Let us bury the worries of our sins in yesterday’s sands. Let us place prayers gently in tomorrow’s gifts, and wear our miracles as though they were the strength of skin that glistens and darkens in suns that keep shining and hope that never ever cracks. THIS IS A LISTENING BLOG LISTEN BY CLICKING HERE…
Author: Mindful Leader
Cecilia B. Loving is Deputy Commissioner/Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the NYC Fire Department. She also served as an attorney for the NYC Commission on Human Rights, and was a litigator at Patterson Belknap; Kramer Levin; and the Legal Aid Society. She is founder of the Mindfulness Group at FDNY, as well as Co-Chair of the NYC Bar’s first Mindfulness and Well-Being Committee. In addition to obtaining her Juris Doctor from NYU School of Law, Cecilia obtained her BFA from Howard University, MFA from UCLA and M.Div from NY Theological Seminary. She has written several books, including Prayers for Those Standing on the Edge of Greatness; God is a Brown Girl Too; God is a Lawyer Too; and Seeing Myself as God Sees Me. She also writes blogs and articles, including “Mindfulness: Being in the Now Without Bias, Blame or Shame” (Catalyst, April 19, 2018).
WISDOM ENTERS OUR HEART: January 25, 2020
Wisdom enters our heart, as Proverbs teaches, and its knowledge is pleasant to our soul. (Proverbs 2:10) This is the purpose of meditation: to re-connect with our oneness. FOR GUIDED MEDITATION CLICK HERE SUPPORT MUSIC EXCERPTED HERE ON i-TUNES: R. PYTOR TCHAIKOVSKY “Hymn of the Cherubim” PETER KATER AND R. CAROLOS NAKAI “Wandering” “Sonoria” ROBERT TREE…
THE MEDITATIONS OF MY HEART WILL GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING: January 24, 2020
In the 49th Psalm, the 3rd Verse, the Psalmist says “My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.” Even in what appear to some as their darkest hours, wisdom, this meditation of the heart, gives us light. FOR GUIDED MEDITATION CLICK HERE SUPPORT MUSIC EXCERPTED HERE ON…
I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ONE: January 23, 2020
The purpose of meditation: to realize our oneness with the wisdom that is not of the world, but is of God — not an old man in the sky, but the everlasting love that never condemns us but only embraces us as one. In meditation, we re-connect with our oneness. FOR GUIDED MEDITATION CLICK HERE…
I SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER: January 22, 2020
Through the release of all enemies, we evolve beyond our own darkness and shine light into our fifth energy center of liberation, located in the center of our throat and thyroid, expressing the love you felt in the fourth center, and speaking truth. This is the liberating power of Moses, up from the wilderness into the…
EACH BREATH REVEALS THAT WE ARE ONE: January 21, 2020
“The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. THIS IS A LISTENING BLOG LISTEN BY CLICKING HERE Each breath inspires me in the…
MY LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR: January 20, 2020
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LISTEN HERE We are centering in pure consciousness. You may ask the question, what is pure consciousness? Answering that question is no different than asking: what is God? No…
SEEK HAPPINESS FOR OTHERS AND FIND TRUE JOY: January 19, 2020
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO MEDITATION The kingdom bathes me in streams of renewed joy. The…
THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT: January 18, 2020
“The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. THIS IS A LISTENING BLOG LISTEN BY CLICKING HERE Each breath inspires me in the…
I LET GO AND WALK IN A NEW GRACE: January 17, 2020
As much as I want to hold on to fear and resentment and anxiety and pain, I let them go with the flow of the fresh presence of the realm of perfection of a new season — one that wants to see me walk in the grace that fills my human body with the Holy…
RE-FOCUS AND RE-CONNECT WITH ABSOLUTE GOOD: January 16, 2020
I change the course of my life. I release the doubt that has limited my ability to be obedient. I raise the expectation of my commitment and focus by re-connecting with absolute good. LISTEN HERE ************************************************************************************************************************** “Nothingness” by Terry Oldfield; “Butterfly” by Kevin Kern; “Meditation on Dinetah” by R. Carlos Nakai; “Heart of Silence” and…
TRIUMPH IN THE POWER OF KNOWING WE ARE ONE: January 15, 2020
In the light of victory, we triumph against the hatred and fear of exclusion and rise in the power of knowing that we are one in the fullest expression of all that God is. In this oneness, we triumph, knowing that no one and nothing can limit us from succeeding in doing the good that…
