritual Living White Rock. We are approaching the one-year mark since our wonderfully insightful, deeply compassionate, and profoundly thinking Spiritual Director, Reverend Cassandra Rae, joined our CSL White Rock family. She fearlessly dives into topics outside of my comfort zone. Although my trust in her ability to handle this...
2020-09-2827 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageTaking a Leap of Faith with Rev. Karen ClevelandThis week we will be TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH with guest speaker Rev. Karen Cleveland as she examines: 'What is faith, and what does it mean to take a leap in faith? Or to walk in faith? Faith moves mountains, but we must have it first, and have complete confidence in our approach to it.'
Rev. Karen is returning to us from Snohomish County, the place, we learned last June, where the proliferation of 'antique shops is of no interest to looters.' Yes, Rev. Karen's humour is understated and ever-present, along with her amazingly thou...
2020-09-0630 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageMoving Forward with Authentic Connection with Rev Cassandra RaeIt is so tempting to avoid or ignore that which is painful, hard, or not wanted. We can even use spiritual principles to avoid the hard stuff! But, pretending that something isn’t there doesn’t actually make it go away. Check out this talk from Rev. Cassandra as we wrap up our series on Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane, and learn principles and practices to help us face reality so that we can make meaningful progress individually and collectively.
Here’s what I have discovered; when Rev. C employs the word ‘a...
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSelf-care is Community-careIn the past, my incredibly limited understanding of self-care meant three shamefully decadent and time-wasting behaviors: a visit to the hairdresser; polishing my nails; and a candle-lit, scented soak in the tub. Self-care translated to me as selfish. For the past 10 months, with Rev. Cassandra as my-self-proclaimed-mentor-in-all-things-self-care, I recognize how very limiting and harmful my beliefs were – not only to myself but to those I love around me.
‘Life has many demands. Schedules can be very full. And yet, if we don't take the time to fill our cup, then we might find ourselves consistently running on empty...
2020-08-2332 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageBetter Together by Rev. Liz MiranteIf inclusion is what we are striving toward, how does it serve us individually? How is embracing the Truth of our interdependency fruit for our spirits? In this talk, Rev. Liz weighs in on this intriguing, thought-provoking theme with us! Embracing Truth, Wisdom, and Love for you, Sherry Dolejsi Board Chair
2020-08-1636 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageYou Can't Walk on Water Until You Get Out of the BoatLast September, I picked up Reverend Doug Craig at the Abbotsford Airport and was fortunate enough to have him as a guest for two high-energy, fascinating days of non-stop conversation. His in-person talk in our CSL White Rock hall, ‘Living Your Heart’s Desire,’ was so popular that it resulted in his workshop, ‘Moving Forward,’ to be full of intrigued, furiously-note-taking fans.
In fact, I still refer to Rev. Doug’s ‘Tool Kit’ on my cellphone’s note-taking app. I was in awe to know that he was flying home to Calgary to prepare for his incredibly booked-up Christmas...
2020-08-1129 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageUbuntu: A South African teaching to bring us togetherWelcome to August! Finally, my curiosity, over all the teasers pointing to our new book-of-the-month and this unusual word 'unbuntu,' will be satisfied. Rev. Cassandra says, 'This month we are exploring Inclusion in Action - how each one of us can be a healing presence in the world - by delving into Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. She writes, “If you can face adversity and oppression, and hold on to ubuntu and live it in your daily life, you will experience the best way to overcome division.” Join us to discover how ubuntu...
2020-08-0233 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe TAO of FreedomWe are absolutely thrilled this week to welcome back Rev. Dr. Nadene Rogers. For those of us who remember, Rev. Nadene took the hold of the reigns of CSL White Rock, as our Interim Minister, in January of last year. From January to October of 2019, Rev. Nadene whipped our flagging minister-less Leadership and Centre into one worthy of acquiring a suitable Senior Minister to guide us. I am so grateful for this powerful, poised, and professional leader because without her we would never have attracted the right and perfect Spiritual Director, our very own Rev. Cassandra Rae, who inspires us...
2020-07-2642 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Truth Will Set You FreeRev. Cassandra writes: ‘Truth has an energy and a life of its own. Truth inevitably rises to the surface. We strive to reconcile our human truth with our Divine Truth and in that knowing we are set free. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” How do we live this idea today? And how do we let it set us free?’
Tune in and enjoy the talk this week.
Blessings of unarmed Truth and unconditional Love to you,
Sherry Dolejsi
2020-07-2031 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageNone Are Free Until All Are FreeRev. Cassandra writes, 'While we know, understand, and love using spiritual principles for our personal experience, how do we apply our teaching to the collective? How does my freedom relate to our freedom and vice versa? And ultimately, how do we live the truth of our Oneness in today’s world? Join us as we explore the interconnectedness of all people through our shared humanity as well as our mutual divinity. ’
I know I will be leaning in with notepaper and pen to capture every bit of understanding about this vastly impactful topic. I look forward to seeing...
