by Gizelle | May 12, 2020 | Centering Practice, This Moment -- Now
One can’t be mad at the mind for being unable to fulfill the desires of the heart or the Soul. It has nothing to offer because it spends all of its existence in a territory that doesn’t intersect, in a land that speaks a completely different language – thus no solace...
by Gizelle | May 5, 2020 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
I woke up this morning in a bit of a slump, nothing serious, just ‘ho hum’. On the heels of ‘ho hum’ I realized that I’ve carried a fantasy (for more years then I’d like to admit) that I hoped one day to become a great writer. Hot on the heels of this thought was...
by Gizelle | Apr 22, 2020 | Spirit/Oneness, Surrender or Letting Go
Over the years I’ve recognized that my ability to turn to God (or turn within) as a means of calming my disturbance hasn’t always been automatic. In the beginning I was a bit hard-headed, and full of fear, seeking to find solutions that ‘made sense’ or wouldn’t...
by Gizelle | Dec 23, 2019 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
I’ve never been in a war, never been under fire (literally), so I can’t assert the truth or falseness of the statement: “There are no atheists in fox-holes.” But I have lived in my own version of fox-holes, have found my way into and out of them, and can assert that...
by Gizelle | Dec 9, 2019 | Change & Growth, Growth/Self-Love
In moments of peace and tranquility, it is difficult to imagine that there is any moment but this one. Walking on the sand at night, watching the waves crest gently, flow into the shore, catching glimpses of the moon reflected upon the foam or deeper within the...
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 | Nov 11, 2019 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
I recently came out of a flat period in my life, not depression exactly (but easily mistaken for such), more of a sense of 2-D detachment to my days. At first I wondered if I was resisting the ordinary flow of my life: wake-up, tasks, work, sleep, sprinkled with a...
by Gizelle | Oct 28, 2019 | Centering Practice, Inner Life
The key to releasing the fear of the unknown lies in releasing the enormity of our projected belief systems. Identifying the panorama of beliefs, some so subtle we simply call them opinions, others so massive we are sure they are TRUTH! Dismantling or at least...
by Gizelle | Oct 21, 2019 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
Upon awakening in the mornings we become aware once again of THIS reality, our waking reality, a different experience from our sleeping state of being. It is as natural as breathing for us, in one moment we are ‘dead to the world’ and in the next instance we are...
by Gizelle | Aug 26, 2019 | Centering Practice, Inner Life
We turn a tremendous amount of power over to our mind, seldom questioning the force behind our logic, our doubts, our proof from an endless supply of evidence based on past, present, unpredictable future. We rarely see these mental constructs for what they are,...
by Gizelle | Jul 29, 2019 | Inner Knowing/Wisdom, Self-Awareness
The capacity for the human mind to create solutions to problems we don’t even know we have is endless – infinity takes on a whole new meaning. There are the obvious ‘rabbits’ that multiply, secretly feeding our sense of fear and dread, we nonetheless embrace them...
by Gizelle | Jun 17, 2018 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Life in Balance
Every particle of our being is saturated with Life Force Energy. Much like fish that draw water through their gills, deriving the oxygen they need from the water, flushing out what they don’t need through bubbles, we are surrounded and embodied with Conscious...
by Gizelle | Jun 10, 2018 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
It is said that fish don’t know that they swim, that they don’t know that they move and have their being in a liquid. They simply glide and flow within the environment that is their Universe. Awareness as Water is very much the same thing. We don’t know that we...
