Today I am celebrating the Feminine. On this perfect summer morning, I am listening to a symphony of birds, each expressing their own version of the joy of being alive. Shortly I will go and help my sister pick quarts of raspberries, the bushes so pregnant with fruit she can't keep up.
Everywhere I look, I see the lushness of summer. Full bloom. Warmth. Abundance, freely given. The Earth, embodiment of the feminine.With awareness, I can feel this in my own body. As an extension of the Earth, of the Mother, I can feel my energy expand, my heart open, my self fill with love, and the joy of being alive. It makes me want to dance, to move this body, and the energy in it, as an expression of that joy. Sometimes I sing along to inspiring songs, often I chant. Both get that energy vibrating and dancing inside of me.
I'm with my family this weekend. Such an assortment of personalities, interests, lifestyles and world views. And I feel this love pouring out of me, enveloping each of them and all of us, simply for being. I love this love. It doesn't just feel good, it feels real, true, like home.
The Feminine. The qualities of Embodiment, Love, Receiving, Abundance, Giving. Caring, Compassion, Collaboration. Holding space for everything, including paradox. Presence - being able to be with what is. Being. It's so restful.
There are most definitely times when we all need to respond to life from our masculine energy. We need to take action, be assertive and outward-focused. But it's the feminine, the resting and being place, that fuels (and replenishes) us to be able to respond in that way. It's the ground of our being.
How often do you find yourself there? What would life be like if these two energies could share your space, dance together, dance you?
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