Events for
August 1st - 3rd, 2025

Quote of the Week
"i Choose the Joy of God Instead of Pain"
It is your thoughts alone that cause you pain.  Nothing external to your mind can hurt or injure you in any way.  There is no cause beyond yourself that can reach down and bring oppression.  No one but yourself affects you.  There is nothing in the world that has the power to make you ill or sad, or weak or frail.  But it is you who have the power to dominate all things you see by merely recognizing what you are.  As you perceive the harmlessness in them, they will accept your holy will as theirs.  And what was seen as fearful now becomes a source of innocence and holiness. 

Commentary:  This is an important point to remember:  That we have the freedom to choose what we experience based on our thoughts.  Our thoughts, feelings, perspectives, speech, and actions all naturally arise from what we believe, and our beliefs are simply the thoughts we hold dear as absolute and unequivocal truths.  If we believe we are victims then that is what we will experience, but just as easily, if we believe that we are the holy children of God then that is how we will experience our lives.  We each have the power to choose, and as we choose, so we experience.  Knowing this allows us to begin to make better choices, choosing joy more often and consistently within the context of the theme of our life purpose in this physical dream we call reality.  In the iconic words of the He-man comic book character:  "I have the power!"
Yogi Edmond
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Movie Night
Movie:  The Abyss
Date:  Friday, August 1st, 2025
Time:   7:30pm   (optional:  bring a dish or snack)
The Abyss YouTube Trailer

Starring:  Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Kimberly Scott
Written and Directed by:  James Cameron
Produced by:  Gale Anne Hurd, Van Ling
Genre:  Drama, Si/Fi
Length:   138 min
Year:  1989

A deep sea oil rig and its crew are commandeered to help the Navy investigate the crash of an American nuclear submarine and salvage the wreckage ahead of an oncoming storm.  But they do not only find the crashed sub, they also come into contact with an intelligent life form that opens up their awareness of what is possible.  My favorite line from the movie is "...we have to look with better eyes." when confronted with unknown phenomenon.
Hope to see you there!  ☺

Group Meditation
Sunday, August 3rd, from
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:

followed by:

Knowledge Cinema
2027 The Year Everything Changes

Darryl Anka channeling Bashar

Bashar is a being of extraterrestrial origin, a friend from the future who has spoken for the past 30 years through the channel Darryl Anka, bringing through a wave of new information that clearly explains in detail how the universe works and how each person creates the reality they experience.  Over the years, thousands of individuals have had the opportunity to apply these principles to manifest the reality they prefer.

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30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, August 3rd
Service begins at 11:30am in the Eden Room
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for 
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts at 11:00am

The Speaker for this Sunday is:  DeeOna Fuson,.
Topic:  TBD


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Poetry Night
Friday, August 8th at 7:30pm

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In the words of Goethe:  
"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."

61 Prospect Ave. 4th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901

For additional info, please contact Edmond at:
607.232.6410,  or  e_cotton@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!  ☺
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July 27th, 2025

Quote of the Week
"I call upon God's Name and on my own"
"The Name of God is my deliverance from every thought of evil and of sin,
because it is my own as well as His"
Bhagavad-Gita 3.3

Commentary:  To call upon God's Name is to invoke the infallible power of creation and focus it on some apparent situation or problem. which always produces a positive effect, whether we notice it or not.  This is the value of prayer, which is a request for an adjustment to our perception; a petition to see with better eyes, if you will.  Prayer is the recognition that our perception is amiss, that we have superimposed the limited perception of our ego-self over the wholistic perfection of God's Creation and therefore we perceive "problems."  The correction offered by the quote is to turn our awareness to God, and away from our limited ego perceptions.  Thus are our prayers answered as we remember our unity with God.
Yogi Edmond
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Group Meditation
Sunday, July 27th, from
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:

followed by:

Group Mantra Chanting (Japa)
From 4:00 - 4:30pm

The purpose of Japa is to remember and reawaken the divine in our awareness.  We repeat the name of God to remember our inherent perfection.  As expressed in this week's quote, "we call upon God's Name and on our own" to remind us of our true eternal divine identity. 
Hari, Krishna, and Rama, are just three of the thousand names of God in the Vedic tradition.  If you prefer, you may substitute, any name from any tradition, including your own, for in truth, all names are God Who is the Source of everything in Creation.

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30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, July 27th
Service begins at 11:30am in the Eden Room
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for 
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts at 11:00am

The Speaker for this Sunday is: Julie Boerst,
Topic:  Trusting Spirit to Be in Charge


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Poetry Night
Friday, August 8th at 7:30pm

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In the words of Goethe:  
"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."

61 Prospect Ave. 4th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901

For additional info, please contact Edmond at:
607.232.6410,  or  e_cotton@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!  ☺

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Events for
July 18 - 20th, 2025

Quote of the Week
"The blessed Lord said:  As expounded by Me of old O blameless one, there are in this world two paths:  the Yoga of knowledge for men of contemplation, and the Yoga of action for men of action"
Bhagavad-Gita 3.3

In this verse, the Lord Krishna makes clear that there are two paths to enlightenment, and that we should choose the appropriate path according to our temperament:  The Yoga of Knowledge for those who enjoy contemplation, and the Yoga of Action for those who enjoy acting.  It must be clearly understood that there is a great deal of overlap and interdependence between the two paths, for one must act in order to gain knowledge, and knowledge, without exception, is always a result of action.  The knowledge and action being recommended here is that which leads directly to union with the Divine, which includes practices like meditation, and study of the Self, (or any related practice to which one is attracted,) and which excludes all knowledge and action related to the apparent world of physical reality
Yogi Edmond
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Movie Night
Movie:  Flow
Date:  Friday, July 18th, 2025
Time:   7:30pm   (optional:  bring a dish or snack)

