November 15, 2025

Opinion, Fact, or Truth?

We live in a time when even our own eyes can’t always be trusted. A video can appear online showing a familiar face saying words they never ...

We live in a time when even our own eyes can’t always be trusted. A video can appear online showing a familiar face saying words they never spoke. A headline can go viral before anyone checks if it’s true. And inside our own minds, stories take shape about what we see, hear, and feel, often before we even realize we’re making them.

It’s easy to forget that perception is creative. The mind is constantly weaving meaning, interpreting, filling gaps, and drawing conclusions. Sometimes those conclusions bring comfort. Sometimes they lead us astray.

But what if there’s another way to live with awareness?

What if the challenge isn’t to stop the mind from creating stories, but to learn how to tell when a story has taken over?

This Sunday, we’ll explore the fine line between opinion, fact, and truth, how to recognize the difference, how to stay open when our beliefs are challenged, and how spiritual insight can help us navigate a world where reality itself feels contested.

If you’ve ever wondered how to stay grounded in clarity without hardening into certainty, this message is for you.

Join us in person or online this Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 9 am or 11 am for Opinion, Fact, or Truth at the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa.

www.cslsr.org

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Youth and Family Ministry

Welcome to the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa Youth and Family Ministry.

We are a safe, joyous, inclusive, loving, and happy space. Our mission is to guide and support our youth on this incredible journey of divine discovery and personal creativity.

By using simple principles and practices from our Science of Mind teaching, we facilitate an understanding of the creative process and children’s role in this process. Our program empowers children to define their life purpose, hopes, dreams, and realize more freedom. We help them remember that they are whole, perfect and complete, just as they are.

Youth Programming happens every Sunday between 11 am and 12 noon.
In each of our four rooms we strive to incorporate spiritual practices in an age-appropriate manner. We may do candle lighting, prayer, meditation, yoga, and reading of stories aligned with the Center’s monthly theme.

Nursery – Birth to age 5

Elementary Grades – ages 6 and up

Middle School Grades – through age 12

Teens – Ages 13 to 18

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