Month: February 2022

Deep Knowing

Deep knowing is a visceral connection to truths that aren’t readily apparent.

February 25, 2022

Tagged Divine Feminine, Intuition, Knowledge, soul, Truth

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Deep Knowing

I have lived much of my life trusting my own deep knowing. For me, deep knowing is a visceral connection to truths that aren’t readily apparent. Deep knowing is that aha moment that resonates deep within my body and my heart when I recognize a truth. That deep knowing takes me out of the ordinary and away from conventional wisdom, rules, or religion. It is my Truth, with a capital T.

While you can name deep knowing, intuition, it is much more than that. It is Soul knowledge. It comes from a place beyond intuition, beyond fleeting feelings of what one should or shouldn’t do. It comes from the deepest and most holy part of myself, and it is what informs my spiritual journey.

An example of my own deep knowing is when, as a young girl, I questioned women’s roles and why my church denied women the right to be ministers. I knew that I was as dedicated and intelligent as the ministers I knew. Why was I denied that role just because I was born female? My Soul was asking me to reevaluate and question what I had been taught. It was opening the door for other ways of knowing that didn’t have anything to do with doctrine or dogma.

My deep knowing then becomes the foundation for being the person I am. It has come to me in many forms over the years – from books, from quotes, from friends and loved ones, even from people who considered themselves to be my enemies. It is truth that is intuitive, but more than that, it is mystic, coming from a source much greater than myself. It is visceral, and it is life changing.

My spiritual journey has led me on a long path to the Divine, but without that deep knowing, I would have never broken out of the constraints of a fundamental religion or a sexist culture. It has led me to the knowledge that we are all one, that my source is within, and that love is the connection that binds us all. It has opened the doors to greater understanding of myself and what it means to be a spiritual being walking a human path. I trust the deep knowing that enables me to continue this journey toward the Divine. It is the voice of my Soul leading me to the invisible Source that loves us all fiercely.

Barbara Garland
February, 2022

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Centerpoint

Where is your wholeness, your Centerpoint?

Goddess Inspired

February 18, 2022
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Tagged Creative, goddess, soul, wholeness

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Centerpoint

Deep inside of me is a place,
A place not easily accessible but available if I look.
A place as wide as a galaxy, a place as small as an atom,
A place deep and dark, a place bursting with light.

This is my center, the seat of my wholeness, the essence of my Soul.
I go inward, held in the knowledge that this place, this center point is my resting place.

Here, I meet Goddess.
Here I am my true self – alive, joyous, creative, or tired, lost, afraid.
There is nothing so dark that it cannot be transmuted into gold,
Nothing so ugly that She cannot bear it with me.

Here I am safe, I am held, I am loved.
Here I am WHOLE.
As I sit in this centerpoint of myself, I can trust that all is well
For the Divine Feminine resides in me and I in Her.

Barbara Garland
February, 2022

The Rhythm of Now

I must trust that each moment is exactly what it should be. I must be present in each moment and recognize that it is the only moment I have. I call this state, the rhythm of now.

Goddess Inspired

February 11, 2022

Tagged Creativity, Flow, Living in the Moment, NOW, Openness

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The Rhythm of Now

I come from a long line of worriers. Growing up, I lived in a household of four generations of women. My great grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother all worried about everything. They had survived a world in war, the great depression, hunger, and loss. They were not people of means, and I am sure that all of those things contributed to worry and sleepless nights. So it is only natural that I am a worrier too, although not to the same degree.

During my meditation practices this week, the oracle cards that have kept coming up for me are ones that keep pointing out the idea of flow. There is ebb and flow, being in flow, trusting the flow, creative flow. Ultimately, they all point out to me how important it is to just allow life – in all its contradictions, its quirkiness, its uncertainties – to flow around me. I must trust that each moment is exactly what it should be. I must be present in each moment and recognize that it is the only moment that I have. I call this state, the rhythm of now.

If I am fearful and anxious about the future, I am wasting the moment that I am living in. If I am focused on or regretful about the past, I am also wasting this very moment. My task is to focus on the here and the now and to allow the flow of moments to wash over me without judgment. My task is to be fully present as each moment unfolds, to allow whatever feelings I am experiencing to flow through me without identifying with those feelings.

