An Antidote for these Patriarchal times

Since the start of this year and all the chaos the patriarchy is causing, I am comforted by knowing what grounds and inspires me. A powerFULL antidote to the patriarchy is to nourish the Feminine.

What does that mean for a Sensitive?

I have known I was a sensitive when I was very young. It did not have a name but I felt different. I felt more isolated, more removed from the norm; I couldn’t relate to their run for money and power, I wasn’t jazzed by material things. Poetry, color, beauty and animals were what nourished me. I was fortunate to have grown up in India, a container of beauty and life itself for a sensitive but the Feminine was not nourished there either — not in women. But it was in the air in other ways, a paradox that left me lonely inside with a sensation of what it was without an actual imprint in my psyche. The Feminine is hard to access when she is not modeled for us, or imprinted by parents, or normalized by culture.

We are all on our own right now, uncovering, discovering and connecting to this part of ourselves in our own unique ways. We feel ‘filled’, connected and inspired when we do and we feel it in each other as well. Even our body inspires when we are around this deep inner connection!

This is what needs fanning — the glowing ember of Self that is deep inside, which glows at times but inconsistently, muffled by the voices of the ‘norm’ disconnected and out of touch with the ‘REAL’. This needs NOW to be set ablaze.

When I feel I need solace (derived from the root, “solari” meaning ‘to console) in these times or any time, I reach inside for what feels like ‘me’. The ‘me’ that has always shown up when the going gets rough, the ‘me’ that is hard to access but is always there in times of loss, separation, stress or fear. Even if I can access this for a fleeting moment, it gives me the will to live again and to put one foot in front of the other.

Remember this part of you is STILL HERE after all you have suffered, experienced, endured. This part is your TRUE NATURE. If you can contact it, this contains your MEDICINE. Access this. Sometimes it requires you to be quiet, to be in nature, to be still, to enter the eye of the storm, to breathe. It is the part that contains the ‘codes’ for your life’s path the ‘why’ of being here. It is the most loyal part of you, it knows you by HEART and it is your very faithful friend. It came in with you and will take you out. It is the authentic YOU.

Now more than ever, it is time to connect to this. This IS the FEMININE. She is calling you inside, to live her out into the world. She has powerful medicine that heals, restores and comforts and yes, consoles. She IS where our true connections with each other lie.

Remember this today and maybe for a few minutes, tap into Her and FEEL what ‘me’ feels like for you.

I’ll be doing the same….