Each one of us have our own strengths. We face diversity and build up the power to work it out. Problems appear and we bring forth the fortitude to find an answer. We are strong and powerful beings that must use our strength for good and the good of others.
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This is for some of my devine feminines who were/are Goddesses and stepped down from much higher realms – so let’s ask the question: “WHO AND WHAT IS A GODDESS”?
A Goddess knows her strength. She’s anchored in her truth. She has channeled her experiences, good and bad alike, and transformed them into wisdom. She can guide you from dark to light and sometimes She will guide you into the depths of your own darkness so you can bring it to light, heal, transmute, and evolve.
She is a warrior of light. Unafraid she walks the earth and every step she takes along the way is a blessing for this planet.
All life is created in her sacred womb. It is She who breathes life into existence.
If you are blessed to have Her goddess energy touch your life She will transform you forever.
As the saying goes: “Be aware of what you’re wishing for.”
A man who has fully embodied divine masculine energy yearns for union with his goddess but a man who has yet to make contact with his higher self will run from Her.
When you have reached the light She will be your blessing but when you are still in darkness She will terrify you as She will inevitably force you out of your comfort zone.
He has to make sure that he’s ready for her. She will shower his life with magic. Her presence alone will challenge his mind and heart to enter uncharted territories. It is in this space where his conscious awareness is tested by the universe.
And it is here where his most profound transformation begins
-if he is not afraid of her power,
-if he is not intimidated by how unapologetically real she is.
You cannot love Her half-heartedly. She will know and not fall for it. She does not submit or acquiesce to a relationship that is less than sacred, true, and healing.
Her divine feminine wisdom knows that this planet needs Her energy to thrive and she will not sacrifice any of it to a man with limited conscious awareness. But She will worship a God who has done the inner work and is ready for a divine union.
This planet needs the union of Gods and Goddesses to be the conscious creators of new earth. The old earth too was once created by Gods and Goddesses.
Only when you are in touch with your own soul you are able to form a sacred union.
Mutual honor, freedom, trust, loyalty, authenticity, and integrity are the building blocks for romantic relationships of new earth.
All of this you must first find and cultivate within yourself to be ready for it.
Separating a God and a Goddess is to separate the cross. This is the meaning of Christ-Consciousness. The wisdom that males and females are equals who belong to each other.
The old world has been ruled by harsh male energy for far too long. Over time females have been forced to be more and more like men and ultimately, men have become suspicious of females.
It is time for women to be females again, nourishing, peaceful, compassionate, supportive creatures of unconditional love.
And men must be true again, comforting, caring, building, in touch with their masculine strength.
Come together in love. Evolve from trickery, manipulation, jealousy, and games. Learn to be vulnerable, regardless of your gender.
Begin by becoming a mate to your own soul. This is the first step before you can find and unite with your soulmate.
Ego (FEAR) brought us here, love takes us to the next level.
Separation is fear. Fear is an illusion.
Love means unity, oneness, harmony.
When will you wake up and surrender to love? That will be your moment of truth, the moment you acknowledge your own goddess within regardless of your gender, fall in love with Her and breathe life into your own existence.
Decide to acknowledge, honor, and worship the Goddess within now. Will it, speak it, and be ready for the shift.
Understand that She gave you the greatest gift of all, your life.
The masculine energy carries the frequency of light which is information. The feminine energy carries the frequency of love which is creation. Love is the only reality. Herein lies the power of all of creation. Love creates life based on the information provided.
“Choose love, choose love, this life is nothing but a burden without love.” ~ Rumi
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Perhaps the most important question you can ask a potential love partner relates to their relationship with the shadow—their own, and the shadow that emerges in the relationship itself. That is, “How much work are you willing to do on yourself and the relationship when the sh%t hits the fan? Are you willing to go as deep as we have to go to work it through, or are you only interested in a breezy, low-maintenance relationship?”
Few people ever talk about this during the romantic phase, because they are not envisioning the challenges to come. Yet it is an essential inquiry. I have known many people who were shocked to watch their ‘great love’ walk out the door when the connection required personal accountability and therapeutic work-through. Some of us will brave the journey; others will flee the fire.
Some of us will do the work to transform our stories into the light at their source; others will run away with their ‘tales’ between their legs, only to find out later that their tales go with them everywhere they go.
If we can determine someone’s willingness at the beginning, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble later. (~an excerpt from ‘An Uncommon Bond’)
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There was a time not so long ago when certain societies understood the essential and harmonious link between Rights and Responsibilities. Lately it seems everyone is so busy defending their Rights that they’ve forgotten the other part.
Right: Freedom of Speech
Responsibility: Respect for others
Right: Wealth
Responsibility: Generosity
Right: Innovation
Responsibility: Preservation
In Chinese philosophy Yin and Yang are complementary forces which interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts.
