tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:51:33 +0000New Thought, Science of Mind. A blog that discusses 21st Century spirituality, the nature of God, of life, how to use God's natural and spiritual Laws to live the life you want.http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/ahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-4242431045065336747Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:00 +00002010-01-06T16:51:33.262-05:00In just 24 hours from this writing we will be celebrating New Year 2010. Will this next year bring ease and grace or struggle to our lives? Will 2010 be a year we look back upon with fond memories of great times and abundant living or will it be remembered as a tough year, best forgotten? Will this New Year be the year that we make the big change in our lives or will we experience just 12 more http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/12/turn-corner-in-2010.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-2234497762949640500Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:32:00 +00002009-12-20T20:16:34.714-05:00Billions of people around the globe know at least the basics of the Christmas Story; The Greatest Story Ever Told, as it is often called. We sing about, read about and hear sermons about the birth of Jesus. We enjoy the Nativity Scenes displayed with the babe in the manger, the "three wise men" with their expensive gifts, the sheep, the cows, the shepherds and, of course, Joseph and Mary. There http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/12/beyond-christmas-story.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-6894395510431379132Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:42:00 +00002009-12-03T14:30:27.799-05:00Happiness! Who in the world does not yearn to posses this often elusive state of mind? We all seem to want it; most of us have experienced it for a while only to see it evaporate like mist in the morning.Happiness is enshrined in the consciousness of every American child when he or she learns that in our Declaration of Independence we have the inalienable right, given by God, to Life, Liberty andhttp://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-be-happy.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-84441357536965314Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-11-09T18:32:23.941-05:00abundanceLet's talk about wealth and living the abundant life. In the last message we discussed health and how to begin to use the power of God's Law to heal our body, our mind and our lives. Now we will turn our attention to perhaps the most misunderstood area of human life - wealth and abundant living.In many cultures, notably in the US, there is a very conflicted attitude about wealth. Everyone seems http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/10/living-abundant-life.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-6486758613275219011Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:51:00 +00002009-10-25T20:25:18.253-04:00healinghealthIn our last post we discussed the ideas of reward and punishment and our deep cultural belief in them. I suppose it appeals to the "fairness" we all seem to seek in a world never designed to be fair. The world is just in the sense of karmic justice; what you put out in life you do receive, pressed down to overflowing. What you sow you surely will reap, but rarely from the same person or in like http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/10/health-wealth-and-happiness.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-967229883565847952Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:39:00 +00002009-09-13T21:06:42.012-04:00joyThe LawDoes God reward us when we are very good and punish us when we are bad? I suspect that most people around the world would say: Yes! Isn't that the way the world works? You get rewarded when you do the right thing and punished when you don't. No, actually it isn't how the world works most of the time and that is what creates the great tension between what we are taught as children in church, http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/09/reward-and-punishment.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-7036169336324118919Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-08-08T12:13:33.176-04:00In my last post I shared with you my views on God and religion and the fact that often religion has much more to do with ceremony, ritual, dogma and rules than about worship and honor of the Creator of all that exists. We also examined together the idea that God has nothing to do with religion, did not create it and cares little for it. If God had created religion, why did he create so many http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/08/god-and-spirituality.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-2769296624934247334Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:54:00 +00002009-07-23T20:30:27.212-04:00Many people that I speak with on this blog site and in my travels seem to equate God and Religion. Many more are turned off on God or even the idea of God; based on their personal experience with religion. I thought it might be good to let you know what I believe and perhaps what Science of Mind generally believes on this subject. I cannot speak for the entire Science of Mind movement, but I http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/07/god-and-religion.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-6284167211076737840Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:58:00 +00002009-06-28T22:55:13.251-04:00I suppose the greatest question any human can ask is: What happens when we leave this life? What is death and what comes after? Where do we go from here?Death is for many of us our greatest fear. Why do we fear death from our childhood through each chapter of our lives and on into old age? Perhaps its because so many see it as an ending. An ending of US. A cessation of who and what we are.http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/06/where-do-we-go-from-here.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-3480127221262314372Mon, 18 May 2009 01:28:00 +00002009-06-05T16:41:26.923-04:00In my last post, entitled "Life Is an Inside Job", we discussed the concept that our life is a result of our thinking. By this I mean that the life we each live is a result of our beliefs, thought patterns, choices and speaking. This is influenced by our genetic heritage, our cultural programming, our parents, or the lack of them, but these are influences only as long as we wish to be influencedhttp://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/05/divine-partnership.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-7404533791239707527Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:14:00 +00002009-05-01T20:05:13.002-04:00As I write these messages, I am very aware that my readers are from many cultures in many, many countries around the globe. I know that being an American is to be part of a culture that is very different from the ones that many of you call your own. But I do believe that there is much in the human experience that is universal. I know that all humans have dreams, aspirations and desires for http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/04/life-is-inside-job.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-45648691922974789Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +00002009-03-28T09:25:07.377-04:00For many of us all around the world, things seem pretty frightening right now. Jobs are being lost without warning, investments have gone up in smoke, bad news is pounding us from every cable news channel, our real estate values are evaporating like smoke; little wonder it is so hard to keep our eyes on the Truth that God is our source of supply and our constant strength and help. As my mother http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/03/fear-is-mind-killer.