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The Centers of Light are Mystical Christian schools and

communities dedicated to consciousness, spiritual growth, and

empowerment. Much like the spiritual communities that mystics

such as St. Francis of Assisi and Paramahansa Yogananda

created, the Centers of Light are shining, warm places for people

searching for inner truth, meaning, and direct relationship with

God. In each of our 13 Centers across the country, we teach,share, and cultivate spirituality through sacraments, meditation,

seminars, classes, and practical instruction in order to bring

people into real, deep experiences of God.

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It is not enough for us to say:

I love God, but I do not love my neighbor.

Saint John says that you are a liar if you love God

and you dont love your neighbor.

How can you love God whom you do not see,

if you do not love your neighbor whom you see,

whom you touch, with whom you live?

And so this is very important for us to realize,

that love, to be true, has to hurt.

- Mo t, nobl Pz ccpc pc, 1979

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of Light around the country. Know

for his sense of humor, Father Pete

is also an accomplished musicia

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Hereyou are reading another article onspirituality. It is likely that this is neither the

rst nor will it be the last. This time though, I

want to invite you to go beyond just reading

and step into an experience that is deeper

than words. So take a ew moments to relax.

Let your breathing slow down and deepen.

Let the tension in your body dissolve and

the worries o the day drit away. Relax. Now

picture yoursel in a beautiul orest on a

summer day. Notice the sweet smell o the

air. Feel the warmth o the sun on your ace

as sunlight streams through the treetops.

Notice the green color o the leaves and

that a gentle breeze is blowing. Listen to the

sound o the rustling leaves. The breeze is

subtle, almost imperceptible. Yet the leaves

respond to its caress. There is a proound

peace and stillness in the futtering. It is

harmonious and beautiul. Be in the eeling

o this harmony or a ew moments. Then you

can read on.

We have all seen and heard the movement

o the wind in the trees. Even as observers

we have been deeply moved by it. But what

i it were possible to be more than vicarious

admirers o this natural phenomenon? What

i we could actually be like these leaves and

be caressed by a breeze that is peace itsel?

What i we could allow our souls to be moved

by the touch o Gods love as it fows over us

and through us? From the beginning o time,

the longing o our hearts has driven us to

seek such an experience. Over the centuries,

this practice o seeking connection with

God has acquired a name. We have called it

meditation.

Many Americans are beginning to practice

meditation. Most modern meditation

techniques emphasize relaxation and

concentration, which are certainly helpul.

But meditation can be much more than that.

Meditation is meant to be about love.

In order or meditation to take us into

the realm o love, we must learn to drop

deeply within ourselves deeper than ourbodies, thoughts and emotions. Below

these supercialities, we will nd a place

o stillness and simplicity that is much like

the orest in our visualization. There, in the

depths o our being, we can stretch orth the

leaves o our senses and eel the movement

o Gods presence. Gods love washes over

us and we are moved by it. Gently rustling

and swaying in peace, God pours through

our hearts and minds, and we emerge romthis experience changed by it. Having been

deeply loved, we nd ourselves alling in

love with God. Sentiments o devotion grow

in our hearts. We rejoice in Gods touch. Our

rustling becomes a joyul reciprocation o the

love we are receiving, and we futter with love

or God. Eventually, love begins to dissolve

our separateness, and we begin to move as

one with God. Now we are truly meditating.

In our initial attempts at meditation, when

body, thought and emotion are undisciplined,

it can eel unimaginable that such a place

o stillness and love exists within. But with

practice it becomes increasingly accessible.

As you continue to practice meditation,

remember that your destination is love.

Strive to move beyond just relaxing. I you

are simple and open, like the orest in the

breeze, you may nd that having experiences

o Gods love is easier than you think.

