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260 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPositive and inspirational teachings that will make a difference in your life from Reverends Larry and Mary Ellen Swartz, ordained Unity ministers.
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How You Can Change Any Old Memory - Larry Swartz
April 21, 2024 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBUnity teaches that the nature of our thoughts determines the nature of the conditions in the environment of our life. How does thought become memory? How does memory become experience? Listen as Larry shares this important yet practical lesson about how you can change any memory. Friends, if you are guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below. Support the show
How You Can Change A Memory - Larry Swartz
April 21, 2024 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBUnity teaches that the nature of our thoughts determines the nature of the conditions in the environment of our life. How does thought become memory? How does memory become experience? Listen as Larry shares this important yet practical lesson about how you can change a memory. Friends, if you are guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below. Support the show
A Day Of Judgment? Oh My!! by Mary Ellen Swartz
April 13, 2024 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBGod's judgment, our judgments, judgmentalness and a day of judgment are linked. Listen as Mary Ellen connects the dots on the subject of judgment. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciation for our podcasts, please follow the link below. Support the show
Ask And It's Given...Really? by Larry Swartz
April 06, 2024 20:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBYou will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28 Ask, and it will be given to you...Matthew 7:7-8 On the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, Matthew 12:36 Listen as Larry speaks about the ways we can "decree a thing" and how we may unknowingly "ask" and get that for which we asked. He explains when "the day of judgment" is happening for us. If you are guided to share a gift of appreciati...
A Metaphysical Easter Lesson - Mary Ellen Swartz
March 30, 2024 23:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBUnity considers Easter as more than the story in the life of Jesus the Christ. Metaphysically Easter is about each individual awakening from the "dead" false beliefs that hinder the life more abundant of which Jesus taught. The crossing out or releasing of old beliefs is necessary for new life and understanding to grow within us. Listen as Mary Ellen tells a metaphysical Easter story that is applicable to us today. If guided, please follow the link below to share a gift of appreciation. ...
You Can Make Holy Week Personal - Larry Swartz
March 23, 2024 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBHoly Week is considered to be the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. The name Holy Week has been used since the 4th century of the common era. However, it is called the Great Week in Greek and Roman liturgical books because of what Jesus did during this week. Listen as Larry speaks to the inner meaning and significance Holy Week and the recognition of the Christ within as the reality of your life. If guided to share a gift of appreciation, follow the link below. Support the show
How You Can Know The Will Of God - Larry Swartz
March 16, 2024 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBOne's concept or belief about God will shape their belief about God's will for them. For example, how God is portrayed in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran or any holy book affects the beliefs of those who accept them as true. Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, came to understand God as unchangeable Truth, the Principle of absolute good that is personal to us when we recognize God within us as our indwelling life, intelligence, love, and power. Listen as Larry shares thou...
What The Heck Is Practical Christianity? Mary Ellen Swartz
March 09, 2024 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBWho was Jesus? What is the Christ? Who is the only begotten? Listen as Mary Ellen gives a powerful talk about Practical Christianity and the Dynamic Power within you. Support the show
Prosperity's Powerful Commandments - Larry Swartz
March 04, 2024 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBAre the Commandments just some old laws to keep people in line? What if they actually can apply to life today? Listen as Larry shares thoughts about them as principles of prosperity. 1. Know that God is your Source. 2. Don't keep mental images of lack. 3. Don't speak of lack as being a truth. 4. Don't constrict the flow of your good. 5. Be honest in all dealings. 6. Keep your good in circulation. 7. Use your good with your highest understanding. 8. Never think you can get something for not...