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-1394375952368406227Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:22:00 +00002009-03-11T11:11:56.654-04:00"Be you transformed by the renewal of your mind". This quote from Paul's Letters to the Romans is one of the clearest and most powerful statements of the Scriptural basis of Science of Mind and, indeed, of all Christianity. Jesus did not teach that it is done unto you as you wish, hope or beg. Jesus did not teach that it is done unto you because you are a wonderful person and deserve it. Jesus http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/03/divine-makeover.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-4259446063636796148Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:59:00 +00002009-02-21T10:11:19.442-05:00For my many readers outside the US, a little explanation of the title of this message is needed. In America, a basic University class, such as College English or Western Civilization is called a "101" course, as in Western Civ 101. Demonstration is what we in Science of Mind call the manifestation in your life of that which you desire and do Treatment (affirmative prayer) to create in your http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/02/demonstration-101.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-4938383794064113564Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:56:00 +00002009-01-07T22:06:24.759-05:00Many times it seems that teachers are better at talking the talk than walking the walk. "Those that can, do and those that can't, teach!" I was a high school and college teacher for more than a decade and like all teachers, I did not like that saying one bit. As they say, the truth hurts!The older I have gotten and the more experience I have had in careers outside of teaching the more I believe http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2009/01/walking-talk.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-9123647417758724109Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:25:00 +00002008-12-09T17:30:02.144-05:00It has been said that if you look at a person's life, you are seeing a snapshot of what is inside that person. I believe that this is entirely true. Every major religion in this world says basically that this is so. Jesus told his disciples when asked where the Kingdom of Heaven (defined as peace, abundance, joy and the happy life) was: "Look not up there or over here or to this one or that one,http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/12/your-constant-mirror.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-4256323187582326980Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:12:00 +00002008-12-08T10:24:44.823-05:00The world is getting a good housecleaning right now. I know it looks like hard times, maybe a recession of some length, but it is really a global housecleaning. These happen about every 20 years or so to remind us to get back to basic principles. This becomes necessary when "good times" encourage too much license and flaunting of the rules of common sense. Human Evolution and spiritual growth http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/11/opportunity-of-hard-times.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-7250983277638925893Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:58:00 +00002008-10-27T21:17:44.854-04:00Are you worried, frightened or just anxious right now? If so, you are certainly not alone. These are very uncertain times and as human beings we don't like uncertainty, which is rather strange since there really isn't anything certain at all except that the Sun will rise tomorrow morning and set tomorrow evening. Everything else is in constant flux and change.Indeed, it has been said that change http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/10/what-in-world-is-going-on.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-8852842094920833243Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:29:00 +00002008-09-17T21:15:26.945-04:00joypowerabundanceI believe that many of us have the idea that the Laws of the Universe (Divine Law) are almost impossible to understand by the average person and that they are best left to theologians and professors of philosophy.We may have gotten this deep seated belief from being told that "God Works In Mysterious Ways" by a priest, minister or rabbi. They use this bromide as a way of answering the 3 toughest http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/09/its-simple-but-its-not-easy.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-2450431556053714758Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:17:00 +00002008-08-26T15:16:30.458-04:00The UniverseReligious ScienceThe LawGodAs I was thinking about the topic for this week's message, it occurred to me that just about all of us are pretty good at getting around in the physical world. We can understand what we can see, feel, touch, taste, smell as long it is "in the natural" or physical realm. When talk of the spiritual world comes up in conversation people almost always get uneasy, as if a taboo subject has been http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/07/brief-guide-to-spiritual-world.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-850573309114989087Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:47:00 +00002008-07-11T21:28:21.230-04:00Awakened Heart Ministries is devoted to the personal empowerment of people all over this planet, regardless of language, culture, religion or environment. Do you realize that literally billions of people are unknowingly "doing time" in a mental prison of their own construction? They yearn for something more; someone or something that will free them from the life they are living and make their http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/07/getting-out-of-prison.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-138125994160202361Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:00 +00002008-07-04T16:29:43.632-04:00Tomorrow, July 4th, Americans will celebrate the 232nd birthday of this glorious and beautiful nation that I am proud to call my native land. Families from Maine to California, Alaska to Florida, Hawaii to the US Virgin Islands, will celebrate with good food, quite a lot of liquid refreshment and fireworks. Oh my, the fireworks - that is what the 4th signifies for many Americans. As I write this http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/07/independence-day.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-8372931326930235154Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:54:00 +00002008-07-02T21:21:52.101-04:00On this blog we talk about "The Law" quite often. What do we mean when we say the "Law"?In the Science of Mind we believe that the entire Universe and everything in it is a result of the thought of God, the Universal Mind, the Divine Intelligence. God always acts in accordance with a series of Laws, that He instituted and through which He creates and runs the Universe. These Laws are totally http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/06/brief-guide-to-spiritual-world.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-2630497927265797900Tue, 27 May 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-05-31T21:10:56.156-04:00successGodspiritualityThe two most powerful words in the Universe are "I Am".The Bible tells us that I AM is the very name of God. When Moses asked God his name, I AM was the answer. That is the name of God, He is the Great I AM. God is First Cause, has always existed, indeed is all that exists outside of God. Do you realize that you and I create our reality and our lives by speaking His name a hundred times a day.http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/05/most-powerful-2-words-in-universe.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29184195.post-3396256598453176389Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:21:00 +00002008-05-06T09:53:35.347-04:00Science of Mind is a part of a spiritual movement often known by the name New Thought. There is nothing "new" about New Thought. It is older than such "mainline denominations" as the Baptist Church, The Methodist Church, Assemblies of God, Church of Christ, The United Church of Christ and many others. Johannus Swedenborg, the seminal Swedish Theologian, is often thought to be the father of New http://www.awakenedheartministries.com/blog/2008/04/outside-box.htmlahcdore@netzero.net (Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian)0