The Brethren Spirit - Brossura

Smith, Robert C

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1504347455 ISBN 13: 9781504347457

Casa editrice: BalboaPress, 2016

Riassunto

We all need to feel we have a spiritual meaning and purpose, by creating our spiritual direction in having goals and expectations, heading down a positive path that gives us something to hold on to every day.

Your work and dedication toward your goals can intensify your sense of spiritual meaning and purpose. Be true to your spiritual self. Hold on to it and live your life with love and compassion as best you can, evaluating the things in your life that hold the most importance-your family, your friends, and your job.

What it really comes down to is, know what you want and know why you want it, discover your talents and passions, and do not forget to use them every day.

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The Brethren Spirit

By Robert C Smith

Balboa Press

Copyright © 2016 Robert C Smith
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5043-4745-7

Contents

Acknowledgements, ix, 
The Circle of Light Spiritualist Church, xi, 
Foreword, xiii, 
Part 1: My Formative Years in Religion and Spiritual Awareness, 1, 
Part 2: My Spiritual Philosophy, 16, 
Part 3: Guides, Past Life Regression, Trance Mediumship, 81, 
Part 4: Poems and Meditations, 90, 
Appendix, 101, 
Resources, 103, 

CHAPTER 1

Part 1 My Formative Years in Religion and Spiritual Awareness

My first impressions of religion were formed in my early years, starting at the age of 5, in the Anglican Church. I attended my family's first church in Chittoe, Wiltshire, when I was about 10 years old. My mother was a very keen churchgoer, and the four of us regularly attended church three times on a Sunday – Morning Prayer, Sunday school in the afternoon, and Evensong at six o'clock. It did not matter to me, because I always felt good every time I went to church. I was part of the choir, along with my sister, and we both sang well. There was something special about going to this church. There was a feeling of spiritual awareness that was special whenever we attended services.

Like many people, music was inspirational to me, especially classical music like Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. I was interested in violin music and was learning to play during my teenage years at a music school in Calne, Wiltshire. Unfortunately, when I was 14 years of age, my father took a job in Gloucestershire, which meant that we all moved with him, and it was difficult to find a music tutor in the new area. But my interest in music has not dwindled. I still enjoy concerts, and symphony orchestral music can be so very uplifting and rewarding.

During this time, having changed to a new school and another form of teaching in Bourton-on-the-Water, my sister and I needed some adjustment. We were at that time attending a new church in Little Rissington, where we lived. It was called St Peter's. It was not long before we were both confirmed in this church, along with others in the village, by the bishop of Gloucester, David Asquith. This meant we could now attend communion services and receive communion.

Having had a good upbringing from my parents, my path was laid out for me – a moral and religious life that included getting a vocation in electrical engineering and attending college one day a week as part of my apprenticeship. I also had sporting activities like football, cricket, and athletics. I was quite fanatical about taking part and being a member of a team. I always felt the right combination and the camaraderie was the right ingredient.

Up to the age of twenty-seven, I made great progress in the electrical field in the United Kingdom, so I had had an attractive résumé. To further my career, I decided to go to Australia, because I was interested in travel and in learning how people lived in such a vast country. Within a year, my qualifications allowed me to secure a job in northwest Australia as a supervisor on the construction of an iron-ore project. I was a member of the electrical engineering construction team, working for a major international company called Bechtel Pacific Corporation. The workforce consisted of five hundred men of all nationalities, who lived in air-conditioned accommodations at the port site. There was not much to do in our spare time, so I became the cinema operator and showed films flown up from Perth during the week. Every eight weeks, we were allowed a long weekend in Perth to recharge our batt

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: BalboaPress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1504347455
• ISBN 13: 9781504347457
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 120
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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