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Making a DifferenceTruth Works When We Work With It by Larry SwartzListen as Larry speaks to three areas of our journey which when looked at might illicit a choice to change a point of interaction from within ourselves, our belief system and our eternal journey. Support the show
2025-07-2618 minMaking a DifferenceCould You Use A Little Christmas Now? by Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares an important reminder about Christmas and how you can have it now.Support the show
2025-07-0619 minMaking a DifferenceRecentering on the Truth of who and what you are, by Larry SwartzWhatever you believe about yourself will never change or impact the true and what you are, your belief about yourself affects every aspect of your life. Listen as Larry shares his understanding that you are a worthy, perfect idea in the Mind of God and worthy of all good. You are more wonderful than you realize.Support the show
2025-05-2519 minMaking a DifferenceA Mothers Day Message from Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares an eternal message of love and support from your God Self. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts please follow the link below.Support the show
2025-05-0418 minMaking a DifferenceAn Easter Message by Larry Swartz Easter is celebrated as the overcoming of death by Jesus the Christ. But what if it is that and more in our lives? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of Easter as a present moment experience available to us as we begin to understand that we are more than human beings having a human experience on planet Earth. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below.Support the show
2025-04-2023 minMaking a DifferenceA Few Nuts and Bolts of Unity by Larry Swartz"Nuts and bolts" is an idiom meaning the practical facts or basic aspects and working parts of something.Listen as Larry shares his understanding of some "nuts and bolts" that are important to understand in order for Unity and New Thought teachings to work in your life.Support the show
2025-04-0622 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Work With Spiritual Law by Larry SwartzCharles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, taught that the Law of Attraction is how all conditions and circumstances in affairs and body are attracted to us and that they match with the thoughts we hold steadily in consciousness.What are you holding steadily in your thoughts and feelings? If what is being attracted is not to your liking, how can you begin to change those thoughts? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of spiritual law and gives some practical things you can incorporate as you work with it. Support the show
2025-03-2317 minMaking a DifferenceA Deeper Understanding of Your Soul by Larry Swartz"Soul - Man's consciousness; the underlying idea back of any expression. In man, the soul is the many accumulated ideas back of his present expression. In its original and true sense, the soul of man is the expressed idea of man in Divine Mind." The Revealing Word (published by Unity)What is the soul? What is its purpose? These are deep questions that one may be asking. Listen as Larry shares his understanding about this subject of soul.Support the show
2025-03-0911 minMaking a DifferenceKnowing Your Inner Splendor Is Your Freedom by Larry Swartz"To be ignorant of mind and its laws is to be a child playing with fire or a man manipulating powerful chemicals without knowing their relation to one another. This is universally true and all who are not learning about mind are in like danger, because all are dealing with the great cause from which spring forth all the conditions that appear..." Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity.Listen as Larry speaks about how knowing your Inner Splendor or Higher Self leads to accepting your freedom to be the amazing being that you already are. Please f...
2025-02-2317 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Begin Opening Your Mind To Abundance, part 2 by Larry Swartz"Lack in any form is against the very essence of pure being which is omnipresent abundance, and we get to choose how it expresses to, through and as us." Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares part 2 of How to Begin Opening Your Mind To Abundance which includes some exercises to remove blocks to accepting the abundance which is omnipresent.If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen. Support the show
2025-02-0215 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Begin Opening Your Mind To Abundance, Part 1 by Larry SwartzIf life is consciousness and we each create our own reality, then what have you been creating for yourself? Have you been holding a belief in a God of lack or abundance? Do you think that living a life of abundance and well being is even spiritual? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about how your answers to these questions will affect whether you have or don't have the good that you deserve.Please follow the link below if you are guided to share a gift in appreciation of our podcasts. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen.
2025-01-2623 minMaking a DifferenceHow You Create Your Reality by Larry SwartzLarry's message cuts through the belief in luck, accident and chance reminding us about the importance of what we allow to be our focus. If we create our reality, what's ahead? Listen as Larry explains.If you enjoy our podcasts and want to encourage us by sharing a gift in any amount, please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen.Support the show
2025-01-1119 minMaking a DifferenceAre You Ready For A New View Of Heaven And Hell? by Larry SwartzIs heaven up in the sky above the Earth? And is hell somewhere down below it? Are you ready to relook at your beliefs not only about where heaven and hell are located but how your beliefs about heaven and hell are affecting your experience of life now?If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gift please follow the link below. Blessings, Larry and Mary Ellen Support the show
2024-12-2919 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Realign Your Faith To What You Really Want by Larry SwartzFaith - The perceiving power of the mind linked with the power to shape substance. The Revealing Word, published by Unity. Unity books can be found in a local library or ordered online at Unity.org.Listen as Larry speaks of faith as an energy that attracts what is focused upon. Where have you been focusing the power of your faith? Regardless of any past choice, you can choose now to realign the power of your faith with what you truly deserve.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you find benefit in listening to our podcasts we welcome a...
