The Seed Planted - wire bound book
The teachings and gifts imparted by our Founders
Every year, on the first weekend in August, The Centre celebrates Founders Day, a festival of remembrance and thanksgiving for the founding of The Centre as well as for the Founders, Rev Mario Schoenmaker and Rev Colin Read.
In the spirit of thanksgiving and in an attempt to create a full picture of these two remarkable people, Rev Antoinette Schoenmaker asked a number of Centre members 'What was the essential gift or teaching you received from Mario or Colin?' Based on the keywords given in reply to this question, the wealth of discourses and addresses given over many years by Rev Mario and Rev Colin was searched so as to hear direct from them too. The result is illuminating and stimulating. We do hear some of their essential teachings in their own inimitable voices, and can comprehend more fully the nature of their creation, The Centre.
Each chapter begins with a statement from one of the interviewees and then a small explanation from Rev Antoinette about the direction she took. Then there is an excerpt from one, or a number of discourses, given by Mario or Colin on a particular gift or teaching highlighted by the interviewee. Christed Individuality
Healing the Soul
The Confidence To Be and To Become
The Beauty of the Soul
The Freedom of the Real Self
Lover of Life
True to Self
It Takes True Grit
Never Mediocre!
Faithfulness
Love
Faithfulness
The Gift of the Christ
The Living Bible
My God is Real
The Divine Human Being
Beloved Teacher, Lifter of Souls
Soul Winner
Spiritual Father
Love and Wisdom
Seeing the Christ
Bringing Out the Best
Steadfastness
Friendship with Christ What we read are the life-giving words, the words which sowed and watered a seed.
The image of the seed being planted was an image that was often used by Rev Mario. He saw that that was the way the spirit worked. Eons ago, we received, through the sacrifice of high spiritual beings, the seed of our physical body. Gradually, gradually, it became manifest. Two thousand years ago, we received, through the sacrifice on Golgotha, the seed of Christ. Gradually, gradually, we are starting to see evidence that this seed is alive and growing. In much the same way, the words and deeds of our Founders found prepared soil in our souls and gradually, gradually, we recognise something growing that is now our own.
It was our Founders' firm understanding that we were responsible for the growth and nurturing and care of that seed. They could give it, but whether the gift would grow and the teachings become fruitful was entirely up to us.
Keywords
Rev Mario Schoenmaker, Rev Colin Read, teachings.
Book Details
Compiled: Rev Antoinette Schoenmaker
Published by ICA Press, 2007
Wire bound book, soft cover
18.5 cm 21.0 cm size (custom)
120 pages
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