2020-07-1325 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageFree At Last with Rev. Cassandra RaeUnchained Spirituality is our powerful theme for July and in the place of our book of the month Rev. Cassandra will be shining a light on the speeches and writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here is the description for tomorrow’s talk, Free at Last!
‘In 1963 at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. concluded his now famous “I Have a Dream” speech with the declaration, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” He also said, “1963 is not an end, but a beginning...
2020-07-0523 minCSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageMindful Speech with Rev Cassandra RaeFather’s Day, Summer Solstice, Social Justice and Spirituality all come together on this special Sunday! Join us for a seasonal blessing and powerful talk bringing together these different aspects of our lives into one experience of Truth and Spirit. The words we choose have the power to heal and the power to oppress. Right now there is a global movement for racial justice. As spiritual people, how do we use our language to support healing and do our part to create a world that honours all? Join us this Sunday as we continue our exploration of Michelle Cassandra Joh...
2020-06-3033 minCSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageMindful Action with Rev Cassandra RaeAudre Lorde said, “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.” This week we explore how to put feet to our faith even when there’s fear. The most profound answers to your prayers and intentions show up in your actions. Spiritual living is active and mindful action can set you free.
2020-06-3028 minCSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageMindful Intentions With Rev Cassandra RaeWhat does creating a just world mean to you? How do we use our spiritual principles and practices to address the injustice we see in the world? The urgency of these questions are rising and we are being called to expand our focus from our individual experience to the collective experience. Join us as we delve into Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World by Michelle Cassandra Johnson. “It asks that we take the powerful practice of yoga [or spirituality] and use it to create a world that makes space for all, that values al...
2020-06-1425 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageBroken OpenThe goal of spiritual living isn’t to eradicate pain or to only look at the positive. It is to be consciously aware of what’s unfolding knowing that everything has the potential to reveal your spiritual magnificence. Healing is inevitable when we allow it.
Referenced in the talk:
Broken Open Blog
Steve Colori author of Experiencing and Overcoming Schizoaffective Disorder
https://www.stevecolori.com
Elizabeth Lesser author of Broken Open
https://www.csl-whiterock.com/post/book-of-the-month-broken-open-by-elizabeth-lesser
Questions for reflection:
What do you have...
2020-04-1233 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageBeginnings are sacred initiations ushering us into our becoming.Life keeps on unfolding and spring is an excellent time to remember that we are designed to open up and blossom. While it might be scary to change, your soul is calling.
Cassandra Rae, spiritual director
Centre for Spiritual Living White Rock
2020-04-0530 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageFour Ways to Be Peace and CalmDuring an unprecedented global pandemic, there can be waves of emotion that wash over you. It’s extra challenging to remain grounded in your spiritual Truth when it’s so easy to get overwhelmed by the uncertainty of it all. This podcast is Rev. Cassandra Rae's talk, where she explores four lifelines of peace and calm that you can use all week long.
The Science of Mind: A Philosophy, A Faith, A Way of Life by Ernest Holmes
This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes
Daily Spiritual Practice at 1:00 PM:
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2020-03-2935 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Feminine ProphetThe New Thought lineage has a legacy of female leaders, and religious science was one of the first denominations to ordain women in North America. This week we continue our exploration of the Divine Feminine through the legacy of the feminine prophet.
Rev Cassandra Rae
Book of the Month: Wild Mercy by Mirabai Starr
2020-03-0830 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWe Need Her VoiceMost of us grew up inside a culture that viewed God as a man. How might this impact our sense of the Divine and of ourselves? This week we deepen our experience of Spirit by recognizing and celebrating the Divine Feminine as an integral and necessary part of our spiritual journey and ourselves
Rev Cassandra Rae
A Peek Into the 2020 Spiritual Living Convention
2020-03-0137 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessagePleasure Is SpiritualPleasure is built into being human. We are divinely designed with pleasure as an integral aspect to who we are as humans. Why then is pleasure taboo and even dangerous? It doesn’t have to be! We can embrace the spirituality of pleasure as an intrinsic part of this journey we call life and our spiritual path.
“What’s it all about, Alfie?”
Rev Cassandra Rae
2020-02-1624 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSelf-Love Is RadicalAll bodies are beautiful. The Divine is present in all bodies. And yet, why do so many of us struggle to accept, celebrate, and nurture our bodies? Drawing from Sonya Renee Taylor’s The Body is Not An Apology we explore how self-love can fuel “a movement of radical human love and action in service toward a more just, equitable and compassionate world.”
