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Birthing A New World

Humans have a choice: to either fight to retain the status quo, or to work toward our own enlightenment to make the world a better place.

Goddess Inspired

January 15, 2023

Tagged change, Growth, Spiritual Rebirth, Suffering

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The last few years have been a roller coaster ride of highs and lows – of tragedy and death, of war and pandemics, of agony and ecstasy. Climate change, a pandemic, extreme politics, war, insurrection, women’s loss of bodily autonomy – these all point to an upheaval in society. But along with that upheaval must come a rebirth. Humans have a choice: to either fight to retain the status quo, or to work toward our own enlightenment to make the world a better place.

Clearly there is pain and suffering in the world. Just because one is on a spiritual path does not mean that suffering and pain will end. In fact, it may very well intensify. The prosperity gospel implies that if we are good people who believe in Jesus, that we will be spared any discomfort – financially, emotionally, spiritually, medically – and we become very angry when that doesn’t always come to pass. However, as we look at the prophets, the saints, or those who are enlightened, the opposite is true. They suffer precisely because they are spiritually enlightened. Speaking truth to power doesn’t always end well for the person speaking the truth.

I believe that those of us on the spiritual path are here to midwife the birth of a new age. What am I called to do individually? Midwifing a new age is a bit more than one person can handle to say the least. The truth of the matter is that I and my fellow seekers are part of a vast collective which is becoming more and more conscious that the world must change if humanity is going to survive. The old institutions, structures, religions, governments, and economic systems are no longer working – if they ever did. As each of us becomes more conscious of this fact, we are looking at ways to make a difference in our own spheres of influence.

How do I make a difference? I believe that the answer is to become the self that my Soul calls me to be, to become completely and wholly myself. This means that I must move beyond my fears to speak my truth. I must raise the hard questions. I must be willing to unflinchingly unmask my own shadows and still love myself unconditionally. I must be able to see the Divine in everyone, including myself. I must be willing to open my heart to the suffering of the world. In short, I must BE LOVE in everything I think, say, or do. I must be willing to sit with uncertainty, to be a vessel that can hold my own pain as well as the pain of others.

This is not an easy calling, and I have more failures than successes. However, if each of us becomes LOVE in the world, together we can usher in a new, more enlightened age. We can become the ever-widening ripples of love which ultimately birth a kinder, more compassionate world.

Barbara Garland
January, 2023

When Does the Spiritual Become Political?

What Is Faith?

What I have learned over many years is that my faith is rooted in my trust of my own inner knowing, my intuition. There is something inside of me that resonates when I hear a truth that is meant for me. There is that deep AHA moment that recognizes that what I am hearing is true. It is my internal gnosis which cuts through the doctrine and dogma that seeks to disconnect me from my direct connection with whatever I name Source.

Goddess Inspired

January 6, 2023

Tagged Faith, Gnosis, Inner Knowing, Intuition

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Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with a friend about faith. When she asked me to define what faith meant to me, I will admit that I had no easy answers.

Merriam Webster defines faith as: (1) belief and trust in and loyalty to God; (2) belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion; (3) firm belief in something for which there is no proof; (4) complete trust.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith

For anyone who has read any of my blogs, it is clear that the religion of my childhood is no longer the basis for my faith. The male Christian God, especially the one from my Southern Baptist upbringing, holds no place in my personal definition or practice of my faith.

As I look at definition (1) belief and trust in and loyalty to God, the word God conjures up a mental picture of the bearded man in the sky – the one who demands absolute loyalty and who judges us as bad from the moment of our birth. This is not a being in whom I wish to place my trust and loyalty. This is the toxic God from whom many of are fleeing. This is the God who has no room for anything less than perfection, who denies the deep, dark juiciness of the earth, and who denies the feminine, the God who is the perpetrator of toxic patriarchy.

Definition (2) belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion also leaves me cold. There are so many religions in the world, each proclaiming that theirs is the only way to God. I have left behind the religion of my childhood; I don’t wish to become entangled in another religion filled with doctrines that I must follow or be forever damned. As I think about my faith, religion seems to be an obstacle to faith rather than a bridge. I suppose it is because for me religion has always been full of contradictions, more about rules than about love. In some respects many world religions reek of power and domination. Religious doctrine is a way to keep people in their place, not about raising people up. It is about keeping the status quo for those who are in positions of power and influence, not about solving problems that would make the world a better place.