2024-12-1419 minMaking a DifferenceWho Are You And What Are You Doing Here? by Larry SwartzAre you created in the image and likeness of God? (Genesis 1:26-27) Have you been created as a little lower than the angels? (Psalms 8:4-6)Are you more than you have yet to discover? (Psalms 82:6 & John 10:34)Listen as Larry shares his thoughts and understanding that your true nature is the nature of God. You have one purpose. Your purpose for being in physicality is to express your true nature. In other words, you are in the express business!PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gift please follow t...
2024-12-0120 minMaking a DifferenceAnother View Of The First Commandment by Larry SwartzThe Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of ethical and religious directives that are part of the Hebrew Bible. According to the Bible the Ten Commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai and he then gave them to the children of Israel who had been enslaved in Egypt. Exodus 20:2 The first commandment is "You shall have no other gods before me."Listen as Larry shares this metaphysical lesson on the first commandment and suggests ways in which one may have other gods, or give power to something other than the One Power i...
2024-11-1717 minMaking a DifferenceYou Deserve Freedom by Larry SwartzWhat is freedom? A Larry Swartz definition of freedom is "A state of mind or being that is found within an emotional alignment with Source Energy of which which we are an extension...."Listen as Larry shares thoughts on the subject of freedom and how it applies to health, finances, relationships and all areas of life. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts please follow the link below to share a gift. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen Support the show
2024-11-0318 minMaking a DifferenceSex, Lies and Forgiveness by Larry SwartzAnd early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote...
2024-10-2016 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Unblock The Flow Of Your Good - Larry SwartzSue Sikking, Unity minister, wrote a book entitled God Always Says Yes. What does that mean? Emmet Fox, New Thought author, wrote that we must have the Mental Equivalent for what we desire. How do we get that?Listen as Larry speaks to his understanding of the nature of God and the power within us to not only ask for, but also be prepared for, the good we desire in our lives. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you would like to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below.Su...
2024-10-0518 minMaking a DifferenceYou Are A Spiritual Being Having A Physical Experience - Larry Swartz"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest and philosopher. Listen as Larry shares his understanding of the Truth within the above quote. We are nonphysical or God expressions who are temporarily in human or physical form. We are not the bodies we are wearing temporarily. We are we are eternal beings. Remembering this empowers us and makes a big difference in how we perceive ourselves and the world we live in. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts a gift...
2024-09-2217 minMaking a DifferenceWhy Your Healing Is Possible by Larry SwartzAre we each responsible for illness or dis-ease in our mind and body? If it's true that with God all things are possible, does that include our healing? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of wholeness, how healing works and that your resistance to anything may be blocking a greater flow of healing energy into your life.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts a gift in any amount would be lovingly accepted. Please follow the link below. Peace and blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen.Support the show
2024-09-0820 minMaking a DifferenceVibrational Energy and Metaphysical Principle by Larry SwartzWhat does vibrational energy have to do with the commandments and metaphysical principle? What does telling an untruth with have to do with receiving the good we want? What is the metaphysical principle within telling the Truth?What does coveting and jealousy have to do with receiving the good we want? What's the metaphysical principle within our ability to receive our good?Listen as Larry shares his understanding of this and more.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts a gift in any amount would be lovingly accepted. Please follow the link below. Pea...
2024-08-2522 minMaking a DifferenceFinding Metaphysical Principles In Moral Laws - by Mary Ellen SwartzThou Shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14) The surface level this commandment seems to deal with moral living and outer action. On deeper levels one sees there are metaphysical principles to be found which include our thoughts and beliefs and that to which we give power.Thou shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15) On a surface level this commandment seems to be about not taking anything that belongs to another. Deeper level understanding reveals that life is always in balance. Even if one temporarily takes what belongs to another ultimately life will return it where it belongs.. Listen as Mary El...
2024-08-1820 minMaking a DifferenceJust Legends OR Metaphysical Principles? by Larry SwartzLegends are stories which are thought to be based on true events but have developed fictional elements that have significance to the culture from which they originate. The Bible contains many legends or stories that were orally shared for generations before they were put into written form. Often the stories had colorful aspects in order to be remembered.Listen as Larry shares the Metaphysical Principles within some well known Old Testament legends.Recommended books published by Unity: Metaphysical Bible Dictionary and The Revealing Word.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you appreciate our podcasts a gift in...
2024-08-1020 minMaking a DifferenceLaws or Metaphysical Principles? Mary Ellen SwartzListen as Mary Ellen speaks to outer laws as Metaphysical Principles. The foundational principle of Life is One Presence, One Power, One Source. Giving power to anything other than the One Source always ends badly for us because it temporarily limits our greater good.Taking the name or nature of the One in vain or limiting ways always brings limiting effects in our life. Whatever we think and believe about the One always affects how we think and believe about ourselves and the good we deserve. Remembering to keep the Sabbath is about remembering to pause outwardly a...
