Either the Divine is everything, or it is nothing. Ok, well, sometimes it is both, but it depends on your point of view. Regardless, there is nothing that the Divine is not. Which essentially makes each of us a cell in the Body Divine. Every cell in your body contains YOUR entire blueprint within it. It stands to reason, therefore, that you contain the entire Divine Blueprint within you.
“Great,” you say. “That and three bucks will get me a cup of coffee.”
Or maybe you’re less pessimistic, and you ask, “How can I access that power?”
Let’s understand what that power is, first. The entire Universe is powered by a combination of push and pull, or positive and negative polarities. Those polarities are sometimes described as masculine and feminine forces, which has nothing to do with gender, just as positive and negative in this case have nothing to do with value judgments. Push/positive force would be described as masculine, and pull/negative force would be described as feminine.
Each of us contains both of those forces within us. So when someone says to you that your masculine and feminine energies are out of balance, they are referring to those forces, not to your masculine and feminine traits or qualities.
Having said that, those forces do exhibit themselves through us in certain ways that we have come to ascribe to male and female tendencies. Masculine energy is about action, feminine energy is about receptivity. You can perhaps see how this might translate out in the world. I would like to emphasize, however, that both men and women should exhibit equal parts action and receptivity in order to be effective. If you have a control issue, and are always in “do,” you’re going to burn yourself out. Likewise, if all you do is receive (which can start to look like “take” to those around you), you are going to be disempowered, and have no room for new things to flow into your life.
Working with Archetypes is an excellent way to work through these imbalances. Aspiring to the energy of this Goddess or that God can help us shift our own energy to move more into balance. Archetypal energy doesn’t always fall into clear push/pull lines, however, so don’t be fooled into making it that simple. There are Goddess archetypes which do, and many God archetypes which receive. They just may do it in a different way. It is sometimes those differences that can really assist in shifting our own energy.
A number of years ago, Spirit gave me an affirmation that I call Becoming The Goddess, that helped me immensely in shifting my own energy; it even helped me get out of an abusive relationship. I have, over the years, shared this tool with others, with amazing results. People have overcome anxiety disorders, tapped in to their own personal power, changed careers to follow their heart song, and more.
Becoming The Goddess works on several levels.
• It helps you understand that strength and power don’t have to be antagonistic or have an edge
• It puts you in the flow and rhythm of your own energy
• It is an affirmation that helps you enhance those things about yourself that you admire, or even bring in traits you feel are lacking
• It counters the noise in your head that we all experience in such a way as to make the affirmation more effective
I will be presenting a very special version of this workshop tonight at Everyday Zen Relaxation Studio at 6:30pm, as part of the year of the Divine Feminine. Please call 562-424-2444 to see if there is still space if you would like to join us!