Definitions (3) and (4) make much more sense to me. Faith is firm belief in something for which there is no proof and it is complete trust. In leaving behind the religious traditions of my youth, I have taken a huge leap of faith. Most people in my community would condemn me for leaving behind religion and opening myself to something entirely new. There is no proof that my way is THE WAY. There is no proof that abandoning religion for Spirituality is a truer path than my old religion. In fact there is no proof that God/Goddess/Source/ really exists for that matter.

What I have learned over many years is that my faith is rooted in my trust of my own inner knowing, my intuition. There is something inside of me that resonates when I hear a truth that is meant for me. There is that deep AHA moment that recognizes that what I am hearing is true. It is my internal gnosis which cuts through the doctrine and dogma which seeks to disconnect me from my direct connection with whatever I name Source.

There is no proof that there is a benevolent Source, a Divine Entity that loves us deeply and eternally. But when I feel the wind on my face, when I see a magnificent sunset, when I gaze on the full moon, when I watch a baby being born or a toddler take its first steps – I am filled with a faith and a surety that I am held by something much greater than myself, that I am a part of the earth, and that I am loved beyond measure. It is an inner knowing that I am a part of and connected to all that is. It is an inner conviction that doesn’t need proof, a surety that resides within. This is my faith, a faith which doesn’t need religion and is beyond all religion.

Barbara Garland
January, 2023

End of Year Musings

My life has been filled with wonderful, exquisite moments as well as moments of deep darkness. I am a bundle of contradictions, fears, vulnerabilities. I am also filled with the sacred and the holy. In other words, I am trying to find my way just like everyone else on the planet.

Goddess Inspired

December 10, 2022

Tagged Ascent, Descent, Grounding, love, Underworld

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Today I celebrate my 74^th birthday. Sometimes I beat myself up because it has taken me so long to get to where I am spiritually. On the other hand, I know that I got here as fast as I could, that each step on my journey was exactly the right one to get me to this day. My life has been filled with wonderful, exquisite moments as well as moments of deep darkness. I am a bundle of contradictions, fears, vulnerabilities. I am also filled with the sacred and the holy. In other words, I am trying to find my way just like everyone else on the planet.

As 2022 gives way to a new year, my thoughts begin to focus on what I want to discard and what I want to bring into my life. What I am continuously learning is that life is a constant series of discarding and adding, of deaths and rebirths, a constant descent and ascent to and from the underworld. With each descent I face my shadows, and with each ascent I began to incorporate those shadows into who I truly am. With each descent I become less fearful. With each ascent, I become more confident in my human/divine nature. In this process, I become more cognizant of how much I am held in love.

As the new year approaches, one of the main things I wish to let go of is fear – fear of being my true self, fear of being vulnerable, fear of being wrong, fear of stepping into who I truly am. As I shed that fear, I will then be able to bring into my life the confidence and courage to live an authentic life.

As I continue to learn and grow, I realize that I will never “arrive.” As long as I have my faculties, I will always be seeking; I will always be questioning; I will never have all the answers. What I know now however, is that being grounded in divine love is where I want to ultimately find myself. I want to be able to manifest that love in all my interactions on this earthly plane. Because I am human. I don’t always manifest love, but my fervent desire is to continue to do my best to remember to act from the heart every day, in every way possible, whether it is with other humans, animals, or the earth herself.

As I age, I imagine that there will be more and more descents to the underworld. I want to be able to remember that I will never be alone in the darkness, that love will sustain and hold me, no matter what. Each descent will teach me more about who I am until I am ready to cross over into a new dimension, one filled with the love and light of the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine. No matter what, I am held, and I am loved – as are you.

Barbara Garland
December, 2022

Barrenness

All emotions bring their gifts, even if those gifts aren’t always apparent.

Goddess Inspired

December 3, 2022

Tagged allowing, Creativity, Emotions, Melancholy, Opening

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It is fall here in Texas. This past week we have been blessed by some beautiful fall color. The oaks and maples are red and orange, and the fruitless pears are showing off shades of deep reds and purples. While fall here isn’t as beautiful as in other parts of the country, I cherish that one week or two when we have a bit of color. Here we don’t know what the weather will be, so we don’t dare put up our summer clothes. Wednesday the high was in the 80’s and today the high is in the 50’s. We don’t have time to get used to any one temperature because it can change thirty degrees in the course of a few hours. But now that the trees are finally turning, I know that winter is coming.