REVEREND DAVI

CORVINI began his traini

with the Order of Christ Sophia

December of 1999 and was ordain

a Priest in April of 2003. Rev. Dav

received a Bachelor of Science

Psychology from the College

William and Mary in 1997 and

Medical Doctorate from SUNDownstate College of Medici

in 2001. He now works for

Anthony Hospital in Warwick, N

as an emergency physician and

internist. Rev. David served at t

New Haven Center of Light fo

years, ministering to the commun

and the mens Novice progra

there. In January of 2008, he a

his wife Rev Monica moved

Brooklyns Park Slope to begin t

New York Center of Light whi

they co-direct. In March of 2011, t

New York Center of Light relocat

to Warwick, NY. In addition

serving at the Center of Light

New York, Rev David works w

children and teens across t

country as a Youth Minister and al

with students in various countr

through the Centers of Light Onli

International progra

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The Power of Truthby Mo Cl W

Respector truth seems to be at an all-timelow. What is truth? Pontius Pilate cynically

asked Jesus 2,000 years ago. This rhetorical

question came in response to Jesus stating

that he had come into the world to bear

witness to the truth and that everyone who

is o the truth will hear his voice. Truth has

in act been disrespected throughout history,

with disrespect peaking to outrageous

proportions at various intervals.

I do see such a peak o disrespect or truth

happening at this time throughout our

country and throughout much o the world.

Our government blatantly lies to us, without

suering any consequences, even i theirlies lead us into wars that kill a hundred

thousand people. Our elected ocials

reely say whatever will get them elected,

and there seems to be no accountability or

misleading the people and or actions taken

purely or personal gain, rather than or the

wellbeing o their constituency. Our nancial

establishments lie to gain obscene amounts

o money or the ew while sending hundreds

o thousands o people into nancial distress,losing their homes and jobs and dying rom

lack o health care. The only consequence

o their lying is that they received higher

bonuses the next year than ever beore. And

lying in relationships is now more common

than not, and very ew people seem to eel

obligated to ollow through with what they

give commitments to.

The reasoning or all o this seems to be:

Truth is subjective and changes rom mome

to moment. So why be stuck to something th

you committed to a while back? Everything

changes, so you should not have to be held t

what you said previously. You should be ree

to go with the fow.

Is truth simply a subjective and momentary

take on a matter or situation, or is there mo

to what truth is or can be? When you listen

people, do you ever hear something in their

words that sounds like more than a tempora

point o view? Perhaps no one among your

acquaintances actually has a sense or truth

or a dedication to nding it, speaking it and

living it. Now consider Jesus words: I was

born and came into the world to bear witnes

to the truth. Does that sound like he was

speaking o something subjective, somethin

constantly changing, open to anyones

interpretation? Surely not. Then what is the

truth that is objective, that always holds tru

and applies to everyone? These questions

have been the driving orce o seekers o tru

throughout the ages.

On a small scale, everyone can experience

the power o simply telling the truth in all

aspects o their lives. When you always stat

what is true or you to the best o your abilit

to discern it, and you are dedicated to being

true to your word and ollowing through wit

what you committed to, you will begin to

experience clarity and reedom in your hear

MOTHER CLARE WATTS

is a mystic, ordained Priest, Master

Teacher, and Co-Director of the

Order of Christ Sophia. She has

her Masters Degree in Counseling

Psychology and practiced as a

Jungian-trained psychotherapist.

Continually drawing from her

education and her experience,

including 17 years working as

a professional midwife, Mother

Clare has garnered a reputation for

her clarity of vision. She lectures

nationally on Mystical Christianity.

She has four grown children and

lives in Dolores, Colorado where she

oversees the the efforts

to expand and grow the

Sophia Peace Center.


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and mind. You dont have to be araid o orgetting who you told what,

because you tell everyone the same truth. Your conscience is ree o

guilt about lies and deceits because you no longer make those errors.

And you develop a certain knowing about living in truth, a knowing

that you discover is the best and reest way to live, and you nd that

you never would want to live otherwise. When you surround yoursel

with other people who are also dedicated to learning and speaking the

truth, you steer clear o many o the causes o heartbreak and miserycoming rom relationship with others.