But somewhere along the way the Yin and the Yang have diverged. Most of today’s challenges exist because people loudly defend their rights but quietly dismiss their responsibilities. And when rights are exercised without responsibility they become divisive. So we end up with lots of people shouting and very few people listening. Harmony is lost.
The reason we meditate isn’t just to look inwards so we might become better versions of ourselves (although that’s an important step). The end game is Compassion, to look beyond ourselves, so that we might become better listeners again.
Because when we listen, we understand. And when we understand, we expand. Only then do we recognize our responsibility to defend the rights of others, rather than simply protesting our own.
Some will say there is no God,
try and tell that to the elephants…..
THE ELEPHANTS’ JOURNEY TO PAY RESPECT,
BUT HOW DID THEY KNOW?
Lawrence Anthony, a legend in South Africa and author of 3 books including the bestseller, The Elephant Whisperer.
He bravely rescued wildlife and rehabilitated elephants all over the globe from human atrocities, including the courageous rescue of Baghdad Zoo animals during US invasion in 2003.
On March 7, 2012 Lawrence Anthony died. He is remembered and missed by his wife, 2 sons, 2 grandsons, and numerous elephants. Two days after his passing, the wild elephants showed up at his home led by two large matriarchs. Separate wild herds arrived in droves to say goodbye to their beloved ‘man-friend’. A total of 31 elephants had patiently walked over 12 miles to get to his South African House.
Witnessing this spectacle, humans were obviously in awe not only because of the supreme intelligence and precise timing that these elephants sensed about Lawrence’s passing, but also because of the profound memory and emotion the beloved animals evoked in such an organized way: Walking slowly, for days, making their way in a solemn one-by-one queue from their habitat to his house. Lawrence ‘s wife, Francoise, was especially touched, knowing that the elephants had not been to his house prior to that day for well over 3 years! But yet they knew where they were going. The elephants obviously wanted to pay their deep respects, honoring their friend who’d saved their lives – so much respect that they stayed for 2 days 2 nights without eating anything. Then one morning, they left, making their long journey back home.
SOMETHING IN THE UNIVERSE IS GREATER
AND DEEPER THAN HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.
IN GOD WE TRUST
In the old Grass Dance Society of the Dakota, two men held the office of Whistle Owners. These officers kept the Singers under their control. The whistle was their badge of office. The whistles were flute-like instruments, about thirty inches long, with the outer end carved to represent a crane with an open beak. The use of the word “reed” in the term for whistle shows an ancient origin for the instrument, as the earliest museum pieces are made out of wood. Since reeds grew in water, they were associated with the Water Spirit.
The species of wood used in the later construction of these whistles was cedar. This wood was chosen because lightning from the Thunders was said to never strike this tree; therefore, if a whistle was not constructed of cedar, the Whistle Owner would be in grave danger.
The whistles were originally blown as part of an ancient rain ceremony. When the
Whistle Owners sounded their whistles in the Grass Dance, they were attracting the
Thunders—the patron of the society, to their ceremonial dance.
The adversaries of the Thunders are the Water Spirits, whose voice is a whistling sound, as loud as a train whistle. By blowing the wooden whistles, they were fooling the Thunders into producing the desired rain and attacking the Water Spirit in a storm. The whistles were never used during the winter as it would bring on a hail or snow storm.
Control of the Singers
Each member of the Grass Dance Society had a designated seating location defined by their rank, or the duty they were to perform. The Whistle Owners sat on each side of the drum, which was located in the northeast section of the dancing area. They were given supervisory control of the Singers; their function was to keep the Singers performing to the best of their abilities. As was the requirement of old, all of the officers in the society were required to donate to the poor at a designated time in the dance.
If the Singers sang a pleasing song, the Whistle Owners blew their whistles over the drum just as the Singers were ending their song; this action signaled the Head Singer to start another verse. The tune of the whistle was a long, drawn-out sound which required full lung power until the breath expired. This was a request to the Singers to repeat their pleasing song.
They could only blow four times to make the Singers sing that number of verses.
Furthermore, they could only blow their whistles for eight different songs, four for each Whistle Owner, so as not to tire the Singers during a dance. If there was more than one drum present, the Whistle Owners only blew over their own drum. They could blow once or twice or more, as they chose.
If the Whistle Owners blew their whistles late, that is, after the song leader had started the lead line, then the Whistle Owners would be fined by the Singers. If in their enthusiasm the Whistle Owner lost count and blew his whistle five times, the Singers immediately would stop singing and call the Announcer to the drum; he in turn would call the Whip Owners to bring the offending Whistle Owner before the Leaders to be heavily fined (usually the giving up of a horse).
On the other hand, if the Singers placed a “tail” on the song after the fourth whistle blow, this was considered a mistake and the Singers were fined. If the Singers continued to sing after the fifth blow, or sang another verse without the whistle being blown, then the Singers were fined.