Flow YouTube Trailer

Directed by:  Gints Zilbalodis
Written by:  Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Produced by:  Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman
Music by:  Gints Zilbalodis, Rihards Zajupe
Distributed by:   Baltic Content Media (Latvia)
Release Date:  2024
Length:  84 min

Flow is an animated adventure film that features no dialogue and follows a cat trying to survive along with other animals in a seemingly post-apocalyptic world as the water level dramatically rises.
Hope to see you there!  ☺

Group Meditation
Sunday, July 20th, from
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:

followed by:

Knowledge Cinema
Believing is Seeing
Darryl Anka channeling Bashar

Bashar is a being of extraterrestrial origin, a friend from the future who has spoken for the past 30 years through the channel Darryl Anka, bringing through a wave of new information that clearly explains in detail how the universe works and how each person creates the reality they experience.  Over the years, thousands of individuals have had the opportunity to apply these principles to manifest the reality they prefer.

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30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, July 20th
Service begins at 11:30am in the Eden Room
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for 
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts at 11:00am

The Speaker for this Sunday is:  Swami Tulsidas,
head of the Paranitya Narasimha Ashram & Temple in Elmira NY.
Topic:  Atma Kriya Yoga
Atma-the unchanging Self or Spirit; Kriya-action; Yoga-union.


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Poetry Night
Friday, August 8th at 7:30pm

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In the words of Goethe:  
"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."

61 Prospect Ave. 4th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901

For additional info, please contact Edmond at:
607.232.6410,  or  e_cotton@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there!  ☺
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 Events for
July 11 - 13th, 2025

Quote of the Week
"For one whose delight is in the Self alone, who is content in the Self, who rejoices only in the Self, for him there is no action that he need do.  Neither has he any profit to gain in this life from the actions he has don or from the actions he has not done; nor is there any living creature on whom he need rely for any purpose."
Bhagavad-Gita 3.17-18

Commentary:  These verses express the state of one who has gained enlightenment, who remembers his true identity as one with the Divine.  This is not a difficult state to attain when we realize that it is the natural inherent state of everyone and everything in Creation; we are all expressions of the Divine that have forgotten our true identity.  The correction therefore is simply the act of remembering one's true identity as a holy child of God, by giving more and more attention to the Divine within us via meditation, prayer, or any process to which we are attracted.  The purpose of any action in physical reality is to fulfill some desire or to reduce apparent pain and suffering, but how can a holy child of God be in lack or suffer when he is already one with the Divine.  The obvious and unavoidable conclusion is that the apparent state of lack and suffering is but an illusion.  When we realize this, we naturally realize our inherent Divinity and thus have no need of action and its fruits.
Yogi Edmond
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Movie Night
Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha
Date:    Friday, July 11th, 2025
Time:   7:30pm   (optional:  bring a dish or snack)

Memoirs of a Geisha YouTube Trailer

Starring:  Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Kaori Momoi, Fsai Chin, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Suzuka Ohgo, Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe.
Directed by:  Rob Marshall
Screenplay by:  JRobin Swicord, based on Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Produced by:  Luch Fisher, Steven Spielberg, Douglas Wick
Genre:  Drama
Length:   145 min
Release Date:  2005

This movie tells the story of a young Japanese girl who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house where she learns to become a geisha.  It centers around the determination and commitment to the dream of a little girl, and to the sacrifices and hardships faced by pre-World War II geisha. 
Hope to see you there!  ☺

Group Meditation
Sunday, July 13th, from
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:
followed by

Sound Healing with Crystal and Tibetan
Singing Bowls, Gong, Chimes, etc.
from 4:00 - 4:30pm
Love Offering
For more information or to register,
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com

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30 Main St., Binghamton. 
Sunday, July 13th
Service begins at 11:30 am in the Eden Room 
Feel free to come early and join Unity folks and FCC congregants for
coffee, snacks and social time, which starts at 11:15am.

The Speaker for this Sunday is our superstar:  Rev. Art Suggs

Free Books and Tapes are available in the back coat-rack area.
Please feel free to take what you like.
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Volunteer needed to make Welcome Signs.
If interested please contact Pam Diesil (607.765.6468)
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The next Book/Conversation Group meeting is at 6:30pm, Monday July 14th.
We will continue reading and discussing "A Walk in the Physical" by Christian Sundberg
FYI, please call Merri (607.723.9601) if no one answers the door buzzer.

Other Upcoming Events
Movie Night: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month in the Parlor
Inside Out 2 (July 16th).
FYI, call Merri (607.723.9601) if no one answers the door buzzer.
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Swami Tulsidas head of the Paranitya Narasimha Ashram & Temple in Elmira,
will speak on Atma Kriya Yoga  July 20th at 6:30 pm, in the Parlor. 
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Potluck Picnic:   July 23rd at 5:00 pm, in Otsiningo Park South Pavilion. 
Barbecue grills are available
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Steering Committee Meeting and Unity snacks:  July 27
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Ladies Group Discussion:  July 30th
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Parking Lot Party for kids:  August 13th from 5:00 - 7:00pm 
Giveaways include:  Fun snacks, school supplies and other items.
Contact Merri (607. 723.9601) to volunteer or bake goodies.
Live DJ music and informational Interactive tables from various organizations will be present.
Set-up for the event begins at 3:00pm and breakdown begins at 7:00pm.
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or if you no longer wish to receive this email, please contact Merri 607.723.9601 or myself.   
Joy and Blessings  🙏



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Saturday July 12th 10:00am 
at 
American Legion Post 80
76 Main Street, Binghamton,
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