Burning Bowl Ceremony
As we are approaching the end of 2020, we are giving ourselves a chance to release what no longer serves us. With every release there is an opportunity to forgive, the letting go of the false for the Truth.
This meaningful action of letting go prepares us for the next ceremony (White Stone), when we pick up our new name for 2021, a ritual of cleansing and reimagining for the next year.
Experience the Service
Lyrics for Congregational Songs
God Is My Source
God is my source
God is my power
God gives me everything I need
So I give thanks
For all my blessings
God gives me everything I need
Let Every Action
Let every action of mine
Be something beautiful for God
Let every action of mine
Be something beautiful for God
Peace and love, peace and love
In the simplest service
Peace and love, peace and love
In the simplest service
[repeat all]
It’s in Everyone of Us
It’s in every one of us to be wise.
Find your heart; open up both your eyes.
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why.
It’s in every one of us by and by.
It’s in every one of us to be wise.
Find your heart; open up both your eyes.
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing how.
It’s in every one of us here and now.
Sermon Notes
Charles Fillmore (Revealing Word)
Letting go: “Erasing from consciousness thoughts contrary to Truth.”
Denial: “The mental process of erasing from consciousness the false beliefs…”
Forgiveness: “A process of giving up the false for the true; erasing sin and error from the mind and body…”
Scripture
“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14–15)
“…And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors…” (Matthew 6:12)
Nahua Blessing
I release my parents from the feeling that they have already failed me.
I release my children from the need to bring pride to me; that they may write their own ways according to their hearts, that whisper all the time in their ears.
I release my partner from the obligation to complete myself. I do not lack anything, I learn with all beings all the time.
I thank my grandparents and forefathers who have gathered so that I can breathe life today. I release them from past failures and unfulfilled desires, aware that they have done their best to resolve their situations within the consciousness they had at that moment. I honor you, I love you and I recognize you as innocent.
I am transparent before your eyes. I do not hide or owe anything other than being true to myself and to my very existence, that walking with the wisdom of the heart, I am aware that I fulfill my life project, free from invisible and visible family loyalties that might disturb my Peace and Happiness, which are my only responsibilities.
I renounce the role of savior, of being one who unites or fulfills the expectations of others.
Learning through, and only through, LOVE, I bless my essence, my way of expressing, even though somebody may not understand me.
I understand myself, because I alone have lived and experienced my history; because I know myself, I know who I am, what I feel, what I do and why I do it.
I respect and approve myself.
I honor the Divinity in me and in you.
We are free.