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We’ve all snapped at someone and wondered where that came from. Or felt stuck, no matter how hard we try. Sometimes it’s an old belief we picked up years ago to get through something hard, and it’s still running the show. Rev. Lynnea Jardine calls it a hidden agenda. Once we see it, we get to choose something new. Here’s a simple way to start looking.

When someone steps on your toes, are you reacting to them, or to something much older? At CSL Ballard, Practitioner Cindy Clay, RScP, used Snow White’s mirror to open week two of Dances with Shadows. With help from Ernest Holmes, Carl Jung, and Carl Rogers, this reflection looks at rubber banding, why our closest relationships are our most powerful mirrors, and three new steps for the shadow tango. The shadow can come to the dance. It just doesn’t get to lead.

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.

Conscious practice can help us make sense of the world, or at least navigate through it with our sanity intact.

On Sunday, Rev. Michael Auch invited us to look at gratitude as a spiritual power, something that can change us, along with the world around us. Sure, saying ‘thank you’ is one way to express gratitude (and sometimes, a simple thank you is enough). But the practice of gratitude is so much more. Science shows that feeling grateful changes us neurologically. It strengthens our well-being, nourishes our relationships, and can even open our minds to new possibilities. Gratitude

Rev. Dr. Larry King’s Sunday message, Grateful or Expectant , reminded us that being grateful for ALL our experiences can help improve our everyday lives. In Science of Mind, the fourth step of our five-step affirmative prayer is gratitude: we express thanks for our inherent good, the good that surrounds us, and, the good we expect. That last part, the good we expect, was the focus of Larry’s talk – future-focused gratitude. I’ve learned that Spirit doesn't know something h