The Light Center

05/30/2026

Dear Light Group,

One thing that is common to all of us in this Light Group is a desire for this to be a better world. We want this to be a world of harmony, peace, and love. And yet we feel that the world is moving in the opposite direction: it appears to be more chaotic and polarized than ever. In the midst of this swirling turbulence, we can feel small and insignificant and powerless.

But are we? Are we really that insignificant, that powerless?

Great things can start from the smallest of actions. For each one of us, it is helpful to remember that every action we take, every thought we have, is like a stone thrown into a pond: the ripples radiating from our thoughts and actions have an effect on every human. Every action we take with love has an impact on the people for whom we take that action. These people in turn have an impact on others, and on and on the impact continues throughout all physical reality. Every action taken with loving intent has an impact that is incredibly glorious.

Actions alone are not sufficient. What is important is the intent, the motivation behind the action. If the intention is selfish, it counts for nothing. The only motivation that counts is selfless, unconditional love.

If we know that we are not helpless in the face of national and global change - our selfless acts of love have a glorious ripple effect - then where are we collectively? Starting with our Light Group, what is our way forward?

Our role is that of The Just. We start by finding peace within ourselves and with each other. With peace and love in our hearts, we help others find peace and love in their hearts. We do so, not through logical argumentation, but through the ripple effect - touching the hearts and minds of others through our intention, our inner peace, and our prayers. Our mere presence brings harmony and renewal.

On a grander scale, this renewal will occur heart-to-heart, person-to-person, and ultimately religion-to-religion, ethnic group-to-ethnic group, nation-to-nation.

In the meantime, we can offer our prayers of protective Light, providing ourselves and others with the space and time to pause, reconsider our purpose in life, and join The Just in creating ripples of selfless love and kindness.

If you would like a prayer of The Just, you might try this: “I return to the source of Light and Life on Earth. I return to the Sea of Light, the source of all physical reality. I hear every atom on Earth singing the glory of the Divine. I return to the goodness, mercy, and compassion of the Divine. I am one with others of The Just. I am one with The Just who are yet in the physical. I am one with The Just who are on other dimensions. We are connected by Light. We are connected by Love. In our hearts is a love for all of creation. In our hearts is a love of the Divine. We are surrounded by the sacred, creative Sea of Light. This Sea of Light surrounds and protects us. This Sea of Light is the powerful, loving, incredibly beautiful place we have always wanted. Existing in this Sea of Light, we radiate this Light and Love for the uplifting of all people. We radiate this Light and Love for the uplifting of the nature kingdoms. We radiate this Light and Love for the uplifting of all of planet Earth. We radiate this Light and Love for the uplifting of all creation. We give thanks to Thee, O Lord, for Thy Sea of Light, for the people of The Just, for our connection with Thee and Thy goodness, peace, mercy, and love. Thank you, Lord, for making it so. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

05/30/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 5.30.26

Thank you, dearest Divinity, for me.
Thank you for my ability to love.
Thank you for my ability to love myself.
Thank you for my ability to love others.
I am a loving Light being.
I am a loving Light being in thought, word, and deed.
Today, I help create more Love and Light everywhere.
Amen.

05/29/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 5.29.26

Moving within the Divine Presence I am filled with -- Vastness.
A Vastness that I cannot encompass but am part of.
A deep Quiet.
Peace.

05/28/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 5.28.26

I stand in awe of the courage regular people show while
doing their best sometimes despite great hardship.
The decision to be born is an amazing act of faith.
Today I join with other Light workers praying and expanding
Light and Love throughout our beloved planet and its people.
We hold space for Love, Peace, Light, and Respect for all.
Amen.

05/27/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 5.27.26

We are One, whether we know it or not, what happens to one happens to all.
The Creator within me releases the pain of man’s inhumanity to man.
Spirit fills each with Divine Love and Light.
The Creator within each person changes injury to Love and Light.
In Light, confusion is transformed bringing clarity and Love.
We are One. And, so, it is. Amen.

05/26/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 5.26.26

Pondering life’s training, I realize our spiritual awareness
is based on our ability to open our hearts.
Today, I open my heart to Intelligence, trusting my Guidance.
In meditation, prayer, and action, I co-create with Spirit for the Good of All.
Thank you, Beloved, for your Divine Guidance.

05/25/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 5.25.26

Anchoring in the Creator, I focus on souls who died in service to country.
I visualize Divine Love and Light enveloping these souls through time and place.
I picture Love and Light releasing traumas.
Earthbound souls are released in Light, freed to embrace Oneness.
Thank you, Sweet Spirit, for making it so.

05/24/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 5.24.26

Moving toward complete Connection,
I visualize Divine Flow throughout my day.
I allow the Creator within me to guide me.
I relax into the Loving Embrace.
Thank you, Dearest Creator, for your Ease.

05/23/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 5.23.26

Today, I visualize a world that is safe for us all.
Joining with other Light beings, I radiate Love and
Light throughout all dimensions of existence.
Together, we help anchor Love, Light, Peace, and Harmony for all.
Thank you, dearest Divinity, for making it so. Amen.

05/22/2026

Dear Light Group,

Before moving into this Saturday's prayer topic, I wanted to take a moment to honor Lilias Folan, who, I just learned today, passed away last March at the age of 90. Lilias had been called “the First Lady of Yoga.” Her television program, “Lilias, Yoga and You,” debuted on a public TV station in Cincinnati in 1970. Four years later, that program was being seen by 10 million viewers on more than 200 PBS stations across the nation. Lilias has been credited with making yoga “as American as apple pie.”

Lilias was also a friend of the Light Center’s and of Jim Goure's. Lilias joined the second prayer mission Jim Goure led to Peru and Machu Picchu. I remember Jim saying to a small group of us that as people were arriving for that Peru prayer mission, he saw a great light and wondered what was causing it, and then he saw that it was Lilias. After Jim passed away in 1986, Lilias was kind enough to conduct two yoga workshops at the Light Center. She didn’t have to do that. She was a big star, and we had virtually no funds to pay her. But she did it out of loyalty to Jim and to support the Light Center.

I interviewed Lilias as I was writing the biography of Jim, Fantastic: The Life and Vision of James V. Goure. During that interview, Lilias told me she had first met Jim when he gave a talk in Cincinnati, where Lilias was living with her husband, Bob. Lilias said, “I had mother issues. I wanted to heal my past with my mother.” What Lilias didn’t tell me, but what I learned from her obituary, was that her parents divorced when she was nine years old. Her mother quickly remarried and packed Lilias off to boarding schools and summer camps. Lilias saw her mother once a year, at Christmas. Lilias felt isolated and had low esteem. She had a sense that, “I was not wanted on this planet. It was painful.”

Lilias told me that “Jim gave me the Light prayer and told me to call my mother by her first name when I prayed for her. It took me almost two years. I was quite estranged. Then I went back to see my mother. So much had changed. I was so much more in a loving presence.”

Recalling what Lilias told me has been a wonderful reminder of the power of The Seven Steps to Effective Prayer (what Lilias called “the Light prayer”). If you stick with it (and Lilias stuck with it for two years to heal her relationship with her mother), it can have magnificent effects.

One of my questions to Lilias had been something to the effect of, “When you think of Jim Goure, what comes to mind?” Her response was, “When I think of Jim, I think of clarity and depth. I think of the truth he carried. The stillness. From stillness wisdom arises. His wisdom and his energy always felt fresh. Words that come to mind when I think about Jim: Simplicity. Loving. No extra frills. (I have been around plenty of teachers who have frills. And many of them have power, s*x, and money issues.) Clear breath of fresh air with a big smile attached. Clear eyes. Enthusiasm to keep on going. The magic of it all."

Indeed, the magic of it all.

Shall we indulge in a bit of that magic this Saturday?

Lilias has passed on to another world. If we are to believe what those who have had near-death experiences (NDE’s) have told us, that realm that Lilias has passed into is one where there is no judgment. It is so easy for us to judge ourselves and judge others and judge the rest of the world. But on the other side, there is no judgment. There is only Light and Love.

Why wait for death to experience this? Why not experience the realm of no judgment now? Why not experience the realm of Light and Love now?

What else do those who have had NDE’s tell us? Not only is there no judgment. Not only is there nothing but Light and Love. There is no separation: we are all connected - and yet each one is special. What we think, feel, and do affects all that is. Each of us is playing a note in the symphony of the creation. Having passed through to the Light, there is a great sense of peace, calm, beauty.

Sounds great to me. If you would like a prayer to move into this consciousness, you might try this: “Thank you, God, for the realm of no judgment. Thank you, God, for Your realm of Light, Love, and Peace. Thank you, God, for the realm of simple, unfettered being. Thank you, God, for the reminder that there is no separation, that we are all one with Thee. Thank you, God, for the Divine note that I play in Thine symphony of creation. Thank you, God, for the Divine note that everyone else is playing in Thine symphony of creation. Thank you, God, for the peace, calm, and beauty of Thine Divine realm. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

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05/22/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 5.22.26

Focusing on cleansing, I declare “the Creator within me
releases any unhealthy habits that are not for my highest good.”
Radiating Light throughout my being, I expand to encompass all of us.
I visualize Light and Love replacing any unwise habits with nourishing Light.
We are healed; empowered as the Light Beings we truly are.
Thank you, Spirit, for making it so.