2024-08-0424 minMaking a DifferenceMetaphysical Principles - Larry SwartzAre the Commandments old restrictive rules to keep people in line or are they timeless principles for freedom? Listen as Larry shares a powerful message based on the metaphysical meanings.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you feel guided to share a give of appreciation for the podcast please follow the link below.Support the show
2024-07-2820 minMaking a DifferenceGod Stuff, Faith and Forgiveness by Larry SwartzListen as Larry blends together the understanding of an omnipresent and neutral Energy we call God (God-Stuff) and how to give it shape and form within our lives - not accidentally, but on purpose with specifics as to what our mind can conceive, this is the process that is called Faith, not hope. Why forgiveness? Because unforgiveness is an energy that is a blockage to the flow of our dreams into tangible form.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for these podcasts please follow the link below.Support th...
2024-07-1419 minMaking a DifferenceSome Practical Thoughts On Spiritual Freedom - Larry Swartz"Freedom - The quality or state of being without thought or restrain, bondage, limitation or repression; having a sense of complete well-being. It is a result of regulating one's life according to Principlel, not according to what anyone else may think or say. We can never know the full meaning of freedom until we abide in the Christ consciiousness. 'If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed'." The Revealing Word, published by Unity Listen as Larry shares his understanding of spiritual freedom and that it is not dependent upon anything outside of us o...
2024-06-2919 minMaking a DifferenceFeeling Persecuted? It's Time To Rejoice! by Larry Swartz"Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men shall reproach you and persecute you and speak against you all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Then be glad and rejoice for in this very manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you." (Matthew 5:10-12 Lamsa translation)Listen as Larry shares thoughts about the inner persecution we often experience and how understanding where this comes from can lead us to a greater awareness of the kingdom of heaven within us...
2024-06-1622 minMaking a DifferenceHow Can We See God If God Is Spirit? Larry Swartz"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8)"A person whose heart is pure directs his/her whole attention to God, to good. Purity is one-pointed vision, the 'single' eye. Impurity, in a spiritual sense, implies double vision, seeing good and evil. When the consciousness is so purified that we perceive only One Presence and One Power, we are, in reality, seeing God." Your Hope of Glory by Elizabeth Sand Turner. How can we see God if God is Spirit? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about how to be pure in he...
2024-06-0116 minMaking a DifferenceWhat It Means To Hunger and Thirst by Larry Swartz"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice for they shall be well satisfied." (Lamsa transl.)Hungering and thirsting are signs of being alive. When we are hungry or thirsty physically we want something to eat or drink however the satisfaction is temporary.Listen as Larry shares thoughts about another type of hunger and thirsting which Jesus taught that comes from being alive spiritually. That hunger and thirst comes from the deep desire of knowing our spiritual connection and it will have lasting satisfaction.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you are guided to share a g...
2024-05-1918 minMaking a DifferenceThe Positive Side of Mourning - Larry Swartz"Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4Mourning or a sense of loss is something everyone knows well and there are many kinds of losses experienced in life. For what are you mourning? It might be the loss of a person, a relationship, a change of job or retirement, an earlier time in your life, or even an era that you considered the "good old days". Listen as Larry speaks to this and shares the reminder that when we practice looking beyond or not attempting to live in any past moment then th...
2024-05-0415 minMaking a DifferenceHow You Can Change Any Old Memory - Larry SwartzUnity teaches that the nature of our thoughts determines the nature of the conditions in the environment of our life. How does thought become memory? How does memory become experience? Listen as Larry shares this important yet practical lesson about how you can change any memory.Friends, if you are guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below.Support the show
2024-04-2121 minMaking a DifferenceAsk And It's Given...Really? by Larry SwartzYou will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28Ask, and it will be given to you...Matthew 7:7-8On the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, Matthew 12:36Listen as Larry speaks about the ways we can "decree a thing" and how we may unknowingly "ask" and get that for which we asked. He explains when "the day of judgment" is happening for us.PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you are guided to share a gift of...
2024-04-0620 minMaking a DifferenceA Metaphysical Easter Lesson - Mary Ellen SwartzUnity considers Easter as more than the story in the life of Jesus the Christ. Metaphysically Easter is about each individual awakening from the "dead" false beliefs that hinder the life more abundant of which Jesus taught. The crossing out or releasing of old beliefs is necessary for new life and understanding to grow within us. Listen as Mary Ellen tells a metaphysical Easter story that is applicable to us today. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! To share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen....
2024-03-3120 minMaking a DifferenceYou Can Make Holy Week Personal - Larry SwartzHoly Week is considered to be the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. The name Holy Week has been used since the 4th century of the common era. However, it is called the Great Week in Greek and Roman liturgical books because of what Jesus did during this week. Listen as Larry speaks to the inner meaning and significance Holy Week and the recognition of the Christ within as the reality of your life.If guided to share a gift of appreciation, follow the link below.Support the show
2024-03-2320 minMaking a DifferenceHow You Can Know The Will Of God - Larry SwartzOne's concept or belief about God will shape their belief about God's will for them. For example, how God is portrayed in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran or any holy book affects the beliefs of those who accept them as true. Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, came to understand God as unchangeable Truth, the Principle of absolute good that is personal to us when we recognize God within us as our indwelling life, intelligence, love, and power.Listen as Larry shares thoughts about challenging and examining your thoughts about God and how this affects how...
