Gil Hodges Freedom

06/15/2026

Short video.
I love the ambiance.

06/15/2026

I really like the ambiance of the new lights. Thank you, Debbie and Debbie Larry Housel

06/15/2026

Most people do not lose freedom all at once.

They trade it away one old agreement at a time.

An agreement to stay quiet.
An agreement to perform.
An agreement to keep the peace.
An agreement to call fear wisdom.
An agreement to call survival identity.

The deeper work begins when you stop asking, "How do I manage this better?" and start asking, "Why did I agree to this in the first place?"

That question can open a door.

If this is where you are, the deeper work is here:

Spiritual life teaching, guided meditations, books, and free weekly gatherings with Gil Hodges - a grounded path to spiritual awakening and real spiritual freedom.

06/14/2026

Christianity and Freedom: Why You Still Don't Feel Free | The Gathering with Gil Hodges

The Gathering is today at 11:30 AM Central.

This week we are sitting with the reflection: Christianity and Freedom: Why You Still Don't Feel Free.

You can believe the language of freedom and still feel an old program running underneath it. Sometimes fear learns how to sound spiritual. Sometimes performance puts on religious clothes. This Gathering is a space to slow down, tell the truth, and let freedom become lived instead of merely believed.

Access The Gathering here:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.com/events.html

Read more from The Freedom Flow:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.com/blog.html

Support the work:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.com/donate.html

Rise without End. Live without Limits.

06/11/2026

This is at the base of my books and my work.
Ask me about it. It is more than transformation, it is moving out of programming and finding the true power that God has given to every human being.

06/09/2026

Do you do this??

One of the most deeply rooted prejudices in human society is positional prejudice—the belief that a person's value is determined by their status, title, wealth, education, influence, or place in the social hierarchy.

We have made progress confronting racial prejudice, gender prejudice, and many other forms of discrimination. The journey is far from complete, but awareness has grown.

Yet positional prejudice remains largely invisible.

We still assume the CEO is somehow more valuable than the janitor. The celebrity more important than the unknown. The wealthy more successful than the poor. The person on the stage more significant than the person in the audience.

It is one of humanity's greatest illusions.

A position is not a person.

A title is not a measure of worth.

A bank account is not a measure of value.

The moment we attach human worth to position, we stop seeing people and start seeing rank.

Every human being possesses the same intrinsic value. Positions may differ. Responsibilities may differ. Influence may differ.

Worth does not.

The greatest freedom comes when we learn to look beyond the position and see the person.

06/09/2026

When Christianity does not feel like freedom...

There comes a moment in a person's life when Christianity and freedom no longer feel like the same thing.

The religious answers they inherited no longer reach the ache they are actually carrying.

Not because those answers were all wrong. Not because Jesus failed them. Not because love, forgiveness, prayer, scripture, worship, or community have no value.

But because somewhere underneath the language, the sermons, the doctrines, the good behavior, and the endless effort to be acceptable, there is still a quiet question:

Why am I still not free?

That question is sacred.

Most people are afraid to ask it honestly. They have been taught that asking it means they are rebellious, ungrateful, deceived, proud, or drifting away from God. So they bury it. They keep attending. They keep serving. They keep smiling. They keep trying to become the version of themselves they were told God would finally approve of.

But inside, something does not line up.

They believe in Jesus, but...
See the full article on Substack:

A Gil Hodges Freedom reflection on Jesus, spiritual awakening, religious fear, and why salvation may be less about escape and more about remembering who you really are.

06/07/2026

I hope you have time to read the blog for todays topic.
https://gilhodgesfreedom.substack.com/p/freedom-flow-newsletter-theres-got?r=2zia9n

06/06/2026

I'm building two connected things.

Gil Hodges Freedom is the teaching home: writing, meditations, courses, coaching, groups, and the deeper work of freedom through conscious choice.

The Pearl is the physical home: a sanctuary in Mississippi where people can come rest, heal, reset, and do deeper work in person.

They are not separate projects in my heart. They are two expressions of the same work.

One helps people wake up to the patterns, agreements, fears, and conditioning that have shaped their lives.

The other gives people a place to breathe, become quiet, and practice living from something more real.

Gil Hodges Freedom:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.com

The Pearl:
https://pearlofpeace.org

The Freedom Flow:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.substack.com

If this speaks to you, I would love to hear what season you are in.

06/04/2026

I recorded a little update today because I know some of us have not been connected for a while.

The work has kept growing, but it has also become simpler in my heart. It is still about freedom, authenticity, conscious awareness, and learning to live from what is real instead of from fear, religious performance, old agreements, or the programming we never consciously chose.

There are two main homes for it now.

Gil Hodges Freedom is where the teachings, meditations, books, courses, coaching, and weekly reflections live.

The Pearl is the land and sanctuary in Mississippi: a place for rest, healing, quiet, deeper work, and intentional community.

And The Freedom Flow is the weekly letter where I am writing again, slowly and honestly, about what this path keeps teaching me.

If you would like to follow along:

Gil Hodges Freedom:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.com

The Pearl:
https://pearlofpeace.org

The Freedom Flow:
https://gilhodgesfreedom.substack.com

No pressure. No hype. Just an open door if this still speaks to you.

I would love to hear what season you are in.