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02/21/2026
Dear Light Group,
There was a song in the late 1960’s entitled, “God is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.” I think about that song when I remember days with Jim Goure. Around him, you certainly felt that God was alive, and there always seemed to be moments of magic. After attending an event with him, I felt uplifted and cleaned up and cheerfully ready to go back and face the world.
God is still alive. What about the magic? Is there still the potential for magic in our lives, or has the magic dried up?
Part of the answer is that magic is a mindset. With the right mindset, we can see magic all around us. The morning chatter of a robin. The unexpected hug from a friend. The red and purple sunset.
Beyond that, if we are attuned, we find that the universe is working with us. It is constantly bringing us messages and bringing us situations in which we can learn and grow.
Behind all that is the tenderest love for each one of us. It is a love reminding us that we have been created by the Divine, that we are here to enjoy the Divine’s creation, and that the Divine waits patiently for our return to Oneness.
In the interim, there are opportunities for us to extend the magic to others. Simple acts of kindness. A warm smile for someone in need. Words of gratitude. A loving touch. All these can heal and uplift.
Then there is the magic of prayer. It is in prayer that we can tune into Universal Love, Light, Truth, and Spirit. It is in prayer that we can silently help uplift others.
Let us give thanks this Saturday for the magic in our lives and for the opportunities to extend that magic to others. If you would like a prayer to help you do so, you might try this: “Thank you, God, for the magic in my life. Thank you, God, for the magic of your presence. Thank you, God, for the magic of my family and for the connections of love and appreciation. Thank you, God, for the magic of friendship and for the connections with friends that bring love and appreciation. Thank you, God, for the magic of America, and for the opportunity to live a free and well-favored life. Thank you, God, for the magic of all peoples and all nations, from whom we can learn of Thy multifaceted beauty and spirit. Thank you, God, for the magic of Earth, for this beautiful planet and its beautiful kingdoms. Thank you, God, for opportunities to return the magic to family, friends, nation, and planet. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
02/07/2026
Dear Light Group,
Things are not as they seem.
It seems that we are separate from each other and from all other animate and inanimate objects. It seems that we live in a world of comforts and dangers – we either desire things or fear them. It seems that we are humans struggling to find our way back to God.
The great spiritual masters have told us that this is an illusion. The phenomenal world that we obsess about is just a mirage conjured by our mind. The phenomenal world actually is just condensed Light and consciousness. It is a unified field of Divine energy. This field of energy, in its essence, is God’s glory, and this glory is in us, and it spreads over the stars and wheeling galaxies.
We aren’t humans struggling to find God. We are the Divine Itself, having a human experience. And so is everyone else. All of us are individualized rays of Spirit. If all of us are rays of Spirit, then there is no separation. There can be differences of ego, of personality. But the essence is the same. That essence is immutable, now matter how sinful the externalized ego. Each of us has been created as a soul that will uniquely manifest a special attribute of the Divine. We are the perceiver of and the participant in God’s creative activity.
If that’s the case, then what are we here to create?
The fundamentals of what we are to create were given to us by Jesus. The fundamentals are ones of love, forgiveness, prayer, and service. If we experience love as a vibration – not a human emotion but a Divine vibration – then we know its power to transform. If we experience love as a Divine vibration, then we see how Jesus was able to heal. The vibration of love emanating from Jesus brought a harmonizing power to the bodies and minds of those he healed. The Divine love flowing through Jesus restored what anger and pain had destroyed. As for the forgiveness and service of the Christ, the lessons are: Judgment closes the heart. Forgiveness opens it. Selfishness breeds discontent. Through selflessness and service, the peace of Christ reigns.
The fundamentals of being a participant in God’s creative activity needn’t be thought of as something enormous, as something beyond our ability. Every act of kindness, patience, or forgiveness generates spiritual energy, lifting the collective soul of humanity. Each time we practice these qualities, we become a silent co-creator with God. Our life is a prayer: How we treat others, how we respond to pain, how we forgive, every act of love, no matter how small – these are our offerings on the altar of Spirit.
If we live these fundamentals, they radiate outward to heal others, even those we never meet.
God is one mass of Light scintillating over the entire universe. We are that Light. We are rays of that Light, carrying the Light of the Christ within, radiating that Light for the good of all. If we remember to shine when the world darkens around us, that is when we become the Light of the world.
If you would like a prayer to accompany these thoughts, you might try this: “There is only Thee and Thy Light. I am a ray of that Light. I see that Light in everyone with whom I come in contact. We are all one in Thee. O Lord, expand this Light for the good of all. Fill and surround Earth with this Light. Fill and surround everyone and everything on Earth with this Light. Expand this Light for the good of all. Expand this Light throughout the universe. Let Thy Peace and Love reign supreme throughout all creation. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
P.S. I will be on a deep meditation and prayer retreat over the next week and will not be sending a Saturday prayer suggestion until after I return. I’ll next communicate with you in two weeks.
01/31/2026
Dear Light Group,
Sometimes an image can help elevate our prayers. In that spirit, I offer a work of art by Arthur Douet. Arthur spoke at several United Research events and was well regarded by Jim Goure.