2024-03-1616 minMaking a DifferenceWhat The Heck Is Practical Christianity? Mary Ellen SwartzWho was Jesus? What is the Christ? Who is the only begotten? Listen as Mary Ellen gives a powerful talk about Practical Christianity and the Dynamic Power within you. PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen.Support the show
2024-03-0922 minMaking a DifferenceProsperity's Powerful Commandments - Larry SwartzAre the Commandments just some old laws to keep people in line? What if they actually can apply to life today? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about them as principles of prosperity.1. Know that God is your Source.2. Don't keep mental images of lack.3. Don't speak of lack as being a truth.4. Don't constrict the flow of your good.5. Be honest in all dealings.6. Keep your good in circulation.7. Use your good with your highest understanding.8. Never think you can get something for nothing.9. Speak only the truth about yourself an...
2024-03-0423 minMaking a DifferenceHow Important Is Choosing Peace To You? Larry SwartzDo you have any control over peace? It may depend upon how peace is defined by you.Some define peace as being a time when there is no war or fighting in the world. (There may or may not have been such a time.) Others define peace in a personal way, meaning freedom from mental or emotional disturbance or a state of tranquility. Listen as Larry gives a lesson about focusing on personal peace regardless of the environment around us. Support the show
2024-02-1719 minMaking a DifferenceWhat's Up With the Fourth Dimension? - Larry Swartz"The fourth dimension (which embraces and encompasses the other three dimensions) is also realization, the doing away with time and space and all conditions. The human mind, with its limited reasoning faculties, is bound by time, space and conditions and can get no farther into the spiritual than reason will take it, but when we go beyond reason into the realm of realization, then we have attained the consciousness of pure being, the fourth dimension mind." The Revealing Word by Unity.Listen as Larry shares thoughts about the fourth dimension, why and how it applies to us in...
2024-02-0319 minMaking a DifferenceToltec Wisdom, Part 4 - Mary Ellen SwartzThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes contains simple but powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we've been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements with ourselves which will transform our lives. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word.2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally3rd Agreement: Don't make assumptions4th Agreement: Always do your best"The fourth agreement allows the other three to beco...
2024-01-2718 minMaking a DifferenceToltec Wisdom Part 3 - Larry SwartzThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements and transform our life. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines for transformation and freedom. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word.2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally3rd Agreement: Don't make assumptionsListen as Larry shares some thoughts about the 3rd agreement and lea...
2024-01-2119 minMaking a DifferenceToltec Wisdom, Part 2 - Mary Ellen SwartzThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with simple yet powerful points for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in."Just being ourselves is the biggest fear we have as humans...We end up feeling inauthentic because we try to put on a mask - so afraid that someone will realize we are not what we pretend to be." 2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally "Whatever happens around you, don't take it p...
2024-01-1418 minMaking a DifferenceToltec Wisdom, Part 1 - Larry SwartzThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with simple yet powerful points for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. "Just being ourselves is the biggest fear we have as humans...We end up feeling inauthentic because we try to put on a mask - so afraid that someone will realize we are not what we pretend to be." Listen as Larry shares some thoughts about what it means to apply the First Ag...
2024-01-0716 minMaking a DifferenceWhat's Ahead? by Mary Ellen Swartz (revised)Autobiography in Five Chapters (Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)Chapter 1"I walk down the streetThere is a deep hole in the sidewalkI fall inI am lost...I am hopelessIt isn't my faultIt takes forever to find a way out.Chapter 2I walk down the same streetThere is a deep hole in the sidewalkI pretend I don't see itI fall in againI can't believe I'm in the same placeBut it isn't my faultIt...
2023-12-3016 minMaking a DifferenceA Unity Christmas Message by Larry SwartzIn the words of a poem by James Dillet Freeman:"I wish you merry Christmas I speak it like a prayerWhen you awaken Christmas morningmay all you wish be thereO may the Spirit of the Christinto your heart descentI wish you merry Christmasit means I love you, Friend."PAYPAL NOW WORKS! If you wish to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts please follow the link below. Blessings from Larry and Mary Ellen.Support the show
2023-12-2420 minMaking a DifferenceChristmas (and Everything Else) is About Love - Advent Part 4 by Larry SwartzAccording to the 22nd chapter of Matthew, Jesus said the greatest commandment is love. “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”My spirituality continues to be more exacting as I seek to use words to explain, or at least attempt to explain my ever growing understanding of the Infinite. An example...I can no longer use an apostrophe ( ' ) to identify what God is, as in God's...