God Is Good All The Time??? Mary Ellen Swartz
February 25, 2024 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBHow could someone have terrible things happen in their body, their family, their finances, if God is good all the time? Listen to this powerful lesson by Mary Ellen that will help shed light on the question for you. If guided to share a gift for our podcasts, please follow the link below. Support the show
How Important Is Peace To You? Larry Swartz
February 17, 2024 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBDo you have any control over peace? It may depend upon how peace is defined by you. Some define peace as being a time when there is no war or fighting in the world. (There may or may not have been such a time.) Others define peace in a personal way, meaning freedom from mental or emotional disturbance or a state of tranquility. Listen as Larry gives a lesson about focusing on personal peace regardless of the environment around us. Support the show
How Important Is Choosing Peace To You? Larry Swartz
February 17, 2024 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBDo you have any control over peace? It may depend upon how peace is defined by you. Some define peace as being a time when there is no war or fighting in the world. (There may or may not have been such a time.) Others define peace in a personal way, meaning freedom from mental or emotional disturbance or a state of tranquility. Listen as Larry gives a lesson about focusing on personal peace regardless of the environment around us. Support the show
Take Back Your Power of Yes and No - Mary Ellen Swartz
February 10, 2024 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBUnity and New Thought teach the tools of denial and affirmation. Denials have a similar purpose as that of soap and water. It refers to cleansing or releasing a belief that no longer serves us. Affirmation is about making a new choice about the beliefs to which we will say yes. Denials and affirmations can be summed up in this gardening term: pull the weed and plant the seed. Once we decide we will release a belief previously held, we then decide what to replace it with or what we will say...
What's Up With the Fourth Dimension? - Larry Swartz
February 03, 2024 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB"The fourth dimension (which embraces and encompasses the other three dimensions) is also realization, the doing away with time and space and all conditions. The human mind, with its limited reasoning faculties, is bound by time, space and conditions and can get no farther into the spiritual than reason will take it, but when we go beyond reason into the realm of realization, then we have attained the consciousness of pure being, the fourth dimension mind." The Revealing Word by Unity. Liste...
Toltec Wisdom, Part 4 - Mary Ellen Swartz
January 27, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes contains simple but powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we've been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements with ourselves which will transform our lives. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word. 2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally 3rd Agreement: Don't ma...
Toltec Wisdom Part 3 - Larry Swartz
January 21, 2024 01:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with powerful helps for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. However, we have the power to form new agreements and transform our life. The book offers 4 new agreements as guidelines for transformation and freedom. 1st Agreement: Be impeccable with your word. 2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally 3rd Agreeme...
Toltec Wisdom, Part 2 - Mary Ellen Swartz
January 14, 2024 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with simple yet powerful points for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. "Just being ourselves is the biggest fear we have as humans...We end up feeling inauthentic because we try to put on a mask - so afraid that someone will realize we are not what we pretend to be." 2nd Agreement: Don't take anything personally ...
Toltec Wisdom, Part 1 - Larry Swartz
January 07, 2024 01:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Reyes is a little book with simple yet powerful points for becoming awake and aware spiritually. It begins with the premise that we have been "domesticated" or given guidelines by those around us in order to fit in. "Just being ourselves is the biggest fear we have as humans...We end up feeling inauthentic because we try to put on a mask - so afraid that someone will realize we are not what we pretend to be." Listen as Larry shares some thoughts about wha...
What's Ahead? by Mary Ellen Swartz (revised)
December 30, 2023 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBAutobiography in Five Chapters (Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) Chapter 1 "I walk down the street There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in I am lost...I am hopeless It isn't my fault It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter 2 I walk down the same street There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I pretend I don't see it I fall in again I can't believe I'm in the same place But it isn't my fault It still takes a long time to get out. Chapter 3 I walk down the same street There is a deep ...
A Unity Christmas Message by Larry Swartz
December 24, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIn the words of a poem by James Dillet Freeman: "I wish you merry Christmas I speak it like a prayer When you awaken Christmas morning may all you wish be there O may the Spirit of the Christ into your heart descent I wish you merry Christmas it means I love you, Friend." Support the show
Christmas (and Everything Else) is About Love - Advent Part 4 by Larry Swartz
December 22, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBAccording to the 22nd chapter of Matthew, Jesus said the greatest commandment is love. “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” My spirituality continues to be more exacting as I seek to use words to explain, or at least attempt to explain my ever growing understanding of the Infinite. An example...I can no longer use an apostrophe ( ' ...
