Reflections on Life in the Predawn Light

A Serenade to the Dawn

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A Serenade to the Dawn

 

A touch of morning pink enters the sky.

Joy blooms in my heart.

There is so much promise in that gentle blush.

 

Quietly the new day dawns.

The clouds of yesterday storms transform with hope.

The Light is victorious.

 

New possibilities come into my mind.

I pause to dream.

 

What can I do with this new opportunity to make manifest what I desire?

Softly my Soul whispers, seize the day with joy.

 

Spread your Light, give your Love.

All is well in the peace of this potent time.

 

        – Genevieve Gerard

 

 

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New Color of Promise

New Color of Promise

Color of Promise blog post by Genevieve Gerard

The unique tone of pink that comes with the dawn always gives me hope and promise. It always makes me smile.

For me, the color of dawn, the way the light of the rising sun merges and mingles with the emerging blues of morning as gray is chased away, is one of the purest joys in life.

The colors of the dawn seem to come with the assurance that there are new possibilities available. All that I have known to be a problem or a pain can fade away with the emerging of the light of a new day. It reminds me of the truth of the old saying “today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

To me the dawn comes embedded with the promise that new possibilities are available today. It is a reminder that the past is past. What may come into being with the emerging of the new day is really unknown. It is a part of the magic of life and the mystery of life that change is always happening. Change is a constant in a life experience that may seem to have no consistency.

This is one of the most amazing things about life, and at times the most terrifying. That change can bring into manifestation the fulfillment of our deepest desires, and at the same time create the circumstances of our greatest fears is an element of the adventure of the experience of living. What has been before, is not a guarantee for what is now emerging. This is as equally true for our desires and our fears. Change is the one constancy in life. We can embrace it or we can flee from it, but no matter what we do, we cannot change that.

The chance that change will be positive and move my life forward to the manifestation of my goals and desires is at least equal to the chance of something I do desire not unfolding.
        – Genevieve Gerard

I choose hope with the emergence of the day. I see the possibility that the life experiences that will unfold in the emerging day will be wonderful. The chance that change will be positive and move my life forward to the manifestation of my goals and desires is at least equal to the chance of something I do desire not unfolding. However, when you add to the mix the powerful principle of life that energy follows thought, it seems the odds tip in the favor of the new day bringing the fulfillment of my dreams.

No matter what happens in the circumstances of the unfolding day, holding hope in my heart has not only empowered the subtle influence of the universal law of energy following thought to work in my favor, it has removed the temptation of worry and fear. Likewise, holding hope and trusting in life, not only reduces the experience of fear, but it also reduces stress and anxiety.

Since none of us knows what will happen in the future, remaining in the present with the promise and potentiality of the new day, leaves me strong so if the winds of change blow ill for my life, I have the strength and energy to cope and deal with events, but need only to deal with something once it has really happened. “Sufficient for the day are the challenges I face today.” This is a choice I make about how to live my life. It is a decision that I make when the dawns early light emerges from the shadows of the night. I choose hope. I choose faith that great good is coming to me. What do you choose?

To empower and enhance this hope, I often use affirmations. I find that affirmations activate a sense of my identity about what I aspire to be. We each make these choices about what we think, what we consider, what we believe, often without intention or focus.

For me, the pink of the dawn is a reminder to choose hope and believe in the unlimited possibilities of time unfolding, which will bring great blessings and new opportunities to fulfill your life’s purpose and manifest what you desire.

Hope can spring eternal in your heart and it can be renewed with each dawn as you affirm in the morning’s light, that this new day holds the potential for the very best of change in your life.

 

The Blessing of Promise & Possibilities on All That You Do,

   Genevieve

 

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Break of Dawn

Break of Dawn

Break of Dawn

 

When the pink lights of dawn merge with the storm clouds of life I feel a call to action from life itself, a dare to seize the day. In this time I open my heart and my mind to the promptings of my Soul to ask for guidance and direction to my life.

Then in the peaceful quiet that exists at the break of dawn before I slip into all of the doing of the day I pause to give thanks for the beauty that life gives so spontaneously without requiring anything from me. I take time to consider the many blessings I have, and embrace the joy that this respite grants.

In this fertile space I open myself to the affirmation and creation of the life that I envision. Connected with my Soul and my purpose in life I consider what I can do to bring into greater manifestation the promptings of my heart.

This time of reflection empowers my life and brings me peace and emboldens me to dare and do.

 

 

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Light Has the POWER Over the Dark

Light Has the Power Over the Dark

Let the Light Empower You by Genevieve Gerard

As the last breath of darkness surrenders to the Light of the dawn, I am reminded that the Light has the power over the dark.

As a single candle can dispel the darkness, positive thoughts in our mind can dispel the fears that try to hold us captive.

Each time we assert our dominion over the tyranny of fear or hate we strengthen the Divine Light within us.

