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Day Two: Feelings
Day Two: Feelings
“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” ~Lalah Delia
(Day 2 of 30 days of writing. All of the 30 days are posted on Medium or go to this link and purchase the entire e-book for $1.99. The Sacred Feminine: Tuning into Your Personal Power. 30 days of Writing and Reflecting)
One of the superpowers is feelings. All feelings come from the feminine, the receptive part of ourselves. Joy, sadness, anger, fear, passion, optimism, jealousy, love. We talk about the softness of the feminine and that is related to the softening of the heart to be still and listen and feel. It doesn’t mean that the feminine only feels soft feelings. Think about the energy of the Goddesses Durga and Kali. Their superpowers are to move mountains with huge, loud, passionate energy. It begins inside in the dark. The feelings rise up to the surface. They give clues that meet with the masculine to take action.
Practices teach us, over time, the importance of letting ourselves feel the dark and the light of emotions. I’ve seen too many women and men, who are trying to be good and nice and kind by ignoring the wide spectrum of feelings available to them. They reach for peace and love only to deny feelings filled with discomfort. They want to feel peace and love and push away the ‘bad feelings.’ This is called spiritual bypass; reaching for peace…
