The Light Center

The Light Center At our Light Center: Find peace in prayer/meditation. Walk the labyrinth and wooded trails. Stay at our Lodge. Near Black Mountain, NC.

Our Mission: To increase awareness of the Oneness of all that is by expanding Light, Peace and unconditional Love. United Research provides a nondenominational supportive environment for encouraging personal and planetary transformation through prayer. We are dedicated to helping all people expand awareness of their inner Light and to pray more effectively.

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 1.15.2026Reflecting upon leadership, I think of setting an example.Each and every...
01/15/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 1.15.2026

Reflecting upon leadership, I think of setting an example.
Each and every day, I will set an example of living in concert with the Divine.
Giving others an energy to match, in a humble effort
to contribute Light and Love to the Greater Good.
Thank you, God, for making it so.

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 1.14.26I am Light.My mind is Light.My brain is Light.My body is Light.On all dim...
01/14/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 1.14.26

I am Light.
My mind is Light.
My brain is Light.
My body is Light.
On all dimensions, I am Light.
There is only Light.
And so, it is. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 1.13.26Releasing my past and deep past,I turn toward the future. I am a Light Bein...
01/13/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 1.13.26

Releasing my past and deep past,
I turn toward the future.
I am a Light Being with a future of limitless possibilities.
Opening my heart in joyful Union,
I carry out my missions for the Good of all.
Facing forward, I thank you, God, for my past,
my present, and my future. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 1.12.26From the Creator within me, I focus Divine Peace, Love, and Light in our wor...
01/12/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 1.12.26

From the Creator within me, I focus Divine
Peace, Love, and Light in our world.
Visualizing, I see the world’s people
being divinely guided with Light and Love.
Lovingly, I intensify the Light and Love helping
all of us hear the soft voice of the Creator within us.
We open to Divine Guidance for the Good of All.
Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.

The Light Center is Closed Today, Sunday January 11, 2026 due to slick roads. Please be safe - We will reopen Thursday, ...
01/11/2026

The Light Center is Closed Today, Sunday January 11, 2026 due to slick roads.

Please be safe - We will reopen Thursday, January 15th 12 - 4 p.m.
Thank you.

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 1.11.26The Creator within me creates Love and Light in our world’s tumultuous event...
01/11/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 1.11.26

The Creator within me creates Love and
Light in our world’s tumultuous events.
Light directs and fills all tangible and intangible events to Light.
Love fills our atmosphere on all dimensions.
Light guides all souls to safety within a Bubble of Love and Light.
All people are filled with Love and Light.
Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 1.10.26As I think about resistance to change, I feel discomfort rise. And discomf...
01/10/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 1.10.26

As I think about resistance to change, I feel discomfort rise.
And discomfort is an invitation to release.
Breathing, I release any discomfort to Light and Love.
I am grateful for self-reflection.
I am grateful for my ability to let things go.
I am grateful for my ability to change.
I am grateful for angelic help.
I am grateful!

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 1.9.26In synchronizing myself with Oneness,I give thanks as I visualize Creative En...
01/09/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 1.9.26

In synchronizing myself with Oneness,
I give thanks as I visualize Creative Energy
maximizing the health of our beloved planet.
Our planetary waters are filled with Love and Light.
Our beloved Earth is in a bubble of Love and Light.
Our beloved people are in a bubble of Love and Light.
Divine Light guides all weather events and climate changes.
Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.

01/08/2026

Dear Light Group,

One of the most tender moments with Jesus may have been when he gave the Sermon on the Mount.

The story begins with Jesus “seeing the multitudes.” Given what he said in the Sermon on the Mount, one senses that Jesus not only saw “the multitudes" with his physical eyes but with eyes filled with deep compassion. The “multitudes” were the common people, and they felt weighed down and were hungry for hope. Sound familiar?

Part of what was weighing them down were the number and severity of the laws. Again, sound familiar? There were the Ten Commandments, but most people don’t realize there are an additional 613 laws in books of the Bible such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy. The penalties for breaking those laws were quite harsh. On top of the 613 laws were regulations and requirements mandated by the priests.

Beyond the Jewish laws were the laws of the Romans, who had conquered that part of the world. The Romans could be quite savage in how they treated those who broke their laws or threatened their control. Just think of crucifixion: Jesus wasn’t the only one to be crucified - the road to Jerusalem was lined with crosses on which people had been crucified, as a reminder to the Jews and others to be obedient.

In the midst of this repression and cruelty, the “multitudes” ached for hope, for freedom, for upliftment.

Given the times, what Jesus promised "the multitudes” must have seemed almost unreal. In the Beatitudes, he promised comfort, mercy, and the kingdom of heaven. He also told them they would see God. Beyond that, he told them they were the Light of the World.