A Fireside Chat About Joy with Larry Swartz - Advent part 3
December 17, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.66 MBHave you been looking for joy in all the wrong places? Do you feel you can't have joy because of world situations or some loss and grief in your life? Listen as Larry shares a practical message of joy that may be just the reminder you can use. John 15:11 Jesus said, these things I have spoken unto you that my joy may be in you and your joy may be full. If you are guided to share a gift in appreciation of our podcasts, please follow the link below. Support the show
Peace is a Principle to Apply, Advent part 2 - Mary Ellen Swartz
December 09, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBThe Advent Season and the Lenten Season are similar in that each focuses on preparation for deeper awareness of the Christ within. Peace is the theme for the second week of Advent. Listen as Mary Ellen shares some powerful reminders that Peace is an ever present Principle that can be applied by anyone regardless of current circumstances and situations. If you are guided to share a gift of gratitude, please follow the link below. Support the show
Peace is a Principle You Can Apply, Advent part 2 - Mary Ellen Swartz
December 09, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBThe Advent Season and the Lenten Season are similar in that each focuses on preparation for deeper awareness of the Christ within. Peace is the theme for the second week of Advent. Listen as Mary Ellen shares some powerful reminders that Peace is an ever present Principle that can be applied by anyone regardless of current circumstances and situations. If you are guided to share a gift of gratitude, please follow the link below. Support the show
You Are The Essence Of God. Yes! You Are! - Larry Swartz
November 26, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB"Jesus replied, Is it not written in your scriptures, I said, you are gods." (John 10:34) Our essence is of God. Just as a wave has its being in the ocean, we have our being in God. Our True Nature is of God; therefore, we are inherently good. Listen as Larry reminds you that at the Core of your Being, you are Divine. Yes, you are! If guided to share a gift of appreciation, please follow the link below. Support the show
A Living Faith, Advent Part 1 - Larry Swartz
November 26, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBWhile not Biblically based, many Christian traditions celebrate Advent or a four-week season of remembering and celebrating the arrival of Jesus on Earth. Advent wreaths, with a candle for each week, are used in some homes and churches. The first week of Advent focuses on hope or faith. Listen as Larry shares his understanding of the difference between hope and faith. If you appreciate our podcasts and wish to share a gratitude gift, please follow the link below. Support the show
One Presence, One Power and You - Mary Ellen Swartz
November 19, 2023 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIn the beginning of no beginnings...God. What does that even mean? What does One Presence, One Power have to do with you and your life in the confronting moment? Listen as Mary Ellen shares an uplifting message of God as Omnipresence, One Presence, One Source that is not separate or apart from you, but an integral part of you, expressing in you, through you, and as you. Please follow the link below to share a gift of gratitude. Support the show
Radio Frequencies and Thankfulness? - Larry Swartz
November 11, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes - 6.35 MBListen as Larry shares a lesson on the value of choosing to be thankful. Does thankfulness have a vibrational frequency? Some researchers have found that everything has a vibrational frequency that can be measured in hertz similar to radio frequency. Appreciation, gratitude, thankfulness vibrate at around 540 MHz and when we practice tuning in to it, much like tuning to a radio station we like we improve our lives dramatically. Please follow the link below to share a gift of gratitude. ...
