I woke up in the middle of the night last night and I had this symbol in my mind with some of its meanings. I don’t know if it's an inspired interpretation, but it is really beautiful. Everything I was understanding is that the many symbolic parts are all pointing to one thing–the Sacred Center. The sacred center is an ancient symbol that ultimately points to the throne of God. It is the place where God dwells, the Holy of Holies. The room known as the Holy of Holies was the innermost and most sacred area of the ancient tabernacle of Moses and temple of Jerusalem. The Holy of Holies was constructed as a perfect cube. The Tree of Life was planted in the midst of the garden–in the very center and four rivers flowed out from it marking the four corners or quarters of the earth and identifying Him who sits in the center as the King of it all. This idea of the center point within a circle has been conveyed in many ancient cultures. The Native American medicine wheel ...
My husband shared a meme with me this morning. It was a video of a man standing outside looking at a little garden project. Above it said: “When you realize you’ll have projects forever because of one choice you made. ” After a few seconds a woman walks up and stands next to the man. He puts arm around her and words appear above her saying: “ The choice.” We chuckled a little and I said: “So why do you men do it, why do you always make that ‘choice?’” He responded with: “We can’t help it. It’s wired into us.” I’ve been thinking about that, different attributes and desires that seem to be wired into us, instinctual almost. We all know the cliches - A man builds(provides) a house and the woman makes it a home. We laugh about how if there is an empty shelf in a house and a man lives alone he will happily leave that shelf empty and use it to put his keys on when he gets home, but if he’s got a woman in his life, she will fill that shelf up. It’s almost like she can’t help it. She will fin...
Women are the gatekeepers of life, which necessarily includes death. The feminine is the gatekeeper of life. She is the entry portal into this world and across all cultures and time it is women who traditionally sit with those who are leaving this world. A sweet girlfriend of mine recently experienced a miscarriage. This role of the feminine is crystalized in its tragic beauty in a miscarriage, when her womb becomes a tomb. There is something very sacred about going through a miscarriage or the loss of a babe soon after its birth. In no other experience is a woman closer to her Heavenly Mother as she is the guardian of life and death within the portal of her own body. There is an old Celtic belief that the Mother is in the north, midwife to those who pass through the borders of the circle from life to death, from death to life. It is a tragically beautiful concept. It harkens to Mary Magdalene as she sat watch over her love as He left this world and then was brought back int...
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