Weekly Events at Vishnu's Couch

Events for
August 21st - 23rd, 2026

Quote of the Week

"These bodies are known to have an end; the Dweller within the body is eternal, imperishable, infinite. Therefore O'Bharata (Arjuna) fight!"

Bhagavad-Gita 2.18

Commentary: In this verse Lord Krishna states an empirical fact of physical life, that "bodies are known to have an end;" in contrast to the physical truth that "the Dweller within the body is eternal, imperishable , infinite." This Dweller is the animating force that pervades all entities within Creation. Lord Kirshna is using the word 'within' as a means to facilitate our understanding of the comparison between the dying body and the undying Self, between the ever-changing physical and the eternally unchanging Spirit; between the temporal and the immortal. That which is eternal is beyond time; that which is imperishable cannot be changed in the slightest; and that which is infinite has no limitation or boundary it is quite literally everything. If indeed we could realize our infinite identity we would loose all sense of fear and concern over the inevitable loss of the body. Only then would we know true freedom.

Yogi Edmond

Movie Night

Movie: I Origins ... (or any other movie that we may like to watch, or just enjoy each other's company, i.e. communion)

Date: Friday, August 21st, 2026

Time: 7:30pm (optional: bring a dish or snack)

I Origins YouTube Trailer

Starring:  Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi Maddie Ziegler, Dean Norris
Written and Directed by:  Mike Cahill
Produced by:      Mike Cahill. Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky
Genre: Drama, Si/Fi

Length: 106 min

One of my all-time favorite movies! Not only is the acting excellent, but the story line addresses some very fundamental topics such as: our origins, life and the after life, God, evolution, the value of scientific evidence, and more, not with a lot of complicated jargon, but with clear logic and a layperson's perspective that is easily understandable and relatable. The story is brilliant, original, beautiful and captivating, all that you could ask for from a feel-good movie.

Hope to see you there! ☺

Group Meditation

Sunday, August 23rd, from

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Musical toning from Tom Kenyon's CD entitled:

The Sphere of All Possibilities

followed by:

Knowledge Cinema

Bashar: Dark Skies and Shining Stars

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 Aug 23rd 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 Andree Myers

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Next Speaker: Aug 30th--Art Suggs

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Aug 24th: Book/Conversation Group meeting is at 6:30pm in the Eden room.

We are continuing to read Awake by Angelo Dilullo.

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Aug 25th: ACIM Group meeting is at 6:30pm in the Eden room

This meeting is for anyone interested in living their Spirituality; it is a practice as opposed to a study group.

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Aug 30th Unity Board Meeting following Service

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Aug 30th is the last Sunday in August. Unity Member's Day to bring Snacks.

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September 19th Memorial Service for Liana Railsback

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Jail Ministry Clothing Collection

FCC has a new bin at the welcome desk for the Jail Ministry. They are in great need especially for men's extra-large sweatshirts and pants in and large sizes. Please help if you can. If the bin is not visible, please give your items to someone in the FCC office

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Unity and FCC are collecting donations or CHOW in a bin at the FCC entrance.

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NoMa - North of Main

Accepting donations of any and all new and lightly used summer or fall clothing items.

Drop off times at FCC, 30 Main St. Binghamton

Tues - Wed. 11am - 2pm

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