Unity Community

Welcome!

Unity Community Church, like all of the Unity spiritual movement, honors all paths to God; sees God as good and everywhere present; and affirms the spark of Divinity in all of us. We like sharing ideas about practical spirituality, so this blog is filled with inspiring ideas that can be applied to daily life.

You’ll find “Commitments”, also known as affirmations, for each week. This gift from Lucele Coutts, a UCC member-at-large, can be printed out and kept as a handy reminder throughout the day.

You’ll also find messages from me, UCC’s webmaster, Malayna Dawn, about LIFE  as a spiritual experience.  

Visit our webpage at Unity-Community.org for more information about UCC’s Sunday celebrations in Reseda, California, and come join us!  

Commitments for January 2012

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA, for January 2012.

Jan 1 - 7 
This is a new day, a brand new page in my book of life.  I greet each moment with great anticipation, stepping up to each level of understanding, keeping my heart open to receive what my loving God offers. And from its possibilities, it may not be what I expect, but I know it will be the very best.

Blank page image from Heather Vogel Frederick.

Jan 8 - 14
When I am facing something seeming difficult to overcome, I choose to think of it as a steep pathway, knowing there is always an easy way around.  So I turn to my inner creative Divine Intelligence, for I know it always knows the best way, at the right time and in the right order.  Then I choose to step back and listen to my guide.  

Jan 15 - 21 
As I feel healing energy within me, washing away the debris keeping my healthy, vital body from doing its perfect work, I welcome the warm feeling of wholeness filling me with every breath I take, and I blow away every false emotion and its evidence, for when I do, I realize that all is well, and my life is good.

Jan 22 - 28 
My inner Divine Intelligence has given me the freedom to choose, so I choose to be wise and thoughtful—loving and joyful—prosperous and giving—healthy and strong.  But most of all, I  choose to see that what is within me is in everyone I meet.  And for this, I say, Thank God, yes, my loving Creator, with whom I am one.

Jan 29 - Feb 4 
Though God is my only real source, and my prosperity comes to me through many, many channels, I greet each one with love this day, ready to accept whatever is there for me, because God’s grace is always ready, opening every door, in the right way, the right place and the right order, and I amalways  truthfully grateful.
 
BONUS: In the flow of life, I may choose to be like a fast flowing stream, a feather floating on a gentle breeze, or just coasting on a leaf.  But whatever I choose, I live in beauty, creating harmony, order and balance, for I live in the Divine Order of my Mother Earth, in the Infinite Universe, and all is flowing like a gentle caress.
 
 

Thoughts for January 2012

From Lucele Coutts, one of Unity Community Church's members-at-large.

Approaching January of this New Year, I daily find my life, as well as the world, quite different from 2011--both positive and not so, due to the unrest on our beloved Mother Earth.

So I have gained many reasons to shore up myself, because I see such conflict, and it is hard to ignore, and I have found many reasons to pray and meditate often.

The prayers that come to mind are those memorized over the years from childhood, and though they often seem childlike, they are helping me go beyond my unease.

Because they are so locked in my memory, they come easily to mind without taking a book from the shelf, which usually keeps me reading instead of praying, helping me get on with my life. And so having several health challenges that needed my definite effort, I found new ways and challenges that I enjoy doing that have become ways to improve my wealth as well.

So that is my TIP for this month: Letting God be in charge, look for ways to improve yourself, and as you open your heart to that challenge, I’m sure you will find surprises that God already has waiting for you.

Image from Calhoun Underground's new year's message for 2008: "This is gonna be a crazy year. Like a roller coaster ride. So we all need to grab hold of each other and hang on tight. And keep adding more folks to the cluster. Hug your neighbor, pass out random acts of love. Don’t wait for someone else to do it. Bring about the world peace we want so badly."

Bring It to the Now Moment

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for December 2011.

With every thought, word and action, I find it no effort to bring whatever seems to be needed at every 86,400 NOW MOMENTS of this day, because I know that God is in charge, guiding me right now.

 

Image:

"Healing Heart"

from a Healing and Prayer blog.

Healing Heart Energy

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for the third week of December 2011.

 

When I find myself in need, I open my heart to feel its healing energy flowing within me, washing away what I don't need, sending each breath of life with least effort, for my body grows stronger each time.

Image: Heart Healing from Co-Creating Our Reality.com, The Heart of Energy

 

Seeds in Waiting

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for the second week of December 2011.

Though I think I may have missed some of the loving seeds God has sown for me, I know that if they are really for me, they will be back at the right time, and in the right way, and I give thanks NOW for each.

 

"Clean air, fresh snow, white frost in the trees."
Photo taken in Sweden

Many Channels of Prosperity

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for the first week of December 2011.

With God as my only source, my prosperity comes through many channels. 

So greeting each with thanks, I'm for whatever is for me, because God’s grace comes at surprising times and places, and in right order.

 

Frozen Branches (from InfoGirl's blog)

Thoughts for December 2011

From Lucele Coutts, one of Unity Community Church's members-at-large.

