Aloha,
My name is Reverend Cindy Palos and I'm going to be talking today about a subject that goes very deep.
It's the subject of good will.
Towards the holidays we often see phrases on cards,
Peace and good will.
And good will is a really powerful motivating force for all of us.
Good will actually opens up a channel of energy and if we're open to being receptive to good will,
Then we can also share and transmit good will and be a part of that flow that really can help change the world.
It's a very simple thing but it goes extremely deep.
I'm going to start out with some affirmations for good will and do a prayer and go into a meditation and read a few of my poems on good will.
Starting with the affirmation for good will.
I breathe in the breath of spirit.
The essence of the presence that I am.
I find a way to live with good will today.
I let it fill my mind,
My heart and my emotions.
I trust that with good will I can find compassion and see that good can be my teacher.
Good is my creed.
I find a way to live with more loving kindness each day.
I know God is within me and is that power that is at the heart and soul of me,
The real me.
I am a thought being experienced by God and I hold that goodness of God within my mind and my heart.
I am very grateful that God is good all the time and that I hold that goodness in me and so it is.
I wrote a poem the other day thinking about the subject on good will.
Reach out when you need a hand.
Find a way to believe that there are others out there who can help and there is grace and mercy if we are open to believe and to receive.
Look within.
Look to the heavens and seek and you shall find there are so many people working for the good of humankind.
We all have times of challenges and it seems the world is a testing place,
A daily school of learning and we must work together to help save the human race.
But one thing is for certain,
This I know is true,
You are not alone my friend.
There are others out there who always can help you and find a way to see you through.
Reach out when those burdens get too heavy.
Take a moment to pray to God and believe there is the power of goodness that is waiting there if you are open to receive.
Now let's take a moment to go into the heart of that goodness.
Let's go within in meditation now.
Take a few deep breaths,
Sit comfortably,
Relax.
Let all thoughts and worry go,
Just let them slip away as you breathe in goodness.
Breathe deep,
Fill yourself with that goodness and breathe out relaxing,
Releasing anything but that goodness.
Breathe deeply in,
Hold your breath for a minute and breathe out.
Feel that goodness circulating through your entire body,
Through your blood,
Through your chakras into your heart and let your heart open with goodness.
In the heart within the heart of God,
There is the ultimate goodness.
Go to that place within you,
That pure place of innocence and goodness,
That part of you that doesn't doubt that you are good.
Breathe that goodness in and let it fill your mind.
Fill your mind being filled with the light of goodness now.
Let your mind be circled by that light of goodness.
See it circling around and clearing all of your thoughts.
Find that goodness radiating,
Enlightening you and go through the head chakra to the crown chakra.
See yourself in the light of the soul above your crown chakra now and sense that I am,
That I am presence and realize that presence holds the power of goodness.
Call upon that light,
Call upon that power of goodness and ask to be open to receive and be an instrument of God's good will.
Go to that place now and know that you can let yourself get out of the way and release any strife and find that place of peace,
That place where you can believe that you can share goodwill with all.
And now let's take a moment to imagine.
Imagine a world where there is goodwill extended and that goodwill opens the door to peace,
To harmony,
To understanding,
To compassion.
Realize that this goodwill can solve the world's problems and that spirit of goodwill holds an energy.
That spirit of goodwill is alive in our heart,
Our minds,
Our soul,
In spirit,
In the earth,
In the breeze,
In the water,
Every grain of sand holds the energy.
It's the fire of the eternal song that celebrates the sound of life.
It's resonating right now in your heart.
It sings to your soul.
See the world surrounding by this song of goodwill,
Surrounded by the spirit of goodwill.
Feel the love that's radiating as that goodwill is at work in the world as it helps each soul fulfill its life's destiny,
As all souls find their greater purpose,
As we see the world enlightened with hope and love,
And that we find that goodwill at the heart of all humankind.
Feel that.
What does it feel like to see the world experiencing goodwill?
Know that you have that good,
That goodness in yourself.
And as you experience that pure goodness that is the Godness in you,
You can see the goodness in others too.
And as you see that God in others,
You allow them to see that good in them,
That spirit in them,
That goodwill that lifts us all.
See the world inspired by the highest dream of God's plan.
Imagine it becoming a reality,
And the one light of peace and goodwill is found on earth right now.
And love sparks that light of goodwill in each heart and soul.
And that goodwill helps us to bring the world to a place of perfect compassion,
Peace,
And understanding.
That goodwill is alive right now in you and in me.
Believe in that inherent good that is alive in your heart and soul,
That innocence you see in baby's faces,
That's alive in the energy that inspires,
Alive in the smiles,
The well-wishes you share.
And believe you can find that you are a force for good,
And that it speaks to you in so many ways and allows you to be the best that you are every single day.
This power of goodness is a wonderful force,
And as we share it and let it motivate us,
We turn our little will and our egos over to God's will for the greater good and service come what may.
And it holds the spirit of true kindness.
It lets the heart speak to the mind.
It lets the higher consciousness be a force that directs our path.
And it finds a way to remind us the power of God's love is living in that spirit within us and within all.
Absorb that energy.
Believe it.
Be it.
Become it.
Live it.
And now slowly come out of meditation and feel yourself inspired by that goodwill.
And I'll close today with the Aramaic Lord's Prayer.
Father,
Mother of the cosmos,
Shimmering light of all,
Focus your light within us as we breathe your holy breath.
Enter the sanctuary of our hearts,
Uniting within us the sacred rays of your power and beauty.
Let your heart's desire unite heaven and earth through our sacred union.
Help us to fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives today.
Forgive our secret fears as we freely choose to forgive the secret fears of others.
Let us not enter into forgetfulness tempted by false appearances.
For from your astonishing fire comes the eternal song which sanctifies all,
Renewed eternally in our lives and throughout creation.
We seal these words in our hearts committed in trust and faith.
A mama,
A mama,
Ua noa,
The prayer is freed.
May the blessing of goodwill and goodness be alive.
You always thank you.
