All Comments By Liz
On Mar 3, 2022 Liz wrote on My Freedom Is In Your Hands, by Jacques Verduin:
On Mar 29, 2021 Liz Helgesen wrote on Ambiguity Of Violence, by Robert Sapolsky:
This piece made me feel very uncomfortable. I am uncertain the wife's actions were wise, and seemed not non-violent to me. Especially that children were in the car watching and experiencing what was being modeled. Second, calling the other driver a villain, also does not seem non-violent. We don't know what we don't know.
Gosh, I would need to take a breath and choose my response carefully with so much and so many lives at stake. With love, always. Liz
On Oct 5, 2018 Liz Helgesen wrote on You Must Shout From The Heart, by Ken Wilber:
I've learned that it is incumbant upon me to share what I've learned. That I have a moral and ethical obligation to pass on to others the wisdom and truth that I have been so graciously given. I usually embrace this responsibility with passion, rigor and joy. But sometimes I feel self-doubt and uncertainty. "You Must Shout From The Heart" gives me permission to just do it anyway! No matter how it sounds! Whether I'm right or wrong! Perfect or messy! I realize that all that is expected of me is that I go out and do good. To help one other soul. So, I committ. I join you, right here, right now. And I will go shout this from the roof top, from my heart!
With love,
Liz
On Nov 17, 2017 Liz Helgesen wrote on Laziness As Our Personal Teacher, by Pema Chodron:
I've learned to allow and love my laziness! After suffering for years with unnecessary panic and guilt, I now 'lean in' to my laziness because I know and trust myself. As my personal history shows, my lethargy or exhaustion eventually passes and my engines rev back up and my work gets done. I know this. I trust this. This trust helps me 'lean in' to the laziness and give my self, guilt-free the moment or hour or day to recharge and practice just being.
With my love and gratitude for our Readings,
Liz
On Apr 18, 2017 Liz Mitten Ryan wrote on Touching the Earth, by Tracy Cochran:
On Mar 28, 2017 Liz Mitten Ryan wrote on We Are Swimming in Miracles, by Peter Kalmus:
On Nov 20, 2015 Liz Helgesen wrote on I Awaken Before Dawn, by Helen Moore:
Reading this piece (but sipping coffee :)) brought me right to the minutia of my life with gratitude for every tiny detail, every breath, each beat of my heart. For every heart beat of my precious family, individually and collectively. For every dirty dish I am so blessed to wash. For every letter of this keyboard I am so fortunate to press. And for every eye (and ear!) that gets to read this post, I am grateful. And for every soul in between us, I pray. I pray and invite them all to join us in this place. Right here. Right now. Just for this moment. With this reading. With love, for all of creation. Liz
On Nov 16, 2015 Liz Raphael Helgesen wrote on Time is a Season, by David Whyte:
I struggled to grasp this Reading and had to read several times. But as walked away from the recording studio, I found myself asking, "what is the personality of this hour, this moment? How can I be in it, contribute to it, change it for the better, for someone else's life?" I will go and do that now. With love. Liz
On Jun 12, 2015 Liz Helgesen wrote on Privacy Is Not Possible, by Vimala Thakar:
With the belief that we are all one, comes my personal responsibility to keep my thoughts, speech and actions clean and in alignment with their highest purpose. As in this beautiful passage, when I reflect on the impact my well-being has on the rest of humanity, I am so inspired to press on and elevate my inner work. With my thanks and love. Liz
On Mar 3, 2022 Liz wrote on My Freedom Is In Your Hands, by Jacques Verduin: