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, Friday, 3.6.26Today, I declare: artificially intelligent devices are filled with Light. AI ...
03/06/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 3.6.26

Today, I declare: artificially intelligent devices are filled with Light.
AI is filled with Love.
As a Creator-in-action, I expand Light and Love in everything and everyone.
I work in concert with the Divine creating Good by
visualizing a world anchored in Light and Divine Love for all.
Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 3.5.26Joining with other Light workers I help maintain a crystalline grid of Ligh...
03/05/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 3.5.26

Joining with other Light workers I help maintain a crystalline
grid of Light and Love around our beloved planet.
In this unified field, I am reminded that Earth is a
schoolhouse with many levels and types of learning.
There is only Light and Love.
And so, it is. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 3.4.26Going to my edge, I soften.Expanding, I embrace my High Self.Thank you, be...
03/04/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 3.4.26

Going to my edge, I soften.
Expanding, I embrace my High Self.
Thank you, beloved Divinity, thank you for you.
Thank you for me.
Thank you for oneness with All That Is.

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 3.3.26 Thank you for the animal kingdom.All Earth’s animals are filled with Love a...
03/03/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 3.3.26

Thank you for the animal kingdom.
All Earth’s animals are filled with Love and Light.
Thank you for the plant kingdom.
It is filled with Love and Light.
Thank you for the mineral kingdom.
Our rocks and minerals are filled with Love and Light.
Thank you for the air we breathe.
It is filled with Love and Light.
Thank you for the water that sustains all life.
Our water is filled with Love and Light.
Thank you for our Angelic kingdom.
Our angels, Earth’s angels, and fairy spirits are filled with Love and Light.
Thank you, Dearly Beloved Creator, for our beautiful planet.

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 3.2.26Finding my edge, I soften into Oneness.As I expand, I radiate Love and Light ...
03/02/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 3.2.26

Finding my edge, I soften into Oneness.
As I expand, I radiate Love and Light to everyone.
Moving in Oneness with all Light workers, the Creator within me guides
Love and Light to each area on our planet in need of Light.
All is in service to Light and Love. And so, it is. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 3.1.26I am One with the Living Light within me.The Creator within me is the “doer” ...
03/01/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 3.1.26

I am One with the Living Light within me.
The Creator within me is the “doer” on this earthly plane.
As the Doer, I am Divinely directed, doing for the Good of All.
And so, it is. Amen.

02/28/2026

Dear Light Group,

Around 1980, Jim Goure gave a lecture in which he opened by reminding us of the commandments of love that Jesus had given us: Love God with your whole being. Love your neighbor. Love yourself.

Jim went on to say that in the ten years he had been in Black Mountain, North Carolina, about 18,000 people had come to see him. This had occurred without any advertising. Jim had felt that if he and others simply radiated Light and Love, it would bring people, and it would help solve the problem of the planet.

Looking into the souls of the 18,000 who had come to see him, Jim saw that all of them had problems. These problems, he said, narrowed down to wanting to be loved, wanting to love someone, and knowing there is a God but not knowing how to love. It all came down to a lack of love and knowing. Hardly anyone among the 18,000 had loved themselves. Instead, people had focused on their mistakes. They had declared to themselves, “I’m not as good as I ought to be.” In doing so, they had negated the idea that they should love themselves by pointing out negatives about themselves to themselves.

From there, Jim launched into a discussion about how to fulfill the commandments that Jesus had given us.

The starting point, Jim said, was to understand what love is. God is love. But what is God? Most people, according to Jim, were praying to a mythological God, a father-like image that sits on a throne, with a long white beard, a scepter in one hand (to bless us if we’ve been good) and maybe a sword in the other hand (to punish us if we’ve been bad). That is not God. God is not an individualized entity.

Instead, Jim noted that the Bible had said that God is Light, Love, Truth, and Spirit. These are equally, universally present. Jesus having said that the kingdom of heaven is within, this Love, Light, Truth, and Spirit must be within - within each one of us. If the Light is universally present, then that Light that is within us is also within everyone else. And if that is the case, then there is no separation. We are one with all that is. With this mindset - knowing that there is no separation, that we are one with all that is - if we love ourselves, then we automatically love everyone and everything else.

So it is not an image outside of ourselves that we need to pray to. It is Light, it is Love that we need to get into. Jesus had told us to worship God in Spirit and in Truth, meaning, we must become Spirit, Truth, Light, and Love to truly worship God.

This starts a virtuous cycle. Rather than asking for love from another, rather than seeking outside of ourselves for love, we recognize the Divine Love that is within us and within everyone else. When that happens, others who come in contact with Divine Love automatically change. Once the search for love outside of self is changed to the search for love from within, then the hurts from others begin to cease. We feel fulfilled. Others pick up on our Spirit, and they, too, begin to feel fulfilled. The Peace, Love, and Truth that we wish for the planet begins.

With these reminders from Jim, you might want to try this prayer: “The Light of God is universally present, and that Light of God is within me. The Light of God that is within me is within everyone else. That Light of God is in all things. I give praise and thanks for this Light of God. As I go about my day, I recognize the Light of God in others. I recognize the Light of God in all things. All that is is a translucent sea of Light. All is Light. All is Love. All is Bliss. All is Joy. Thank you, God, for this that is Thee. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

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Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 2.28.26In meditation and prayer, I sink deeply into Oneness.As I center, I releas...
02/28/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 2.28.26

In meditation and prayer, I sink deeply into Oneness.
As I center, I release all concerns.
Focusing, I visualize what I desire in my life and for the world.
I release my desires to Light asking only for Divine Order.
In gratitude, I center in Holy Oneness as I move through the day.
Thank you for sweet Oneness.

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 2.27.26Centering deep within, I give thanks for all people.Regardless of race, cree...
02/27/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 2.27.26

Centering deep within, I give thanks for all people.
Regardless of race, creed, gender, and orientation,
we are each a drop in the Ocean of Spirit.
All One, All equal in our beingness in Spirit.
From my High Self, I radiate Light and Love through All.
We are one in Light and Love.
We are One. One Heart.
Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 2.26.26Intellectually I know problems are gifts, so today, I take any problems an...
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.

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 2.25.26Light and Love fill and guide all in the Oval Office and White House.Ligh...
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.

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 2.24.26  As a Light being I find active prayer empowers me.Actively creating Light...
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.

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Black Mountain, NC
28711

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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.