Spotlight
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Conscious Living Graham
Center for Why We Are No Longer Alamance County’s Best Kept Secret!
• Our History: This February we celebrate our 30th year in Alamance County! The Center for Spiritual Living Graham (CSLG) was founded as the Unity Church of Burlington in February of 1987. In 1995 we purchased our current buildings in Graham, and in 2004 we fully aligned ourselves with the teachings and philosophy of Ernest Holmes, joining the Centers for Spiritual Living in Golden, CO.
• A Way of Life: Our Center follows (and expands on) the philosophy and teachings of Science of Mind (SOM), founded in 1927 by Dr. Ernest Holmes. He describes SOM (also known as Religious Science, (RS)) as “a correlation of laws of science, opinions of philosophy, and revela- tions of religion applied to human needs and the aspirations of [hu- mankind].” Rather than on any ’authority’s established beliefs’, SOM/ RS is based on what it can accomplish for the people who practice it. We are part of the New Thought movement that also includes Unity.
• Reasons People Join: Feeling unconditionally welcomed and ac- cepted both by the people and the general ‘feel’ of our community, and by the SOM teachings and spiritual principles.
• A Feeling of Belonging: Many describe a feeling of ‘belonging’ or ‘having found my spiritual home’. One member shares: "Ever since discovering CLSG in 2008 I have grown as an individual in so many ways. I finally found a spiritual ideology and community that reso- nated with my heart and mind. The information that Ernest Holmes brought together in The Science of Mind helped me understand the common threads shared by our world religions. One of our songs has a line that spoke to my heart... 'Black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor, Buddhist,
Jew...all are welcome here'. In our center we live that belief. Come join us. Pam Myrick, Haw River”
• Vibrancy. Another member finds that she deeply appreciates our Wednesday evening Practical Spirituality services because Sundays aren’t feasible for her. To her, our Center is a ‘vibrant, alive, place where people can come to learn, and grow, and become more of what we already are within. It is a “safe haven” where people are able to freely express feelings and opinions, and learn in the process.’
• Inspiration, companionship, and support: At our Center you will find inspiration to think outside ‘the box’ – or better yet: to dis- cover there is no box!! Many of us feel as though ‘there’s got to be more to life than ‘this’ – whatever ‘this’ might be. We become
seekers, embarking on a spiritual “Hero’s or Heroine’s Journey”. CSLG is the perfect place to come for support, guidance, and encourage- ment, while journeying. For example, we offer:
• Prayer support for anyone requesting it.
• Sunday morning meditations at 10:30am, followed at 11:00am by our Celebration Service. Then it’s time for coffee, tea, conversation, and friendship in our Social Hall.
• Wednesdays at 6:30pm we have our Practical Spirituality Service where we explore ways to live our life from the Sacred within as taught by ancient and contemporary sages (Lao Tzu, Khalil Gibran, Ernest Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Don Miguel Ruiz, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Eckhart Tolle, Parker Palmer, Edwene Gaines – to name a few).
• Our 4th Friday of the month Drumming Circle at 7:00pm.
• Workshops and more in-depth classes leading to a deeper connec- tion with the Divine Essence within, and with our SOM teachings.
• Energy healing (see
http://www.cherokeeenergyhealing.com for more info).
• Fun trips – i.e. to the Saturday Farmers Markets in Saxapahaw, guided nature walks, silent retreats, zip lining adventures and more. Now is the only time we have. Whether it was Eleanor Roosevelt,
David Keane, or Alice Morse Earle, the saying “Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why they call it present”, is so true! So gift yourself a visit to our Center to find out how ‘who we are and what we do’ matches your personal spiritual journey.
We are located on 309 S. Maple Ave in Graham, NC, north of exit
147 off if I-40//85, one block west of Main street across the EMT build- ing. For more information:
www.grahamcsl.org, or via email at info@
grahamcsl.org.
Written by Johanna Janssen, RScP, EdD, who is the Spiritual Direc-
tor of our Center. She found SOM in 1995 and hasn’t looked back since. Aside from being an educator and a physical therapist, she will be a licensed SOM Minister in August of this year! See our ad on page 22.
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