CENTER FOR SPIRITURAL LIVING

YESTERDAY AT THE CHURCH THERE WAS A DIFFERENT REVEREND WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE THAT ARE UNFOLDING. REVEREND DAVID ALEXANDER IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST METAPHYSICAL MINISTERS IN THE US. HE CAME FROM PORTLAND AND HAD A FUN WIT ABOUT HIM TELLING US ABOUT HOW HE BUILT HIS CHURCH FROM SCRATCH. HE LEARNED AT A YOUNG AGE THAT THE METAPHYSICAL CHURCH IS ONE OF OPENING THE HEART. HE SAID TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EMOTIONS AND SAY THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE ALIVE EACH DAY.
HE SAID HE SPOKE TO A GROUP OF LESS THAN 100 IN A SMALL HALL. THEN IT STARTED TO TAKE OFF AND THEY FOUND A LARGER ROOM TO LEASE. THEY HAD ABOUT 300 ADULTS AND 100 CHILDREN. HE FOUND A LARGE CHURCH THAT SOME KOREANS HAD USED FOR A CHURCH. THEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPTION TO EITHER VACATE THE BUILDING OR BUY IT. THEY HAD A MEETING AND RAISED 1.5 MILLION TO BUY THE CHURCH. WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS TO THE KOREANS HE SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT. HE DID NOT KNOW WHY. IN ANY CASE HE WAS SPELL BOUND AND THAT WAS LAST WEEK SO HE IS NOW LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PLACE TO USE FOR HIS CHURCH.

HIS MESSAGE WAS INSTEAD OF WORKING ON OUR INNER SELVES SO MUCH JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT OR NEED TO DO AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EVERYTHING. HE SAID IF PEOPLE ARE MAKING YOU FEEL DEPRESSED GO TO NATURE AND IDENTIFY THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS THAT IS THERE.

HE TOLD US A JOKE ABOUT THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN HELL - A BAPTIST, A METAPHYSICAL SPIRITUALIST, AND A CATHOLIC. THE CATHOLIC SAID I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE HERE. THE BAPTIST SAID THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. AND THE SPIRITUALIST SAID THIS MUST BE A DREAM.

HE HAD A GREAT MANY JOKES ABOUT GETTING OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY AND LETTING SPIRIT HAPPEN. THERE WAS A GREAT CHOIR OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE WHO ENTERTAINED US FOR THREE OR FOUR SONGS. THEY WERE VERY GOOD.