If the Singers were sluggish in their performance, or made a mistake in their drumming or singing, the Whistle Owners made them sing until they corrected their mistake. The Singers would then be fined. Thus, there was a balance of power between the Singers and the Whistle Owners.
The drum could never be left alone. When not in use, it was taken from its stand, turned on its side and covered up. The Drum Keeper/Leader must attend to this. If the Whistle Owners discovered that the drum was not on its side, or that the Drum Keeper was not watching it, the Whistle Owners would blow over the drum and capture it as though it were an enemy warrior.
The Singers then had to pay a heavy fine to ransom their drum. ln extreme cases the drum was kept until the next dance and then returned if a sufficient number of gifts were donated.
Another punishment used by the Whistle Owners was to have the Announcer inform
the members that they were going to “Charge the Drum.” By this announcement the Whistle Owners would try to place a whistle on the drumhead, thus defeating the Singers.
The Singers could stop the charge by immediately changing the song as soon as the charge was detected, thereby saving themselves from being fined. As soon as the announcement was made, the Singers chose one of their number to watch the Whistle Owners as they danced
about.
This selected Singer had to keep another song in his mind, and be ready to start, as
the “charge” could occur at anytime before the conclusion of the dance. If the chosen Singer became distracted, or “lost” the song, one of the Whistle Owners charged over to the drum and touched the drumhead with his whistle. The Singers then had to pay a fine. If a selected Singer was on guard, and detected the “charge,” he could start a different tune, and thus save the drum from a fine or confiscation. These “games” were intended to cause the members to practice the watchfulness and cunning required of warriors.
The common imposition of fines in the Grass Dance Society was with a view toward promoting generosity. If the Singers had no way of paying a fine, the Whistle Man put his whistle on the drumhead. The Singers could not sing while the whistle was on the drum. This rule was enacted on occasion during the Great Depression of the 1930s when funds were in short supply. In better times the Singers’ relatives paid the fine and the singing was allowed to continue.
My informants said that the office of Whistle Owner fell out of use nearly a century ago. They could not remember anyone who had held the office. Kenny Merrick, Sr. told me that he was given the society whistle by Frank Bullhead, who was the Whistle Man on the Standing Rock Reservation. This whistle has now been passed to Kenny’s son, who lives in
a distant state. Sanders Bearstail, Jr. was the Whistle Owner for the Antelope (Grass Dance) Society on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation for many years until he passed away; I do not know who has taken his place. No prominent officer in the Grass Dance can be self appointed. Presently, one must be sanctioned officially to be viewed as an officer by his tribe, or as the elders told me, these people would be considered as “playing Indian.”
Today, the Whistle Man, as he is called today, usually pays for his office by dropping money on a drumhead as he is finishing his fourth and final charge. This payment also demonstrates his appreciation for the Singers’ performance. Singers are no longer “punished.”
Time has told me
You’re a rare, rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
For someday our ocean
Will find its shore
So I’ll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don’t want to love
Time has told me
You came with the dawn
A soul with no footprint
A rose with no thorn
Your tears, they tell me
There’s really no way
Of ending your troubles
With things you can say
And time will tell you
To stay by my side, oh
To keep on trying
‘Til there’s no more to hide
So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don’t want to love
Time has told me
You’re a rare, rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
For some day our ocean
Will find its shore
You are a Beautiful Blessing ~
Have you ever noticed how in the scriptures men are always going up into the mountains to commune with the Lord?
Yet in the scriptures we hardly ever hear of women going to the mountains. But we know why — right?
Because the women were too busy keeping life going; they couldn’t abandon babies, meals, homes, fires, gardens, and a thousand responsibilities to make the climb into the mountains!
I was talking to a friend the other day, saying that as modern woman I feel like I’m never “free” enough from my responsibilities, never in a quiet enough space I want with God. Her response floored me, “That is why God comes to women. Men have to climb the mountain to meet God, but God comes to women where ever they are.”
I have been pondering on her words for weeks and have searched my scriptures to see that what she said is true. God does indeed come to women where they are, when they are doing their ordinary, everyday work. He meets them at the wells where they draw water for their families, in their homes, in their kitchens, in their gardens. He comes to them as they sit beside sickbeds, as they give birth, care for the elderly, and perform necessary mourning and burial rites.
Even at the empty tomb, Mary was the first to witness Christ’s resurrection. She was there because she was doing the womanly chore of properly preparing Christ’s body for burial. In these seemingly mundane and ordinary tasks, these women of the scriptures found themselves face to face with divinity.
So, if — like me — you ever start to bemoan the fact that you don’t have as much time to spend in the mountains with God as you would like, Remember, God comes to women. He knows where we are and the burdens we carry. He sees us, and if we open our eyes and our hearts we will see Him, even in the most ordinary places and in the most ordinary things.
He lives. And he’s using a time such as this to speak to women around the world.
Original Source: Heather F.
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