by Gizelle Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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 Luccio | 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...
