Hola, All! Today I have to tell you about the service I went to at the Center for Spiritual Living! It was only my second time to visit, and I am so glad I did; it was uplifting and FUN! The service was led by the practitioners (another name for lay people, I think)and they chose the topic "Freedom to Play". It opened with the band playing "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night! The practioners then welcomed all the guests and handed out a free DVD about the center to them. Then a woman sang a song about rainbows that Kermit the frog sings; it was lovely. The first speaker was a black woman wearing a purple and white do-rag. She talked about an email in which several people were corresponding with each other. She got in at some point, but not at the beginning so she really wasn't sure what was going on. From her response, someone said that she was ROTFLMAO. Not knowing what that meant, she asked. It translates to "Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A__ Off! At the A word, she indicated her booty! Then she shows this short video of a bird keeping beat to the music of "Another One Bites the Dust", which was quite funny. The next woman spoke for a few minutes about ways to put fun into our lives. Then, 10 blown-up plastic beachballs with positive messages written on them were tossed into the audience where we spent a few minutes knocking beachballs to each other! It was great fun! At the end of the service the practitioners were stationed throughout the room and began to say prayers outloud, all at the same time. I closed my eyes and let all the messages enter my mind, even though I could only understand the one said by the "beachball" lady, who was closest to me. It was an incredible service of love, fun and joy!
Chao for now!
Dawnie
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