2023-12-2215 minMaking a DifferenceA Fireside Chat About Joy with Larry Swartz - Advent part 3Have you been looking for joy in all the wrong places? Do you feel you can't have joy because of world situations or some loss and grief in your life? Listen as Larry shares a practical message of joy that may be just the reminder you can use.John 15:11 Jesus said, these things I have spoken unto you that my joy may be in you and your joy may be full. If you are guided to share a gift in appreciation of our podcasts, please follow the link below.Support the show
2023-12-1708 minMaking a DifferenceYou Are The Essence Of God. Yes! You Are! - Larry Swartz"Jesus replied, Is it not written in your scriptures, I said, you are gods." (John 10:34)Our essence is of God. Just as a wave has its being in the ocean, we have our being in God. Our True Nature is of God; therefore, we are inherently good.Listen as Larry reminds you that at the Core of your Being, you are Divine. Yes, you are!If guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below.Support the show
2023-11-2617 minMaking a DifferenceA Living Faith, Advent Part 1 - Larry SwartzWhile not Biblically based, many Christian traditions celebrate Advent or a four-week season of remembering and celebrating the arrival of Jesus on Earth. Advent wreaths, with a candle for each week, are used in some homes and churches.The first week of Advent focuses on hope or faith. Listen as Larry shares his understanding of the difference between hope and faith.If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gratitude gift, please follow the link below.Support the show
2023-11-2622 minMaking a DifferenceRadio Frequencies and Thankfulness? - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares a lesson on the value of choosing to be thankful.Does thankfulness have a vibrational frequency? Some researchers have found that everything has a vibrational frequency that can be measured in hertz similar to radio frequency. Appreciation, gratitude, thankfulness vibrate at around 540 MHz and when we practice tuning in to it, much like tuning to a radio station we like we improve our lives dramatically.Please follow the link below to share a gift of gratitude.Support the show
2023-11-1117 minMaking a DifferenceHow Focused Thought Became Your Now Reality - Larry SwartzConcentrated thoughts become our realty. What have you been thinking? What thoughts have your been practicing? Listen as Larry explains how things come to be through practiced thought. Remember...you are a powerful being who can choose to change your life.Support the show
2023-10-2922 minMaking a DifferenceLove, Intuition, and Prayer - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares his understanding about God is Love Itself and the nature of God is to express through you. Love expressed through you is a healer of mind and body. Love expressed through you is intuition or a knowingness within that guides your daily decisions as well as your direction in life. God is Love... Love is God... Love is God expressing in you, through you, and as you.Support the show
2023-10-1517 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Insulate Yourself From Conspiracy Beliefs Of Fear And Lack - Larry SwartzListen as Larry gives a powerful prosperity lesson on how to insulate yourself from the conspiracy beliefs that there is a lack of abundance available. Dwelling in the consciousness of God as your Source is the choice to be made regardless of the circumstances in the world around you. A prosperous life is definitely possible for you. Can you accept it? Support the show
2023-10-0119 minMaking a DifferenceThe Science of Being Great - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares some gems of wisdom he found within The Science of Being Great by Wallace D Wattles.Greatness is an aspect of spirituality. There is a genius in every man and woman waiting to be brought forth. Greatness doesn't mean being famous.Thought is the vibrational tool we use. Self greatness depends on seeing it in others as well. See the world as creation in process. Wean yourself away from what others think about your decisions. If possible don't make immediate decisions.Cease having levels of greatness when giving your energy.Greatness...
2023-09-1523 minMaking a DifferenceRebooting Your Consciousness for Well Being - Larry Swartz"Healing - restoring to original purity or integrity." (Webster)"All healing is based on mental cleansing. When the mind is free from error thoughts, harmony in the body ensues. Permanent healing is never accomplished until the mental cause of the disease, the error thought, is removed." The Revealing Word, UnityListen as Larry uses the analogy of rebooting your computer with rebooting your consciousness to your original state of well being. Support the show
2023-09-0221 minMaking a DifferenceChoose Today What You Will Serve - Larry Swartz"Choose you this day whom you will serve.... " Joshua 24 15"The leadership of the Israelites was given to Joshua because he had been under instruction and had acquired a proficiency that enabled him to perform his work with dispatch. When we know the law of spiritual demonstration and have the courage to act, we are Joshua." Metaphysical Bible Dictionary by UnityListen as Larry connects the story of Joshua leading the Israelites into the Promised Land with the daily choices we make in leading our thoughts to our greater good. Please follow the link below if yo...
2023-08-2023 minMaking a DifferenceFirst Cause and Your Prosperity - Larry Swartz"What we need to realize above all else is that God has provided for the most minute needs of our daily life, and that if we lack anything it is because we have not used our mind in making the right contact with the supermind and the cosmic ray that automatically flows from it." Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity.Listen as Larry explains how First Cause or Divine Principle has provided for the most minute aspect of our lives. An abundance of every good imaginable has been provided for each of us. Our job is to know the "w...
