Journeying Within, Message from May 17th @ the Bodhi Spiritual Center

It is my pleasure to share the talk I was honored to give this past Sunday at the Bodhi Spiritual Center
https://soundcloud.com/bodhichicago/may-17-2015-journeying-within-by-rev-darrell-jones

21 Day - No Complaining Challenge

March 23rd I started a 21 day - No Complaining Challenge and invited a few folks to join in. Well over 50 people have said yes to this challenge and there were lots of questions of what this challenge is all about, what constitutes complaining and what doesn't and how will we hold ourselves accountable. At its most basic level this is a practice for you. And the invitation is the catalyst for accountability. I will post things daily, thoughts on complaining and offers some practices to be in relationship with complaining. I have also set up an accountability call in series, 3 calls over the 21 days. I am making this a part of my evolving ministry so I am asking you to pay $21 for for these 3 calls of support, learning and growth. You can register here.
https://squareup.com/market/darrell-jones-spiritual-counseling/day-no-complaining-challenge
If you choose not to do the calls that is fine too, return to this event everyday for some words of support.
Love to you!
The calls will be:
Sunday March 29th 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. 
Saturday April 4th 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. 
Sunday, April 12th 7:30 - 8:00 pm, all CST times

Day 26 - December Meditations - Unity

Today is the first day of Kwanzaa, a celebration of community, family and culture.  Each day of Kwanzaa a different quality is celebrated. Today's quality is Umoja or Unity.

Paul Ryan once said, "Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together."

In today's meditation we honor all the circles of community we live and participate in.  Download the guided meditation here and affirm with me....

Affirmation:  Today I embrace the gift of my community.  My living contributes to the whole, and the whole contributes to me.  We are one. 

Day 20 - December Meditations - Allowing

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." ~Malcom S. Forbes

What if you actually allowed yourself to be you today?  Valuing and allowing more time, energy and attention to land on who you are as opposed to what you are not."

Join me today in meditating and affirming your "enoughness".  

Download the meditation here.

Affirmation:  I value who I am today and let that be enough.

Day 19 - December Meditations - Self Appreciation

"The greatest gift Life could have made to you is yourself." ~Ernest Holmes

"Lovin' you is easy 'cause your beautiful." -Minnie Ripperton & Richard Rudolph

In the mid seventies Minnie Ripperton released the song Lovin' You (if you've never heard it, you must, pure 70's gold).  Here in Chicago, the Bodhi Spiritual Center sings the chorus of this song "Lovin' you is easy 'cause your beautiful" every sunday to people that have come to service for the first time.  Can you imagine the experience of life you would have if you sang those lyrics to yourself everyday?  That would truly be appreciating the greatest gift Life ever gave you...yourself.  In the act of appreciating self, we instantly shift our awareness and attention and make ourselves more receptive to ALL of the gifts that life is giving us everyday through ourselves and others.

Join me in loving you.  It is pretty darn easy, 'cause you're so beautiful!

Affirmation: "I appreciate all that I was, am and will be.  I am a beautiful being of the universe! 

Day 3 - December Meditations - Our Heart's Desires

Affirmation:  I welcome into my experience right now, the expression of my heart's desire!

Choosing and saying yes to our heart's desires without condition....Putting conditions on our living is like expressing conditional love.  How willing are we to truly embrace our hearts desires in the midst of the conditions of our lives?  Download today's meditation and affirm your heart's desire now!

The latest and greatest for the community prayer call format for this Thursday, June 19th, 2014!

I am asking if you have a specific prayer request for the call to send it to me ahead of time up to 10 minutes before the call. 

Let me know:
1) Who the prayer is for, you, another person, organization et cetera.
2) What the specific prayer request is
3) What quality of God/Spirit/Source you desire to know in this prayer request.

Send me an email (darrelljonesspirit@gmail.com), Facebook message or post it on the event. If you want the request to be private let me know and I will simply pray forth the quality.

I will record the call so even if you can't make the call you can listen to it later, so you can still send in a request even if you can't make the call!


Here is the call in information.
Call Number: 530-881-1200
Access Code: 431735#

Thursdays, June 19 & 26 8:30 - 9:00 p.m

I hope you can join in, invite friends and family members, this is open to any and all!