Jesus, in a sense, wiped out the old, repressive laws when he said (at least five times in the Sermon on the Mount) something like, “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time….” The old-timers were Moses and others who followed him, loading up on laws.

The new “laws” of Jesus were ones of love, humility, forgiveness, generosity, non-judgment, non-materialism, purity of thought, and focus on the Divine.

These weren’t so much laws as they were a spiritual code or a formula for spiritual transformation, and they are every bit as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. If we, who are living in something of a dark age, seek comfort, mercy, and the kingdom of heaven, just as the people of old did, then we, too, have the spiritual code to take us there.

But that code needs to be read, not with the mind, but with the heart. When the code is in our hearts, then we transform - ourselves as well as others. When the code is in our hearts, we aren’t thinking it, we are being it. When we be it, we vibrate the energy of love, forgiveness, and generosity. Then others pick up on that energy, and they start to vibrate that energy, too. We are uplifted, and that uplifts others, and a virtuous cycle begins.

If you would like to be the Sermon on the Mount - for yourself and for others - you might try a prayer such as, “Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy vibrates in my heart. This Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy vibrates throughout my entire being. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart throughout my home and throughout the area in which I live. This vibration of Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy radiates from my heart and fills and surrounds Earth. I am one with the Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy of the Christ. I am one with Christ Consciousness. Christ Consciousness and I are one. I am one with that Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy that permeates everyone and everything. Let this Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy expand, that all may feel the comfort and mercy. Let this Divine Love, Peace, and Mercy expand, that all may find the kingdom of heaven. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

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Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 1.8.26Expanding in prayer I take our beloved world within me filling it with Love...
01/08/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 1.8.26

Expanding in prayer I take our beloved world
within me filling it with Love and Light on all dimensions.
Visualizing, I fill our world’s species- human, animal, and plant with Love and Light.
All species find their safe and right place within our changing environment.
As a co-creator with God, I take daily action in thought, word,
and deed to help protect our fragile civilization and planet.

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 1.7.26"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer.A...
01/07/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 1.7.26

"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
As I reach out to the Divine, I am rich with gratitude.

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 1.6.26As I encounter unforeseen circumstances, the Creator within me guides me in ...
01/06/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 1.6.26

As I encounter unforeseen circumstances,
the Creator within me guides me in hearing the voice of Divine Truth.
I am grateful for the ability to hear and listen.
I am grateful for the ability to pray.
Thank you, God, for Thy Guidance.
I am filled with gratitude as I stand steadfast in Truth.

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232 Divine Way
Black Mountain, NC
28711

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Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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Imagine a special haven of love and light, of prayer and transformation, of rest and re-invigoration. Imagine a place of prayer and meditation, leading to transformation. Imagine restoring and healing your soul, and discovering your true nature, your Higher Self. Imagine Meditation Trails through forests, by a pond, along a river.....and actually sitting on a boulder in the river.....and finding your very soul healed and restored by nature. Imagine walking a Labyrinth, very very slowly..... surrounded by nature and beauty. Imagine going ever deeper into your heart as you traverse the Labyrinth moving slowly into the center .....as you move into your own personal Center..... your HEART.....where all is Love and Light. Imagine sitting in a circular room beneath colored lights, listening to calming music, as your entire body relaxes and your mind finds rest and calmness. Imagine sitting quietly in a geodesic Prayer Dome....a dome where people have prayed and meditated for 40 years....... and imagine that this Prayer Dome is open 24 hours a day for prayers for personal and planetary transformation. Imagine visiting for a day..... or for longer; imagine spending a night or two in a 70 year old Lodge while on a personal spiritual retreat.

Such a place exists. It exists on a mountain just south of Black Mountain North Carolina and only 45 minutes from Asheville North Carolina.

The Light Center was founded almost 50 years ago to provide a place for prayer, meditation, and connecting with the Divine. It continues to be a beacon of Light and Love to the world and to all who visit. It continues to be a place of personal and planetary transformation. It continues to welcome all who visit.....all who seek....all who celebrate...... all who with to deepen their spiritual existence and connect more deeply with nature, with their True Selves.....and with The Divine (or The Great Spirit, or The Source, or The Universe,or God , or Goddess....) The central point of our center is a geodesic prayer dome which is open 24 hours a day , every day of the year for prayer and meditation. Occasionally we present programs and events in the dome. The Prayer Dome is on the 2nd floor of our Visitors Center. On the first floor you’ll find our bookstore and art gallery and a unique “Light Room” where visitors sit for a half hour under changing colored lights while relaxing to calm and peaceful music. (For many, the Light Room, is a place to enhance and align the “chakras” or energy centers of the body).

On our grounds are Meditation Trails, a Meditation Pond, and a Labyrinth. Our Light Center Lodge, provides overnight accommodations for individuals and groups on spiritual retreats. The Light Center depends on a group of volunteers who are dedicated to helping all people expand awareness of their inner Light and to pray more effectively.