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.
02/26/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 2.26.26
Intellectually I know problems are gifts, so today,
I take any problems and release them to Light.
Resting in prayer, I give thanks for Divine Guidance.
I know there is a solution to every problem.
As I rest, I am clothing myself in Faith, grounding myself in Trust.
I open my heart to any needed action in thought, word, and deed.
I thank God for my learning experiences here on Schoolhouse Earth.
02/25/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 2.25.26
Light and Love fill and guide all in the Oval Office and White House.
Light and Love guide the U.S. Congress.
Light and Love guide the U.S. Supreme Court.
Light and Love fill all U.S. governmental agencies.
Light and Love fill our world’s governments.
Our entire world is filled with and guided by Light and Love.
There is Only Light and Love. And so, it is. Amen.
02/24/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 2.24.26
As a Light being I find active prayer empowers me.
Actively creating Light and Love for the Greater Good energizes me.
I am increasingly optimistic as I participate in a life of Light.
Prayer is the dynamic twin of meditation.
I need both to stay in Divine Flow.
My prayer-meditation practice is key to the peace which passeth all understanding.
I am grateful for my God given ability to co-create.
I am grateful for this gift of dancing with Divinity.
02/23/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 2.23.26
Today, I give thanks for my ability to pray,
to co-create in concert with Divinity.
My creativity and fertile imagination are gifts.
I am grateful for the Connection that allows Flow.
I am grateful for my ability to listen to God’s voice.
Thank you, sweet Divinity for this flowing
beautiful journey to Oneness with You.
02/22/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 2.22.26
Today, I live in Light.
I am filled with Divine Love.
I am Light and I am Love.
I know I am Loved.
Expanding Light and Love is my mission.
I radiate my Light and Love to All.
All people on Earth are filled with Light and Love.
I see the Living, Loving High Self of each being.
Thank you, beloved Spirit, your Light and Love in us all.
Amen.
02/21/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 2.21.26
Focusing within, I release any unhealthy habits that are not for my highest good.
I release unhealthy use of any substances, food, drink,
or behaviors to Light.
The Creator within me changes unhealthy habits to Light.
Expanding to take in the world, I visualize every need being met through the Divine.
Thank you, God, for your Love and Light.
Amen.
02/20/2026
Dear Light Group,
There was a song in the late 1960’s entitled, “God is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.” I think about that song when I remember days with Jim Goure. Around him, you certainly felt that God was alive, and there always seemed to be moments of magic. After attending an event with him, I felt uplifted and cleaned up and cheerfully ready to go back and face the world.
God is still alive. What about the magic? Is there still the potential for magic in our lives, or has the magic dried up?
Part of the answer is that magic is a mindset. With the right mindset, we can see magic all around us. The morning chatter of a robin. The unexpected hug from a friend. The red and purple sunset.
Beyond that, if we are attuned, we find that the universe is working with us. It is constantly bringing us messages and bringing us situations in which we can learn and grow.
Behind all that is the tenderest love for each one of us. It is a love reminding us that we have been created by the Divine, that we are here to enjoy the Divine’s creation, and that the Divine waits patiently for our return to Oneness.
In the interim, there are opportunities for us to extend the magic to others. Simple acts of kindness. A warm smile for someone in need. Words of gratitude. A loving touch. All these can heal and uplift.
Then there is the magic of prayer. It is in prayer that we can tune into Universal Love, Light, Truth, and Spirit. It is in prayer that we can silently help uplift others.
Let us give thanks this Saturday for the magic in our lives and for the opportunities to extend that magic to others. If you would like a prayer to help you do so, you might try this: “Thank you, God, for the magic in my life. Thank you, God, for the magic of your presence. Thank you, God, for the magic of my family and for the connections of love and appreciation. Thank you, God, for the magic of friendship and for the connections with friends that bring love and appreciation. Thank you, God, for the magic of America, and for the opportunity to live a free and well-favored life. Thank you, God, for the magic of all peoples and all nations, from whom we can learn of Thy multifaceted beauty and spirit. Thank you, God, for the magic of Earth, for this beautiful planet and its beautiful kingdoms. Thank you, God, for opportunities to return the magic to family, friends, nation, and planet. Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.”
Love and Light,
Tully
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02/20/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 2.20.26
The angelic kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The human kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The plant kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The animal kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The insect kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The bacterial kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
The viral kingdom is in a bubble of Light.
There is only Light. There is only Love.
I am grateful for our beautiful, exquisite planet.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
02/19/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 2.19.26
From deep within I radiate gratitude for those who are caring for our world’s people.
Expanding, I take our world within me, filling all everyone with Light and Love.
All are safe and secure in a bubble of Light on all dimensions.
I visualize healing, radiant, purifying energy
for our world and all its inhabitants. We are One.
02/18/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 2.18.26
I affirm I am a “tuning fork” resonating to the frequency of Spirit.
I visualize other people resonating to Spirit.
Together we raise the frequency of Love and Light on our beloved planet.
Thank you, sweet Spirit, for making it so.
02/17/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 2.17.26
Today, I welcome rebirth, the renewal of cosmic consciousness in me.
As I luxuriate in rest and reflection, I am renewed in Spirit.
Today, I tap into my High Self, connecting
deep within to the me that is one with Divinity.
Today, I renew – readying myself to act as the
hands of the Divine on this plane of existence.
Thank you, God, for this voyage of Light.
02/16/2026
Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 2.16.26
On President’s Day, I declare: the office of the U.S. Presidency
rests upon the mantle of Cosmic Consciousness.
All within the White House open their hearts, minds,
and souls to the Creator within and are Divinely Guided.
Thank you, dearest Divinity, for your Light guiding the office of the Presidency.
Amen.
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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.
The Light Center is operated by a non-profit called United Research whose sole purpose is to operate the Light Center and Lodge and thereby supportive environment for encouraging personal and planetary transformation through prayer.
