by Gizelle | Jun 3, 2018 | Being Present, Centering Practice
Retraining ourselves and the way we perceive is not easy. Seeking what isn’t there is illogical, but can be fruitful. Applying the practice of looking, really LOOKING at negative space we can open ourselves up to a unique way of approaching life that is not...
by Gizelle | Apr 15, 2018 | Leaps of Faith, Self Discovery, Spirit/Oneness
Activists take up a cause, perhaps become part of a group; some may create a mission and vision statement, or organize their efforts toward a worthy goal. These aren’t necessarily bad things, in fact many good works and positive changes come out of such activities! ...
by Gizelle | Apr 8, 2018 | Leaps of Faith, Spirit/Oneness
These words have many interpretations and can take many forms, often they are used as a rationalization or justification for actions taken or inflicted on others. Indeed such ‘convictions’ of ‘doing the Lord’s work” has been the...
by Gizelle | Apr 1, 2018 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
There is an old adage: “The older I get, the less I know.” A hint that perhaps we are gaining humility (aka — not having all of the answers) or for some of us on the cusp of 60+, frequent “senior moments” that prove humorous, and sometimes embarrassing (such...
by Gizelle | Mar 25, 2018 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
White Noise Machines aren’t called Black Noise Machines. Based on some sort of physics that enable sound waves to be muted or displaced, they provide a way for us to cover over unwanted sounds. Underlying conversations, thoughts, outside distractions and...
by Gizelle | Feb 18, 2018 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
It is a mistake to think that the purpose of being on a Spiritual Path is to “disappear the ego’. As long as one is in a human form, there is a purpose for having an ego, having a personality, a physical expression of our deeper Soul Light. So setting one’s heart...
by Gizelle | Jan 21, 2018 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
I suspect that I’m coming to grips with the reality of being ordinary — my teacher told me years ago to practice ‘bowing lower’ (from the Buddhist perspective), not struggling for or against, saying ‘yes’ to what is. I have been...
by Gizelle | Dec 10, 2017 | Being Present, Centering Practice
For years I lived in the certainty that the proverbial “shoe would always drop”. I never doubted that this was so; it was simply a matter of time. I lived in a perpetual state of tension, sometimes extreme fear, at other times a low-grade anxiety, but absolutely...
by Gizelle | Dec 3, 2017 | Free Choice, Self-Awareness
How would it be to make a pact with ourselves to be absolutely honest in the moment, to say what we are feeling, no matter how we judge it or fear we may be judged? This is our stretching place — to tell the truth, even if it does change from moment to moment,...
by Gizelle | Nov 26, 2017 | Following Our Heart, Growth/Self-Love
There is much ‘talk’ and admonition about learning to live from our heart and not from our head (to the dismay of many intellectual and scientific folks). But I can relate to the tyranny of the mind — reflecting back on the eons of struggle,...
by Gizelle | Sep 24, 2017 | Centering Practice, Prayer & Meditation
Cultivating Surrender is not just about the desire to give up the fight, it’s not even the desire to give up our will; nor is it a mental process of praying, praying, praying and saying ‘Thy Will Be Done” and then having a new state of awareness come forth. The...
by Gizelle | Jul 16, 2017 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
Living Life from the “Outside In” is to live Life as part of the whirlwind. There might be momentary pauses, when the wind stops whirling, allowing us to identify experiences or events as pieces of the puzzle that comprise the whirl of our life. Yet living life from...
by Gizelle | Aug 27, 2016 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Leaps of Faith, Life in Balance
and the Universe will support you. Reminds me of the book entitled “Do What You Love, and the Money Will Follow” – although I’ve never read the book, the teaching has stuck. There have been many, many times when I ‘believed’ that lack of money blocked me from taking...
by Gizelle | Aug 20, 2016 | Being Present, Centering Practice
If we practice being in the moment, slowing down to check in with ourselves, to feel into the center of our being, then we create more opportunities where we are in touch with our true selves. For as many moments as possible, be present and ask our Selves:...
by Gizelle | Jul 30, 2016 | Centering Practice, Prayer & Meditation
Thoughts are like clothing. They often wrap around the essence of ‘who’ we are, confusing us with all the different ways in which they move. Pulling our attention from the center of our being out to all the other things we think we should be concerned with. The more...
