inner guidance | A Twelvemonth of Self Love

Living Guidance

Eva Lisle — Fri, 20 May 2016 00:15:49 +0000

This year my husband and I made a vow to invite spaciousness into our days and weeks (minding our schedule, daily meditation, listening to our own desires). Last year was so full, so very intense that we all but crawled into 2016. We declared January is for napping. As we moved back into our busy days and weeks I began to feel concern that we were going down the road of busy and exhaustion once…

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Rx: Stillness

Eva Lisle — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:08:13 +0000

There are times when the only thing you can do is be utterly still. Not so much as you are all calm and meditative but as in there is literally nowhere else to turn, nothing else to do or think, i.e. fear has you at a complete standstill. When the unexpected happens (and it will) and someone in your circle attempts suicide, or receives a diagnosis, or you get your tax bill and think perhaps the…

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The Self Discipline of Desire

Eva Lisle — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:20:12 +0000

I was speaking to a friend recently who praised the self discipline of my having blogged daily for a year. I was a bit taken aback as it didn’t feel like self discipline at all. I write and extend love to my thoughts because I want to. Afterwards, this phrase floated into view: the self discipline of desire. I took it into my quiet time this morning to ask Holy Spirit more about this. Me…

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12. Day 14: Easy As Pi

Eva Lisle — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:42:41 +0000

I couldn’t not comment on today’s date of 3-14-15, the biggest Pi Day (in USA) of them all. And how perfect to remind myself (and you) that Love is just as easy. Delicious or mathematical as is needed. Or let’s just say that yesterday’s pickle is today’s relish. My blocked sensibilities melted away in light of the warmth and welcome of Holy Spirit’s Voice. I realized two very important…

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11. Day 25: I Can Drop The “F”

Eva Lisle — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:20:35 +0000

Here is a new way to notice, receive and welcome all that is happening around you. It is ALL feedback. It is information of one kind or another that lets you know if you are on target. The trick is, you get to set the target or goal. If your goal is to be at peace, finish college, run to the end of the block or reorganize your office everything that happens around you can be considered…

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11. Day 17: Why Is Working HARD Always A Success Principle?

Eva Lisle — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:55:28 +0000

I will let you in on a little secret. You simply can’t hang out with the idea of success, even if fear is present, without kind of wanting to experience some version of success. This may explain why I uncharacteristically set a timer for one hour and told myself “you can clean the drawers under the washer and drier for one hour; just go for it!” Because I am really noticing exactly what spurs…

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8. Day 29: How Can I Be Ordinary In This Moment?

Eva Lisle — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:49:43 +0000

I wrote a few days ago about the luxury of ordinary. This message of ordinary keeps blessing us daily. There is something very powerful in asking the question: “How can I be ordinary in this moment?” It immediately frees you from figuring out how to be the best, or the fastest or thriftiest. It allows you to connect to being more that accomplishing. This is quite a feat when you have…

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8. Day 17: There’s No Place Like Home

Eva Lisle — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:05:29 +0000

I had a very unsettling experience yesterday. After a wonderful last lunch with our reunion friends at the Victory Services Club we headed out across Hyde Park for a brisk walk in the fresh air and drizzle. Though we were still a bit weary from our big evening the night before the walk felt good. We passed Speakers Corner where several “speakers” were gathered to discuss taxes…

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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…

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7. Day 21: Honesty & Silence Can Work Together

Eva Lisle — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:27:46 +0000

The thing about honesty that was always a stumbling block was that I always thought honesty had to tell or say out loud it’s truth for it to be counted as honesty. You would think this would have been a blessing to someone who is so keen on talking and conversation but it felt just the opposite. I am discovering that honesty can be completely expressed by silence, quiet and the word not spoken.

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