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SOUL HOME NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2016

Soul Home’s VisionCelebrating Heaven on Earth

By Living a Life of ChoiceRooted in Truth

Vibrating with Love, Wisdom and Abundance.

Soul Home’s MissionTo Practice and Teach Spiritual Principles;

Being a Beneficial Presence for Global TransformationThrough Individual Transformation

Soul Home’s PurposeTo Serve with Love, because we Love to Serve!

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“The Divine Plan is one of Freedom; bondage is not God-ordained.Freedom is the birthright of every living soul.” - Ernest Holmes: The Science of Mind, p. 25

IN THIS ISSUE: Dates for Sacred Gatherings – Sundays, 14 & 28 August 2016

“A NEW OUTLOOK”– by Ernest Holmes & Willis H. Kinnear, A New Design for Living

“GRATEFULNESS - A Night Without Lodging” by OSHO

“YOUR PIECE IN WORLD PEACE” – Peace Affirmations used in Rev. Stephanie Clarke’s Talk at Soul Home on 24 July 2016

PEARLS OF WISDOM from Leo Buscaglia’s book “LOVE – What life is all about…” – Cape Town Study Group Meeting 30 July 2016

Ongoing/Forthcoming Events - Courses/Workshops/Study Groups

“Practical Mysticism” SOM class started on 21 June 2016 with 6 students

“Self-Mastery – The Emergence of the True Self” - planned by Mel

Science of Mind Study Group in Cape Town - next meeting on Saturday, 20 August 2016 from 13h00 to 16h00.

Rev. Stephanie Clarke’s CD “Uncommon Prayer”

Spiritual Library

Spiritual Mind Treatment requests

Links to Websites

Penny’s Worth

Practitioner contact details

Soul Home Sacred Gatherings Venue - Address details & directions

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Dear Friend of Soul Home

My heart is filled with sooo much love and gratitude while reflecting on the beautiful Sacred Ceremony at Soul Home on Sunday, 10 July 2016. The purpose was to celebrate - and what a joyous and magnificent celebration it turned out to be:

Happy Retirement for Anka as she lets go of her active licensed CSL Practitioner status.

Farewell to Penelope (Penny), leaving Johannesburg and settling into her new role in Cape Town.

Congratulations to Rev. Gerd, the newly qualified licensed Minister/Spiritual Director

Our beloved Rev. Steph facilitated the beautiful sacred ceremony, something she loves doing. Steph did a magnificent and skillful job of creativity, love and joy. Melanie assisted her in a wonderful atmosphere of warmth and unique celebration where everyone present became actively involved in making Anka, Penny and me feel significantly loved and appreciated. I feel deeply touched by the beautiful words of appreciation conveyed to me when Rev. Steph asked the community to write notes and affirmations to Anka, Penny and me. I read the notes addressed to me at home after the celebration! Wow! Joyous tears flowed expressing infinite love and gratitude…

A big THANK YOU to Rev. Steph and Melanie for making this ceremony so special and

memorable, for all the hard work in preparing and organizing every detail, selecting and buying lovely presents, and so much more…

to the beloved Soul Home community and all those who showed up and celebrated with us, for making generous financial contributions to cover expenses

to Sechaba who organized a very competent photographer who took many pictures which I am currently processing and which I shall add to our event page on our Soul Home website – www.soulhome.za.org

Congratulations to Obakeng Gaitate who successfully passed the Practitioner Licensing Panel in an online session on 16 July 2016. He is now a Licensed Practitioner. Well done, Obakeng! I certainly do appreciate your efforts, knowing that you have done almost all the required courses online. This takes a great deal of dedication and self-discipline. For the first time, I was an online panelist, in the same virtual environment (zoom.us) with Obakeng, however with a different Practitioner candidate. It was a great experience for me and I enjoyed this opportunity to be of service to the Global Spiritual Community. A few days after Obakeng’s successful paneling, I received an email message from Rev. Molly Cameron, one of his panelists. Her message reads, “Rev Gerd, I had the privilege of paneling your new practitioner last Saturday, and I was so impressed with the work that you are doing in Johannesburg.” This is gratifying feedback, isn’t

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it? Thank you to all of you who are part of this work - being co-creators of a world that works for everyone, through everyone…

Through the LinkedIn network I recently received a message from Rich (Richard) Haas (Published Author "Sacred Quantum Metaphysics") thanking me/us for “spreading the Science of Mind Philosophy” – I do appreciate this message.

I trust that you will find the articles, poems and quotes in this newsletter of interest. Do feel free to make suggestions regarding topics of relevance for publishing in future editions.

An affirmation by Rev. Dr. David Ault for contemplation and consideration:

“I play a significant part in the healing of the world. Who I am matters.”

Take note of the following dates for our Sacred Gatherings in August 2016: Sunday, 14 August at 10h00 Sunday, 28 August at 10h00, including Kiddies’ Ministry with Mel

ADDRESS DETAILS & DIRECTIONS TO VENUE:  Please see details at end of this newsletter.

There is space for kiddies and safe parking for our vehicles.  Please see the electronic “Events” board in Reception or the Golf Club staff will direct you to the meeting venue.

Kindly note that there is a dress code we are requested to honor when attending our gatherings at the Randpark Club.  Please do not wear shorts and/or flip-flops!

Join us in creating the spiritual community you would like to experience.You are most welcome to bring a friend or interested persons to our Sunday Gatherings in order to introduce them to the Science of Mind teachings and to participate in our fellowship.

At the start of our Gathering, we have a meditation period, which lasts approximately 10 minutes.  If you arrive while the meditation is in progress, kindly wait outside (in silence) until meditation has been completed.  It would be appreciated if you could please respect this request.

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A NEW OUTLOOKErnest Holmes & Willis H. Kinnear: A New Design for Living,

page 109/10

The mind of man has created many things, but none so cruel and so devastating as the concept that there is both good and bad in the universe. That there is God and the devil. That God grants some people fortune and success and others He decrees shall be miserable and poor. These ideas have bothered theologians and philosophers throughout the ages. But as we profess to be neither, they really need be of no concern to us. We are not interested in profound philosophical problems, nor in creeds, dogmas, or arbitrary dictates. Each one of us can know, or come to know, just as much about these fundamental propositions as anyone else living. Most alleged spiritual authority is merely an assumption which loudly proclaims and plausibly maintains, and when enough people come to believe in it, the subconscious reactions of their own thought seem to substantiate their claims until all become hypnotized. This kind of self-deception, which leads to real conviction, right or wrong, is evidenced in an extreme manner by a number of “Napoleons” in padded cells in our mental institutions.

RAMPANT IMAGINATIONIf it seems like an unreasonable thought, we need only look about us and try to analyze the absurd claims, the illogical statements and unreasonable beliefs that people have about God, man and the destiny of the human soul. In fact some seem to have inside information on the nature and horrors of hell. They are apparently people of wide experience and very well traveled, but as for us, we need to prepare no such itinerary for ourselves. In fact, even if we desired that there be a hell, who or what in the universe that is intelligent and harmonious could have created such a place? No, the only hell we will ever encounter is in our own minds, created by us for us by the nature of our own process of thought. But if it is heaven we desire, it is ours for the asking, ours for the thinking, today, right now, not at some future time. Heaven is what we make it, and we are making our share of it as we make the best of every moment.

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“GRATEFULNESS - A Night Without Lodging” by OSHO

The moment one is capable of feeling grateful for both pain and pleasure, without any distinction, without any choice, simply feeling grateful for whatsoever is given… Because if it is given by God, it must have a reason in it. We may like it, we may not like it, but it must be needed for our growth. Winter and summer are both needed for growth. Once this idea settles in the heart, then each moment of life is of gratitude.

Let this become your meditation and prayer: thank God every moment – for laughter, for tears, for everything. Then you will see a silence arising in your heart that you have not known before. That is bliss.

The first thing is to accept life as it is. Accepting it, desires disappear. Accepting life as it is, tensions disappear, discontent disappears; accepting it as it is, one starts feeling very joyful – and for no reason at all! When joy has a reason, it is not going to last long. When joy is without reason, it is going to be there forever. It happened in the life of a very famous Zen woman, her name was Rengetsu … Very few women have attained to the Zen ultimate. This one is one of those rare women. She was on a pilgrimage and she came to the village at sunset and begged for lodging for the night, but the villagers slammed their doors. They were against Zen. Zen is revolutionary, so utterly rebellious, that it is very difficult to accept it. By accepting it you are going to be transformed; by accepting it you will be passing through a fire, you will never be the same again. Traditional people have always been against all that is true in religion. Tradition is all that is untrue in religion. So those must have been traditional Buddhists in the town, and they didn’t allow this woman to stay in the town; they threw her out.

