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On Sep 17, 2024 Gail wrote on Citizen Of Dark Times, by Kim Stafford:

What came to mind as I read was: we were born for these times. Back on 9/11 I was working and we were sending employees home. I embraced them, made sure they had somewhere to go so they would not be alone and called those who had not arrived at work yet to make sure they were okay. I locked the doors and headed to my church where I was the head of our prayer ministry. Once there, I opened the sanctuary, called prayer chaplains to come and be ready to pray and receive people. And people began to trickle in slowly and then in greater numbers. We prayed together, cried and held one another. I learned I must be a beacon of Light in every storm.

On Sep 6, 2024 Gail wrote on Addiction, by Jac O'Keeffe:

The radical realization that I am not an I or that I am not my body came when I was introduced to A Course in Miracles. It taught that nothing in itself has any meaning. A cup is just a cup. But when I look at that cup memories flow through my mind about when I acquired it. Perhaps it was a gift from a loved one who has passed. Now even though it no longer is function able I can’t let it go. My mind has created an attachment. When I sit silently, following my breath, I realize there is something within me beyond thoughts and even death. It is observing, breathing, moving. Recently the small inner voice said “you are spirit, not a spirit, spirit”. When I asked what that meant the voice explained “that little ‘a’ separates and there is no separation in Spirit, all is One.”

On Sep 3, 2024 Gail wrote on Inhabiting The Body, by Judith Blackstone:

I am a Reiki master teacher. Once I real-ized my body is energy and everything is energy and intelligence, my world changed.

On Jan 23, 2024 Gail Hamley wrote on Starlings In Winter, by Mary Oliver:

Oh starlings! I have watched in amazement their dance. Creator as choreographer. Isn’t it glorious!

On Jan 16, 2024 Gail wrote on Effort Does Not Change The Person, by Anthony De Mello:

This, as it is stated, is unconditional love for self. This, then, is transformational.

On Nov 21, 2017 Gail Hamley wrote on Laziness As Our Personal Teacher, by Pema Chodron:

I had learned to unite with bouts of depression which became a great teacher. Then just a few days ago I found myself grieving that I was lazy aka a failure. I accepted this laziness and let go of the judgments. A new understanding of myself emerged. I was striving, trying to run my own life and in the process I was losing the gifts offered to me in every moment. I was striving to be what I thought was ‘great’—