by Gizelle | Dec 2, 2019 | Open Hearts & Open Minds, Relationships
It has become the norm in liberal society to admonish each other to remain Open-Minded – to be willing to see the other person’s viewpoint, to be open to new experiences, and ways of being in the world. We’d like to believe that we do this exceptionally well, but in...
by Gizelle | Nov 25, 2019 | Open Hearts & Open Minds, Relationships
Last week I rediscovered the magic of speaking the Language of the Heart. Coupled with Keeping it Green, I sought to be present to myself, to tell on myself, to describe my inward condition. Yesterday’s spiritual insight was sufficient for that day, but not for the...
by Gizelle | Nov 18, 2019 | Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
Everyone knows what the “Golden Rule” is – “treat others the way you want to be treated.” However, this short-hand definition is a bit short-sighted, only focusing on behavior (including words), it lacks the experience of heart behind the sentiment. In the past I...
by Gizelle | Oct 7, 2019 | Connection, Relationships
Finding the balance between holding my own counsel vs. with-holding my truth, I seek to use words that create opening and understanding. This wasn’t always the case, I was consumed with the need to express myself, at times risking alienation and...
by Gizelle | Sep 23, 2019 | Gratitude & Joy, Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
When you perform work from the center of JOY (which has a high resonance), the effort that you put out will lift people up. If you do meaningful work, but it isn’t from a place of JOY it isn’t as transformative. So by doing JOY, by being in JOY, you are not only...
by Gizelle | Apr 1, 2018 | Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
This is a line from a hymn, sung during my childhood. I always envisioned Grace as something that was bestowed, or a quality that someone has in the world (very rarely would I attribute being graceful to myself). But the notion that Grace Will Lead You Home —...
by Gizelle | Mar 18, 2018 | Open Hearts & Open Minds, Relationships
I find it funny to think about how ‘white noise’ machines got their name, how unlike ‘white’ they are. White contains the full spectrum of light (all the colors of the rainbow and more), by contrast ‘white noise’ seeks to obliterate the...
by Gizelle | Mar 11, 2018 | Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
What if Love became something more than a Noun, something more than a Verb? Many people like to expand the power of Love by saying that Love is a verb, that it is more than an emotion, that it is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling, and that you have to put Love into...
by Gizelle | Mar 4, 2018 | Connection, Relationships
Love is a puzzling word – we have so many associations in our culture with Love, and by virtue of those associations, many limitations that are placed on that word. If we lived in another country (say Italy, France, Spain, or Latin America) we would discover that...
by Gizelle | Feb 4, 2018 | Connection, Relationships
A number of years ago I went to a gallery opening of a friend’s exhibition. As I walked through the gallery I alternated between the desire to share with a close friend my experience or to stand in silence to feel — such amazing work. Everything was so rich...
by Gizelle | Jan 14, 2018 | Open Hearts & Open Minds, Relationships
I no longer need (nor want) to ‘figure’ people out, or help them to ‘figure’ themselves out. It’s not about what we know; it’s about what we feel, and where this leads us in the world (inner and outer). Every person is a whole Universe unto themselves – I find...
by Gizelle | Dec 10, 2017 | Connection, Relationships
A friend of mine once told me she believes that whenever we think of someone, they are thinking of us at the same time — like a prayer between Souls. I wonder if it is similar to the principle of superposition — where the quantum wavefunction of a single...
by Gizelle | Oct 8, 2017 | Connection, Relationships
Invite Surrender and Cross the Divide. In the practice of vigilant prayer and meditation we exhaust ourselves, saturate ourselves, strive through our efforts to release, release, release. Space appears and then disappears, sitting in hope that eventually we cross the...
