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, 4.2.26Moving toward Oneness, I open my heart, mind and soul to Spirit. I welcome ...
04/02/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 4.2.26

Moving toward Oneness, I open my heart, mind and soul to Spirit.
I welcome the I AM Presence within me.
Giving thanks for the new commandment:
“Love one another as I have loved you”,
I expand, filling everyone with Love and Light.
I am filled to overflowing with gratitude for Spirit’s Love and Light.

04/01/2026

Dear Light Group,

Growing up in the Midwest, our family went to church every Sunday. As memory serves me, on Easter Sunday, towards the end of the service, people would join hands and almost shout, “Our Christ is arisen! Hallelujah!”

The jubilation sounded a bit forced to me, and being one who tended to overthink things, I thought, “How do you know? How do you know he is arisen? Do you know something I don’t know?”

Over the years, I’ve acquired a different perspective on Easter and the Resurrection, one that would have gotten me in trouble at that St. Andrew’s Church that I attended in my youth. Now I’m seeing the Resurrection as, yes, having occurred with Jesus, but also as being symbolic of the resurrection that can occur in each one of us.

Our personal resurrection is one of resurrecting our own consciousness from the illusional world of personality, of separation, of material desires. Our personal resurrection is a resurrection from the sea of souls blindly following each other into the latest realm of delusion - the latest fad, the latest path of greed, the latest path of hubris, the latest path of hatred, the latest path of aggression.

We needn’t think of our personal resurrection as a final reward for leading a holy life - a sort of graduation present, the bestowal of a degree in spirituality, one moment when finally we are anointed as a holy person.

Instead, we might give ourselves credit for those moments when we have a micro-resurrection. Every time we allow ourselves a gap - a moment when we pause the chatter in our minds and the emotions stirring inside us to calm ourselves, to step back from inner and outer turmoil, to let go of our attachments, to remember the wisdom of the Universal Christ - every one of those moments is a micro-resurrection.

Once we’ve accumulated enough of those micro-resurrections, the full-blown resurrection occurs in us. We have withdrawn our minds from the limitations of our bodies and have united with all-pervading Spirit, with Eternal Life, with the ecstasy of the Divine.

In the interim, let us this Easter give thanks for all the things that bring us those little resurrections, knowing that they are resurrecting us to Eternal Life, Light, Peace, Joy, Beauty.

If you would like a prayer to accompany these Easter reflections, you might try this: “We give thanks to Thee, O Lord, for resurrecting us. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting us from the sepulcher of mortal limitations. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting us from the sepulcher of earthly desires. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting us from habits that block us from the Christ Spirit within. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting us from the tomb of material desires and bodily confinement. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting us from the shroud of selfishness. Lift our souls from the slumber of human consciousness into the superconscious sphere. Lift our souls from earthly desires into the Peace of the Christ. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting our consciousness, that we may more fully know Thee and Thy glory. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting our consciousness so that we may be united with Thy all-pervading Spirit. Thank you, Lord, for resurrecting our consciousness so that our souls may be united with Thy Eternal Life. Uplift us, Lord, that we may purify our consciousness and radiate Infinite Light. Resurrect us, Lord, that we may behold our immortal Self, one with the Light of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom. Thank you, Lord, making it so. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

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Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 4.1.26Honoring Passover, I expand within embracing freedom. In the Jewish tradit...
04/01/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 4.1.26

Honoring Passover, I expand within embracing freedom.
In the Jewish tradition, I invite the Living Light within me - celebrating
freedom from bo***ge, the bo***ge of spiritual impotence.
Embracing Holy Freedom I grow toward who I am meant to be,
a creator-in-action.
As I expand, I fill everyone with Holy Freedom.
Thank you Beloved Divine, for my pilgrimage to Freedom.

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 3.31.25Putting down my burdens, I embrace Ease, Grace, and Divine Glory.I rest in ...
03/31/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Tuesday, 3.31.25

Putting down my burdens, I embrace Ease, Grace, and Divine Glory.
I rest in this soothing Flow.
Today, I visualize Light and Love in every troubled region of our planet.
All ground is holy ground.
All is well. All is well. All is well.
Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 3.30.26Living with increasing awareness, I bear witness.Divine Consciousness is ful...
03/30/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Monday, 3.30.26

Living with increasing awareness, I bear witness.
Divine Consciousness is fully aware and fully loving.
Witnessing, I strive to love everyone and everything.
Joining with other Light workers, we help soften events
through prayer and kind action.
We hold space for Divine Peace and Healing.
And so, it is.