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It was a cold night, and the old woman with no lodging … and hungry. She had to make her shelter underneath a cherry tree in the fields. It was really cold, and she could not sleep well. And it was dangerous too – wild animals and all. At midnight she awoke – because of too much cold – and saw, in the night sky, the fully-opened cherry blossoms laughing to the misty moon. Overcome with the beauty, she got up and bowed down in the direction of the village, with these words:

Through their kindnessin refusing me lodgingI found myself beneath the blossomson the night of the misty moon.

She feels grateful. With great gratitude she thanks those people who refused her lodging; otherwise she would be sleeping under an ordinary roof and she would have missed this blessing – these cherry blossoms, and this whispering with the misty moon, and this silence of the night, this utter silence of the night. She is not angry, she accepts it. Not only accepts it, welcomes it – she feels grateful. One becomes a buddha the moment one accepts all that life brings, with gratitude.(Excerpted from “OSHO Transformation Tarot – 60 Illustrated Cards and Book For Insight and Renewal,” pages 93 to 95)

***“In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

***YOUR PIECE IN WORLD PEACE

Talk by Rev. Stephanie Clarke at Soul Home on Sunday, 24 July 2016.At this gathering we had a visitor, Robert O’Hare, with us from the AGAPE community in Los Angeles. He is a dear friend of Rev. Steph’s whom she met while she was studying at AGAPE under the leadership of Rev. Michael Beckwith. It was a joy to have Robert participating actively in our Sacred Gathering. He sent me a message after his return to USA, saying, “I especially treasure my visit with your lovely spiritual family.”

Rev. Steph facilitated another meaningful and very inspiring inter-active service culminating in 22 affirmations for group treatment on PEACE. Let me share these affirmations with you:

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1. I affirm that Harmony is now established between all groups who appear to have been in conflict.

2. I declare that Peace reigns supreme across the planet and throughout the universe.

3. I accept now that Peace is My Name and My Nature and it is the Name and the Nature of all beings everywhere.

4. I know absolutely that the Kingdom of Peace is now being anchored upon Planet Earth.

5. I now live in the mental atmosphere of “Peace, be still!” And all tendency to worry ceases instantly.

6. I declare that world leaders everywhere are now being called out by the Spirit to make decisions and take action for the highest good of the Whole. Furthermore, I declare that I AM a world leader by right of consciousness.

7. I am affirming now that any sense of poverty or the illusion of “not enough resources” is being dissipated and dissolved back into the nothingness from whence it came.

8. I declare that the Divine Intelligence that knows how to make bombs and instruments of war is now functioning superlatively to make love bombs and instruments of peace.

9. I declare that Peace is spoken everywhere through the language of the heart.

10. I accept that any long held grievances are now melting in the warmth of Love and Forgiveness.

11. I affirm that all appearances of hostility are now being disarmed by the power of this Word.

12. I accept that the compassionate heart of all beings is now the place from which relationship is generated.

13. I trust and know that Life is evolving in the direction of ever-expanding Peace in all dimensions of consciousness.

14. I affirm with power and conviction that Peace is the Way and no person place or thing can block, stop or hinder that.

15. I trust that the Peace that passeth all understanding now infills, encircles and undergirds all life-forms everywhere.

16. I affirm now that all appearances of terrorism, violence, pain and fear are wiped out by the power of this Word.

17. I know with certainty that hate and fear have no basis in Truth, no real substance, therefore the Divine Power of Love and Peace has full sway now!

18. I know that children everywhere are held safe in the arms of Divine Mother.

19. I know that the Divine nurtures Its Beloveds and always provides for every need so food substance is abundantly available everywhere and all appearances of hunger fall away.

20. I know that the Divine always accommodates every cell of Its Beloved Creation within Itself and so all beings everywhere are perfectly housed and sheltered.

21. I know that there is an abundance of resources in the Divine Storehouse within me, more than enough to support the life and happiness of all beings everywhere.

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22. I know that Love between the children of the Universe is the true and essential nature of relationship and that this Love now heals all former hurts and wounds.

PEARLS OF WISDOMFrom Leo Buscaglia’s book “LOVE – What life is all about…”

At our Cape Town Study Group Meeting on 30 July 2016, we discussed some of Leo Buscaglia’s ideas about LOVE. Here are some of the gems contained in his writings:

“It’s never too late to learn anything for which you have a potential. If you want to learn to love, then you must start the process of finding out what it is, what qualities make up a loving person and see how these are developed. Each person has the potential for love. But potential is never realized without work. This does not mean pain. Love, especially, is learned best in wonder, in joy, in peace, in living.”

