The COSA Newsletter
UPDATES
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
A
Message from the President of
Spiritual
Awakening Spiritualist Center
Dear
Members and Friends,
Happy
May!
We
have quite a lot of activities going on this month. First, we have a
Spiritual Philosophy & Intuition Workshop on Saturday the 11th.
We will be discovering the philosophy and reasoning behind Reincarnation.
So that should be an interesting and eye-opening workshop.
Then
on Sunday the 12th we will be having our always popular 'ALL MESSAGE
SERVICE' with a different approach than usual. Join us to find out
more about it.
On
Saturday May 25th there will be a Mediumship Development Workshop
for those interested in furthering their Mediumship abilities. Everyone
is invited to join us for this easy and interesting workshops.
As
the weather starts to warm up (REALLY WARM UP) please remember our pets
and any feral or stray cats and dogs who would welcome an occasional
bowl of cold water. Thank you!
Looking
forward to seeing you soon!
Blessings,
Love and Light.
Michael
thechurchofspiritualawakening@msn.com
WHAT'S
AROUND THE CORNER?
Upcoming
Events for May 2024
PLEASE
CHECK THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING CENTER WEBSITE FOR UPDATES OR CHANGES
TO OUR SCHEDULE BY CLICKING
HERE . THANK
YOU.
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Michael
Davies
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ALL
MESSAGE SERVICE
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Patsy
McGowan
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Chris
Gunn
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May
5th
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May
12th
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May
19th
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May
26th
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Other
Events and Services:
Printable
Version: Please
Click this link for Printer Friendly Schedule/
Calendar
for May 2024 (churchofspiritualawakening.com)
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Date
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Events
and Services for May 2024
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Sunday
5th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am: Lecturer
and
Spirit Messages with
Michael Davies
- Spiritual
Awakening Center President |
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Tuesday
7th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE May
7th:
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Saturday
11th
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Spiritual
Philosophy & Intuition Workshop
From
10:30am to 12:30p.m.
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For more information about this workshop please Click
Here
or visit our website
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Sunday
12th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
'ALL MESSAGE SERVICE'
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Tuesday
14th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE May
14th:
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Sunday
19th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
Lecturer
with
Patsy McGowan - Spiritual Awakening
Center Director & Spirit Messages with
Church Mediums
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Tuesday
21st
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE May
21st :
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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Saturday
25th
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Mediumship
Development Workshop
From
10:30am to 12:30p.m.
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For more information about this workshop please Click
Here
or visit our website
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Sunday
26th
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From
10:00am to 10:25am: Laying
On Of Hands Spiritual Healing.
10:30am:
Lecturer
&
Spirit Messages with Medium
Chris Gunn
- Spiritual Awakening Center Director
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Tuesday
28th
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TUESDAY
CIRCLE May
28th :
Healing, Meditation, Mediumship
A
small love donation of $5.00 would be appreciated. Thank you
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PLEASE
CHECK THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING CENTER WEBSITE FOR UPDATES OR CHANGES
TO OUR SCHEDULE.
For
more information on any of these events please visit our website at:
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com
Events
and Workshops for
May
2024
PLEASE CHECK THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING CENTER WEBSITE FOR
UPDATES OR CHANGES TO OUR SCHEDULE.
For
more information on any of these events please visit our website at:
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com
PRIVATE
READINGS
Private Readings are available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays &
Saturday mornings, starting at 10:00am.
To book, please go to the booking page on our
website or click
here
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com/BookAReading.html
For
more information on any of these events please visit our website at:
http://www.churchofspiritualawakening.com
FRIENDS
OLD AND NEW
Happy
Birthday Wishes to Members:
Leigh
Dexter on the 9th. Cindy Confer on the 17th.
And
Tanya Soper on the 22nd.
A
Very Happy May Birthday to you All!
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If
you feel that you would like to become a member of our Spiritual Awakening
Family and have been a regular for a while. Please click on the Membership
link below for more information. Thank You!
