This is an excerpt from page 40 of the How To GOGI book. Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Harper. If you were to watch a baby breathe it would seem as if their entire body was involved in the breathing process. In truth, that is how we humans are designed to breathe, with our entire bodies. When we are breathing in a relaxed manner, our entire body is benefiting from oxygen getting to every bit of our bloodstream. The problem [...]
This is an excerpt from page 38 of the How To GOGI book. Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Dana. You have a brain. It is exclusively your brain and will operate under your instruction, or operate under your lack of instruction. The fact is, no one can control your brain unless you give them permission or leave your brain so unattended or drug-impaired that others can walk right into your thought process and start filling your brain with garbage. Still, [...]
This is an excerpt from page 60 of the How To GOGI book. Keeping it simple, there is likely to be no greater internal joy than living your life in the service of those in need. But (and there is always a but) this cannot be done until you are in the mental space and emotional space to actually be of service. If you are not prepared to be of service, then the service you provide may actually be measured and counted by you, and debts [...]
Image Credit: Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Harper. This is an excerpt from page 58 of the How To GOGI book. REALITY CHECK is a tool for you to use when you backslide, make a mistake, fall off, do something stupid, or are tempted to toss in the towel and live in shame for not being perfect. With the tool REALITY CHECK you understand you are not perfect. You never will be perfect. And if perfection is something you attempt [...]
Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Harper. This is an excerpt from page 56 of the How To GOGI book. The cool thing about WHAT IF is that it permits you to predict the likely future outcome of today’s actions. If you witness someone walking into the chapel each day, the eventual outcome will likely be someone with a more religious attitude. If you witness someone pulling out a cigarette each day, the eventual outcome will be someone who hangs out [...]
Image Credit: Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Noel GALLEGOS. This is an excerpt from page 54 of the How To GOGI book. Forgive is a word used frequently and asked for even more frequently. FOR–GIVE as a GOGI Tool is very different from the word forgive. FOR–GIVE as a tool requires action on your part and has little to do with engaging in conversation or processing with another. Don’t misunderstand, at GOGI we know that forgiving is important, and to [...]
This is an excerpt from page 46 of the How To GOGI book. Practice is the only way we can perfect a skill. LET GO is a tool, but use of the tool can become a skill. This tool, however, can be painful for some. That is why we keep it simple. We do not want you to try to LET GO of the big stuff too soon. After all, it is the big stuff which may have defined you for a very long time. It [...]
Image Credit: Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Woody. —This is an excerpt from page 50 of the How To GOGI book. You can claim responsibility for your deeds of the past. You can claim responsibility for your actions. That is different than using CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY as a GOGI Tool. This is because at GOGI we are less concerned about the past and more concerned about your ability to make better choices. We find that as a GOGI Tool, CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY [...]
Artwork by Harper Happy Hump Day GOGI's! Our actions are an outward display of how we feel inside. POSITIVE ACTIONS are a result of POSITIVE THOUGHTS and POSITIVE WORDS. My father used to say 'crap in, crap out.' He applied this to the type of music I listened to, the television I watched and the friends I associated with. What you put in your mind and who you allow in your life are manifest in your actions. Choose wisely. They have a bigger impact [...]
Image Credit: Art is a gift to GOGI from GOGI student Oxbow Mercier. —This is an excerpt from page 48 of the How To GOGI book. POSITIVE ACTIONS can help define the new version of who you are creating yourself to be. It is not enough to do something positive one time. It is in the repetition that change becomes lasting. Just like a star professional athlete must practice, the habit of change is formed and the new definition of you emerges through repetition. [...]