The Body Is Sacred - Soul Sessions Blog
Rev Cassandra Rae
2020-02-0938 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSelf-Care Is SacredHonoring day 4 of the Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence, we explore caring for one’s body as a sacred responsibility to honor the Divine showing up as each one of us (and our bodies!)
The Body Is Sacred
Rev Cassandra Rae
2020-02-0239 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Power of ThoughtHow do we take our understanding of God and make it applicable and alive in our own lives? This week we deepen our relationship with the Divine through the creative power of our thoughts.
Permission for Self-Care
Rev Cassandra Rae
2020-01-1230 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Power that Creates EverythingNew Year Practices for Enlightened Living
Many of us have a negative association with the word ‘God.’ We remember childhood lessons of a male God living in the sky that looks down upon us, judges us and answers prayer if we’re good enough. But, what if God is simply the power that creates everything? And what if that power were available for you? As we begin a new year (and a new decade!) let’s delve into spiritual truth where each one of us chooses who and what God means to us.
Rev Ca...
2020-01-1032 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWhats Your 2020 Vision?What Does Your Soul Want to Be?
What is the highest vision of your life? What seeks to emerge in, through, and as you? We explore the Five Foundational Qualities for Practicing Life Visioning from Michael Bernard Beckwith's book Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential.
What Does Your Soul Want to Be?
2019-12-2934 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageCreating Peace AnewPeace and Power
Your soul is calling you to your greatest purpose. When you have the courage to put aside fears and expectations to follow your heart’s path, you can feel peace like no other. Even if your authentic path disrupts the status quo, the peace of your authenticity remains.
Soul Sessions Blog
Peace and Power
2019-12-2224 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageLit from WithinElisabeth Kubler-Ross said, “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” How do you connect with the light within?
Rev Cassandra Rae
2019-12-0938 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageThe Audacity of AuthenticityBeing your authentic self is the key to experiencing a deep sense of peace and calm. How do we cultivate the courage to authentically stand for peace when it might ruffle feathers and disrupt the status quo?
Rev Cassandra Rae
2019-12-0328 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageSacred Self-CareSelf-care is not passive; it is an active, conscious, and necessary element of the realization of your Divine Potential. What are the most powerful and effective ways to care for your soul?
Welcome to Visit our Blog
The Creativity of Self-Care
By Cassandra Rae
2019-11-2823 min
CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageLet Your Soul Unfold.There is a seed of Creative Genius inside of you that naturally takes root, grows, and blossoms. How do you access it and allow it to lead, guide, and unfold in your daily life?
2019-11-0738 minCSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageWalking the Path of ConnectionAcceptance talk by Cassandra RaeIt is when you are willing to let go off old stories/beliefs
and what are you willing to embrace. Awake to a new vision of yourself. When I resist life it makes it harder to accept the challenges in life.
6 steps on the path of connection
Awareness
Acceptance
Clarification and alignment with our truth and our values/Beliefs and intentions
Action
Acknowledge self feed our own soul what are you willing acknowledge yourself for)
Appreciation of the willingness to be grateful
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2019-10-2540 minCSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageLiving UnpluggedLife is spontaneous; that is how Creation is initiated. Spontaneity initiates the formation of the seed to be grown. If we are to align with the universal creative process working through us, then we must unplug from our normal ways of thinking and being and play with our perceptions.
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message19. The More We Know, The Less We Know.Have you ever heard about the more we know, the less we know?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message18. Be Loved and Fill Your Day With MeaningBe Loved and Fill Your Day With Meaning.
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message17. How To Pursuit Your Happiness?Do you ever discourage by how hard you pursue happiness in your life?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message16. What Are Your Needs?Each of us is responsible for our needs without getting on the way of others getting their needs.
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message15. When Will We Open To Receive The Peace In Love Of Spirit?When Will We Open To Receive The Peace In Love Of Spirit?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message14. How Is Your Spiritual Bank Account Holding Up?How Is Your Spiritual Bank Account Holding Up?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message12. Stand For Your Truth!Stand for your truth! I am enough because I exist.
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message11. Where Is Your Focus?Where your attention goes, energy flows. What you focus on attracts what your focus is on. Like attracts like. The universal law of attraction is always working.
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message10. Live in present!Wouldn't be today is a perfect day to get on your car or hop on a plane for a tropical pleasure ?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message09. Start the day with more happiness!We all need extra push in the morning to get up and start the day with more happiness!
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message06. Pre-prioritize yourself in your to-do listPre-prioritize yourself in your to-do list
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message05. Have you ever fallen into frustration?Have you ever fallen into frustration?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's Message03. What would your new story sound like today?What would your new story sound like today?
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CSL-White Rock Sunday's MessageArt of Letting GOReleasing the ties that bind our belief to a limited expression and experience of this phenomenal life!
Learn More: Center for Spiritual Living; Courses, Classes and Events.
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