by Mark Gilbert | Sep 29, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
This morning my wife called me from the nursing home to let me know her mother had just made her transition. I had visited and said my goodbyes to her last night. It’s been my experience that whenever there is a death around me, it generally opens me to thoughts upon...
by Mark Gilbert | Sep 20, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
Today, I want to discuss the importance of releasing from your life what no longer serves you and ask you to consider what it is you need to release at this time. Along the way, we will consider the concept of the “cycle of becoming” and developing the skill of...
by Mark Gilbert | Sep 13, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
A news item caught my eye this week that is worth us taking a moment to reflect upon. It is a bit negative at first blush…and I don’t like giving a lot of energy to negative stuff… but I want to attempt to take it to a message of positivity and hope. The Dire Warning...
by Mark Gilbert | Sep 6, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
Who are you? What are you? Why are you? Humanity has pondered these questions ever since they could “think about their thinking”. That is, whenever we crossed some threshold in our evolution where we became something called “self-aware”. To be “self-aware” is to...
by Mark Gilbert | Aug 25, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
A whole bunch of people were telling me that I should watch the TV program “Ted Lasso”. I sort of knew that it had something to do with “positive thinking” and what not…..after all, if you are in the business of positive thinking (and by definition a New...
by Mark Gilbert | Aug 16, 2021 | 2010-21 Archive
I have not been blogging much lately. For the past year, I have been living in a state of personal transition. I retired from my role at Centers for Spiritual Living’s home office in September 2020. My elderly father who lived with me passed away last November. For...