Membership
MEDITATION
Please
click link below or picture to watch and hear Meditation:
Guided
Meditation: Relieve Anxiety, Clear Negativity, Release Worry
Run
Time 22:21
This
gentle guided meditation takes you to a peaceful place where you will
be given a simple, effective exercise to help you relieve anxiety and
clear negativity. It should be done regularly for a cumulative effect.
VOICES
FROM THE PAST
SPIRITUALISM:
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
Certainly!
The spiritualist movement attracted a diverse array of individuals,
including some well-known figures who believed in communicating
with the dead. Let’s
explore a few of them:
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Thomas
Edison:
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Thomas
Edison: The brilliant inventor Thomas Edison is famous
for inventing the phonograph in 1877. Interestingly, the first
record he created on the phonograph was of his own voice reciting
the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” In 1920, Edison
announced plans to create a “spirit phone” capable of communicating
with the deceased. Although some believe this was a joke or
a way to capitalize on spiritualism’s popularity, Edison’s interest
in the supernatural was genuine. He aimed to demonstrate that
science, rather than mediums and Ouija boards, could bridge
the gap between the living and the spirit world
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Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle: The creator of the iconic detective
Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was deeply interested
in spiritualism. He actively supported the movement and believed
in the possibility of communicating with spirits. Doyle wrote
extensively on the subject, advocating for spiritualism and
investigating psychic phenomena. His influence helped lend credibility
to the movement
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Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle:
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Sir
Oliver Sir
Oliver LodgeLodge:
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A distinguished scientist, Sir Oliver Lodge, also embraced spiritualism.
He conducted experiments and research related to mediumship
and spirit communication. Lodge’s involvement added scientific
weight to spiritualist claims, and he contributed significantly
to the movement’s credibility
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Hannen Swaffer: The journalist Hannen Swaffer was another
notable figure who believed in spiritualism. His writings and
public support helped raise awareness and interest in the movement.
Swaffer’s contributions highlighted spiritualism’s impact on popular
culture and society
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Hannen
Swaffer:
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William
Butler Yeats:
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The Irish poet William Butler Yeats explored spiritualism through
“automatic writings.” These were messages supposedly channeled
from spirits through writing without conscious control. Yeats’s
engagement with spiritualism influenced his poetry and artistic
expression
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Arnold
Schoenberg: The avant-garde composer Arnold Schoenberg delved
into spiritualism, creating what was known as “New Music.” His
exploration of unconventional musical forms and ideas was influenced
by spiritualist concepts
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Arnold
Schoenberg:
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These
figures, among others, contributed to the rich tapestry of spiritualism,
shaping cultural expression and challenging conventional beliefs
about life, death, and the afterlife.
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SPIRITUALISM
AND SPIRITUALISTS - What we Believe:
Featured
Article Contributed by Rev. Al Potts.
May
each day of the week be a good day
May
the Lord always watch over you
And
may all of your hopes turn to wishes
And
may all of your wishes come true.......
These
few words are from a lovely song sung by Andy Williams a few
years ago but resonate with us every day of our lives. In
May we think of the many promises we made a few months ago,
when a fresh New Year came upon us, but how quickly they have
gone from our memory. Our wishes are many, some for ourselves,
some for the planet and some for those near and dear to us.
So many promises are made, but where is the dedication in
Spiritualism to make sure that this wonderful truth continues.
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the first World War when many men were killed and people rushed
to get a communication from their deceased family member, Spiritualism
reached the pinnacle of its popularity. As with many other religions
there were many changes ahead and religions took on a new meaning.
Spiritualism moved in the direction of mental mediumship and cast
aside the philosophy in favour of a quick message, failing to
include the greatest mediumship of all, HEALING. Many churches
do offer Healing but it usually lasts about 15 minutes per patient,
and isn't given the time it deserves. |
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Emma
Hardinge Britten said in 1868, "If spiritualism is to advance
beyond it's phenomenal facts to the dignity of a philosophy
or the inspiration of a religion, it must not lose sight of
its harmonious relation to its phenomena, not descend from its
lofty vantage ground of knowledge, into the vale of misty theory".