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 3.29.26Centering in the dimension of the Christ consciousness, I open to Oneness.As...
03/29/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Sunday, 3.29.26

Centering in the dimension of the Christ consciousness, I open to Oneness.
As I center in my High Self, I relax into Connection.
From this awareness, I know all is well.
All is moving forward in Light, Love, and Peace.
Thank you, dearest Divinity, for making it so.
Amen.

03/28/2026

Dear Light Group,

A week from Sunday is Easter. We tend to think of Easter as commemorating something that happened two thousand years ago: Jesus was crucified and died, and then, three days later, he was resurrected.

In the cacophony of this dark, decadent age that we live in, it is good that we remember and honor the wondrous blessing, tremendous gift, and fantastic Light that was Jesus. It is astonishing, almost inconceivable that such a one as Jesus ever walked on Earth. And yet, he did.

Beyond our respect for and adoration of Jesus, beyond our holding him as being outside of ourselves, beyond our holding Jesus up at this superior being, this Son of God, echoing throughout time are his final words in the Book of Matthew, “…lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”

The last time I checked, the world was still here. It had not ended. That being the case, the Christ is still with us. The Christ has not left us. Whatever we may think about the world we live in, the Spirit of the Christ is still with us.

If that is the case, then Easter is a wonderful opportunity for us to tune into that Spirit of the Christ. There are over two billion Christians, and with their collective focus on the Christ at Easter, the energies of the planet are lifted. We might as well ride those energies and then dilate the energies of the Christ for the benefit of all.

As we do so, we might go beyond adoring the loving, sweet Jesus. That he was, but there was an implied message of his while he was in the physical, which was, “Grow up. You are the Christ, too. Be that, and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours, too.” We hear that message in the passage from the fourteenth chapter of the Book of John where Jesus is quoted as saying, “…he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do….”

And so, as we honor Jesus during this Easter season, let us also give thanks for the Spirit of the Christ, which has never left us, which permeates Earth and everything on it, and which is within each one of us: “We give thanks to Thee, O Lord, for Thy Christ Spirit, alive within each one of us, alive within each person, alive within all that is, alive within the plants and animals, alive within the air and water and minerals. We rejoice in and give thanks for this Christ Spirit. We praise Thee, O Lord, for the beauty and majesty of Thy Christ Spirit. Let this Christ Spirit live in our hearts and radiate from our hearts, that all may be lifted up to Thee and Thy Beauty, Peace, and Joy. Teach us, O Lord, to love one another, that in doing so we may realize what Thy Son, Jesus told us, ‘If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.’ Let us always remember the commandment of Thy Son, ‘A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.’ In Thee and Thy Love and Thy Christ Spirit, we put our trust and our faith. It is that Love and that Christ Spirit that we honor this Easter, and it is to that Love and that Christ Spirit that we return. Thank you, Lord, for returning us to Thee. Amen.”

Love and Light,
Tully

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 3.28.26Daily, I am filled with gratitude for our planet. This fantastic being is ...
03/28/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Saturday, 3.28.26

Daily, I am filled with gratitude for our planet.
This fantastic being is our mother.
I visualize our beloved Earth filled with Love and Light.
Joining with other Light workers we create Good for Mother Earth.
Thank you, God, for making it so. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 3.27.26Today I center within, focusing on Divine Peace and Love.I radiate a vibrati...
03/27/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Friday, 3.27.26

Today I center within, focusing on Divine Peace and Love.
I radiate a vibration of Peace, Love, and Light.
Relaxing into this vibration of Peace and Love,
I visualize it expanding within everyone and everything.
There is only Peace, Love, and Light.
And so, it is. Amen.

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 3.26.26Today, I create Good in my physical self.My cells are Light.My body’s bact...
03/26/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Thursday, 3.26.26

Today, I create Good in my physical self.
My cells are Light.
My body’s bacteria are Light.
My skeletal system is Light.
My muscular system is Light.
My nervous system is Light.
My sensory systems are Light.
My endocrine system is Light.
My circulatory system is Light.
My respiratory system is Light.
My digestive system is Light.
My urinary system is Light.
My reproductive system is Light.
I am a Light Being.
I radiate my Light to everyone and everything.
Thank you, God, for me and for All That Is.

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 3.25.26Touching into Spirit I find a tranquil Love.Comforted, I expand visualizi...
03/25/2026

Prayer for Effective Living, Wednesday, 3.25.26

Touching into Spirit I find a tranquil Love.
Comforted, I expand visualizing this Love filling our world with Divine Peace.
Thinking of all the souls making changes,
I expand Love and Light to help comfort everyone.
I give thanks to all angelic beings for their help in
softening and releasing any difficult emotions.
Thank you, sweet Spirit, for your Presence on Earth.
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.