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Gabriel Gonsalves's weekly inspiration, practical advice and spiritual wisdom for living wholeheartedly.
Dear Reader, When you hear the words "the Will of God," what do you feel in your body? What thoughts come up? I remember when I was 26 years old and my younger brother was tragically killed at only 24. "Why did he die? Why did God take him when he was so young?" I remember asking my mother, who said to me, "Well, it was God's Will." I heard the same explanation when my father passed away, when there was a big earthquake, or when a plane fell from the sky. Whatever the loss or tragedy, the...
Dear Reader, On September 30, a flydubai passenger plane was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 passengers and eight crew on board. Partway through the flight, the co-pilot turned on the captain, struck him on the head with a crash axe, and tried to hijack the plane. The captain, Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot with 17 years of flying experience, collapsed on the cockpit floor with his head split open and bleeding, as the plane began to plunge. Picture him there, powerless and in pain,...
Dear Reader, This past week, I facilitated the last Path of the Heart seminar of the year here in Granada, with participants from the US and the UK. I've been facilitating this seminar for more than 10 years, and this was possibly the seminar where I played the most music. Again and again, a song took us where words couldn't. I want to share the lyrics of one of the songs, The Sacred Way: You have to lose your mind to find your heart.You have to lose yourself to find your way.Who looks...