And as surely as the Sun chases the night from the sky, so our affirming and embracing positive thoughts activates the law of the universe that energy follows thought, which places the power for our life firmly in our hands.

In times of troubles and problems, it is important to remember that Divine Light can dispel the darkness. Indeed, a single candle claims victory over darkness.

As you face within your life, situations and problems that may seem to overwhelm you and diminish and discourage you it is important to remember, that things always look darkest just before the dawn.

Each new day is an opportunity to put the past behind you. Each new day brings new possibilities and new opportunities. You are not the victim of your past. In fact, the past should fade away with the birth of each new day.

With each new day you have a dynamic opportunity to start anew and shed the mistakes and problems that have limited your past. The power of the Light is in the power to change and transform your life.

But you must open to the Divine Light. You must shed the limiting beliefs and fears that are holding you back from all of the unlimited possibilities that are becoming available in the creative expansion of opening your heart and your mind, your eyes, and your ears to what is possible for you.

When you want to change your life you only need to change your mind, change your perspective and all of a sudden with that decision new opportunities can be revealed. What is available is different because you are different. You can shed the fears and limitations that have held you captive by deciding to.

Never underestimate the power of making a decision. The harnessing and invoking of your will opens your awareness, much like the rising of the sun opens you to a new vision. The way your life has been in the past is not a dictator of the present and is certainly not the dictator of the future, a future that is unformed and has not yet unfolded.

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Within each dawn and within each new day is a principle of creation that is an ignition that holds the power of possibility. However, it is within you, within your heart and within your mind that the magic must take place.

It is up to you to determine if you will use the Light to make things visible or allow the darkness to flavor your day.

 

Here are a few simple affirmations that you may wish to use while you initiate the brilliant power of the Light in your life, by activating your will and opening to the Light of potential, the Light of possibilities, and the Light of Hope and promise.

Today Affirmations

  1. Today, I consciously and with intention realize that the past is now past and has no power or sway over me.
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  3. Today, I choose to Light my way by expanding my awareness of the creative power I hold by opening my heart and mind to the Light.
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  5. Today, I claim the power of hope and open my life to create the life I desire and the life I envision.

     

                   – GG

 

The energy of Light has power over the dark. Use that illumination to transform your life by opening to the blessings that flow freely to you with the miracle of the radiant Light every day.

Namaste,

   Genevieve

The Blessing of Love on All That You Do!

 

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About the author:
Genevieve Gerard teaches Transformational Consciousness – from first awakening to enlightened Soul awareness. She helps you experience the joy that results from the spontaneous “touch of your soul.”

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Genevieve has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Theology and a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling and for over thirty years has worked one-on-one with people who were recovering from devastating disabilities and chronic pain. Teaching the mastery of the mind-body relationship she was one of the early professionals trained in biofeedback, visualization, imagery, and meditation as essential techniques to help people heal their bodies, heal their emotions, heal their minds, and heal their lives.

Genevieve’s work demonstrates what she knows so well, “It is spiritual connectedness that triggers physical healing and emotional and mental well-being.”  Helping people, like you, tap into your higher-self is the power she wields to guide you to heal and transform your life.

Now, with this understanding, she combines the effective techniques she developed over decades teaching mind-body mastery along with her extensive experience in meditation and spiritual development to create a synthesis of mind-body-spirit that delivers complete healing and opens the door to unlimited personal growth and an encounter with your Soul.

In addition to her current life guidance coaching sessions, and workshops performed around the world, Genevieve has produced more than 20+ guided meditations in the last eight years that are available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, and her website.

It is her vision that through your experience with the techniques of awareness, visualization, and meditation, the love of your Soul will touch and transform your life through her writings and products. It is her sincere desire that the potential of a life of joy and celebration that seems to elude so many people can become a reality for you, now and forever.

Browse her life story and read the Touch of the Soul that changed her world. To contact Genevieve, visit her keep in touch page.

 

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WATCHING THE WATER FLOW BY

Watching the Water Flow By

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As I sit in my meditation chair, just outside is a canal of water.

 

To watch the water flow by in its endless exchange of energy with the sea is very peaceful and calms my mind.

 

It is said in Wisdom teachings that you can never step into the same river twice.

 

The ever flowing nature of water is also ever changing as life is ever changing, yet in one of those profound ironies that so influence our comprehension of the world, there is continuity, sameness to the flow of the waters of our life.

It seems in observing the flow of water, in and out from the ocean; back and forth with the tide we can better understand the nature of time and the mystery of the eternal NOW.” – Genevieve Gerard

The waters of life flow through our life and get divided into categories like past and future but remain present in the moment, in the NOW.

This continuity of consciousness like the water provides both the opportunity for sameness and the opportunity for possibility and potential as yet untapped.

