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Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Love & Understanding Institute website. We teach and practice a positive and practical approach to spirituality, honoring universal truths in all religions and respecting each individual's right to choose a spiritual path that fulfills their unique lifestyle. We provide you with the tools to learn and grow on your life journey.
We are an Independent Church recognized by the US Government as a Nonprofit Religious Organization under the IRS 501C3.
Our Mission
Our mission is to teach Truth Principles and ancient wisdom to assist in transforming our lives. We provide a space where people can be heard and supported as well as the ability to share their gifts and talents.
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Our Vision
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Our vision is to establish a spiritual community of loving, compassionate leaders who are examples of healthy, abundant, conscious, peaceful and joy-filled living.
Next ZOOM VISIONING
Please Join Us the Sunday of January 4, 2026 at 11:30AM Pacific Time directly following our Sunday service
To Vision for Our Ministry
You are an essential part of this Vision so please join us and add your consciousness to the grounding of our Church Vision.
We are coming together to Catch God’s Vision for our Sunday Services and the Direction of our Ministry!
The Link for our Visioning is:
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Five Basic Beliefs
1) God is good and everywhere present
2) The spirit of God lives within each and every person.
3) We create our life experiences through our way of thinking.
4) There is a power in affirmative prayer which we believe increases our connection to God
5) Knowledge of these principles is not enough. We must live them.
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THIS SUNDAY
March 16, 2025
Live Zoom Service
Meditation begins promptly at 9:50AM Pacific Time
Service begins at 10AM Pacific Time
Topic for Sunday March 16, 2025
Self-Reliance
Society tells us to follow the rules and laws while Emerson tells us to be Self-Reliant.
Please join us this Sunday as we explore how to live our lives directed by integrity and inner guidance.
The Zoom link for our Sunday Service is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509050967
Each Sunday you will be admitted from a waiting room
This is being REQUIRED by Zoom
Please click on the link and join the Service at least 10 minutes before we start at 10am Pacific time for a short meditation.
You will be muted when joining. Please stay muted during the service unless you are having a problem.
We are recording the service and will stop the recording after the Prayer of Protection and a Final Prayer. We will unmute you at that time.
We can then have our usual “Sharing” amongst our group only live.
We look forward to hearing your input about the topic and your feedback about the service.
We appreciate your support so that we can provide you with Live Zoom meetings.
You can make a donation by going to our website: www.loveandu.org
And make a secure online donation
Or
Venmo - James Daly @revjames69
Or
Zelle – reverendjamesdaly@gmail.com
Or
You can mail a check to our office:
Love & Understanding
14013 Old Harbor Lane Unit #105
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Thank you for your support
You are in my prayers
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Rev James Daly
Love & Understanding Newsletter
March 12, 2025 Issue #1172
Quote of the Week
There are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the adulthood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of its bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
Whoso would be an adult, must be a nonconformist. Those who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
From Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weekly Newsletter Article
Self-Reliance
The challenge that we have growing up is the rules, regulations and other dictates that are imposed upon us by Society. Many would say that these are necessary to have an orderly and just social order. However since the beginning of humankind on this planet hundreds, if not thousands of laws have been created and enforced that go directly against our sacred nature and spiritual beliefs. Slavery was an accepted practice and justified by law. Women were second class citizens with no rights other than were granted by laws established by men.
Most of the evil events in our human history were sanctioned by laws. Wars were fought over religion, land, power and wealth which were all supported by established law. Governments and religions continue the violence today.
Our charge as spiritual beings having this human experience is to NOT conform to these directives. This is definitely not an easy task. We are bombarded with propaganda and regulations that are against our internal guidance. Being a nonconformist is not just difficult but it could be dangerous to our way of life.
Jesus took all the established Hebrew laws and boiled them down to two. Love God (The Energy of Creation and respect all that has been created). Love each other as you would love yourself. What other laws do you need?
Buddha told us that we are all One which is the Same teaching.
Mohammed believed in loving all as brothers and sisters.
Sanskrit texts say that Spirituality is waking up from a dream of illusion & separation of an individual form to recognizing to be that ONE all encompassing infinite eternal form which is ALL THERE IS!
Everything added on top of those truths is all manmade and therefore imperfect. Emerson wanted everyone to follow what was right and just not the laws that are human created.
Allow your heart mind and soul to be guided by Love and you will be
Self-Reliant!
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Reverend James Daly
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This Week's Topic
THIS SUNDAY
March 16, 2025
Live Zoom Service
Meditation begins promptly at 9:50AM Pacific Time
Service begins at 10AM Pacific Time
Topic for Sunday March 16, 2025
Self-Reliance
Society tells us to follow the rules and laws while Emerson tells us to be Self-Reliant.
Please join us this Sunday as we explore how to live our lives directed by integrity and inner guidance.
The Zoom link for our Sunday Service is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509050967
Each Sunday you will be admitted from a waiting room
This is being REQUIRED by Zoom
Please click on the link and join the Service at least 10 minutes before we start at 10am Pacific time for a short meditation.
You will be muted when joining. Please stay muted during the service unless you are having a problem.
We are recording the service and will stop the recording after the Prayer of Protection and a Final Prayer. We will unmute you at that time.
We can then have our usual “Sharing” amongst our group only live.
We look forward to hearing your input about the topic and your feedback about the service.
We appreciate your support so that we can provide you with Live Zoom meetings.
You can make a donation by going to our website: www.loveandu.org
And make a secure online donation
Or
Venmo - James Daly @revjames69
Or
Zelle – reverendjamesdaly@gmail.com
Or
You can mail a check to our office:
Love & Understanding
14013 Old Harbor Lane Unit #105
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Thank you for your support
You are in my prayers
Peace & Richest Blessings Always,
Rev James Daly