“To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others.”

“To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness.”

“A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.”

“Perhaps the most positive word in the English language and the most conducive to continued growth in love is “Yes.” ... A lover says “Yes” to life, “Yes” to joy, “Yes” to knowledge, “Yes” to people, “Yes” to differences.”

“One does not fall ‘in’ or ‘out’ of love. One grows in love.”

“We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be.”

“You can only be “real” on your path. The hardest thing in the world is to be something you’re not.”

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

The following are two of my favorite quotes in Buscaglia’s book:

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”

“As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming.”

“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.” – Ramana Maharshi

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Ongoing/Forthcoming Events - Courses/Workshops/Study Groups

“Trained thought is more powerful than untrained thought.”- Ernest Holmes

Here is a list of some of the accredited Science of Mind courses that are available to be run during the year 2016.  Please let me know which course/s you are interested in as that would facilitate my planning!

FOUNDATION LEVEL New Foundations of the Science of Mind - Basic Principles for Spiritual Living

This is a revision and widely updated new version of the Foundational Course. It presents a new spiritual principle each week and a spiritual practice to support that principle. The

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Creative Process is introduced at the beginning of the class and then flows through each week, so that the student has the opportunity to see and use the Creative Process at work in each spiritual principle. Each week also features the writing of one of our elders as well as one of our contemporaries on the subject at hand. These include Dr. William Hornaday, Dr. Frank Richelieu, Terry Cole Whittaker, Dr. Jesse Jennings, Dr. Kathy Hearn, Dr. Linda McNamar, and many more. Released in 2007Duration: 10 weeks, 3 hours each class, 30 hours in total, plus a 3.5-4 hour workshop This course is ideal for beginners without any previous knowledge of “The Science of Mind” teachings, but also suitable as a “Refresher” course for those who have taken “Science of Mind” courses previously.

Text Books: The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes Student Workbook for Foundations of Science of Mind,

Optional Text: It Is About You, by Kathy Juline.

Tuition Fee: R 2 850.00 (which includes a Student Workbook and Registration Fees with CSL), and approx. R 300.00 for textbook “The Science of Mind” by Ernest Holmes (if you don’t have it already).

The next Foundations Class had been planned to start in mid-April 2016 as an online course but has been postponed due to some logistical issues. A classroom-based course is planned for the near future.

*****Practical Mysticism This course is an exploration of mysticism, what it is and what it is not. It provides the framework for the student to live a more mystical life in present time. Each student sets a personal intention for his or her life. Emphasis is given to the practice of meditation and the practice of witnessing consciousness. This course is ideal for anyone seeking to deepen his or her own awareness of the Divine reality in daily living.

Duration of Course:  10 Weeks    Certification Hours: 30  Textbooks:   “The Foundations of Mysticism” by Joel Goldsmith                       “Entering the Castle:  Finding the Inner Path to God and                       Your Soul’s Purpose” by Caroline Myss  Tuition Fees (excluding CSL Registration Fees):  R 2 850.00CSL Registration Fees: US $30.00 (only payable if accreditation required, i.e. for students who want to enter into a Practitioner Study Course.

This class started on Tuesday, 21 June 2016.

SELF-MASTERY: THE EMERGENCE OF THE TRUE SELF

The Self Mastery Course focuses on healing the perceived separation between personality and Spirit. Through an active exploration of the creative nature of thoughts and feelings, beliefs and emotions, the students have an opportunity to gain mastery in the art of living as conscious, intentional beings.

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Duration of Course: 8 Weeks Certification Hours: 24Text: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes Tuition Fees (excluding CSL Registration Fees):  R 2 350.00CSL Registration Fees: US $30.00 (only payable if accreditation required, i.e. for students who want to enter into a Practitioner Study Course)

THE ESSENTIAL ERNEST HOLMES

Duration of Course:  10 Weeks    Certification Hours: 30  Tuition Fees:  R 2 850.00 Prerequisite: Successful completion of Science of Mind Foundation Class

*****HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY COURSEWORK

From Whence We CameDuration of Course:  10 Weeks    Certification Hours: 30 Tuition Fees:  R 2 850.00

CONSCIOUSNESS COURSEWORK

Power of Your Word  Duration of Course:  8 Weeks    Certification Hours: 24  Tuition:  R 2 350.00

