writing as spiritual practice – A Twelvemonth of Self Love

12. Day 28: Twelve Fears Later…

Eva Lisle — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:57:07 +0000

It is time to talk about my thoughts and feelings of having blogged daily for a whole year (that’s 365 days!). Yes, I officially made my first blog post on March 25, 2014 (in the middle of a trip to my nephew’s wedding in Nashville). Extending love to my epic fears is something I could have done privately without the added work of cataloguing my experience. I could have just felt the difference...

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12. Day 19: What?! If…….

Eva Lisle — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:39:36 +0000

In the middle of my prayers and affirmations for my time at the Spiritual Writers Conference in Chicago I felt (rather than heard) a ripple of trepidation. Then I heard this timid gathering of thoughts insisting I listen to the “What if’s?” (I imagine these to be the students gathering around a teacher’s desk reminding her she promised to let them out early if they were good and quiet.

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12. Day 9: I Brake For Poetry

Eva Lisle — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:20:15 +0000

“Nobody’s Fool” Even a dog gets thirsty and knows how to wake himself up and trot to the water bowl. How is it I forget each time I fall asleep how to wake myself up and trot over to the Beloved to sip, soak and be drenched by His love presence? I am a forgetting, fool, that’s why. Lucky my Beloved planted His holy wellspring deep within my breast so that I never have to trot very far to receive...

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12. Day 6: I Am The Poem

Eva Lisle — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:09:03 +0000

Feelings have a way of leaving me mute; I think this is one of the reasons I have feared them. Since talking is my perceived way of connecting, feelings (and the ensuing muted state) can leave me feeling somewhat disconnected to myself. The beckoning quiet of silence is my only friend. Poetry is one way I can express myself back into an awareness of connection with myself. I do not write in order...

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11. Day 21: The Ecstasy Of Ekphrasis

Eva Lisle — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:15:54 +0000

Since learning to extend love to my fear of success has to include the opportunity for success (and failure), I signed up for a poetry class at the Crocker Art Museum. Poetry is very near and dear to my heart because this was the first way I was conscious of my heart voice and the Holy Spirit speaking to me. It was so unusual to find my self writing poetry it really grabbed my attention.

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11. Day 18: To Know Thyself In All Your Grace

Eva Lisle — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:14:52 +0000

I am about to take a totally new step for me. I have the opportunity to attend a spiritual writing conference in Chicago next month. It includes one of my favorite writers and is produced by a favorite publisher, Hay House. They are sweetening the deal with an amazing opportunity for writers aspiring to be published (I have just discovered this about myself in this month of looking at success. EEK!

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10. Day 11: On Blogging Daily & Going Commando

Eva Lisle — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:07:21 +0000

I am only now beginning to glimpse how valuable this daily blog is to me. I began with guidance, in this case the word “twelvemonth”. Then twelvemonth revealed itself as a “Twelvemonth of Self Love”. I already journal daily. I am also composing a Holy Dictionary with the incredible and beautiful definitions I hear from Holy Spirit. I write poetry because even my own wordiness gets in my way of...

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5. Day 23: Love Is God DNA

Eva Lisle — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:09:34 +0000

Today I want to pause and remember why I started this blog and project of extending love to my epic fears. I had come to the end of a phase of spiritual study and teaching with some dearly beloved friends and was honestly worried I would *lose* my awareness and trust and USE of this powerful Voice of Love that flows through me (that flows through all of us). I had established a strong and deep...

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4. Day 5: Full Disclosure

Eva Lisle — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:00:55 +0000

I keep being shown over and over again just how much I HANG ON to everything; thoughts, habits, clothes, email, paperwork etc. Letting go sounds easy, like how hard would it be to let go of one thing each day? I am telling you this now. It makes me feel vulnerable, unprepared, lackadaisical, and like I am cheating somehow. It also feels really good. Yikes! How can these two groups of feeling...

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3. Day 20: The Day’s Grace

Eva Lisle — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:05:02 +0000

Poetry was one of the first ways I became aware of Holy Spirit‘s Voice of Love within me so it is where I return when my day or life becomes overwhelming, momentous or just uber busy. These past two weeks have been one of those times. The haiku below were my quiet time today. The shifting out of mind and into heart makes my brain feel like when you put your hands in flour, soft and vast yet right...

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