"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." ~Paulo Coelho It descends like a cloud before you know it. Your mind turns to mush. You stare into space. Your focus goes out the ...Read More
A Simple Experiment with Profound Results
"What you are looking for is within you Fall silent a moment and contemplate what that means... You lack nothing." ~Prem Rawat I know, it's hard sometimes. Things get you down, and you can't seem to find your way out. Life seems blah, and you're thinking there's got to be a better way. Well, there is. And one ...Read More
The Only Choice, the Sacred Choice
"The dark thought, the shame, the malice. Meet them at the door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful for whatever comes." from The Guest House, by Rumi It came over me like a whisper, then I realized I was afraid. I felt that familiar flutter everywhere in my body, and I was uncomfortable. I watched the fear ...Read More
The Beauty and Ease of Accepting Things as They Are
yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ~e.e. Cummings Not accepting things as they are is a fight against reality. It's kind of crazy, really. Say that someone said something hurtful to you. You can wish they hadn't said it forever, but the fact remains the same—they said ...Read More
5 Welcoming Ways to the Peace You Long For
"Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever." ~Jack Kerouac Awakening to your true nature means that you realize the absolute truth about yourself. You know, beyond a ...Read More
A Lovely Interview—Soul-Style
I love being interviewed. So I was happy to participate when longtime reader, Lexie Oneca, invited me to respond to some questions. Lexie blogs at ChicagoNow, where this interview was originally published. And if you have any more questions for me, please feel free to share in the comments. Love, Gail 20 Questions ...Read More
Recovering the Lost Art of Everyday Wonder
"The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." ~Henry Miller Is life feeling dull, boring, and ho-hum? Then I invite you to connect with everyday wonder. Wonder? What is that? And how do we find it in the midst of ...Read More
Being One with the Effortless Unfolding of Life
"How can I be still? By flowing with the stream." ~Lao-tzu "To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle." ~Walt Whitman Whatever your preferences, needs, desires, or expectations, life unfolds with such grace. Have you noticed? We have an amazing word to describe ...Read More
The Glorious Practice of Becoming Unglued
“The choiceless truth of who you are is revealed to be permanently here permeating everything. Not a thing and not separate from anything.” ~Gangaji If you rely on your mind to tell you about how things are, you're asking for trouble. Because it's the mind that divides, compares, judges, and evaluates. It tells ...Read More
Is It Time to Come Out of Hiding?
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." ~Soren Kierkegaard It takes so much energy to hide from yourself. And it's such a relief to let yourself be seen. You realize that you're essentially whole, that who you are has never been broken or lost. Coming out of hiding is the choice that ...Read More
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