2023-08-0417 minMaking a DifferenceChristmas is More Than a Night Long Ago - Larry SwartzOn a night long ago, a child was born...but Christmas is more than the birth of one child. Listen as Larry shares a message about the birth of Jeshua ben Joseph (Anglicized to Jesus) who awakened to the Christ within and who taught a living message of the Christ within all...no exceptions.#unity #practicalchristianityIf guided to share a gift of gratitude please follow the link below.Support the show
2023-07-2215 minMaking a DifferenceRoad Repairs, Recentering, and Reconciliation - Larry SwartzIs there a connection between road repairs, recentering, and reconciliation? Listen as Larry speaks to this as well as how it fits within the life and teachings of Jesus."It matters not how strait the gate,How charged with punishments the scroll,I am the master of my fate,I am the captain of my soul." (Invictus by William Ernest Henley)If you wish to share a gift in appreciation of these podcasts, please click the link below.Support the show
2023-07-0919 minMaking a DifferenceWhat's Up With Original Sin, Reincarnation, Holy Spirit and More - Larry SwartzThere is something in this lesson that will surely answer one or more questions you may have had. Original sin or original virtue? Have we had other lives? What is the Holy Spirit? Listen as Larry speaks about these and more.#unity #practicalchristianity #newthought If you enjoy our podcasts and are guided to share a gift please click below. Blessings. Support the show
2023-06-2518 minMaking a DifferenceHow to Live in the Land of Contrast - Larry Swartz"Jesus did not claim to have the exclusive super-natural power that is usually credited to Him. He had explored the ether energy, which He called the 'kingdom of the heavens'; His understanding was beyond that of the average man, but He knew that other men could do what He did if they would only try. He encouraged His followers to take Him as a center of faith and use the power of thought and word." - Charles FillmoreListen as Larry shares his understanding of what it means to be a spiritual being, in a physical form, navigating th...
2023-06-1019 minMaking a DifferenceWhat's Up With Prayer? - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares his understanding of what prayer is (and is not,) how to pray for others, and the importance of having a prayer consciousness."Prayer is more than supplication. It is an affirmation of Truth that eternally exists, but which has not yet come into consciousness. It comes into consciousness not by supplication but by affirmation."It is necessary to pray believing that we have received because God is all that we desire. The good always exists in Divine Mind as ideas, and we bring it into manifestation through the prayer of faith, affirmation, p...
2023-05-2722 minMaking a DifferenceYour Vibrational Signature Today Is Your Pattern For Tomorrow - Larry SwartzA vibrational signature is the, known or unknown, thought and emotional pattern being emanated by everyone. What does this mean? How does that affect your life? Listen as Larry explains how your vibrational signature being emanated today is the pattern for your tomorrow. The good news? Awareness of this process is the key to fulfillment in your life. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianityIf you are guided, click the link below to support our podcasts.Support the show
2023-05-1121 minMaking a DifferenceOnce Upon a Poet - Martha Smock's poem By No Other Way - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares one of his favorite poems, By No Other Way by Martha Smock. It is a reminder in the words of a poet of our Life's journey being perfect for our present moment - even though it may not have looked like it, or felt like it.... If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-05-1003 minMaking a DifferenceOnce Upon a Poet by Larry Swartz - J. Sig Paulson's poem Eternal VisionMany people wonder about life and what happens after this Earth experience. Poets are often gifted to be able to put into words the deeper thoughts about such things.Listen as Larry shares one of his favorite poems by J. Sig Paulson and some of his insights into our eternal journey.... If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-05-0304 minMaking a DifferenceReasons or Results, It's Up To Us - Larry SwartzIt's been said in various ways that we either choose to put our energy into excuses and reasons or we choose to put our energy into having the results that we deserve as the expression of God. Listen as Larry shares his understanding of why it's important to break through the addiction of reasons and excuses in order to set ourselves free to have the positive results we desire. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianity Support the show
2023-04-3017 minMaking a DifferenceHow To See Persecution In A New Way - Larry Swartz"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven...." (Matthew 5th chapter.) What might Jesus have meant with reference to being persecuted for righteousness sake? Does righteousness refer to the outer actions of an individual? Does persecution always come from one person toward another or is it possible to come from within us? Was Jesus promising a piece real estate to anyone being persecuted or did the promise have to do with an inner state of heaven being realized by the individual? Listen as Larry shares his understanding of what Jesus...