The Struggle Between You and You - Mary Ellen Swartz
November 05, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes - 8.29 MBWhen we set about to change our way of thinking it is not uncommon for us to experience a sense of struggle between the mind and the body. Listen as Mary Ellen uses the story in Genesis of Jacob and Esau as metaphor for the inward struggle we may feel between the inner and the outer aspects of our being. We collectively are a Spiritual Being currently having physical expression. Please follow the link below to share a gift of gratitude. Support the show
How Focused Thought Became Your Now Reality - Larry Swartz
October 29, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBConcentrated thoughts become our realty. What have you been thinking? What thoughts have your been practicing? Listen as Larry explains how things come to be through practiced thought. Remember...you are a powerful being who can choose to change your life. Support the show
Spiritual Law, Persistency and Consistency - Mary Ellen Swartz
October 21, 2023 22:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBListen as Mary Ellen shares thoughts about the importance of being persistent and consistent with regard to Spiritual Law and the flow of ever-expanding good in our lives. If guided to share a gift of gratitude please follow the link below. Support the show
Love, Intuition, and Prayer - Larry Swartz
October 14, 2023 22:00 - 17 minutes - 3.98 MBListen as Larry shares his understanding about God is Love Itself and the nature of God is to express through you. Love expressed through you is a healer of mind and body. Love expressed through you is intuition or a knowingness within that guides your daily decisions as well as your direction in life. God is Love... Love is God... Love is God expressing in you, through you, and as you. Support the show
What Is Ours To Do? Mary Ellen Swartz
October 08, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 3.68 MBJesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." (John 5:17) What is going on the world now? What are we being called to do with regard to happenings around us? What is going on in our individual lives now? What are we being called to do? How are we being called to show up? Listen as Mary Ellen shares important some reminders about the Spiritual Work that all are called to do. #spiritualgemsaz #Unity #LivingUnity #Practicalchristianity #newtho...
How To Insulate Yourself From Conspiracy Beliefs Of Fear And Lack - Larry Swartz
September 30, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBListen as Larry gives a powerful prosperity lesson on how to insulate yourself from the conspiracy beliefs that there is a lack of abundance available. Dwelling in the consciousness of God as your Source is the choice to be made regardless of the circumstances in the world around you. A prosperous life is definitely possible for you. Can you accept it? Support the show
Unleashing Your Greatness - Mary Ellen Swartz
September 23, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles is a powerful little book filled with reminders about the Innate Greatness of everyone. "I repeat that your place in life, including your material environment, is determined by the thought-form you habitually hold of yourself. When you make a thought-form of yourself you can hardly fail to form in your mind a corresponding environment. "See nature as a great living and advancing presence, and see human society in exactly the same way. It ...
The Science of Being Great - Larry Swartz
September 15, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBListen as Larry shares some gems of wisdom he found within The Science of Being Great by Wallace D Wattles. Greatness is an aspect of spirituality. There is a genius in every man and woman waiting to be brought forth. Greatness doesn't mean being famous. Thought is the vibrational tool we use. Self greatness depends on seeing it in others as well. See the world as creation in process. Wean yourself away from what others think about your decisions. If possible don't make immediate decisions. ...
The Science of Being Great - Mary Ellen Swartz
September 08, 2023 23:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBSometimes people want to know what we personally like to read. We often re-read the classic New Thought books. For example, The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles contains reminders of our innate greatness, "There is a Principle of Power in every person. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, man can develop his own mental faculties. Man has an inherent power by which he may grow in whatsoever direction he pleases, and there does not appear to be any limit to th...
Rebooting Your Consciousness for Well Being - Larry Swartz
September 02, 2023 17:00 - 21 minutes - 5.38 MB"Healing - restoring to original purity or integrity." (Webster) "All healing is based on mental cleansing. When the mind is free from error thoughts, harmony in the body ensues. Permanent healing is never accomplished until the mental cause of the disease, the error thought, is removed." The Revealing Word, Unity Listen as Larry uses the analogy of rebooting your computer with rebooting your consciousness to your original state of well being. Support the show
The Fundamental Principle of Life - Mary Ellen Swartz
August 26, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBThe fundamental principle of life is Oneness...One Presence, One Life, One Mind. Listen as Mary Ellen makes this statement practical and reminds you of your oneness with the Source of all the answers you seek. You don't need a guru. You don't need to find someone to tell you what to do. You don't need to go somewhere for the answers to life. The only place for you to go is within your very own Being where you will find all the answers to all the questions you have now or will have at any...
Choose Today What You Will Serve - Larry Swartz
August 19, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB"Choose you this day whom you will serve.... " Joshua 24 15 "The leadership of the Israelites was given to Joshua because he had been under instruction and had acquired a proficiency that enabled him to perform his work with dispatch. When we know the law of spiritual demonstration and have the courage to act, we are Joshua." Metaphysical Bible Dictionary by Unity Listen as Larry connects the story of Joshua leading the Israelites into the Promised Land with the daily choices we make in lea...
