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Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Love & Understanding Institute website. We teach and practice a positive and practical approach to spirituality, honoring universal truths in all religions and respecting each individual's right to choose a spiritual path that fulfills their unique lifestyle. We provide you with the tools to learn and grow on your life journey.
We are an Independent Church recognized by the US Government as a Nonprofit Religious Organization under the IRS 501C3.
Our Mission
Our mission is to teach Truth Principles and ancient wisdom to assist in transforming our lives. We provide a space where people can be heard and supported as well as the ability to share their gifts and talents.
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Our Vision
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Our vision is to establish a spiritual community of loving, compassionate leaders who are examples of healthy, abundant, conscious, peaceful and joy-filled living.
Next ZOOM VISIONING
Please Join Us the first Friday of February 2025 at 6PM Pacific Time
To Vision for our New Physical Home for Sunday Services
You are an essential part of this Vision so please join us and add your consciousness to the grounding of our Church Vision.
We are coming together to Catch God’s Vision for our Sunday Services and the Direction of our Ministry!
The Link for our Visioning will change each visioning:
Five Basic Beliefs
1) God is good and everywhere present
2) The spirit of God lives within each and every person.
3) We create our life experiences through our way of thinking.
4) There is a power in affirmative prayer which we believe increases our connection to God
5) Knowledge of these principles is not enough. We must live them.
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THIS SUNDAY
November 17, 2024
Live Zoom Service
Meditation begins promptly at 9:50AM Pacific Time
Service begins at 10AM Pacific Time
Topic for Sunday November 17, 2024
Whole People
When we live our lives seeing through a dualistic mind then we always experience either / or. This divides and limits our total experience.
Please join us this Sunday as we explore the Whole Person.
The link for our Sunday Service is NEW each week:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509050967
Each Sunday you will be admitted from a waiting room
This is being REQUIRED by Zoom
Please click on the link and join the Service at least 10 minutes before we start at 10am Pacific time for a short meditation.
You will be muted when joining. Please stay muted during the service unless you are having a problem.
We are recording the service and will stop the recording after the Prayer of Protection and a Final Prayer. We will unmute you at that time.
We can then have our usual “Sharing” amongst our group only live.
We look forward to hearing your input about the topic and your feedback about the service.
We appreciate your support so that we can provide you with Live Zoom meetings.
You can make a donation by going to our website: www.loveandu.org
And make a secure online donation
Or
Venmo - James Daly @revjames69
Or
Zelle – reverendjamesdaly@gmail.com
Or
You can mail a check to our office:
Love & Understanding
14013 Old Harbor Lane Unit #105
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Thank you for your support
You are in my prayers
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Rev James Daly
Love & Understanding Newsletter November 13, 2024 Issue #1155
Quote of the Week
Unless you let the truth of life teach you on its terms, unless you develop some concrete practices for recognizing and overcoming your dualistic mind, you will remain in the first half of your life forever, as most humanity has up to now. In the first half of life, you cannot work with the imperfect, nor can you accept the magical sense of life, which means that you cannot love anything or anyone to any depth. Nothing is going to change in history as long as people are merely dualistic, either-or thinkers. Such splitting and denying leaves people at the level of mere information.
By Fr. Richard Rohr
Weekly Newsletter Article
Whole People
There are an extremely large number of people very happy across the United States of America as well a large number that are upset and fearful.
I dare say that there are very few that are neutral or unemotional.
Those few have developed a contemplative practice that allows them to stay balanced. These people see things as “whole” and bring balance wherever they go. With Balance comes peace, joy and appreciation of the present moment. The dramatic emotional swings that are inevitable with a dualistic mind aren’t experienced.
The Book of Genesis refers to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden of Eden. When mankind ate the fruit, or accepted the idea of duality (Good and Evil), they could no longer live in Perfect Peace but must instead endure the trials of the world.
The pressure to name things good and bad, right and wrong, happy or sad, etc. is potentially overpowering in our human world. But those that could break free and see the world around them and all people as Whole, Perfect and Complete became our Way-showers. Jesus, Buddha and others saw and established that pathway for mankind to follow.
However most of those that profess to follow these Way-showers are still attached to a view and belief in duality. These people see and create splits in everything and everybody. This is very apparent around the world and not just in the USA.
In order to see and establish the Wholeness that is all around you, many things may actually fall apart. Your work is to bring those parts together by practicing acts of wholeness and fullness in your daily life. Then You become the Way-shower for others.
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Reverend James Daly
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This Week's Topic
THIS SUNDAY
November 17, 2024
Live Zoom Service
Meditation begins promptly at 9:50AM Pacific Time
Service begins at 10AM Pacific Time
Topic for Sunday November 17, 2024
Whole People
When we live our lives seeing through a dualistic mind then we always experience either / or. This divides and limits our total experience.
Please join us this Sunday as we explore the Whole Person.
The link for our Sunday Service is NEW each week:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509050967
Each Sunday you will be admitted from a waiting room
This is being REQUIRED by Zoom
Please click on the link and join the Service at least 10 minutes before we start at 10am Pacific time for a short meditation.
You will be muted when joining. Please stay muted during the service unless you are having a problem.
We are recording the service and will stop the recording after the Prayer of Protection and a Final Prayer. We will unmute you at that time.
We can then have our usual “Sharing” amongst our group only live.
We look forward to hearing your input about the topic and your feedback about the service.
We appreciate your support so that we can provide you with Live Zoom meetings.
You can make a donation by going to our website: www.loveandu.org
And make a secure online donation
Or
Venmo - James Daly @revjames69
Or
Zelle – reverendjamesdaly@gmail.com
Or
You can mail a check to our office:
Love & Understanding
14013 Old Harbor Lane Unit #105
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Thank you for your support
You are in my prayers
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Rev James Daly