Meditation is More Than You ThinkDuration of Course:  8 Weeks    Certification Hours:  24  Textbooks:         “An Easy Guide to Meditation” by Roy Eugene Davis - CSA Press, 1978, And ONE of the following:                            “How to Meditate” by Lawrence LeShan - Bantam, 1975 or                            “Journey of Awakening” by Ram Dass - Bantam, 1978  Tuition Fees:  R 2 350.00

ELECTIVES5 Gifts for an Abundant Life Duration of Course:  8 Weeks    Certification Hours:  24  Textbook:           “5 Gifts for an Abundant Life” by Diane Harmony  Tuition Fees:  R 2 350.00

VisioningDuration of Course:  8 Weeks    Certification Hours:  24  Tuition Fees:  R 2 350.00

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“Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.” - Lao Tzu

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Science of Mind Study Group in Cape Town

Our next meeting is planned for Saturday, 20 August 2016 from 13h00 to 16h00. Please contact me for address of venue.

Theme for our study group meeting: “Scientific Prayer - Spiritual Mind Treatment” to be facilitated by Penny Gottlieb, RScP

Penny intends to facilitate an accredited Science of Mind Foundations Class in the near future. Watch this space for more details.

Please let me know via email [email protected] or [email protected] whether you would like to attend this class. _____________________________________________________________________

REV. STEPHANIE CLARKE’S CD “UNCOMMON PRAYER”

Stock of the CD is available. The CD “Uncommon Prayer – For Souls on the Journey Home” consists of 10 prayers spoken by Rev. Stephanie. The cost of the CD is R150.00.  Please contact me if you would like to purchase one or more.  These CD’s make wonderful gifts not only for others but also for you.____________________________________________________________________

SPIRITUAL LIBRARY

We have a Spiritual Library available to the Soul Home community on a membership basis.  There are over 450 titles, which I have collected over time, while some books that have been donated to me.  If you are interested in becoming a member of this Library, please send me an email and I shall send you the list of titles, together with a Membership Application Form and the “Terms of Membership”.  A list of book titles is available on our website (www.soulhome.za.org )

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT REQUESTS AND COUNSELLING

If anyone requires spiritual mind treatment (affirmative prayer) for a specific purpose, please submit your personal request/s via email or complete a written request to one of our practitioners.  They will treat on your behalf for a week.  (See contact details at the end of this newsletter).  Specific prayer requests should not be submitted on behalf of someone else without their permission.  (The Science of Mind philosophy is one of free choice and therefore no one is in a position to intercede for another person, unless they are unconscious or a young child.  In the case of an adult who has not requested the prayer, the treatment will be for “wholeness” and “divine right action” only).  You are kindly asked to make a love offering for this service.

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Our spiritual practitioners are available for private spiritual counseling sessions. Please contact them directly to arrange an appointment.  As they are licensed professional practitioners, they are entitled to charge a fee for their services.____________________________________________________________________   

LINKS TO ‘SCIENCE OF MIND’ WEBSITES:

Centers for Spiritual Livingwww.csl.org

Higher Vision Institute www.HigherVisionInstitute.org

Association of Global New Thought (AGNT)www.agnt.org 

YANA (You Are Not Alone) Virtual Center for Spiritual Living www.yanavcsl.org . Check this website for the following weekly events: Every

Wednesday evening at 21:00 (S.A. Time) there is a conversation on spiritual topics by Rev. Cliff Rubin.

PENNY’S WORTH FROM THE MOTHER CITY

It was with an overwhelming sense of gratitude that I returned to Cape Town after the magnificent, moving Soul Home sacred ceremony held in Johannesburg on 10 July. How wonderful it was to be surrounded by the spontaneous warmth and love of special, supportive Soul Home friends, some of whom I have grown to love over more than 15 years. The joy of being with my fellow Practitioner students from 2003 to celebrate Gerd’s graduation as a Reverend and Anka’s “retirement” as a Practitioner (from an official perspective only and not from a spiritual sense), facilitated by our Spiritual Teacher, Rev. Steph.

Steph rigorously put Gerd, Anka and I through our paces during our Practitioner Course and prepared us for our paneling in 2005. She contributed in no mean way towards catapulting my life into a completely different spiritual direction after I became involved in the Science of Mind teaching and philosophy.