My mood these days has been a bit like Texas weather – up and down, and all over the place. I am not unhappy, but as is true for me every fall, I feel a bit melancholy. I suppose it has to do with the passing of time. It seems to fly by ever more quickly with each passing year. It is December 1, but it feels like it should only be mid-summer. There is a bittersweetness to fall that is poignant and sad and joyful at the same time. We are surrounded by incredible beauty, but that beauty comes to us because the leaves are dying. While my life is full and remarkably sweet, I know that with each minute that passes, I am inching closer to the end.

This week has been a week of barrenness. While I am meditating daily, when it comes to writing, my mind is a complete blank. I have no clue what to write in my journal or for this blog. Nothing seems to jog my creative juices these days. I am in a funk. But maybe that isn’t a bad thing.

Everyone has days, weeks, even months or years, when things seem barren. For me, during these barren times, my mind seems to be in neutral, and creativity is just beyond my grasp. Then I beat myself up because I’m not being productive, which makes me feel even worse. It becomes a vicious cycle that does no one any good, least of all, myself.

But what if I learn to sit with the void? What if I just accept the fact that my creative juices need a rest? What if I emulate nature and accept that it is okay to hibernate a bit in the fall and winter. As I sit in this barren place I can allow things to gestate in the dark. I can be okay with resting my body and my mind. I accept the melancholy feelings, along with joy of basking in the fall beauty. I can accept all of my feelings, not just the light, fluffy ones. I can just be in this barren space and allow the feelings to be what they are, knowing that when the time comes, creativity will blossom once again.

I love Jalaluddin Rumi’s poem, “The Guest House,” because it helps me see that all feelings and emotions are welcome to come to the house of myself. All emotions bring their gifts, even if those gifts aren’t always apparent.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

from Rumi: Selected Poems, trans Coleman Barks with John Moynce, A. J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson (Penguin Books, 2004)

What emotions do you need to sit with and allow today?

Barbara Garland
December, 2022

A Practical Guide to Tapping into My Power

How do I claim my inner authority and connect to the power within? There are some very practical things to consider.

Goddess Inspired

November 19, 2022
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Tagged Divine Feminine, Fearlessness, Focus, Growth, Power

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Last week I wrote about tapping into my own power by claiming my inner authority and following the calling of my soul. My of my wonderful readers promptly replied, “How?” I believe that question is at the crux of what we are called here to do in our lifetimes. How do I become grounded and centered enough to not succumb to the patriarchal definition of power (power over)? How do I claim my inner authority and connect to the power within? There are some very practical things to consider.

It is a lifetime process. Hopefully I am constantly learning, evaluating, and reevaluating what works and what doesn’t work in my life. Through a process of trial and error, I learn and grow. I discard that which doesn’t work for me and try on new thoughts and behaviors that might better serve me. It is never one and done. There is always more to learn.

I must have the desire to grow. If I am perfectly content to live out patriarchal and societal expectations, nothing will change. My heart must long for a better way in order for me to become conscious that there is a different way of living in the world. I must actively seek growth.

I must focus on the inner work. I must turn my attention to my inner world. When I pray, meditate, listen, discuss, read, contemplate, I become more aware of the power of the infinite within myself. I begin to find that these practices become more important than that power that is manifested in the outer world. I begin to soften and open my heart to a new way of being.

I must begin to love myself. If I don’t love and accept myself, I cannot find empathy and compassion for others. The “power over” paradigm becomes a default way of being that I can justify in my heart because I cannot see or understand that the “other” is me. Then it becomes easy to trample on others by whatever justification seems to work at the moment. In addition, loving myself allows me to claim my sovereignty and set loving boundaries that mirror my own spirit. Loving and accepting myself as enough helps me to accept others as enough. We each have our own paths to follow, and I don’t have the right to tell someone else what their path should be.

I must be willing to step beyond the fear. It is a scary thing to step out of the collective paradigm and to choose a different path. Society has a way of punishing those who don’t conform. That punishment can range from shunning to murder, and I carry these lessons from the past embedded in my DNA. I must be willing to speak and to act in spite of the fear in my very bones. I must be willing to use my voice, to stand in my enoughness, to be who I am called to be, knowing that the consequences may not be pleasant.

I must listen to my inner voice. Every time I step into this process of growth, I am listening to that still, small voice within. Whatever I call the voice – inner knowing, intuition, Nature, Source, God/dess, Soul – that voice is what calls me to become my true self. It is the guide to tapping into my inner power and becoming who I am meant to be in this lifetime.

Barbara Garland
November, 2022

Tapping Into Inner Power

When I tap into my own inner power, I become enough, just as I am.

Goddess Inspired

November 11, 2022

Tagged Boundaries, compassion, empathy, Power Over, Power Within

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In a Patriarchal culture, having power means having “power over”. The currency of power over can be economic, physical, political, environmental, sexual, emotional, or any combination of these. Power over means winning at all costs, and winning is everything – even if winning ultimately destroys the winner and the prize. Prime examples are Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is the flexing of power that is important. It doesn’t matter that the ultimate outcome destroys lives and wreaks havoc for the rest of the world. It only matters that the perpetrator retains a sense of power over others. In this system, there are different rules for those who have power than for those who are powerless.

When the Divine Feminine comes back into the equation, she brings a different view of power. Power becomes power within, not power over. In this world view, what is important is claiming one’s own inner power, claiming one’s own inner sense of self. In this paradigm, winning and conquest are not important. I don’t care if I go home with the most marbles. I do care if I played the game fairly and was a gracious winner or loser.

When the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine are in balance, I am able to claim my own inner authority to act with love. I am able to see others, not as potential conquests, but as being an extension of myself. I am able to see through the eyes of my heart, not my ego. I am filled with compassion and empathy, not with schemes to win at all costs. I am able to see and acknowledge the pain of others as well as my own pain.

But acting with love and compassion does not mean that I capitulate to the whims or demands of others. Rather it means that I recognize that what is right for me is not necessarily right for another. I am able to stand in my sovereignty while acknowledging the sovereignty of another. I empathize with the pain of another, but I keep my boundaries strong enough, in love, not to get sucked into their goo. I don’t have to win, but neither do I lose who I am at my deepest core. Acknowledging another’s pain doesn’t mean that I agree with them; it means that they are free to be who they are while I am who I am.

When I rest in my own inner authority and tap into the power within, my ego begins to fade into the background. It becomes less and less important that I win or that I am right. I begin to lose the desire to always win or to exercise power over. I become more able to see that while my way is right for me, it isn’t always right for someone else. I stand in my truth and allow others to stand in theirs. I don’t have to amass money and power or to always win. I have a healthy balance between the agency of the masculine and the receptivity of the feminine. I can be content with taking care of my own soul without having to pretend I know what is right for anyone else’s.

When I tap into my own inner power, I become enough, just as I am.

Barbara Garland
November, 2022

Using My Voice

We are all in this together, and by sharing our authentic selves, we help others to do the same. How do you want to use your voice?

Goddess Inspired

November 4, 2022

Tagged Authenticity, courage, Fear, Speaking One's Truth

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It is not always easy for women to find their voices. There are so many cultural messages when it comes to speaking our authentic truth and standing in our sovereignty. If I speak my anger, I am a bitch; If I share my grief, I am too emotional; if I am logical and rational, I am cold and unfeeling; if I share my knowledge, I don’t know what I am talking about. Think about those times when strong women speak out, when they call for change, or call out injustice. The media concentrates, not on their words, but what they are wearing. It is no wonder that I, and many other women that I know, have been afraid to use my voice throughout most of my life.

When I began writing these blog posts two years ago, I was determined to use my voice. It is one of the life lessons that I must learn. Of course, I was terrified to publicly speak my truth. Each week, as I posted this blog, I was aware of a deep-seated fear. What would people think? How would they react? Would they reject me because I was writing things that were not main-stream or because they weren’t the same beliefs as everyone else’s?

This has been a profound journey of self-discovery. As I write each week, I am expressing my own spiritual struggles. I am expressing what I hope to become, lessons that I am continuously learning, and concepts that I am exploring. It is obvious that I am a work in progress, and definitely not a finished product. It is a messy process that can’t be wrapped into a neat package and tied with a bow. It is the real me, and it isn’t necessarily pretty.

Each time I hit the send button, I find myself filled with self-doubt, and more than a little fear, about how this week’s writing will be received. Is it good enough? Am I the only one who feels this way? Why did I say that? But each week, I find myself less and less afraid to stand in my own truth. Each time I step out, my voice becomes stronger, and I become more centered into who I am on the deepest level.

As you know, I recently published a book, which is an interactive journal, compiling one year’s worth of my blogs with questions designed to help the reader determine their own spiritual essence. I was terrified for the book to actually be published, but now that it is out, I feel more grounded and real. My true self is out there. The world hasn’t come to an end. My friends haven’t deserted me. I am here. I have spoken my truth.

Finding my voice has been a process consisting of a lifetime of baby steps. Each time I speak my truth, each time I use my voice, each time I offer my vulnerability as well as my strength – these times give me courage to step out the next time. While the fear is still there, it no longer rules me. Fear no longer has the power over me that it once had. I can speak my truth openly and unapologetically. I have found my voice.

As you find your own voice, remember that it is a process. It is one step at a time, and sometimes you fall back and have to begin again. Each time you speak is another step forward to having the courage to speak the next time and the next. We are all in this together, and by sharing our authentic selves, we help others to do the same. How do you want to use your voice?

Barbara Garland
November, 2022

Loving My Shadows

If I do not believe that I am worthy of love, then I am not able to see others as being worthy either.

Goddess Inspired

October 30, 2022

Tagged acceptance, Judgment, love, Shadow, wholeness

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I believe that it is important to all of us from time to time to take a look at our own shadows, those things about ourselves that we deny. Last week, I talked about Lucy, my little shadow girl who tries to protect me by trapping me in perfectionism and the fear of standing up for myself. I have given my inner power over to Lucy, when in fact, allowing her to run my life is harmful to me and all my relationships. When I don’t allow my own vulnerabilities to show, I deprive myself of the love and intimacy I crave.

As I look at my shadows, I see that the very things that bother me the most about others are the things that I deny in myself. I am just as capable of horrible actions as those whom I judge so harshly. I have the capability of being a liar, a murderer, a thief, a racist – if the right circumstances are present. But I also don’t want to admit that I am less than the perfect good girl. On the other hand, I am also capable of being the things that I admire the most in others. I am intelligent, spiritual, talented, kind, and giving. I am not “less than” but rather I am complete and whole just as I am.

It was no accident that Jesus said to “love our neighbors as ourselves.” It is not possible to truly love another without loving myself and accepting myself as a whole, intact, human being. If I do not believe that I am worthy of love, then I am not able to see others as being worthy either. If I cannot love myself, I cannot truly love another person.

Loving myself is not selfish or egotistical. It is simply looking at all of me – the good and the bad – and accepting and loving every part of me. It is believing that I am worthy of love in all of my imperfections. It is knowing that I am a creation of the Divine, and that the Divine lives in me and through me.

It is never easy to accept my own darkness, nor is it easy to accept my light. As a human, I am constantly judging myself as too much or not enough. It is only when I look unflinchingly at my whole self and love all that I see, that I can become the creation that I was meant to be. At that point, I can step into my true inner power and radiate love into the world.

Barbara Garland
October, 2022

Breaking Free of Lucy

There is a small child that lives inside of each of us who is dedicated to protecting us at all costs.

Goddess Inspired

October 22, 2022

Tagged Actualization, Freedom, Inner Child, love, Protection

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There is a small child that lives inside of each of us who is dedicated to protecting us at all costs. This little child sees its job as helping us to survive. The difficulty is that what is necessary to our survival is subject to a child’s interpretation.

My little girl’s name is Lucy. A long time ago Lucy decided that in order for me to survive and be loved that I had to be perfect. I had to become the perfect “good little girl.” That meant that I always had to excel at everything I did. I always had to be submissive. I always had to be kind. I could never do anything that would cause pain or even discomfort to another. If I crossed those lines, I would never be loved – by the people who were family and friends, by the wider world, or even by God.