In this painting, we see three huge beings creating a sphere of Light for the betterment of Earth, with the golden sun rising on the right.
If you find this work of art inspiring, then visualize yourself as being that: visualize yourself as being a great, angelic being of Light.
If you would like a prayer to accompany this visualization, you might try this: “I am that. I am that magnificent being of Light. The Light that I AM shines with loving kindness. The Light that I AM uplifts one and all. I am God’s emissary of Light. The Light that I AM shines for the benefit of all. The Beauty that I AM shines for the uplifting of one and all. The Peace that I AM shines for the benefit of one and all. The Love that I AM shines for the benefit of one and all. I am That. I am that Light. I am that Love. I am that Peace. I am that Joy. Let this Light, Love, Peace, and Joy radiate for the good of all. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
01/24/2026
Dear Light Group,
When I was growing up, there were a couple of stories in the Book of Genesis that were used to scare us into to being a good, God-fearing Christian. One was the story of God threatening to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah due to their wickedness. But Abraham, in what might be considered to be the original (and truest) art of the deal, bargained with God. God tells Abraham that He’ll spare Sodom and Gomorrah if 50 righteous people can be found. Abraham bargains God down to ten righteous people. Even that proves unattainable, so God merely saves Lot, his wife, and his two daughters before raining sulfur and fire, destroying Sodom and Gomorrah.
Then there is the story of Noah. Again, because of mankind’s wickedness, God creates the Great Flood to cleanse the earth, while sparing Noah and his family and the pairs of animals.
Other religions – notably Islam and Hinduism – have stories about massive destruction due to floods, as do Native American tribes such as the Hopi and the Cheyenne.
More recently, in a lecture entitled, “One God,” Jim Goure spoke of how Lemuria and Atlantis were destroyed due to mankind, once again, having strayed far from the Divine.
While fear is a crude and often self-defeating motivator, these stories may serve to remind us of the importance of staying true to the Divine, of being neither seduced by nor depressed by what is going on in the rest of the world. We have elected to be born at this time so that we can serve as the righteous ones. This is not to say that we are better than others. It is to remind us of our mission, which is to stay focused on God and to stay focused on our mission (which Jesus gave us and Jim Goure reiterated) of being the Light of the world.
With this reminder, you might want to try a prayer such as, “Thank you, God, for reminding me that it is Thee I seek, not the allures of this world. Thank you, God, for reminding me that Thou art in every cell and organ of my body. Thank you, God, for Thy Light radiating out from every cell and organ of my body, bringing health and wholeness. Thank you, God, for Thy Light radiating out from every cell and organ of my body, bringing harmony, health, and peace to those around me. Thank you, God, for centering me in Thee. Thank you, God, for attuning me to Thy will. Not my will but Thine be done, O Lord. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
01/17/2026
Dear Light Group,
One of the greatest Hindu sages, Shankara, wrote in his Crest-Jewel of Discrimination,
O Lord, dweller within,
You are the Light
In the heart’s lotus.
Another great Hindu master, Nityananda, said that, although God is everywhere, “He specifically dwells in a human heart.”
Yet another Hindu master, Muktananda, said that when the heart is opened, bliss spreads through every pore of the body and it makes a yogi wild with delight: he or she dances and leaps with joy.
With this as guidance and inspiration, shall we explore this Saturday the Light that is in our own hearts?
To do so, you might want to try a prayer such as, “I am grateful, Lord, that You dwell within me. I am grateful, Lord, that You dwell within my heart. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I feel Thy presence. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I feel Thee in my heart. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the calmer I become. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I dissolve into Thee. The more I dissolve into Thee, O Lord, the more I am aware of Thee when I am touching, eating, walking, and sleeping. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I know that Thou art in everything. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I know that the whole universe is Your splendor. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I know that the entire universe is filled with Thy Joy, Beauty, Sweetness, and Love. The more I focus on Thee, O Lord, the more I feel Thee acting through me. Thank you, Lord, for filling my heart with Thy splendor. Let this, Thy splendor, radiate out from my heart, that others may be touched by Thee and Thy goodness. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
01/10/2026
Dear Light Group,
One of the most tender moments with Jesus may have been when he gave the Sermon on the Mount.
The story begins with Jesus “seeing the multitudes.” Given what he said in the Sermon on the Mount, one senses that Jesus not only saw “the multitudes” with his physical eyes but with eyes filled with deep compassion. The “multitudes” were the common people, and they felt weighed down and were hungry for hope. Sound familiar?
Part of what was weighing them down were the number and severity of the laws. Again, sound familiar? There were the Ten Commandments, but most people don’t realize there are an additional 613 laws in books of the Bible such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy. The penalties for breaking those laws were quite harsh. On top of the 613 laws were regulations and requirements mandated by the priests.
Beyond the Jewish laws were the laws of the Romans, who had conquered that part of the world. The Romans could be quite savage in how they treated those who broke their laws or threatened their control. Just think of crucifixion: Jesus wasn’t the only one to be crucified – the road to Jerusalem was lined with crosses on which people had been crucified, as a reminder to the Jews and others to be obedient.