If I am in the here and now, I am in flow with the universe. I am fully present. I am not in a state of worry. I am not missing out on the now because I am focused on the past or the future. I can fully appreciate the things of the here and now – the beauty of the sky, the scent of a flower, the joy of a hug, or conversely the pain in my joints, or the loneliness of being misunderstood. How I respond to these moments will determine my future because they are all about how I approach life. Is it with love and appreciation for each moment or is it in fear and mistrust based on past wounds or a frightening future?

As I put my focus on each moment, I am fully experiencing life in all its wonder. I am allowing life to flow, and I am an active participant in that flow. It is in that flow that co-creation with Goddess can happen. It is in that flow, the rhythm of now, that life at its best can happen. It is also in that flow that I can trust that I am held and safe. Whatever is going on around me is a part of a much bigger and grander picture. Even in the difficult times of life, there is an ebb and flow. I can find beauty in the dark times as well as the light times if I stay in the rhythm of now. While being in the rhythm of now may not change what is going on the wider world, it changes how I perceive the world and allows me to savor my life instead of worrying about the past or the future.

Barbara Garland
February 11, 2022

TICK-TOCK

What would happen if I could believe the idea that time is a human construct? What if I believed that in the eternal scheme of things, I have all the time I need, whether in this life or the next?

Goddess Inspired

February 4, 2022

Tagged Divine Time, Grace, Relaxation, Self-Care, Time

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TICK-TOCK

This morning, as I look out over a cold, snowy landscape, I realize that all I want to do is wrap up in a blanket with a cup of something hot in my hands. I don’t want to DO anything, including writing this blog. Many of my readers are probably snowed in and feeling the winter blah’s just like I am.

So why is it so hard to take a day for myself? What is it about me and my world that it is an imperative to always be productive? One of the cards I drew this week was “Tick-Tock.” The illustration is a picture of hands holding a pocket watch, which is attached to a hot air balloon. The numbers are flying off the watch. Just looking at that picture makes me feel hurried and behind. The clock is ticking; things are in disarray; I don’t ever have enough time; and time is of the essence.

Of course, time is of the essence for me. I am 73 years old, and there is a lot less time in front of me than behind me. I need to be deliberate in how I spend my time and not waste any of it. If I am to write a book or make a difference before I die, I need to get on with it.

And yet there are times like today, that I don’t want to DO anything. I want to curl up with a book or with a cup of tea. I want to play a computer game or sit and stare out of the window. I don’t want to hurry. I don’t want to do anything constructive.

I recently read a quote by Bertrand Russell which said, “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” For those of us living in the go, go, go culture of the United States, that is a very hard concept to embody. It is engrained in my psyche that I must always be productive. Tick-Tock – the clock is always ticking. Time rules. Everything is on a schedule. I must never be late. I must always have something to show for my time.

What would happen if I could believe the idea that time is a human construct? What if I believed that in the eternal scheme of things, I have all the time I need, whether in this life or the next? I probably won’t learn everything I need to learn in this one lifetime, but I will have other lifetimes to get there and other times to figure it out.

I am not saying that I need to ignore deadlines, be chronically late, or no longer be productive. I am saying that giving myself time to play, to relax, or to take a mental health day is okay in the grand scheme of things. I am enough. I can be myself. I can rest. I can play. I can enjoy the beautiful moments of a snow day without guilt. I don’t have to DO to be worthy and valuable. I can enjoy that steaming cup of tea before I get on with my day.

Tick-Tock doesn’t have to mean hurry, hurry, hurry. It can mean immeasurable, Divine time in which everything has a season and shows up exactly when I need it. It is okay today to relax into that knowing and have a cup of tea. I hope you give yourself the grace to join me.

Barbara Garland
February, 2022

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I am a seeker of truth, a truth teller, a lover of the Divine Feminine, an aspiring writer, a mystery, an open book, a work in progress. I have lived a long and varied life, and now in my seventies, I am being called to share some of what I have learned over the years. I hope to share the wisdom of the deep Feminine that is being channeled through me.

If the Goddess has ever whispered to you, I invite you to join me on an incredible journey of love and discovery. May you hear Her wisdom through these words.

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