2023-04-2221 minMaking a DifferenceMercy Is A Super Power! Larry SwartzIn the 5th chapter of Matthew there can be found the heart of Jesus' teachings. One of the key points within it is how mercy is a power within that is waiting to used. Listen as Larry shares thoughts concerning Jesus' teaching connecting being merciful with receiving mercy and a clear explanation of the law of life. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-04-0819 minMaking a DifferenceMeekness Can Be Powerful - Really! by Larry SwartzMany consider the heart of Jesus' teachings are found in Matthew 5th chapter which contains the Sermon on the Mount and specifically the Beatitudes. "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." This teaching may not seem to be empowering but listen as Larry explains the inner meaning of the words "meek" and "earth" and shares the practical application of this. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-03-2517 minMaking a DifferenceHow Spiritual Humbleness Will Enrich Your Life - Larry SwartzMany people consider that the heart of Jesus' teachings are found in the Sermon On The Mount (Matthew 5th chapter.) However some might wonder if these teachings are relevant and practical in the 21st century. Do they apply to our spiritual life as well as our prosperity? Listen as Larry shares his understanding about this and more.If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-03-1220 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Keep Your Eye Single And Remember Who You Are - Larry Swartz"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be filled with light." (Matthew 6:22) Listen as Larry shares insights about your True Nature and why keeping your eye (your I) single helps you keep focused on Who you are as an expression of God...a Godling! If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianity Support the show
2023-02-2620 minMaking a DifferenceHow Unchanging Principle Shows Up As Changing Experiences - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares his understanding of how God as Unchanging Principle expresses through our consciousness or beliefs and shows up as the changing faces or guises we experience. The good news is we can change our consciousness or belief system. When we decide to rule our mind/consciousness we will begin to rule our world of experience."When you rule your mind you rule your world. When you choose your thoughts, you choose results." Imelda Octavia Shanklin, Unity authorIf you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #n...
2023-02-1116 minMaking a DifferenceHow To Return To Principle - Larry SwartzPrinciple is the underlying plan by which spirit (God) moves in expressing itself...Principle is the I AM of every man (person) - The Revealing Word by UnityListen as Larry shares thoughts about Principle and gives some practical ways to return to Principle. Every time we return to Principle our bodies and every area of our lives are affected in a positive way. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2023-01-2819 minMaking a DifferenceLove and Forgiveness - Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares a metaphysical lesson of love and forgiveness based on the words attributed to Jesus, "Neither do I condemn you, now go and sin no more." (John 8:11)Be sure and listen to the closing minutes of the lesson where you'll hear a musical and verbal blessing of forgiveness.https://www.buzzsprout.com/634606/episodes/12037857#Support the show
2023-01-1320 minMaking a DifferenceHow Are Things Going To Be In Your New Year? Larry SwartzWill the next year be different from the previous one? Listen as Larry explains that you are now in the process of creating your own reality... thought by thought. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianityIf you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast.Support the show
2022-12-2820 minMaking a DifferenceYour Christmas Connection Part 3 Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares his understanding that the Truth within Christmas is about more than the human birth of Jesus. The Idea within Christmas is Universal and integral within you. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2022-12-1816 minMaking a DifferenceYour Christmas Connection, Part 2 - Larry SwartzLarry includes in this lesson the metaphysical meanings behind the people and places in the Christmas story. Mary, Joseph, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Shepherds, Egypt et al represent something within you and are important in the remembrance of the Christ within you now.If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianitySupport the show
2022-12-0422 minMaking a DifferenceThe Miracle of Healing - Larry Swartz"In reality miracles are events that take place as a result of the operation of a higher, unknown law. " Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity.Healing, as defined by Webster dictionary, is restoring to original purity or integrity. Listen as Larry speaks to the Truth of health and healing and shares this affirmation, "I am created by and out of the Source of the Infinite Universe. My Source knows not sickness, therefore, asking for the steps I need to take, I thankfully claim a vibrant and Energy-filled life now."Support the sh...
2022-11-2121 minMaking a DifferenceSeparation Isn't possible...by Larry SwartzListen as Larry shares his response to a suggestion that it is possible to be separated from God. Each is an integral part of the Source that creates and sustains all that is. The only place we can ever experience separation is in our own beliefs. Because each is vital to the wholeness of the universe, separation is not possible.Support the show
2022-11-0202 minMaking a DifferenceA Lesson About Grace by Larry SwartzBe in a virtual class and listen as Larry teaches that Grace is the activity of God in us, through us, and as us. Grace is not earned by only a few...Grace is Love...unconditional and inclusive. The more we know our oneness with God, the more we feel enfolded in Love and Grace.Support the show
2022-10-2927 minMaking a DifferenceProsperity Without Struggle by Larry SwartzLarry shares his understanding that prosperity, as well as peace, health and fulfillment, is more than hard work and struggle. We are one with Source of all good but we must accept and claim it. God can only do for us what God can do through us.Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, taught that prosperity is the consciousness of God as the abundant, everywhere present resource, unfailing, ready for all who open themselves to it through faith.Catherine Ponder, inspirational author, said it's our attitudes, mental concepts, beliefs, and outlook that are the connecting links wi...