On a much larger scale is the pursuit o absolute truth. These truths

are unassailable and beyond debate. People still can and do debate

them, but when they do they are missing the point. Your conscious

mind will never understand these great truths. They are beyond

reason, beyond circumstance and time. Only by meditation and

contemplation can you access them. For example, one o those truths

is that God is love. I you engage that statement intellectually, you

could think o numerous instances in which it seems like God would

have done dierently i God was, in act, love. But such arguments are

inane and useless. Instead, i you go into meditation and contemplate

the great truth that God is love, you will have the opportunity to

come to know that this is true, beyond any knowledge your head

could have acquired. You will eel the truth o it, and it will expand

your consciousness and potentially change your lie. That, then, is an

example o the power o truth.

How would you know what a great truth is? You can learn to meditat

and contemplate, and then you can take such teachings into your

inner being and nd out what power they hold. With Jesus, Mary,

Buddha, Rumi, Lao Tzu, the teachings o Solomon and the writings o

the great mystics o all traditions, you can start by assuming what t

say most likely holds great truth. Then take one teaching at a time,

go into your inner chamber, and hold that truth in the light o Chris

Ask God within to show you the meaning, to open up your heart andmind to a higher wisdom and understanding. Stay patient and still

and allow the teachings to unold within you. When a truth is reveal

to you, treasure it. Write it down and hold it in your heart or days.

Contemplate it during your days and let it continue to unold in you

during the nights.

When you decide to live a lie o speaking truth and going within to

seek out truth, you will experience its transormative power. Try it.

The blessings o truth are available to you i you want to nd out or

yoursel how truth can transorm your lie and can be the power tha

sets you ree.


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to our years ago this

month, and I met Mother Clare Watts

or the rst time. I was in Seattle visiting

my mom and she invited me to meet her

teacher and her spiritual community at

the Center o Light. I had no inclination

toward Christianity, and it was solely a

visit to satisy my curiosity o What is

mom doing now? Or so I thought.

Though I was conscious that my lie was

miserable and in pieces on the foor o

my unky and pretty depressing home in

Berkeley, Caliornia, I didnt know how

radically dierent lie could be. I had

experienced my moms transormation

o being more peaceul and loving, and

I liked what I heard about having a

teacher who taught you personally how

to grow, change and love. But at most, I

thought these Christians might only be

able to link me with some other people

doing similar spiritual work. To be

honest, I hoped it would be more exotic

like Hinduism, Buddhism or anything

with colorul abric and lots o singing.

I had read Paramahansa Yoganandas

Autobiography o a Yogi and was moved

by the spiritual experiences he had in his

relationship with his teacher. I gured

this wasnt possible because I lived in

the USA, and he was Yogananda ater

all. At the time, I had my yoga practice

and reread many Buddhist teachings,

I was planning to travel my whole lie,

I smoked a lot o pot and elt happiest

when I had a good meal and watched

the sunset. This was as much peace as I

could create at that time. I had no idea

another way was possible and especially

not or me.

Within the rst hour o meeting the

community and starting the seminar in

Seattle, I could eel lie moving inside o

me and a door opening that I couldnt

identiy. I was inspired. I saw and elt

something beore me that I wanted

desperately and I was nervous about

showing and admitting this. I was drawn

to Jesus and Mother Mary as real living

teachers and wondered i they would

take me, too. I saw truly empowered

women beore me who werent ghting

eminists or topless goddesses, like

examples in my hippy childhood who I

took to be strong.

I asked my most pressing questions that

nobody had ever been able to answer

beore about our souls, our purpose

and what happens when we die. Mother

Clare answered my questions rom her

own knowing, and I elt that. I wanted to

know the truth like she did, in such a way

that I could nally be at peace inside o

mysel and eventually oer that solace to

others. I was convinced on many levels

at this point but wouldnt admit that out

o ear that my boyriend, my dad and

many riends would make un o me and

blow me o.

What prevailed was my desire to be

honest, pure and loving, and to grow in

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a dynamic and measurable way. Once I knew

this was possible, I couldnt stop thinking

about it. I wanted more o the experiences I

elt while I was at the Center and knew there

was more or me. I joined the community

in Oakland the next month and have been

a spiritual student ever since. I have made

many sacrices o what I wanted or myseland my amily, and my teachers have lovingl

taught me at each step. I have endured the

ridicule by some old riends and amily as I

eared and came away rom it more secure

in my commitment and clear in what kind

o relationships I want. My boyriend and I

separated a while later, and though it was

dicult or me to let that go, I came to know

how important it is or me to choose this lie

or mysel and not what somebody else want

or me.

