Taking Back More Than The Night

 

 

here is a way of living, that is appropriate for a Goddess.
Never degrading our self-value in any circumstances.
Always trying our best to behave with beauty and grace.
Never be afraid to express our inner Goddess!

And we should live this way for ourselves first, not for others.

= EIKO

Once upon a time, women had an important role, in fact, were head religious persons; high priestesses of sorts.  For the most part, societies were matrilineal, the cultures were mostly peaceful until warrior groups came into being.  Mother was Mother Earth, the highest Mother role.  Many icons and archeological digs have uncovered many icons of the Divine Mother in many cultures around the world. The problem came when Patriarchy stepped in with their male God and rules that subjugated women.   Today, we have old stories, some cultures, who maintain the divinity of women.  We have taken back the night.  We have taken back the streets.  We have taken back our Creation’s divinity of a goft no man can experience.  We are co-creators.  We have to remember our divinity.  We have to start at a deep down level of self-identification.  We have questioned our self-worth according to Patriarchy.  We need to search, to research, to absorb the original idea that we were choice beings, far different from the masculine.  We need to stop trying to be today’s societies’ idea of what is good, what is beautiful, what is right, what is choice that has nothing to do with man’s idea of what we should be.  Sometimes I wonder if we, ourselves, have not added to the degradation of womanhood. 

  We need the courage and strength to dig deep inside ourselves and stop the negative self-talk where we subjugate ourselves to Patriarchy.  We need to give orur hurt selves all the tender loving, compassionate, care we can.  We need to stop degrading ourselves with critical inner talk.  How much of who we are, what we do, is compound the Patriarchal view of women.  Every time we try to beautify ourselves, are we doing for ourselves, or does it lead back to being appropriate for men?  We can say we like having our new hairdo and it makes us feel good, but if you look at it, we feel good because why? 

Because we are goddesses, innately, it does not mean that we are not grounded in reality.  I am sure there have always been males to try to bring a woman down.  We are unique and we must be committed to living in grace and dignity.

I am not saying men are not divine.  They have their role to play.  Men and women were made different because women have needed protection, have needed providers as we carry and give birth to new nations.  They are our helpmates. 

E very goddess we have myths about has a light side and a dark side, as do we all.  We are not too good for anything.  We are resilient and strong, willing to perish to give birth to these new nations. We are creators in every area of our lives.  We have forgotten how much power we have access to.   We have hidden, forgotten, our true divine nature.:  Been conditioned to do so.  We have the sixth sense that is part of our giftedness. 

Somehow we need to break the bounds of our misappropriated giftedness and the wisdom we carry.  The Elders have always said that when the world comes to its greatest chaos and woundedness that it will be the women who heal the world.  Are we ready?  How can we get ready?

We need to learn to take our places as divine creatures, much beloved by Creator...so loved he gave us the gift of co-creation.  We have deep spiritual power.  So many have have stopped being spiritually conscious.  We are living gifted and unconscious of how we could be affecting the world.  All we do has been in servitude of our own ego that has been conscripted into Patriarchal beliefs.  How are we going to take back our divine status? Can we discuss this in the group?

©Carol Desjarlais 11.1.23