This continuous flow whether it be of the water or life events creates awareness that in any moment everything can change. This potential, and the promise of this possibility, is part of the power of living in the moment.

The potential and promise of change brings hope and excitement to the adventure of our life while being in the moment releases us from the past freeing us from the burden of what has been while we are able to receive the joy of being in the NOW.

Namaste,

Genevieve Gerard

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Light of the Dawn

Light of the Dawn

Light of the Dawn | Genevieve Gerard
As the last breath of darkness surrenders to the Light of the dawn, I am reminded that the Light has the power over the dark

As a single candle can dispel the darkness, positive thoughts in our mind can dispel the fears that try to hold us captive

Each time we assert our dominion over the tyranny of fear we strengthen the Divine Light within us.  And as surely as the Sun chases the night from the sky, so our affirming and embracing positive thoughts activates the law of the universe that energy follows thought, which places the power for our life firmly in our hands.

Namaste

 

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Today

Today

New Possibilities

Today, new possibilities reveal themselves.

Today, I open my awareness to the potential of transformation and healing.

Today, I am free of the mistakes and misunderstandings of the past, as I enter into this day renewed.

Today, the past is behind me. Now is my moment. The future is as yet unwritten.

 

Goodness and mercy are mine to claim in a celebration of the joy of being.

Namaste

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Ponderings on a Christmas Morning

Ponderings on a Christmas Morning

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Today we celebrate the birth of the Christ.  We celebrate by giving gifts and joining together with friends and loved ones.  We celebrate in the remembrance of the gift from God of the birth of him who was to become the World Savior. He through an act of complete obedience and surrender sacrificed his all. In so doing he eliminated of the separation of mankind from God and anchored Divine Love on earth. 

The life of Christ was both a miraculous and a mythical event that fulfilled prophecies and enacted rituals unknown to our understanding.  Just the foretelling of his life was sufficient to make a Cosmic Star rise in the east and, the Angelic hosts sing. 

Since the life and willing sacrifice of the Christ, much has changed in the world.  There is still great work to be done in the world for the Love that was grounded by the Christ 2000 years ago to become manifest on earth and reign in the hearts of humanity.

We can join in this great work by living in Love, expressing love, demonstrating love and letting love guide our thoughts, our feeling and our actions.  The more we can express love in our life, the more we can give love in our life, and then we are filled with the joy of love and the ability to live our life more abundantly.

Namaste

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The Blessing of Beauty

The Blessing of Beauty

It is all too easy to take for granted the blessings we have in our lives.  This morning, as I watch the light chase away the shadows and bring into focus the world before me, I realize how we can fail to notice the beauty that surrounds us, the blessings that surround us.  Nature in her glorious abundance makes a gift to us that we may easily ignore.

  

The simple joy, the subtle beauty of the light of the morning, is part of an ever-changing, constantly renewing demonstration that we only need open our eyes to see.” -Genevieve Gerard

No dawn is a repeat performance.  Each dawn is a unique blessing, its own gift.  We receive this gift whether we are rich or poor.  It is available to us by simply opening our eyes and observing.  It is an ever-changing drama, readily available for our enjoyment, our pleasure, our blessing.

This awareness leads me to ponder the question, how many other experiences in our life do we take for granted and thereby ignore?  How many blessings are we being given that we fail to see and fail to appreciate as we hurry and scurry from event to event, caught up in the glamour of busyness?

Today, now, in this moment of time, let us focus our awareness on the beauty that surrounds us, the blessings we may not have observed or have taken for granted.  Let us open our minds and hearts to appreciate all that is being given to us, right here, right now.

Let us focus our attention on what we have, instead of what we think we need or believe we want.  And in this spirit of receiving, let us allow our gratitude and our joy to spring forth.

Let us enjoy this experience of observing and appreciating the beauty that surrounds us and the blessings that are available to us each moment, each day.

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By The Dawn’s Early Light

Dawn's early light

By The Dawn’s Early Light


There is a moment when the world is still and pregnant with the possibilities and promise of the new day.  The birds rest and wait.  The emerging light hovers not yet ready to come into being, but already transcending the deepness of the darkness.  The inevitability of the new day lies before us.

What we choose to create of this day is still unformed.  The potential of what we wish to create and manifest is like clay in our hands awaiting the touch of the master artists.

This new day is ours to create and to form into that which we need and that which we desire.  We can help this day come into being and fulfill its promise by taking the time to meditate and align ourselves with our Higher Self (Soul), and consider our goals and purpose.

This powerful moment before the Light dispels the darkness is ours to ponder on our role as the co-creator of our life and focus our will and intention.”

We can affirm “Today I will be in the right place at the right time for the blessing and betterment of all.”  Today we can bring new joy into our life and bring into manifestation what we affirm with the power of intention.

