“Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.”
~Eileen Caddy
My natural inclination is to be a little on edge. I don’t trust easily. I want to know what I don’t know, and I’m rarely willing to take anyone’s word for anything – I need to have the direct experience myself. ... Read entire article
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
~Rumi
There is a simple way to improve any relationship. And it’s called listening. I don’t mean listening while you are formulating your response, or listening but assuming you already know what is going to be said, or listening while you are answering an email or watching TV.
I mean listening – with openness, ... Read entire article
“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I started blogging because I thought other people might benefit from the insights that have transformed my life. But I never could have predicted that I would meet such lovely, pure-intentioned, generous ... Read entire article
Note: This is the third in a series of posts to inspire and support awakened living. The first post asked, “Is Your Deepest Longing a Part-Time Hobby?,” and the second post addressed the value of studying our habits.
“Put away all hindrances, let your mind full of love pervade one quarter of the world, and so too the second quarter, and so the ... Read entire article
“Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?” ~William Stafford
Generosity. It’s a word with a beautiful rhythm that glides off the tongue. Even saying it feels like an offering.
Generosity flows naturally from a full and open heart. In those moments when we are free of mental traps and emotional triggers, when ... Read entire article
You suppose you are the trouble
But you are the cure
You suppose that you are the lock on the door
But you are the key that opens it
It’s too bad that you want to be someone else
You don’t see your own face, your own beauty
Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.
~Rumi
Start where you are. How could you start anywhere else?
Don’t worry yourself with sweeping changes. No need to ... Read entire article
This is a very special guest post, a poem written by my friend, Ella, who just turned 10. That’s Ella and me in the photo.
Ella is an amazing spirit. I was sitting with a few friends at the beach bar one early evening recently, and she came rushing over, excited to share her new poem with us.
It blew us all away.
Happily, she agreed to have me publish it here. ... Read entire article
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou
Will these memories ever go away? This question came from a friend who recently learned that her father was dying. The news led her to reminisce about her childhood – and she was caught off guard when long-gone memories reappeared with unexpected emotional force.
She wrote, ... Read entire article
Happy New Year, Everyone! I love this time of year. Optimism is in the air! There is a shedding of the past, inner reflection about what we want for our lives, and an openness to the unknown of the future.
If we want to live our lives in alignment with what is true and real, this is a cusp point, an auspicious time that ... Read entire article
“The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety.” Erich Fromm
Communication is all about the heart. No matter how serious the conversation or the stakes involved, we want to connect, to understand, and be understood. A successful communication is so fulfilling because the separation between ourselves and the person we are speaking with softens or disappears entirely. We feel closer, ... Read entire article
Hi, I’m Gail Brenner, Ph.D., psychologist and blogger. Here you will find inspiration to help you reclaim your natural life. Discover that inner peace is absolutely possible, happiness and fulfillment your birthright. Come on in. Be inspired. Awaken to A Flourishing Life!