When the question o joining the novice

program came up, I was nervous about this

big lie change but knew this is what I had

wanted since I was young. I always considere

being a nun or a monk, I was ascinated by

monasteries but knew the traditional route

wasnt or me. I knew I wanted to stay in the

world as a participant but also elt a pull to

submerge in devotion, and the novice progra

oered just this: a committed spiritual lie wtraining alongside o daily duties, jobs, scho

and relationships. I knew it was an ultimate

challenge and would push me to grow much

aster.

I elt very much at home at the Center and

blessed to be invited to live there and to

deepen in my relationship to God there. The

are no words to describe how much I have

received and how much I value my lie now.

Not only have I ound meaning, but I have

ound an entire amily who cares to love eac

other out o purity and continue to grow in

this perection together. I am thankul to

God, to Jesus and Mother Mary, to our Mast

Teachers, and to my teacher Rev Rachel who

I get to live with and learn rom every single

day. It is so generous that we get to live with

our teachers, so generous it is hard to believ

~ Gloria, Oakland

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Our spiritual community is a

lace where real, meaningful

onversation can happen,

hanks to the high level of

ntegrity and honesty in

very relationship. Spiritual

ommunity gives us the

pportunity to learn, grow

nd support each other in our

ndividual journeys to God, no

matter how young or old you

re, whether you are single or

married, with children or not.

Activities such as camping

rips, movie nights, picnics

nd cookouts make spiritual

ommunity at the Centers of

ight an even more dynamic

nd vibrant part of life.

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The Order o Mercy, oten reerred to as the

OM, started its mission o service visiting

the elderly and cleaning up neighborhoods

our years ago. Women and men o all ages

take vows o service to become Sisters and

Brothers and are inormally called OMers.

Many members start their training with

the Centers o Light and ater a couple o

years want to give back and serve their

communities. Giving to our communities is

a way to bring peace into the world. It also

creates a bond between those serving in this

way. It is truly amazing that with just a little

bit o love and caring, so much can grow.

Each little seed o love that is given through

a simple smile, holding o a hand or saying

a prayer together or cleaning up a street in a

neighborhood has the potential o growing

exponentially.

The OM provides people with the

opportunity to give to elderly who do not

have anyone at the end o their lives. OMers

visit local nursing homes and nd those

who are alone and without amily. O these,

many have survived their amilies or there

has been a confict that has ostracized

them rom their children or other relatives.

These visits are intended to provide comort

and love, and range rom holding hands,

singing hymns, praying, reading rom the

Bible or The Poem of the Man God to simply

listening to their story, guiding them and

reminding them that they are loved and

can orgive and be orgiven. The simplicity

o giving in this way changes the lives o

both the elderly and the OMers. Members

o the OM share many stories about the

hope and love in these relationships, and

how it changes their own relationships with

the people they live with and how it brings

more peace to themselves.

Cleaning the streets is another way the

OM gives back. OMers organize both

their spiritual communities and the

general public to join orces to clean up

the streets in their cities and towns. Being

a part o these cleanups allows everyone

to experience the git o giving to these

parts o the cities that are ignored. When

the OMers are out cleaning the streets, it

creates a contagious enthusiasm: people

want to start helping, stores contribute

drinks, cars honk as they go by in

support. We have also seen how once a

neighborhood or street has been cleaned,

people tend to maintain the area and keep

it clean.

The OMers not only give their time in the

world serving the elderly and neighborhoo

but also serve the world in a much deeper

way through their prayer work. OMers pray

the rosary each week on a specic topic an

are called to pray or other topics that need

consciousness and change. Prayer is the

power behind the OM. The strength o the

OM grows as members come together in

one mind and heart in prayer.

What is most joyul about the Order o

Mercy is that in the simple and loving way

each member gives to prayer, the elderly

or the neighborhood, they grow in their

relationship with God and are bringing

more peace and love to this earth.

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