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What beliefs about money did you learn before you were old enough to question them? At CSL Ballard, Rev. Michael Auch opened our October theme, Dances with Shadows, by sharing his own money ghosts: not worthy, not deserving, not enough. Drawing on Ernest Holmes and Don Miguel Ruiz, this reflection looks at where these shadows come from, why they stick, and how to spot them sooner. Plus, a simple gratitude practice to try tomorrow morning.

Rev. Liz Mirante opened her talk by admitting something a lot of us don't say out loud: living easily in our bodies isn't always simple. This week, we looked at where those beliefs actually come from — religion, family, culture — and what it takes to build something better than criticism.

Our bodies do so much, yet we spend more time critiquing them than thanking them. Practitioner Cindy Clay, RScP opened September and our new theme, Sacred Embodiment, with hands worth looking at, a body that speaks in pain and relief, a king who danced anyway, and a daughter who finally did too. You're a living miracle. Say thank you

On Sunday, Rev. Liz Mirante closed out our Fear and the Furious theme with a tool for healing an old belief, not just managing it. You didn't install that belief. It got wired in around age five, long before you had any say. Revisit the three-part practice to release it, and why faith has to come before you feel any different.

Fear is loud, but that doesn't make it right. Rev. Marilyn Sprague joined us from Portland to explore what happens when we meet fear differently: as a messenger to learn from, as a story to rewrite, and as an invitation to let love lead instead. Courage doesn't require fear to disappear; we just have to be curious, compassionate, and say yes anyway. This reflection looks at what fear tries to tell us, and what it means to choose love in the middle of it.

Most of the time, we don't notice our running monologue or the habitual thinking underneath everything, deciding what to criticize or excuse in ourselves, as if wholeness had to be earned. It doesn’t. We're already whole. There's no destination to reach. Science of Mind core concepts can help us be more conscious and live lives from a place of wholeness.

Cindy Clay talked about healing, revealing, and the power of vulnerability and sharing our stories to become who we're meant to be. It's how we surrender shame and blame and become our true, authentic selves. It's important to only share with those who deserve to hear them.

By exploring our own inner world, and applying spiritual principles to our inner experience, we’re better equipped to meet the world beyond us. The inner edge shapes the outer one.