Melanie ably assisted Rev. Steph during the very beautiful process. Again synchronicity was at work, as Gerd, Anka and I assisted Mel’s group of Practitioner students with their training. How apt it was for us to be together during this special ceremony as it felt for me that we had come full circle, reinforcing our connectedness in a mutual sense of respect, appreciation, nurturing and support.

I am well aware that Mel and Steph managed the planning of the ceremony under extremely challenging circumstances. - At the time, Steph had no internet access, so much of their preparation was done via sms messaging which is not only tedious, but requires exceptional patience. How grateful I am to these 2 gracious ladies for their unique creativity and wisdom. The words of Marvin J. Ashton are so apt, “Be one

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who nurtures and builds. Leave people better than you found them.” Thank you Steph and Mel for shining your radiant light.

I would also like to express my appreciation to every sacred soul who participated in the ceremony and for the unconditional love and blessings shared. My gratitude for the beautiful, personal messages and prayers that continue to sustain me as I write this slot. I accept too with gratitude the exquisite gifts that you so generously presented to me. As we go forward in Oneness, I quote one of the prayers given to me for our mutual spiritual growth:

“I affirm all that you desire and wish for. May you continue to express your Divinity.”

On 9 August we celebrate National Women’s Day. How wonderful to acknowledge all women in every walk of life! Bless you in your numerous roles and for your incredible influence and contributions you make in the world.

And to one and all, “Growing into your future with health and grace and beauty doesn’t have to take all your time. It rather requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is.” - Victoria Moran

I love and miss you all and in Faith and Oneness I send you all much Love and Light.

********************************************************************And – as always - I should like to express my heartfelt “Thank You” to the members of the Soul Home community for all their encouragement and support, as well as financial assistance in the form of love offerings and/or tithing.

It is so good to know that each person makes a difference… and that person is…YOU. -  THANK YOU!!!

And last – but not least, a special “Thank You” to my fellow Practitioners, Anka Daly, Penny Gottlieb, and Melanie Hall, for their continuous generous and loving support.

Love and abundant blessings to all of you and your loved ones! Enjoy each and every day of your precious life!

Rev. Gerd“I am One with all  life! “

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For further details and/or making appointments for Counselling sessions with a Licensed Practitioner, please contact any one of us:

Rev. Gerd Pontow:

Cell          083 267 4205 Home:      011 465 0395 E-mail:     [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.soulhome.za.org

Anka Daly, RScP (Retired):

Cell:         083 267 1444Home:     (011) 942 2713Fax:          (011) 825 7496E-mail:     [email protected]

Penny Gottlieb, RScP:

Cell:         082 959 6415Home: 021 761 7429E-mail:     [email protected]

Melanie Hall, RScP:

Cell:                 083 454 2619E-mail:             [email protected]

Please let us know of any family members, friends and/or acquaintances who might be interested in our work and who might want to be included on our mailing list.

Any financial contributions you may wish to make in support of this work can be made into the following bank account:

Bank: First National BankBranch: Cresta CentreBranch Code: 254 905Account Name: G. PontowAccount Number: 54866001421Ref: SOM and your name

ADDRESS DETAILS & DIRECTIONS TO SOUL HOME SACRED GATHERINGS VENUE:

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Randpark ClubSetperk Road, Randpark (Windsor Park), RandburgTel. No. 011 215 8600

GPS Co-ordinates: S26’06.862  E27’58.000

From Beyers Naude Offramp: Travel southwards on Beyers Naude Avenue (with Renault dealership on left

& World Wear on right towards Cresta Shopping Centre. After approx. 2km turn left onto Judges Avenue. After 550m turn left onto Republic Road. Take the third road left onto Klub Street. Turn right to stay in Klub Street Turn right after approx. 450m onto Fairway Drive Take the first left onto Setperk Road Destination will be on the right. Check in at Security and ask for directions to the Golf Club Reception (not the

Fairview Hotel & Spa.)

From Malibongwe Drive Offramp: Travel southwards as far as Republic Road (approx. 3.3km) and turn right onto

Republic Road. iv. After approx. 2.2 km turn right at robot onto Cherry Drive. Take the third left onto Arend Avenue. Take the third right onto Fairway Drive. Take the first left onto Setperk Road. Destination will be on the right. Check in at Security and ask for directions to the Golf Club Reception (not the

Fairview Hotel & Spa.)

There is space for kiddies and there is safe parking for our vehicles.  Please see the electronic “Events” board in Reception or the staff will direct you to the meeting venue.

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