The Divine Feminine

Blogging is new for me and I often start with an idea that tends to evolve as I type.  Today is especially awkward as both my teenage children are hanging around wanting time with me.  Something in itself that is miracle and shows I haven't done too badly with my motherhood hat.  It is snowing heavily and we hardly ever are in the house at the same time.  So I am trying to get this wrote so the kids and I can spend some quality time.

I spent the week in Vancouver at the Society for BC Transition Houses conference.  When I returned home I felt a connection to women around the world in a new way.  Listening to the stories of violence and survival from the speaker at the conference really brought home how unique each of our stories is and how much the same.  I can feel the cord of the Divine Feminine linking us in a way that I never imagined before.

One of the speakers touched on how women have been persecuted through the Burning Times. (I can feel a research paper growing from this.)  She talked about how the Patriarchal Society decimated female wisdom and rights for 300 years, and how these ancestors were the ones who colonized the Americas, where the indigenous people often had a Matriarchal  Society.  The destruction that followed has left us with the legacy of today's world.

While I was in the city I was bombarded with violence in the news that left me feeling the need to crawl back under the covers and hide.  It was an eye opener at how I have shield myself from the world at large in order to protect myself.  I am so relieved to be back home in my safe cocoon.  Yet the images and knowledge of the horrors in the world are burned in my mind.  I feel a need to do something, anything to make the Earth a better place for all.

My Ego goes, who are you to change the world; My Heart goes, you have to try.  I know that the only significant change I can make is to myself, so I am working on healing my Divine Feminine.  I am working through the Ancestors reaching back in time to those women who suffered in the past and whose DNA I now carry.  This will not be an easy task or one I take lightly but it is the start and if I can reach out to other women in the now and share my story and hear their stories we can start something that will be bigger then any of us as individuals.

So from this day forward, I embrace my Divine Feminine.  I offer forgiveness to the Divine Masculine and I seek Balance in all areas of my life.

I'm off to carve pumpkins with my kids.  Sending you all love and hope for a future where we can live in peace, safety, and love.