Bartholomew – A Twelvemonth of Self Love

9. Day 10: Joy Coughs Up The Truth

Eva Lisle — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:05:29 +0000

I have heard joy is an inside job which is true and reasonable yet still is a bit challenging to find/see/be aware of joy when circumstances say otherwise (pain, sadness, cold, coughing fit). It is not so much that I am not joyful it is just that the pain/cough etc is so loud I don’t hear joy. Since I am really noticing my awareness (or lack thereof) of joy this month I quickly notice if I am not...

Source

8. Day 19: Silence & Simplicity

Eva Lisle — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:41:26 +0000

I love that I keep getting plenty of opportunity to extend love to Not-Knowing…….by not knowing how our holidays (or the afternoon) will unfold. It seems both completely unreal and completely natural that we are here, in London, living in a little cottage near Notting Hill Gate station. We buy groceries at Tesco, go to Boots for a new flat iron (I decided when mine burnt the handkerchief I was...

Source

8. Day 7: A Deep Clear Inbreath of God

Eva Lisle — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:40:06 +0000

I am trying not to see my earache as a metaphor of my unwillingness not to hear the truth re Not-Knowing, but it is almost impossible not to. What is new for me is to “stay with” my earache in tenderness, welcome and care rather than “What the heck can I do to get rid of this??!!” I will bet that my earache will last as long as it lasts regardless and I have before me the continual choice to...

Source

8. Day 6: Where Peace & Calm Are Lounging

Eva Lisle — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:59:38 +0000

Yesterday was one of those days that you wonder how on earth you got there in the first place and how will you make it to the end of the day in a state of anything coming close to wholeness. We are flying to London in a week for an extended time of work, sabbatical and wonder. But first there is an important conference to attend in Los Angeles. What fertile ground for the practice of not-knowing.

Source

7. Day 13: Turning Fear Into Honey Spoons

Eva Lisle — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:16:08 +0000

It’s Monday. Speaking of pain….. why do we think pain in the only way to learn? Why the phrase “No pain/No gain”? Why did my grandmother say when brushing my hair and I winced, “You have to suffer to be beautiful!”? It is because we truly believe we must go through pain in order to feel, connect with and experience God. I do not believe this is something God requires. God can absolutely turn...

Source

7. Day 5: Honesty Is Instantly Grounding

Eva Lisle — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:02:39 +0000

This blog is calling my bluff. Or rather my heart is. I was truly called to begin this daily blogging practice of extending love to my epic fears and writing about my experience. I have, obviously, been practicing a great deal of honesty all along these past months by virtue of the fact if you write every day it is hard to avoid honesty. But I still fear honesty in certain situations.

Source

6. Day 18: What Is Your Energy Saying To You?

Eva Lisle — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:14:34 +0000

I have felt subdued with my revelation about the devaluing way that I see. Crushed actually. It was painful to have the bandaid of working hard (to the point of exhaustion) ripped off to see the false seeing exposed underneath. I was moping when Holy Spirit’s voice came through in the bathroom (my favorite quick meditation getaway). HS: Devaluing is not actually changing value. This cannot be done.

Source

5. Day 5: What’s Love Got To Do With War?

Eva Lisle — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:08:20 +0000

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the day Britain’s involvement in World War I began. From this distance we are able to comment, commemorate, honor and remember all that each one experienced during that war. I spoke yesterday of feeling somewhat overwhelmed at what felt like “once in a lifetime” experiences. The Great War, WWI, was thought to be a once in a lifetime experience.

Source

4. Day 27: Meditation On Emptiness

Eva Lisle — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:07:03 +0000

I am loving the seeing that I am letting go into, rather than of. This feels infinitely truer in every way. As I am becoming friendly with the Vastness [of Love] I notice anything and everything that can help me let go into that Love that I am. This quote from “Journeys With A Brother” is a perfect meditation on space which helps shift my focus from my thoughts to Love. Extending love to space is...

Source

4. Day 15: Are You Getting Great Cell Service?

Eva Lisle — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:09:08 +0000

Today is a big day of let down, letting go and giving thanks. This passage really opened my eyes to letting go of ignoring my body and instead, on purpose, extend love to my body: “Cells are not the thinking part of this body mind union. They are receptive and their function is to await the directive of the mind. What you give as a directive is what the cells will pay attention to.

Source