 Although the world still seems to be a whirlpool on the news, it has been a special year for me as I learned a lot about my health and my life with some learning experiences that are helping  me grow.

       My body is moving with less effort, and I have had several opportunities to cleanse my body to become healthier.  Besides that, I have been given opportunities to work in ways that require me to think in new ways, to take on situations I once thought impossible. 

It is exciting to work in ways I have never tried before.  My owl sculpture is finished with very strong wings, and I intend to enter her in a juried showing at the Sedona Art Center early next year, urging me on to new ideas, more difficult pieces and techniques as my confidence grows, and I also made a joyful return to sculpture in baskets. 

       So my Tip for this month: Clean up your life in body and mind, dealing with everything presented in positive ways, whether you have or have not wanted or expected it, because when you do, you will find you will be joyfully delivered some very surprising and interesting results.        

 Photo: Clean, fresh snow from the WifeMotherGardener blog

Embracing it Like the Very Last Holiday Season

By Malayna Dawn, Unity Community's web-"mistress"

If the Mayan calendar is right, and the world is ending on December 21 2012, or even transforming dramatically, this could be the last Christmas and the last New Year.  At least, the last one we might recognize. 

Kinda a bummer, I know. But we Unitics (AKA Truth students, positive thinkers, Pollyannas) can make it work for us.

 Last year, we thought it might be the last holiday we could spend in our family home, so we did it UP!

We infused every aspect with appreciation and love, and lived it consciously and meaningfully. 

(P.S.--Thanks to the law of attraction and our attitude of gratitude, we didn’t lose the house!)

Let’s treat this holiday season the same way. Deck the heck out of those halls, and trim those trees to teetering!  Be good to yourself, and give to others from the heart.

If anything can stop the end of the world, it would be unfettered, unadulterated LOVE.  And if it can’t be stopped, we may as well enjoy it to the fullest, live in the moment and have no regrets.

Make the most of the Mayan prophecy and make this holiday season the best EVAH!

(And if it turns out NOT to be the end of the world, we can top ourselves next holiday season while we giggle.)

Love, Laugh, and Live it UP!

Also check out last year's Christmas cogitation: Symbolic Wishes for a Metaphysical Christmas

Mayan Santa image combines an image from the Dimension of Power blog and a Santa hat icon from Icon Archive.com.

Commitment to Gratitude for November

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for November 2011.

Click to see the story for each image included in "Thanksgiving is many circles of Love".

For Nov 1 - 7: Today I plan to be responsible, finding new ways of thinking, speaking and acting, opening new channels through which miracles just seem to happen. For when I AM using my unique God-given gifts and talents, I know I not only help myself, I am of loving service to others.
 
For Nov 8 - 14: On this day, I choose something I have been avoiding to clean up. First, I forgive myself for not doing it, and bless it, putting God in charge, for  I AM ready to listen with my heart, knowing God will show me the way, and best of all, I know God is always ready for the answers.

For Nov 15 - 21: For today, I give thanks for all the good I have received.  And I will bless everyone I think of, see, meet or speak to. As I enjoy every NOW moment, I know that God is always in charge of my life, so of course I AM being blessed in the most complete and loving way.
 
For Nov 22 - 30, and Thanksgiving: In this NOW moment I give thanks for every breath I take, and the food I eat, which energize and support me in health.  And as I feel that pure energy filling me, I give thanks, for I AM my Creator’s expression of health, being supported to be and to do all that I AM meant to be and do.
 
BONUS: When I learned that the Navaho word for "beauty" meant "Divine Order", I claimed the following: I AM beautiful, I see what is beautiful, I hear what is beautiful, and I claim only that which is beautiful in my life, for I know that I AM living only in Divine Order throughout this day and night.

Image shared under the Creative Commons License.

Thoughts for November 2011 - Appreciation for Thanksgiving

From Lucele Coutts, one of Unity Community Church's members-at-large.

It’s interesting how things keep coming around, the ones we need to learn to grow.

I AM very aware why we were guided to move to AZ at the right place, at the right time, and the right order.

And I have learned how to work with parallel activities without getting hurt when they came dancing in, but when health issues can hurt, so I choose to work on the fun things. 

Since my doctor, without my knowledge, spent secret hours in research to help me, even though fearful at first, I am following the exercises that often hurt, and I AM now better with my femur back in place. 

Since I was the one responsible for the problem, I have kept plugging, blessing and forgiving each pain, each strange adjustment, knowing my body is blessing me as Myrtle Fillmore’s did years ago to heal her. 

So I AM now better, walking easier, especially on steps and ramps, and I still have time for my sculptures, and when I added our special Unity blessing: "I love you, I bless you, I appreciate you", when I do any exercise or have a hurt, I find I am moving with LEAST EFFORT.  

So my tip for this month is:  Do whatever you have been avoiding in a prayerful way, and watch how God gives you a hand.

Image shared under Creative Commons License: "Walking Through Fall" by Tom Cochrane