What does that mean? We must continue to present the important
philosophy and message of spiritualism through the true facts
that have been propagated within modern day spiritualism. Beginning
with the Fox sisters in Hydesville New York State in 1848 and
that of people like Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 - 1772 and Andrew
Jackson Davis 1826 - 1910. Andrew Jackson Davis said" Truth
is the ultimate knowledge, it's the beginning, middle and end
of all inquiry. It is the source of all eternal realities, it's
unchangeable, the same yesterday, today and forever, and always
universal in its application.
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How
we understand truth is what we want it to be, how we perceive
the knowledge. To get at truth we must rid our minds of all
preconceptions and conditions and trust our intuition. Intuition
is the deepest source of truth: it is the genius of the soul.
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| After
the first World War when many men were killed and people rushed
to get a communication from their deceased family member, it reached
the pinnacle of its popularity. As with many other religions there
were many changes ahead and religions took on a new meaning. Spiritualism
moved in the direction of mental mediumship and cast aside the
philosophy in favor of a quick message, failing to include the
greatest mediumship of all, HEALING. Many churches do offer Healing,
but it usually lasts about 15 minutes per patient, and isn't given
the time it deserves. |
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What
is sadly missing in today's churches in the dedication which
was so visible up until the pandemic. Spiritualism offers us
all the necessary tools to create a wonderful life and fulfills
all of our needs and aspirations. Let us then take our religion
of Spiritualism, make it a big part of our lives by reaching
out to inspire those who have no leading light in their dark
world, and let us be more than a name on the church board, but
an acting member, dedicated to the furtherance of our church
and our religion of Spiritualism.
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THE
TEACHINGS OF SILVER BIRCH
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The Wisdom
of Silver Birch
Silver
Birch is arguably the most famous guide and prolific teacher
in the history of Spiritualism. Though presenting himself as
a North American Indian the wisdom of this timeless master transcends
both history and culture.
The
philosophy of Silver Birch was channeled over an incredible
61 years by trance medium and founder of Psychic News, Maurice
Barbanell.
Silver
Birch not only provides us with a comprehensive description
of the Spirit realm and its relation to the material plane we
temporarily call home, his words also provide a blueprint for
living a purposeful and ultimately satisfying life.
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The
message of Silver Birch is an excellent introduction for newcomers
to Spiritualism, an ongoing source of inspiration for established
Spiritualists, and food for thought for even the most hardened
skeptics.
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On
The Spirit World
Silver
Birch made it clear that the spirit world is not “dreamy or nebulous.”
Spirits are busy with activities just as they are in the physical
world. In the spirit world, the mental is real and the physical
is a shadow. For example, when one dreams, things seem real at
the time. The dream only becomes ethereal when the person wakes
up.
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On
Healing
He
emphasized that the Great Spirit, the apex of love and wisdom
and compassion, provides everyone with the opportunity to find
themselves and begin to live, not in superstition, ignorance,
or darkness, but in the full light of knowledge, with serenity
and confidence as their constant companions.
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'QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS' by Silver Birch
Every
Month we will post a different Question which was Asked and
Answered by Silver Birch
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Silver Birch
was asked:
A
spirit view of God: We are told that God knows when a sparrow
falls. How is it possible for God to know all that ......
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He
replied:
"That which is called God is the natural Law of the universe.
The Great Spirit is within everything. Everything is the Great
Spirit. Because the soul knows itself, the Great spirit knows
the soul. Because the sparrow is the Great Spirit, the Great
Spirit knows the sparrow. Because the Great Spirit is the trembling
leaf, the trembling leaf is the Great Spirit.
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Throughout
the whole of your world and mine, throughout the universe, even
in worlds which are not yet known to you, the laws of the Great
spirit reign supreme. Nothing happens outside those laws; therefore,
all is known because all comes within the compass of natural
law, which is the Great Spirit."
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FOOD
FOR THOUGHT
Scientists
can't decide if consciousness is real or fake
What
if everything in our world has a soul and mind? What if every desk,
chair, and potted plant has a conscious stream of thoughts? That's the
basic idea behind Panpsychism, a theory first put forward in the late
16th century by Francesco Patrizi. It's been a hundred years or so since
science won out about this theory in the 1920s, but now it's regaining
momentum.