In this brief time before the dawn begins the new day, let us appreciate and enjoy the untapped possibility that lies before us in this moment, in the now free from what has been, in the process of coming into being; right here, right now as the night becomes your new day.

Let Light & Love manifest your plan, today!
 

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The Return of the Light

The Darkest Day Marks
The Return of the Light

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The Winter Solstice has always seemed to be a particularly mystical time in the cycle of days.

It is both the demarcation of the shortest day of the year and the day that marks the return of the Light.

In this way, it encompasses both our deepest fears and sorrows and our most profound hopes and promises. It reminds us that our life is one of constant change as we ebb and flow between sorrow and joy, symbolically Light and Dark.

The ever so brief shift of the days to the return of the Light has been celebrated since ancient times by many different cultures. There is something deep within our archetypal sensing to the world that this shift in the Light speaks to.

Just as the darkest hour proceeds the dawn, so the darkest and longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere heralds the return of the Light. This fact of nature serves as a metaphor for the promise and potential of transformation to a better day, a better life, a better world.

Change is truly the one constant in life.

When the change that is coming is the return of the Light and the experience of living reassures us that this transition from the darkness to the Light is guaranteed we can dare to hope and work toward bringing the Light into more and more of our thoughts and consciousness.
         ~ Genevieve Gerard

As energy follows thought, so the collective consciousness of all of the people on the planet, regardless of culture, irrespective of religions and independent of race, brings us together as the unity of the human family; a brotherhood of man yearning for the Light to return to our lives, more each day as it brings us the perspective of new possibilities and new clarity to the challenges of our lives.

So, as humankind has done since the dawn of time we celebrate the Solstice as the depth of our sorrow, knowing it brings in its wake the height of our joy; the return of the Light with all of the blessing and promise that entails.

Let us invite the hope of the Light into our hearts as our ancestors have since the dawn of time.

 

Namaste,

   Genevieve

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Power of Intention

The Power of Intention

Within your mind and within your personal will, lies the power of intention.  Intention is a key to transforming your life.  Most of us have clearly and powerfully expressed a desire, only to find unexpected opportunities open up before us to bring us exactly what we desired.  It may come through an unexpected random meeting with someone.  It could come, as a thought to re-connect with an old friend, who knows a person who has a need for someone to do the exact work you want.  It could manifest as making a “wrong turn” to find a sale, on exactly the item you need but thought out of reach.  The details are unimportant.  

What is important is that when these strange events of synchronicity occur in your life, you recognize them as the power of intention at work.  By understanding this power and beginning to harness it, by disciplining your mind to use it to benefit your life and the lives of others, you start to understand a very important life principle that energy follows thought, and “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”

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Recognition of Truth

Recognition of Truth

There is within us awareness, a recognition that we have spontaneously when we hear the truth.  The truth resonates deep within us as a sense of knowing that is beyond understanding or belief.  We can with the incredible facility of our minds and rigidity of belief reframe and deny a truth if it does not fit within our preconceived definitions of the world, but that flash of truth is felt in the moment, even if it is quickly discarded or denied.  We can choose to deny that ring that truth brings within the many judgments that the mind can provide in quicksilver response, but not before that sense of truth is felt, even if never considered again.  Or we can choose to pay attention, open our minds and hearts and ponder upon the significance of that flash of awareness that can open the door to deeper perception of the adventure we call life.

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That You Meditate, is More Important than How

That You Meditate, is More Important than How

Meditation has existed for many thousands of years.  Over that vast stretch of time many styles and many techniques have developed, from the most disciplined path, to the most natural and spontaneous experience that could come to you in a moment of quiet reflection.  At different times in your life, one technique may call to you. 

After meditating for over 40 years, I have come to understand that it is not important how you meditate.  It could be the simple focus of mindfulness meditation, the discipline of Zen Buddhist meditation or awareness meditations that are incorporated into the activities of daily life.  It could also be any of the myriad of schools and techniques that fill the bookstores and the internet.  Any form of meditation can give you the benefits of meditation, from physical relaxation and better health, to the expanded consciousness that leads to enlightenment. 

No step that you take on the path to the Higher Self is ever wasted; every step you take brings you closer to fulfilling your full potential in life.

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The Lesson of Breath

The Lesson of Breath

 As I have been writing and developing new meditations I cannot help but notice that the breath, simply the act of breathing in and breathing out, gives us a very valuable demonstration about life.  Without thought, without fear of lack our breath knows exactly what we need to take from the world around us and exactly what we need to let go of and release.  We cannot hold onto the breath and we cannot fail to let go of and release the breath. 

If we ponder upon the lesson this teaches us about life we can begin to trust that what we truly need is available for us without fear.  We can notice that we only need to take what we need and can use.  And, we can understand that only by releasing and letting go are we able to receive.  All of these little understandings are a part of the gift of each breath if we take the time to notice.

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