RELIGION IN A BOX

The center of Religion In A Box is the 12 affirmations or principles.   Here they are:

The Twelve Affirmations for a Better World. 1.   Be good. 2.    Be happy 3.    Help others 4.    Make the earth a better    place 5.    Respect  your parents and Love your children. 6.    Woman and man are one life and Equal in all things 7.    Be generous 8.    Enjoy life   9.    Sex is good 10.  Don’t hurt any body 11.  Love yourself and others 12.  Silence speaks

Here are 12 special days to celebrate:

Twelve Special Days for Twelve Months of the Year Inventor’s Day A day to appreciate and reflect on the creativity and benefits we have all enjoyed from the lifes and works of those who have invented the things that make our lives easier and more enjoyable. Creativity Day A day to appreciate and reflect on the art, music, poetry, and dance, and all the creative persons who enrich our lives with their creative expressions. I Love You Day A day to share cards and gifts with those we love. Birthday Day Time to celebrate all the newcomers who have come to earth during the year. Parent’s and Children’s Day A day for parents and children to honor and appreciate  each other and honor the struggle of parents around the world to raise their children. Great Ideas Day A day for us to honor and remember those great minds who shared their ideas and made a better world for us all. World Unity Day We are one world, one people, one humanity.  Let us reflect and honor all the people in the world. Seniors’ Day Those whose lives have had the full measure of pleasure and pain.  We will visit you in your senior centers and in our families and honor your life. Prisoner’s Day Those whose circumstances have brought them to the place of punishment are not to be forgotten.  We will visit the prisons and bring gifts to those who are suffering in the hand of man and whose live have had so much pain. Love the Earth Day The earth is our home and we must take care of it.  A time to look at our planet and try to make it a better place for all of us to live. Birthday for the  Year For all the newcomers during the year.  Happy birthday, and may your life be a good one. Gift Day   At the end of the year, let us celebrate with gifts to all who love us and whom we love and those who help us to survives. Spiritual Teacher’s Day Many teachers from many parts of the world have given their wisdom and love to us that we may understand ourselves and create a good life for ourselves and our neighbors all over the world.  Let us honor all the great teachers.

Four Significant Days Birth You enter into our world as a newcomer, small, weak, and vulnerable.   We promise to take care of  you, protect and love  you until you can take care of yourself.  We will give you everything we can to make your journey smooth.  We will support you whoever you turn out to be in your individual potential.  You are not us, and we are not you, yet we are together. Marriage Two separate beings coming together to be one, to live and share together is a difficult thing to do.   As you have expressed a willingness to join together, we, your family and friends rejoice at your choice and will support you with our resources giving you strength  as you make this journey together Divorce You loved each other and tried to stay together, but it just didn't work out.  Perhaps you married in front of your friends and families, and spent all that money on gowns and flowers, renting the church, etc., and promised to your god that you would stay together until death do you part, and now some years later, having brought into this world one or two children, you've changed your mind and can no longer stand the sight of one another.  This is all very difficult and embarrassing, but if you are determined to separate, try to be as peaceful and kind to each other as possible.  And remember to be extra kind to your children who will also have to bear the burden of your limitations.  So try to be fair and decent, and remember that you once loved each other. Death You have come into this world and now are gone, back into the source of all life, back into the whole being of life.  You have experienced life as an individual with its good and bad, with its pleasures and pains.   We hope you have found it a worthwhile and beneficial experience and have had all the emotions  that living can offer, and that your time here was good for you. Some of us find our lives full of happiness, and some find it full of pain and suffering.  We hope you have had a bountiful share of both, and we are joined here to say goodbye and farewell.  We are all coming and going just as you, and will soon join you as the departed.  Perhaps those who survive you will remember you with love and sadness now that you have gone. Perhaps  your life has been a problem for all, but whether a good life of a bad one, you have made your choices and had  your chance. Goodbye, and thanks for being here for a while.

WITH AN OPEN HEART I will receive with gratitude I will give with gratitude My life will be filled with gratitude. When I feel pain, I will allow it. When I feel pleasure, I will allow it. I accept what happens And will learn from it. I will do what needs to be done. I will accomplish that Which is before me. When I die in this life, I become part of the world Of energy and new growth. Let me be absorbed in The life of the Universe again. The universe is very large, And I am  a part of it. The universe is very small, And I am a part of it. The universe is me, And I am it. There is a perfection in life, The perfect leaf, The perfect flower, The perfect bee. I am a part of this perfection, Complete and whole. My children are an extension Of my life. I am the extension of my children’s life We will work together to Find the harmony of our relationship. Things are as they are, I will not run away From my situation, But do my best to solve it. I will be courageous In the face of difficulties Unto death, I will do The best I can. No one can force me to Kill another person. Only if I agree, Can I kill someone. I am free of all superstitions Idol worship, false beliefs, and illusions. I see truth clearly and without Falsity or pretence. The here and now is where the real resides. The past is a memory. The future is a fantasy.   Only the present is where life is.

Sunday  Morning Services 9:00-10:00      Music 10:00-11:00    Silence Speaks 11:00-12:00    Socializing and Food. 12:00-1:00     Social Action 12:00-1:00     Talking Groups 12:00-1:00     Creative Arts Groups Sunday Evening Services 5:00-6:00      Food and Socializing 6:00 -7:00     Music 7:00-8:00     Silence Speaks 8:00-9:00     Talking Groups

This is a universal transformation event and   process.  There are the 12 affirmations/principles, a period for music, a silent meditation period, and then either a conversation group, social action group, and a creativity group.  It is open to all peoples from all nations and embraces everyone. Please send your writing to: larryepston@yahoo.com

This is called religion in a box, because it will be put in a box.  The box will contain, a scroll with the 12 affirmations/principles, the list of holidays, the three statements, the list of additional statements, the service outline.  There will also be a candle, an incense holder, incense, and a meditation cloth.  There will also be a book, called, THE BOOK.  The Book will consist of statements made about the 12 principles written by you.  That what I am asking you to do.  Write your comments about the 12 principles and send them to me.  Write about one or more, your choice.