Consequently, I became a very good little girl. I excelled in school, was compliant and obedient. I mothered my brother and cousins and took care of stray animals. I wasn’t loud or rowdy, and I never, ever bucked authority. I became the queen of perfectionism.

I don’t for a minute believe that my parents had any notions of trapping me in this perfectionistic, good girl persona. I believe that my little girl, Lucy, in her unformed and childlike innocence, interpreted my life in such a way that she believed that my very survival depended on these traits. In her child’s mind, the only path to love was through being a very good girl.

Even though I am an elder and have worked hard at loving and understanding myself, I only recently realized the power that Lucy has over me. Being a good girl is not a bad thing per se. It is only when I allow the good girl to work at cross purposes with my own well-being that I get into trouble. I have a hard time making decisions that are ultimately for my own good, if those decisions might inconvenience someone else or make someone stressed or unhappy. I must always earn my way by giving more, doing more, taking care of more. I can never be tired or vulnerable.

While Lucy thinks she is taking care of me, she is ultimately harming me deeply. Her fear of loss makes it difficult for me to be authentic, with a full range of emotions, not just the positive ones. Lucy ultimately is a scared little girl hiding in the darkness. I, on the other hand, am an elder, a crone, a wise woman. I have the power to bring Lucy out of the dark and to love her unconditionally. There are times I need her to protect me, but most of the time I just need her to let me do the driving.

While I won’t stop being a good girl, I must become a fully actualized woman who appropriately chooses when and where to let her wild woman out. I am grateful to Lucy for her protection, but she needs to be in the back seat, not the driver’s seat. As I become the driver, Lucy will have permission to come out and be her liberated, beautiful child-like self along with me. Because while Lucy is protecting me, she is also denying herself permission to be a playful, beloved child.

Who is the Lucy in your life, and what is she/he requiring of you? Are you ready to relegate her/him to the back seat and take over your own life allowing both yourself and your inner child the freedom to be fully human?

Barbara Garland
October, 2022

Sacred Unity

I feel that it is important to bring balance back into our idea of what is Divine.

Goddess Inspired

October 15, 2022

Tagged connection, Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine, Unity

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For many years I have been led to the Divine Feminine. When I pray, I pray to the Goddess. When I speak of the Source of all, I speak in feminine metaphors. Although I believe that the Divine is neither male nor female, speaking of the Divine in feminine terms is a counterbalance to the masculinization of God. When God is spoken of in completely masculine terms, is defined as male, and is omnipotent, then Patriarchy becomes a way of life, and the feminine becomes less than or something to be feared.

I feel that is it important to bring balance back into our idea of what is Divine. It is time to recognize the gifts of the masculine and the feminine. It is time to see that masculine and feminine are complementary, not oppositional. If we look at the symbol of the Yin and Yang, each aspect is contained within the other. When the masculine and the light is dominant, the dark is contained within the light. When the feminine and the dark is dominant, the light is contained within the dark.

Patriarchy has long been afraid of the dark, earthy, wildness of the Goddess. And yet it is the very dark wildness that births something new. It is the earth that keeps us alive. It is the intuitive that leads to leaps of discovery. It is the dark feminine that initiates us into growth and rebirth. While the masculine is focused on the mind, conquest, and winning, the feminine is focused on intuitive knowing, love, and connection.

The Great Mother represents Sacred Unity. Her archetype is the epitome of balance and wholeness. She is the great circle which has no beginning and no end. She encompasses all, births all, and receives us all at our death. She is the great Creatrix. She represents both fecundity and death. She is both lovely and fearsome in her aspects.

Over the past 2000 years, the monotheistic male god has come to dominate world religions. In that time the feminine aspects of god have become almost completely obliterated. And the world has become increasingly out of balance. We have lost our connection to our mother earth. We have become slaves to doing and productivity rather than being. We have valued the intellect over the heart. And we are on the brink of annihilation.

What if we begin to value the Divine Feminine once again? What if we begin to bring balance and wholeness back into the world by acknowledging the value in both the masculine and the feminine aspects of the Divine? What if we open ourselves to Sacred Unity and acknowledge that there is room for the Divine Feminine as well as the Divine Masculine? What if we no longer feared the Sacred Feminine but invited her to the table as we seek to birth a new world?

Barbara Garland
October, 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.

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