July 27th, 2025

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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:

The Sphere of All Possibilities

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."

Vishnu's Couch Yoga Studio

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!  ☺