2022-10-1228 minMaking a DifferenceI AM the Presence...by Larry SwartzSet aside 12 minutes and give yourself a gift of listening as Larry speaks from his ever deepening awareness of the Presence in his life and in your life...regardless of the storms, conflicts, and happenings in the world around us. This will definitely boost your inner knowing...Support the show
2022-10-0312 minMaking a DifferenceFish or Cut Bait by Larry SwartzWhen something happens, have you ever caught yourself thinking -I didn't see that coming or I never asked for that. If so, listen as Larry speaks to the Law of Consciousness in action and how what you believe becomes your reality. The good news is, you can change your beliefs. If you are guided, click the link below and support our podcast. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livingunity #newthought #newthoughtmovement #makingadifference #practicalchristianity Support the show
2022-08-1720 minMaking a DifferenceWe Live Forever...Really! by Larry SwartzIs there life after death? Is there life before birth? Listen as Rev. Larry shares his understanding of the Reality of Life.Support the show
2022-07-2923 minMaking a DifferenceA New Look at Antichrist - Larry SwartzUnity defines the antichrist as that which denies or opposes the ideas that the Christ dwells in and is the true self of each individual.Listen as Larry explains some origins of the belief in a physical antichrist in the world, but perhaps more important, shares some symbolic meanings and understanding for ones individual's life.Support the show
2022-07-1223 minMaking a DifferenceFreedom is an Idea - Larry SwartzFreedom - The Quality or state of being without thought or restraint, bondage, limitation, or repression; having a sense of complete well-being. It is a result of regulating one's life according to Principle, not according to what anyone else may think or say. - The Revealing Word.Listen as Larry explains how to consciously lay hold of the Divine Idea of Freedom and manifest it in one's life.Support the show
2022-06-2618 minMaking a DifferenceA New Look at Hell, Heaven and Final Judgment by Larry SwartzIs there a literal place called hell? Is there a literal place called heaven? Is there some final judgment that will determine where one ends up after leaving the physical body? Listen as Larry shares a message that reaffirms the nature of God as Unconditional Love and that you are always held safe within that Love. Support the show
2022-06-1219 minMaking a DifferenceA New Look at Sin and Salvation by Larry SwartzIf you are receptive to another view of sin and salvation, listen as Larry shares his personal experience and growth that led to the message you will hear concerning the subject.P.S. The God of Larry's understanding does not punish.Support the show
2022-04-1625 minMaking a DifferenceThe Christ of Christmas Beckons Us Within - Larry SwartzThis lesson was originally given before an audience but because the message within it is timeless we are sharing it via this podcast. Listen as Larry Swartz shares the Truth about our forever connection with God.Support the show
2021-12-1417 minMaking a DifferenceHow to Be a Thermostat not a Thermometer - Larry SwartzDo you realize you have a choice? A thermometer measures existing conditions and reacts to the choices others have made or are making; a thermostat creates. This audio message was given before a live audience.Support the show
2021-11-1916 min
Parricide PodcastEpisode 3 Pt. 2-Twice Adopted Once Murdered- Larry SwartzThe only thing Larry really wanted was a family. He was adopted at the age of six, but by sixteen he had murdered both of his parents. Could it really have been his brother who killed everyone? Were his parents to blame? Even more confusing, how was he adopted a second time? Join us for Part 2 of the sad story of Larry Swartz.
Listener Advisory: This episode references to sexual assault.
For your convenience, here is a transcript of Larry Swartz Pt. 2. You can use it to follow along - or just read at your con...
2021-03-2354 minParricide PodcastEpisode 3 Pt. 1-Twice Adopted Once Murdered- Larry SwartzThe only thing Larry really wanted was a family. He was adopted at the age of six, but by sixteen he had murdered both of his parents. Could it really have been his brother who did it? Were his parents to blame? Even more confusing, how was he adopted a second time? Join us for the sad story of Larry Swartz.
For your convenience, here is a transcript of Larry Swartz Pt. 1. You can use it to follow along - or just read at your convenience.
You can find pictures from this episode at the Pa...
2021-03-1951 minMaking a DifferenceIf I Were Your Momma by Rev. Larry Swartza Lesson for Mother's Day, or for any day as we more deeply align ourselves with the who and what we are in God, and the Who and What God is in and as us.Support the show
2020-05-0920 minMaking a DifferenceAtonement vs At-One-Ment by Rev. Mary Ellen SwartzThe listener is invited to take a "peek" into the spiritual journey of Mary Ellen Swartz as she was seeking answers to questions about the atonement.Support the show
2020-05-0934 minMaking a DifferenceA Metaphysical Easter by Rev. Larry SwartzFrom Unity's perspective the event we call Easter has been so very misunderstood that it shrouded in superstition and certainly mystery. Jesus didn't die for you...listen further.Support the show
2020-04-0932 minMaking a DifferenceEvil - Is there evil in the world? - Larry SwartzIs there evil in the world? Let's apply logic to our answer, for if we make room in our lives for evil, then we have added "furniture" that will not feel good.Support the show
2019-11-2417 minMaking a DifferenceGuided Meditation and Quieting, # 5 Focus your energy - Mary Ellen Swartz Join Reverend Mary Ellen Swartz as she takes you through a guided meditation that helps you focus your energy to continue living your best life. Support the show
2019-11-0406 minMaking a DifferenceA Guided Meditation and Quieting #4 Living your best life - Mary Ellen Swartz Join Reverend Mary Ellen Swartz as she takes you through a guided meditation that helps you focus your energy to continue living your best life. Support the show
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