Join in WCF's Tenth Anniversary 
A Season of ONENESS
September 1-November 11, 2010
Ten Weeks of Celebration

watch here and in your email for more details

Theme for the Spiritual New Year 
begins September 1st
Harvesting Through Expansion

August Focus:
Mayan
Spiritual Traditions

 

All Arise Together

Grand Father Sun, he shines upon all of us equally; he doesn't know discrimination; he  doesn't get lost on his path....He gives us all warmth and life. One Sun, one Air, one Water, one Mother Earth. 
The Maya prophecy says, ARISE, ALL ARISE, NOT ONE OR TWO GROUPS BE LEFT BEHIND. TOGETHER WE WILL SEE ONCE AGAIN THE PLACE FROM WHERE WE HAVE COME." 

-Alejandro Oxlaj, Grand Elder of the National Council of Elders Mayas, Guatemala

Participate in a Healing Prayer
Inspired by Dr Emoto

It is based on Ho'Oponopono, the ancient religion of Hawaii, which knew that we are all united as ONE on a higher level.. The ancient Hawaiians believed that saying and meaning special words of love and forgiveness would help put us and others back as One and back in peace and harmony with all things..

Dr. Masaru Emoto is the scientist who has researched and written about the characteristics of water including that water responds to human emotions. He asks us to pray these words, the last of which are from Ho'Oponopono...

I send the energy of love and gratitude to the waters
and all living creatures in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings. 
To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, plankton, 
corals, algae ....humankind... to ALL living creatures... I am sorry. 
Please forgive me. Thank you.
and I Love You.

July Focus:
Aboriginal
Spiritual Traditions

more

June Focus:
Polynesian
Spiritual Traditions

more

^NEW WCF Book Reading Club
A Meeting & Discussion 
via Conference Call

An enjoyable way to be involved in Spiritual Community

Get the books from your library or buy it to be prepared to discuss it's impact on you! The WCF Book Reading Club will meet by a conference call. 

Time: 2nd Friday of the month at 8:30 pm Eastern (5:30pm Pacific) USA. 
A 45 minute discussion. Be on the call to help select the next month's book.

To join this conference, click here to get the phone # and access code (same as the Spirit Call numbers).  Put me on the Book Reading email list

August 13th book: The Prophet by Kahil Gibran  bio+book

June 11th book: The Shack by William P Young 

April 9^th book: Life After Life by Dr Raymond Moody  In Life After Life Raymond Moody investigates more than one hundred case studies of people who experienced "clinical death" and were subsequently revived.  ... this classic exploration of life after death started a revolution in popular attitudes about the afterlife and established Dr. Moody as the world's leading authority in the field of near-death experiences.  Life after Life forever changed the way we understand both death -- and life.

The extraordinary stories presented here provide evidence that there is life after physical death, as Moody recounts  the testimonies of those who have been to the "other side" and back -- all bearing striking similarities of an overwhelming positive nature. These moving and inspiring accounts give us a glimpse of the peace and unconditional love that await us all. (description from amazon.com)

March 12 Explore The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold  "The Lovely Bones" has been on best seller lists and made into a major feature movie now playing in theatres!  This suspenseful and gripping novel is written from the point of view of a deceased young woman; and explores how each human life impacts others as well as unfinished business in the after-life. Also, be on the call to hear the fascinating back story of how Alice Sebold came to write it. 

May Focus:
Maori
Spiritual Tradition

Māori - the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand

April Focus:
Baha'i
Spiritual Tradition

Symbols Clockwise: Baha'i, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism

Nine-pointed star

A simple nine-pointed star is generally used by Baha'is as a symbol of their Faith. The number nine has special significance in the Baha'i Revelation.

The word "Baha" (Arabic for “Glory”) corresponds to the number nine in the Arabic system of numerology, known as the Abjad system. Nine years after the announcement of the Bab in Shiraz, Baha’u’llah received the intimation of His mission in the dungeon in Tehran.

Nine, as the highest single-digit number, symbolizes completeness. As the Baha'i Faith claims to be the fulfillment of the expectations of all prior religions, this symbol, as used, for example, in nine-sided Baha'i Houses of Worship, reflects that sense of fulfillment and completeness.

Core Beliefs

The principle of the oneness of humankind 
is the pivot around which all the teachings of Baha'u'llah revolve.

Baha'u'llah taught that humanity, after a long and turbulent adolescence, 
is at last reaching a stage of maturity in which unity in a global 
and just society finally can be established. 

To this end, the Baha'i Faith prescribes laws of personal morality and behavior, as well as social laws and principles, to establish the oneness of humanity.

Ways to Promote Unity

Recognize the essential nobility of the human soul - many of the symptoms of racism are a result of either projecting or internalizing feelings of unworthiness - when we like ourselves, we fear less need to hate or fear others;

Develop a personal awareness of the Oneness of Humanity 
as a spiritual and scientific reality; 

Read the Holy Writings of the world's religions - including the Bible, Koran 
and the Baha'i writings - and pray for guidance every day.

Major world religions  
Religious descriptions and links
 Comparison Chart: Baha'i, Islam, Christianity, Judaism

March Focus:
Islamic
Spiritual Tradition

Patience

"Do not flee from your trials; patience in adversity is the foundation of all virtue, of compassion and sainthood. Patience is the foundation, and without a sound foundation you cannot build a monument."

-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani 

Life and Death are One

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind
and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing,
but to free the breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence
shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top,
then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs,
then shall you truly dance.

- Kahlil Gibran in "The Prophet"

Patience

"Do not flee from your trials; patience in adversity is the foundation of all virtue, of compassion and sainthood. Patience is the foundation, and without a sound foundation you cannot build a monument."

From the Islamic tradition:  Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani

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^NEW Connect with Guidance Daily 
(an idea for other faiths)

Islamic Prayer Times are 5 times daily according to 
a scheduled system based on positions of the Sun.
You can use these times to break from the material world 
and connect with your spiritual world in a consistent way.

--  Times below are today's times for Des Moines, IA --

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 Albuquerque   Other cities 
  Free Prayer Software for PCs

^NEW A Web Experience  

Journey into Gratitude

A web video experience 
revealing the role of Gratitude 
in spiritual development. 
Followed by an optional 42 day email series on Gratitude.
(click title above)
(you may need to let Flash be installed to view it)

“Let us rise up and be thankful, 
for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, 
and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, 
and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; 
so, let us all be thankful.”   
-Buddha

There is as much greatness of mind 
in acknowledging a good turn, 
as in doing it."  
-Seneca

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, 
but the parent of all the others." 
-Cicero

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and 
give thanks for another day of loving. 
-Kahil Gibran

When I started counting my blessings, 
my whole life turned around. 
-Willie Nelson

synonyms: thankful, grateful, deep appreciation, thanksgiving

gratitude quotes - for contemplation and meditation 
Be 25% higher in life satisfaction: the power of gratitude      other good quotes 

Seasons of Life (PowerPoint)
Desideratanow has audio  
Experience Has Anyone Told You  
Experience The Daffodil Principle  (PowerPoint)

2009 Message from the President here  

WCF Launches World Faith Project: 
Explore What's New This Month!  

Overview & Message from the President

Buddhist

Taoist Tradition
Native American Tradition 
Hindu Tradition

Mayan Tradition (temp)
Aboriginal Tradition (temp)
Polynesian Tradition (temp)

^LOOK  Peace Community Church International 
has a new website at  www.PCCIworld.org

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