The Law of Compensation and You - Mary Ellen Swartz
August 12, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThe Revealing Word, published by Unity, defines cause and effect as the law of sequence; the balance wheel of the universe. "This law, like all other divine laws, inheres in Being and is good. 'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap' (Galatians 6:7) Man lives in two worlds, the world of cause (the within) and the world of effect (the without.) Listen as Mary Ellen explains the Law of Compensation and how it works in our lives. Whether it is called the Law of Compensation, the Law ...
Quieting Time #15 Your Answers - Mary Ellen Swartz
August 06, 2023 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MB"Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into the trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." John Muir Listen as Mary Ellen leads you in a quieting time which includes visualizing nature sharing its life giving energy and you are receptive to the answers you seek. Support the show
Quieting Time #14 Releasing Anxiety - Mary Ellen Swartz
August 06, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBLow level anxiety in not an uncommon experience in today's world. Give yourself a gift of 4 minutes and allow Mary Ellen to lead you in a quieting time that may help in releasing some feelings of anxiety. Support the show
First Cause and Your Prosperity - Larry Swartz
August 04, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB"What we need to realize above all else is that God has provided for the most minute needs of our daily life, and that if we lack anything it is because we have not used our mind in making the right contact with the supermind and the cosmic ray that automatically flows from it." Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity. Listen as Larry explains how First Cause or Divine Principle has provided for the most minute aspect of our lives. An abundance of every good imaginable has been provided for e...
What About Vegetarianism, Voting, God's Will and Unforgiveable Sin? Mary Ellen Swartz
July 30, 2023 03:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBListen as Mary Ellen shares Unity's teachings and her understanding about vegetarianism, how to vote, God's will, and that unforgiveable sin you may have heard about. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #practicalchristianity #newthought If you are guided to share a gift for these podcasts, please follow the link below. Support the show
Christmas is More Than a Night Long Ago - Larry Swartz
July 22, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBOn a night long ago, a child was born...but Christmas is more than the birth of one child. Listen as Larry shares a message about the birth of Jeshua ben Joseph (Anglicized to Jesus) who awakened to the Christ within and who taught a living message of the Christ within all...no exceptions. #unity #practicalchristianity If guided to share a gift of gratitude please follow the link below. Support the show
Prosperity Is An Inside Job - Mary Ellen Swartz
July 16, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBProsperity is an inside job, according to Mary Ellen. Listen as she explains what this means and gives practical ways to enhance our ability to receive more prosperity into our lives. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #practicalchristianity #makingadifference If you are guided to make a donation, please follow the link below. Support the show
Road Repairs, Recentering, and Reconciliation - Larry Swartz
July 09, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIs there a connection between road repairs, recentering, and reconciliation? Listen as Larry speaks to this as well as how it fits within the life and teachings of Jesus. "It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." (Invictus by William Ernest Henley) If you wish to share a gift in appreciation of these podcasts, please click the link below. Support the show
A Lesson on the Sabbath and Holy Communion - Mary Ellen Swartz
July 02, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB"The Sabbath is kept any time we enter into spiritual consciousness and rest from thoughts of temporal things." - The Revealing Word - Unity "Lord's Supper, metaphysically (is) God's covenant with mankind...the bread symbolizes spiritual substance, or the body. The wine symbolizes the blood or spiritual life. " - The Revealing Word - Unity Listen and enjoy Mary Ellen's understanding of the deeper meaning to be found within the Sabbath and Holy Communion. #spiritualgemsaz #unity #livinguni...
What's Up With Original Sin, Reincarnation, Holy Spirit and More - Larry Swartz
June 25, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBThere is something in this lesson that will surely answer one or more questions you may have had. Original sin or original virtue? Have we had other lives? What is the Holy Spirit? Listen as Larry speaks about these and more. #unity #practicalchristianity #newthought If you enjoy our podcasts and are guided to share a gift please click below. Blessings. Support the show