Lessons from ‘The Social Entrepreneur’ book by Andrew Mawson
By Gil Dekel, PhD. Main insights from Andrew’s experience: - Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. - Set an example. People will respect that, and gather around you. - Question the consensus, and challenge policy makers. - Fine words cannot replace practical actions. - Governments should guarantee people that deliver results, instead of providing for organisations that do not deliver...
Read MoreHow to Find the Inner Voice of Wisdom through Art?
by Natalie and Gil Dekel. When people stop communicating with their inner voice of wisdom, they seem to look for external stimulus, a source of content from outside themselves. Phone hacking, for example, is more than an illegal way to produce gossip – it is a sign of a lack of internal dialogue. When individuals fall into an ‘emotional pit’, they seem to fill it up with hacked knowledge...
Read More‘Arms of Love’, Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 28 Jan 2011, 9.30pm GMT (livestream 16). Hello, welcome to the meditation today. To start the mediation, please sit comfortably. Find a comfortable position where you can maintain for a little while. And when you’re ready, close your eyes and take a deep breath. As you start breathing deeply, with each breath you take feel your...
Read MoreHealing Words: Short-Verse Poetry by Gil Dekel
by Gil Dekel, PhD (visionary poet and Reiki teacher.) The task of the poet is to see into the experiences we undergo every moment, and attach words to emotions. Like patchwork, these wordly emotions come together to form images through which we can see the light of people. Following the teachings of the great poets Rumi and William Blake, I observe reality around and inside, and put feelings...
Read More‘My Private Garden’, Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 21 Jan 2011, 9.30pm (livestream 15). To start the meditation please sit comfortably somewhere you can sit for a little while without being disturbed. As you sit comfortably take a deep breath and close your eyes. Feel yourself relaxing; feel your limbs become heavier and heavier with each breath you take. Feel the energy flowing...
Read MoreVisions of Peace
Artist Katherine Josten (founder/director of The Global Art Project for Peace) interviewed by Gil Dekel, PhD. Gil Dekel: You have inspired more than 100,000 participants to take part in your project since 1994; how did you do that?… Katherine Josten: I believe that everything takes place first on an inner level and then it manifests on an outer physical level – so I began by...
Read MoreThe shift in the role of museums following the mass-reproduction of images of artworks
by Gil Dekel, PhD. (About Gil. Contact) Introduction In this paper I will follow the evolution of art museums through the effect of the use of images of artworks. I will argue that the use of images of artworks has contributed to a shift in the role of museums from ‘national treasurers’ institutions that hold artworks, to collaborative ‘international proprietor of...
Read More‘The Realms of Patience’, Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 7 Jan 2011 (live stream 14). Good evening and welcome to our meditation this evening. To start the meditation, please sit comfortably wherever you are. Close your eyes; take a deep breath and find yourself starting to relax. With each breath you take, feel yourself releasing the burdens of the day to day routine, anxieties and...
Read MoreAuditing Process and Structure
by Gil Dekel. Example of a 4-weeks timescale auditing process and structure (for setting up art exhibitions): 0: Define Scope, Schedule & Requirements. 1: Confirm participants and schedule. Meet management to agree the plan for the audit. Review key business plans of the company. Understand the current processes for exhibition setup. Review available documentation/artifacts. 2: Conduct...
Read More‘The Diamond of the Third Eye’, Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Gil Dekel)
Led by Gil Dekel (PhD), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 31 Dec 2010 (live stream 13). Tonight we are going to do a meditation for widening our mind. Before we start our meditation I just want to tell you a little vision I had last night, a little dream: I saw a vision where humankind, people, managed to land on the sun. In the future, our astronauts will land on the sun… we have landed...
Read More‘The Moon of the Inner Heart’ Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Gil Dekel)
Led by Gil Dekel (PhD), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 17 Dec 2010, 9.30pm (livestream 12). Good evening. Above our left shoulder there is a being, a spirit, a guide… Tonight we’re going to see how we can communicate with them better, and what they have to tell us. As you know, the so-called spirit guides, are not here for us to just talk about them, meditate about them or write poetry...
Read More‘Shedding The Remains Of The Past’ Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 11 Feb 2011, 9.30pm (livestream 17). Good evening. Please sit somewhere you can enjoy a few minutes of solitude and comfort. I will ask you to sit and relax. Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Pay attention to the breath coming in and out of your body. With each breath you take, feel the energy flows into your body, calming the...
Read More‘The Garden of Being’ Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, Friday 10 Dec 2010, 9.30pm GMT (livestream 11). Good evening. Today we will do a meditation where we can learn to speak to our body and trigger mindful conscious-healing. Our body knows to speak to us if only we learn to listen to it and understand its language. To start the mediation, please sit comfortably wherever you are and find a...
Read More‘Lemurian Healing’ Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 26 Nov 2010, 9.30pm GMT (livestream 9). Good evening. Welcome to our meditation today. To start the meditation, please find a comfortable position. Sit somewhere you can enjoy the meditation for a while so you don’t have to readjust yourself. Take a deep breath, close your eyes… Start by becoming aware to the breath you take...
Read More‘The Inner Strength’ Free Guided Meditation – Transcript and Video (with Natalie Dekel)
Led by Natalie Dekel (MPhil), Reiki Master/Teacher, on Friday 19 Nov 2010, 9.30pm GMT (livestream 8). To start the meditation, please sit comfortably. Find a space where you can relax. Begin the meditation by closing your eyes and paying attention to your breathing. Our breathing helps us focus on the inner space and release tension, worries and disruptive energy that flows on the outside; at...
Read MoreGil Dekel – Discover your Creative Potential – Counselling and learning days
Dr. Dekel provides professional learning courses that bring together art, spirituality and science. In his workshops he teaches methods that help people discover a creative potential and expand their talents and understanding on a personal level as well as group level. Dr. Dekel also offers intuitive counselling that help people connect their belief systems with their gifts and abilities. Dr....
Read MoreUnweave A Rainbow
Visionary painter Brigid Marlin interviewed by Natalie Dekel. Natalie Dekel: I understand that life has not been easy for you. Perhaps your painting has been akin to personal salvation or healing. Is that how you see it? Brigid: No. The situation is that the spiritual journey comes first. Suffering causes one to search for a deeper meaning in life, when this is found and one sets out on a...
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