We all know the premise of a Spiritual Mind Treatment is that One Universal Divine Intelligence flows through all people and nature.  It is my belief and faith of Oneness that bridges the past and the present events of my life together in unison.

For instance, as a teenager growing up in the 70s, one of my favorite Saturday morning television shows was Soul Train.  Soul Train featured a genre of R&B, Pop, Gospel songs and contemporary musical artists.  Recently, I discovered that the purpose of producing a mainstream musical television show that attracted so many teenagers as myself was to introduce music into the lives of all people.  The title “Soul Train” symbolizes music being transported by a train from one city to the next all over the world.

By first appearances, the singing, dancing and high-end fashion trends of Soul Train may have seemed superficial, but the truth of the matter is that watching Soul Train inspired me to become my creative best self.  Although I never considered myself musically inclined, my creativity developed in the originality of the clothes that I constructed first in the sight of my imagination and then into its final physical form.

This past New Year’s Eve while participating in the Ending and Beginnings Ceremony, I could not help thinking of the parallels between Soul Train and my readiness to walk over the threshold into a new year.  The Endings and Beginnings Ceremony is an annual CSLT tradition that I regard as a high esteem event that encompasses the entire community.  More importantly for me, the Ending and Beginnings Ceremony invoked an inner reflection and for a few brief seconds as I crossed the threshold into 2018, I felt a spark of my creative self come to life and in my inner ear I heard the words of the titled song “Love Train”, written by the O’Jays.  “People all over the world, join hands, start a love train.”

The teachings of Ernest Holmes advocates that we should look boldly expect our Infinite Good to manifest without hesitation.  In Its grandest expectations, I am ready and willing to receive my Good.  Flooded with the memories of a carefree teenager, I am grateful for the artistic value of music, dancing and creative fashion designs.

Divinely inspired in the Oneness of All, I accept my Epic Goodness in 2018!

So it is

–Carla Hodge, RScP