To
understand why this theory is regaining popularity requires us to look
at one of the most difficult conundrums that human scientists have ever
faced: where consciousness comes from. Scientists have been trying to
solve this hard problem for over a hundred years, and while developments
in neuroscience, psychology, and quantum physics have come far, we still
don't have a definitive answer.
The
argument is regaining momentum, though, thanks in part to the work of
Italian neuroscientist and psychiatrist Giulio Tononi, who proposed
the idea that there is widespread consciousness even found in the simplest
of systems. Tononi and American neuroscientist Christof Koch argued
that consciousness will follow where there are organized lumps of matter.
Some even believe that the stars may be conscious.
This
basic idea, then, seems to suggest that grouped lumps of matter, like
the very chair you're sitting in right now, may have a stream of consciousness.
Of course, not everyone agrees with this. Many still take the stance
that this is just an attempt to grasp at straws, if you will, in a bid
to understand consciousness and how it comes to be.
The
main idea behind Panpsychism seems to rely on the belief that if brains
are not required for consciousness, then anything can be conscious of
its existence, and thus, everything has different experiences. But there
are more than just the believers and unbelievers here. There are actually
some who believe that consciousness is all an illusion, which raises
even more questions.
Keith
Frankish, an honorary professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield,
told Popular Mechanics that he believes that consciousness is just an
illusion of our own minds. Whether or not the very stars are conscious
has yet to be proven, of course. And we're still a long way from understanding
the brain and how it correlates to different things within our world.
This
is still an area of science that draws a lot of big question marks from
scientists. All you can really say for sure is what you believe. Are
you conscious? Or is consciousness just an illusion that your brain
has conjured up? It is certainly an interesting thought.
THE
FUNNY CORNER
Hi
there all you oldies, test your memory with this quiz. You would have
all been around in this period, see how you go. Don’t cheat.
THIS
MAY BE HARDER THAN YOU THINK. THE ANSWERS WILL BE ON THE TIP OF YOUR
TONGUE, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE CORRECT ANSWER.
Let's
see how good your memory is. Don't look at the answers yet, until the
end. Youngsters, you don't have a chance.
So have some fun, my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for the 'older
kids'! The answers are on a link below, (after the questions) but don't
cheat! Try to answer them first...
01
After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the
grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?" Invariably,
someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind." What
did he leave behind? A ______ ______.
02
When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched
them on The __ ________ Show.
03
"Get your kicks, __ _____ __!"
04The
story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to _______
___ _______.'
05
'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ___ ____ ______ _______.'
06
After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under
a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the
'_____.'
07
Nestle's makes the very best.. _________.'
08
Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared
this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ____ _________.
09
Who showed us how liquid get into chalk? ___ _________
10
A Country Practice was based around the hospital in the fictional town
of ________ _______.
11
Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their
_____ _____ .
12
The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the
front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ______ or ___.
13
In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.'
This was a tribute to _____ _____.
14
We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians
did it. It was called _______.
15
One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring
that we twirled around our waist. It was called the _____-____.
16
Things go better with ____ !
17
Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? ______ ______
18
Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? Only The ______ Knows!
19There
was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash".
It's name was the _______ ____!
20
What puts a "Rose in every cheek"? ________
THE
ANSWERS
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The BEST Waldorf Salad
Recipe
Please
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Ingredients:
-1/3
Cup Mayo
-1/3
Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
-1
Tbsp. Lemon Juice
-2
tsp. Sugar
-1
tsp. Salt and Pepper
-4
Small Apples, diced
-1.5
Cup Grapes, halved
-3
Ribs Celery, chopped
-1/2
Cup Walnuts, chopped Recipe:
1.
Whisk together mayo, yogurt, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper. Set
Aside.
2.
Cut apples, grapes, celery and walnuts.
3.
Pour the dressing over the salad and mix.
4.
Enjoy!
AND
FINALLY
Thank
you for reading the May 2024 COSA Newsletter, we hope you enjoyed it
and found the articles and videos interesting.
Further
details of services and events listed in this newsletter, together with
suggested love donation and Zoom log-in details, will be emailed directly
to you prior to the event dates.
Love
and light
Tanya
and Michael
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