In the midst of this repression and cruelty, the “multitudes” ached for hope, for freedom, for upliftment.
Given the times, what Jesus promised “the multitudes” must have seemed almost unreal. In the Beatitudes, he promised comfort, mercy, and the kingdom of heaven. He also told them they would see God. Beyond that, he told them they were the Light of the World.
Jesus, in a sense, wiped out the old, repressive laws when he said (at least five times in the Sermon on the Mount) something like, “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time….” The old-timers were Moses and others who followed him, loading up on laws.
The new “laws” of Jesus were ones of love, humility, forgiveness, generosity, non-judgment, non-materialism, purity of thought, and focus on the Divine.
These weren’t so much laws as they were a spiritual code or a formula for spiritual transformation, and they are every bit as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. If we, who are living in something of a dark age, seek comfort, mercy, and the kingdom of heaven, just as the people of old did, then we, too, have the spiritual code to take us there.
But that code needs to be read, not with the mind, but with the heart. When the code is in our hearts, then we transform – ourselves as well as others. When the code is in our hearts, we aren’t thinking it, we are being it. When we be it, we vibrate the energy of love, forgiveness, and generosity. Then others pick up on that energy, and they start to vibrate that energy, too. We are uplifted, and that uplifts others, and a virtuous cycle begins.
If you would like to be the Sermon on the Mount – for yourself and for others – you might try a prayer such as, “Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy vibrates in my heart. This Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy vibrates throughout my entire being. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart throughout my home and throughout the area in which I live. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart and fills and surrounds Earth. I am one with the Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy of the Christ. I am one with Christ Consciousness. Christ Consciousness and I are one. I am one with that Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy that permeates everyone and everything. Let this Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy expand, that all may feel the comfort and mercy. Let this Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy expand, that all may find the kingdom of heaven. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
01/03/2026
Dear Light Group,
We wish each other a happy new year (and I wish you a Happy New Year!), but what does that mean for us, and what is the surest source of our happiness?
Typically, a “happy new year” means “everything goes my way”: whether it’s health or money or travel or family relations or something else, we want things to improve or at least not be problematical. Fair enough. The less congested and the more pleasurable our lives, the easier it is to focus on what is important.
But what is the surest source of happiness? For Jim Goure, happiness – well, beyond that, joy – came from knowing one’s Divine mission and then fulfilling it. He said that Jesus was the happiest man who ever walked the planet: even on the cross, Jesus knew he was fulfilling his Divine mission, knew he was one with his Father and was fulfilling the mission his Father had laid out for him, and even at the moment of ultimate physical degradation, was joyful.
What about the rest of us? What is the surest source of our happiness? What if we feel we don’t have a big deal mission like Jesus’ or, if we do, feel our shortcomings – feel frustrated in our ability to live that mission?
If we observe people who have the most consistent happiness, they appear to have a few basic qualities. They are comfortable in their own skin – they are comfortable with who they are. They aren’t down on themselves for not having accomplished something, and they aren’t striving to imitate someone else’s success. They enjoy living a life of basic goodness. Basic goodness resides in everyone, but some people feel they can’t get what they want by living a life of basic goodness – and typically they end up having a gnawing sense of unfulfilled desire. People who are happy – and this one is key – enjoy serving others. They don’t allow themselves to be doormats – they don’t allow others to use them – but they live lives of compassion and service. The core of happiness is found by those who move beyond themselves – those who move beyond their selfish desires and their enormous efforts to erect a cocoon to protect themselves against that which they feel an aversion.
The more we are able to do that – move out of our shells and attenuate the grip our personalities have on us – the thinner the veil of illusion becomes. And the thinner that veil becomes, the more we are able to experience not just happiness but the bliss and luminosity of the Divine. In that bliss and luminosity, we realize that we are not who we thought we were. We are not our little selves. Behind every beat of our hearts, behind every breath we take, is the sustaining love of the Divine. We are a creation of the Divine, here to enjoy the dreamlike creation and here, in oneness with that Divine, to expand the Joy and Beauty of that creation. Moving beyond the walls of religion, the limits of the mind, and the fears of the flesh, we connect with the Divine source of all that is. There is nothing dividing the Creator from the created. There is only the illusion of separation. Every rolling wave, every star burning bright, every heartbeat of every living being – all are expressions of one Divine energy. God is the current of life moving through all things. God is here, now, in the breath that sustains us. The more we awaken to this awareness, the more we see all of creation as sacred, the more we see all life forms as holy.
If you would like a prayer to accelerate this consciousness, you might try this: “Thank you, God, for removing the veil of illusion and separation. Help me to see Thee in all that Is. Help me to know that it is Thee in the night sky, Thee in the brilliant sun, Thee in the songs of birds, Thee in my loved ones, Thee in my neighbors, Thee in all peoples of all lands. Make me an instrument of Thy Peace, Joy, Love, Truth, and Light, that all may be inspired to recognize their own basic goodness and that all may find ways to express that basic goodness in ways that enhance Thy creation. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully