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Sex, Nature & the Art of Transformation

Monday, May 30th, 2011

The Divine Feminine has many facets to her. She is vast. She is pure sexual creative energy connected to the Divine Source as the womb of the realm of possibility. She gives birth to all there is, she nourishes it, guides it, devours it. In her wholeness she is  united with her masculine essence that brings her unbridled sexual creative energy into focus, resulting in form. All form can be traced back to her. Everything is self similar. It just vibrates at a different frequency depending on the dimension in which it is accessed. Form is the densest frequency, but by all means no less Divine.

No wonder she scared the beejeezes out of those who didn’t understand her. However, she has never left us. Her wisdom, intelligence, compassion, fierceness, beauty, the list is endless, has just been disregarded, ignored, hidden, and pushed back into the shadows until we were mature enough to handle her. Seems we are finally approaching that time in history. Her intelligence in it’s least distorted manifestation comes into form as nature, our beloved Mother Earth.

It is no coincidence that when she was devalued and ignored, so was the physical manifestation of her wisdom in the form of the natural world, the body, and women. They are all self similar. It is also no coincidence that as we honor the Divine Feminine and welcome her wisdom back into our world, we are returning to honoring women, our bodies and the Earth. You can not separate them. Lord knows we have done everything imaginable to separate them, but to no avail.

Fifteen years ago I experienced a kundalini awakening that lasted about two years. The serpent uncoiled and took me for an indescribable ride that I’m still integrating. It was the Divine Feminine in her unbridled, unmanifested raw sexual energy surging through my body at about 660 volts. What a ride! I experienced the tiniest thought reverberate out in infinite larger, grander expressions of itself, manifesting as it grew from my personal experience to the collective and beyond. It shined a light like a beacon into every crack and crevice in my psyche, showing me the negative thought patterns that was not aligned with her authenticity. She’s still doing this.

We are witnessing the same thing on the collective level as she shines a light on all the corrupted belief patterns in our society causing them to crumble. They are just a larger manifestation of individual unconscious and disowned beliefs, thrown into one big pot of yucky tasting soup. If we are to welcome her, then we must honor her in her entirety, not try to save her. We must honor her as she is manifested as the Earth, not try to save her.  We must honor her as manifested as woman, not try to save her. We must honor our bodies’ wisdom, as it is her wisdom. “Saving” still comes from the patriarchal stance that we are superior. What a joke.

So how does this relate to the art of transformation? As it has been taught by the ancient ones in many cultures, sexual energy has enormous transformative power. It creates and transforms. However, it is not discriminating. It creates form of whatever consciousness it is channeled through. As long as we are hooked into the consciousness of our old negative beliefs, and the patriarchal collective system that is what will be created. However, she will not stop shining a light on this, and we may see what is hidden in the shadows and allow this energy to transform into a consciousness that is more aligned with hers if we choose.

If the natural world and Earth is a physical manifestation of the Divine Feminine and  self similar to us then the same kundalini energy that moves through our bodies and consciousness also moves through the Earth’s. This wave of creative life force moving through the Earth’s body can be witnessed as seasons going through the process of creation, life, and destruction, death. We are witnessing her infinite creativity and willingness to let go of what no longer serves, and become food for the birth of the new. It is transformation at it’s best.

As self similar creatures we are souls who have manifested as a physical being on a human journey to evolve. Our physical surroundings are transforming constantly. When we are aligned with this wisdom of the Divine Feminine we are one with this ongoing transformation, and we are carried by this wave of sexual energy. We let go of what no longer serves us and give birth to new creations of our soul’s growth cycle by cycle. Spring birth transforms into summer’s full expression, transforming into the harvest of our creation, letting go of what is no longer aligned in fall, planting seeds for new growth, and allowing death to become compost for these seeds of potential in winter for the new life ahead.

Take this yearly cycle and apply our self similarity and you have the same cycle every day, every minute, every breath.

She is the master. She is a manifestation of this transformative process in the form of the natural world. She carries us through the transformation, and when aligned with her wisdom, the wisdom that honors all of her creation, and the harmony of life and death, this raw sexual creative energy that flows through our bodies, consciousness, and Earth we will become the channels for this Divine wisdom and love. We will enjoy the journey, and experience the ecstasy that comes from unbridled sexual creative energy brought into form through our imaginations free from old limited negative beliefs.

Sounds like a lot to accomplish? She has brilliantly set this wisdom in motion one cycle at a time, making it doable as an exciting adventure one digestible bite at a time. Aligning with the wisdom of the Divine Feminine physically manifested as the Earth will support us to grow, evolve, and raise our consciousness as a collective reflection of her creation. Honoring the Divine Masculine energy that is a part of her supports us to bring her creation into form. We can know ourselves as a self similar embodiment of her Divine creative energy, wisdom, and love. She is the Master!

Online Courses

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

I invite you to check out my live online courses:

Heal, Nourish & Honor the Feminine Within

Introduction to 5 Element Cooking

Food, Sex, Nature & the Art of Transformation

You might find them supportive, informative and empowering

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The Basis of Rage Toward the Masculine

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

In the ancient Taoist 5 element system, spring is connected to the liver and gallbladder. Not only do they have a physical job to do for our body in processing fat and toxins that are taken in, but they also govern the realm of movement forward, along with anger and resentment that holds us back. When you think about it, spring energy is very much about springing forward. Here is an excerpt from my book Divine Nourishment, A Woman’s Sacred Journey with Food. It’s a collective anger, resentment and even rage women carry, some unconsciously, some very consciously we are healing. This is a good piece to ponder and cleanse ourselves of in this spring season so we can move forward with our creations–that this season supports us to do as well.

The Basis of Rage Toward the Masculine

Think about the saying, “Behind every man lies a good woman.” There is a lot of truth to this statement when you consider how the feminine and masculine energies work together.

The feminine energy opens to receive Divine inspiration—gestates the creation and gives birth to it. Once she is ready, she hands it to the masculine who is designed to take it into the world and give it form — take the action necessary to bring it forth. When we are balanced we hold both energies equally

But we have bought into the illusion that the masculine takes it out on its own. So women struggle with the feeling that they have been left behind. One of the ways that feeling tends to manifest is women repeating themselves over and over again to get their point across because they don’t feel as if they are being heard. It is also a feeling that we have to justify what we do and how we do it. In some unconscious way we feel we have to justify our very existence.

However, when we repeat ourselves over and over, we actually end up not being heard and our words lose their power. So we sit back and feel resentful. We withdraw. We wait, robbed of the richness of our own life. Waiting has an enormous cost. Pulling our self in and withdrawing feels lonely, isolating, and frustrating. All that we are withholding is gestating. And eventually what we are left with is rage soup. What would it look like if we said something just once? No explanation, no justification — just say it — with confidence.

The collective feminine has withdrawn as a result of feeling hurt, holding themselves back, while the collective masculine has moved on creating whatever it is they are inspired to create. Women feel left behind and are deeply resentful.

The masculine is doing what it is designed to do without the Divine inspiration from the feminine and the qualities that the feminine bring to the creation that ensures the balance of our actions.

The difficult thing to embrace is that no one can put us in a prison unless we agree to go in and shut the door behind us. Therein lies the heart or root of our shame. Somehow we have been left behind, unable to keep up, and therefore feel unworthy of recognition, of being heard, of being accepted for just who we are.

If we had entered our era of technology with the masculine and feminine balanced it would look vastly different at this time in history.

It is time to unlock the door and let ourselves out of the prison. Quit holding ourselves back, waiting, and honor who we inherently are so we can step up and take our place in this dance of creation.

As we explore the wounding of the feminine we must consider that at one point thousands of years ago the collective decided to find out what would happen if we were to repress the feminine energy. What would it look like if we repressed this half of our wholeness?

Both men and women are a part of this unconscious decision. Because we have all had many lifetimes as both a feminine and masculine incarnation, we can’t sit back and blame the masculine for this imbalance. Men have suffered from this imbalance as much as women in their own way. We have approached a time when we all feel saturated in this imbalance and are awakening to the consequences of it.

The rage many women feel toward men is actually due to their own repression causing the waiting. When we suffer from this energy of waiting caused by our inherent shame we feel left behind. We feel as if we are missing out.

Rebirth Into Union

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

It’s easy to get lost in the idea that if you go deep within in the winter, you will somehow get lost down there and never resurface. In many parts of the country and world you are surrounded by death in the plant kingdom during winter.

Every spring, without fail the world comes back to life. Not only does it come back to life, it is brilliant in its expression of itself. Dazzling, alive, renewed, and full of life force surging with potential.

After writing my previous posts through winter and sharing a little about my journey, I wanted to also share with you that, no, I did not get lost down there. In fact, quite the contrary.

This winter was my all time experiment in going to the depths, discovering what is underneath the layers of survival techniques, and go for the gold, the treasures that await me if I am brave enough to take the journey.

I felt prepared and equipped after taking smaller excursions each year, and deepening my skill of aligning, and nourishing myself. I had the inner strength and trust that I would resurface no matter how deep I dove. My desire was stronger than my resistance and fear.

I was, and am not disappointed! Well worth the trip! On the other side of the old beliefs, conditioning, of not only me, but my long line of ancestors, what was waiting to be discovered, waiting for me to claim, waiting for me to experience, was ME. The me that I  have not known, but oh so longed for.

The tools of aligning myself with the Divine Goddess, Mother Earth in how I live and nourish myself has been a necessary step in knowing myself as her. Each step I took that brought our alignment into form was an action that embraced my inner masculine who is in service to her. Every time I allowed this cooperative dance to support my journey one baby step at a time I strengthened their relationship, their love for one another.  But until I freed myself of all the old beliefs that fed the collective miasm that kept them apart, they could not fully embrace.

The lies, conditioning, beliefs that has been passed down to us all that has split these lovers apart, creating war within ourselves has been a painful history with obvious horrific results in our world. The lies run so deep, they are so buried in our unconscious and have gone on for so long that it takes a strong headlamp, courage, desire, and commitment to dive deep enough to see what a ridiculous bunch of nonsense we have been fed. As long as these two lovers within are estranged, we are in strife.

It takes deep trust for the feminine aspect of ourselves to surrender enough to do her inherent job of receiving Divine guidance. Bringing her Divinely inspired gifts out into the world of form without the support of her beloved masculine who’s job is to bring the guidance she receives into form and out into the world is next to impossible.

On the other side of this collective miasm that I referred to in my other writings are two lovers in harmony, and IN LOVE! Gloriously IN LOVE!!!!!!! I am loving the integration that is strengthening every day as this long awaited UNION deepens, and nourishes me.

Imagine a life with these two lovers within fully embracing one another. Imagine a life that the feminine aspect of yourself is so safe surrendered in her beloved’s arms within that she is an open vessel for Divine energy, creativity, and inspiration to flow through. Imagine a life that your inner masculine is so devoted to her, so in love with her, that he feels honored to bring these Divine gifts into form. Imagine this level of creation that has flowed through the channel of the most exquisite love affair imaginable. Imagine what it is like to have them right inside of you. Imagine a world as that this love affair radiates out into. Imagine!

I feel like Dancing!

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

I feel like dancing! It has been a remarkable ride on the magical wave of transformation this winter. Deep healing, deep trust, deep love, deep journey, REBIRTH! It is worth the trip.

Don’t Be Afraid

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

After spending a week on an exquisite healing journey for myself, freeing myself from old beliefs that held me down, igniting the juice of union within, this really speaks to me. It was offered on facebook as an inspiration. I wanted to share it as I remind you of my upcoming live online course at Wise Woman University beginning Tuesday, Feb 15th 8:30pm EST. If you are interested in support and acquiring valuable tools for freeing yourself from the old collective negative beliefs about ourselves that imprison the feminine, and reclaim her with no apologies consider joining me. I promise it will be a juicy exploration and journey together.

“Don’t be afraid to take risks, wear your heart on your sleeve, speak your truth, create necessary boundaries, let go of all the pain of the past, be the freedom you wish to see in the World and say goodbye to unhealthy relationships; Love with no expectations, embrace the beauty of the EArth with the depths of your soul and give with no need for reward ~ because you are already rewarding yourself and loving yourself by not living in suppression, fear, insecurity and doubt. Who cares who it scares away, its not about them, its about you and your own ability to live and celebrate your true expression! If we all did this, our bodies would thank us and truly heal and the energy we radiate, would assist Gaia in these shift times and inspire all to awaken to their true SElf – free of the need for approval, validation and the desire to be fulfilled by others… We have all we need within ourselves and Sacred Union happens when you first allow yourself this blessing and birth-right…”

Heal, Nourish, & Honor the Feminine Within

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

It has been a quiet winter allowing myself to sink into my own depths, for my own healing. Not much to say to the outside world on my blog, facebook page, etc. I went mute as I dove deeper into the stillness.

I thought about this not so great, but noble attempt, seven layer dinner my Mother use to make when I was a kid. It came to me as I witnessed my travels this year. My top layer being the defenses I created over my lifetime that would support me to survive. This is quite a hard shell that not only doesn’t allow others to feel my vulnerability, but it doesn’t even allow me to feel it. Finding my way through that maze of constructs has been years in the making.

I drop to a deeper layer on this journey every winter. One by one the old worn out beliefs that lie beneath the outer crust of my defenses come forward. It is obvious the defense layer is to protect me from the pain and grief that is woven amongst these old beliefs.

Not only is there a collective miasm of negativity swirling around the energy field of our world that I can’t deny I’m a part of, I am dealing with an entire lineage that I am the accumulation of. Then comes my personal version from a life that reflects the bigger picture internalized.

I have seen how every one of these personal beliefs hidden in the shadows that resonate with the collective unconscious about the feminine is like a tentacle to this negative energy field, feeding it my life force. It is up to me to address each one of these old beliefs that resonate and stop feeding it. Stop feeding this monster with my unconscious beliefs that have been fed to me, my ancestors, women and men for thousands of years.

Instead of being a victim, which is like dessert to this hungry monster, my willingness and commitment to stop this feeding frenzy opens the door for the support from the ancestors. They know that if I heal this it will heal them as well. They are eager to support me to do this work from the unseen realms. Instead of blaming them for my wounding, etc, we have become a cooperative team to heal this collective miasm that affects them, myself and others.

The good news is that I, like everyone else, have been given my own small manageable bite-size piece of this very large impersonal picture to heal. Every feeding tube I remove from this negative energy mass the weaker it gets. Multiply that by all of us and it has lost its strength, power and can not survive. It survives on our life force every time we buy into a belief that resonates with its energy frequency. This is in the unconscious and is not just whisked away by a few positive affirmations. That’s like putting whipped cream on a pile of poop. It may taste good for a few bites, but eventually you are going to work your way back down to the pile of poop.

This layer of my being is where I need my torch, courage, and strength to navigate. The light I bring with me into the darkness where these old beliefs from a brokenhearted collective feminine resides is the light I carry in my heart fueled by my love, my love for myself and others. Most important, my love for myself. Yes, it’s possible to hold both love and heartbreak.

It is the realm of our being that the old fairy tales, myths, even Indiana Jones movies share that is the dangerous territory we have to travel through in order to get to the real treasures. Treasures beyond our wildest imaginations. I’m finding it’s not so dangerous after all. However, you have to admit these adventures are always exciting in the stories. it can be an exciting adventure for us as well. It’s all a matter of perspective.

She is under the defenses, under the old beliefs, under it all. She is the gold. She is the keeper of the gate for the Divine to flow through us and into our world.

Bringing the light of love as the torch to find our way through the labyrinth of our being, offering love to each part of ourself that has acted out of love to help us cope with this missing piece, thanking it, allowing it to move on with dignity and grace is a worthwhile task. You have just outgrown it like an outfit that doesn’t reflect who you are anymore. Thank and honor it after it has been in service to you for generations and lifetimes. It has supported you to grow into an incredible being that has the strength to incarnate at this time in history.

We are not light weights. We have chosen to come here, to go through the wounding that would take us on this collective journey of transformation. We would not be able to reclaim this most necessary aspect of ourselves, of our world, if we were not focusing on healing the result of her absence. No, we are not victims, we are co-creators, and we created this scenario. We have the power to travel this territory, diving deeper and bring her up out of the underworld, out of the shadows through each and every one of us. We are that powerful. And we can do it. She is waiting for each of us to recognize her within, underneath all the layers that have hidden her.

I take this journey every winter, no matter where I live as my energy goes inward. I am happy to say that this year I have traveled within to a place where I got a glimpse of her, felt her, knew her. Enough of a glimpse to give me the knowing I can go the distance, merge and experience her intimately, free from all the shackles that have kept me from her. I am learning the territory, mapping the way, gathering the tools, gaining the compassion, so that I may serve others as I support myself on this journey. I am a plant in the autumn of my life composting the old dead, dried up limbs, blossoms, fruits, implanting the wisdom garnered on my journey into my precious seeds for the next generations. It is the natural order that I am aligned with.

Join me for my “Heal, Nourish & Honor the Feminine Within” six week teleseminar course at Wise Woman University starting Tuesday, Feb 15th 8:30PM EST.

For a preview and taste of this course please join me for a free 30 minute class

Tuesday, January 25th 8:30PM EST

For more details: http://www.wisewomanuniversity.org/lane/

Happy Solstice Morning

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

It is Solstice morning. I started my day in prayer, sitting, feeling, open in deep prayer. What is this day to bring? How is this day to shift my consciousness from the old to the new? What am I to opening to?

Leading up to this morning has been a long arduous journey through the dark crevices of my shadow. The Dark Goddess shining a light unmercifully on the hidden beliefs that have steered my life. It was a journey that was necessary in order to prepare myself for the gift of this new consciousness available for the turning of our times.

My 60th birthday, the full moon lunar eclipse set quite a stage for doing the shadow work necessary to open the way for a new way of being.

I had to face my core belief that I was rejected by the world. I was not lovable. No one wanted my gifts. I was alone in the world, separated from love. It took a very deep dive to uncover these feelings. I had them well covered up by layers upon layers that kept me from feeling the pain and grief of these beliefs that I carried into this life. I have carried this since the feminine was alienated from our world. It has played out on a personal level as my life was built upon these beliefs. Needless to say, when I was finally strong enough to make this deep of a dive, it was a very dark night of the soul.

Writing and offering my book to the world was brilliant guidance. It pushed this old belief system into my face and saturated me in it. It became the vehicle and catalyst for healing. I had to offer it. It was a deep soul calling. I was designed to offer it. And it took me down into the underworld to reclaim and recover a very important and powerful piece of myself that has been waiting for a very long time.

A few years ago I was shown how the feminine and masculine principle were designed to work together. Honoring and claiming both these aspects in their essential qualities are needed to become whole. I was shown how the feminine was the receptor of Divine inspiration. She is the part of us that listens, feels and downloads the Divine. She gestates the inspiration and when she is ready to give birth, the masculine aspect of ourselves takes the action to put it into form. This is how we become co-creators with and as the Divine.

Around the same time I was shown this by ancient ancestors I was given another vision. There were many doors leading all the way back to the Source. There was a Feminine Goddess standing by each door. I was at the end of this long line standing next to a closed door. They kept saying, “Open the door.” As long as I was holding onto these old beliefs I could not open the door.

This morning on this most auspicious day of the solstice, the solstice of the ages, the solstice of the turning to the new world it all came flooding in. Those doorways are the gateways for Divine love to flow into our world. The feminine principle within us all is the chalice, open vessel for it to flow through. She is the part of us that opens the door. The masculine aspect of ourselves puts this Divine love into form and takes action with it. As co-creators we are the vessels for this Divine love to flow through as it takes many forms.

My prayer for this day forward, for myself is that I can strengthen this union of my Divine masculine and feminine. That my feminine can keep the door open, and with my masculine bask in the pure joy of the creation of the many forms this love can take. My prayer is that giving this freely takes me over, and I am rid of even the most minute residue hidden in the shadows to “give to get.” This sense of scarcity only gives strength to the old set of beliefs as the flow is dammed up by my expectations that are not met.

On this blessed Solstice morning I saw, felt and experienced the possibility of our new world bathed in this energy as everyone let go of these old beliefs hidden in the shadows that creates a sense of scarcity and fear. And through honoring these feminine and masculine aspects of ourselves in union, in love, we become the gatekeepers with open doors creating infinite forms of Divine love flowing freely, merely for the pure joy of feeling it flow through us and creating form with it.

Holiday Gift

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Here is a portion of my book, Divine Nourishment as a holiday gift. It will support you through the winter along with healing the feminine. Enjoy it, share it, use it.

http://www.divinenourishment.net/gift/Divine_Nourishment_Mini-Book_by_Mary_Lane.pdf

Return of the Light

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

This is an auspicious winter solstice with the full moon lunar eclipse just hours before the peak of the solstice on Dec 21st. Many have gone through the dark night of the soul as we dipped down into the dark of the yearly cycle. If diligent, the gift of reclaiming a hidden aspect of ourselves in the dark crevices of our psyche was possible. Now as we approach the still point of the Solstice on the 21st we have the support of the Natural World, Cosmos, and everyone else who want to see us evolve, to bring this precious piece we have discovered up into the light as it returns. The slow ascent helps us to integrate and strengthen as the light strengthens. Be kind and patient with yourself, (I have to remind myself of this regularly) and you will indeed rise and rebirth yourself  as a more whole integrated person shining as bright as this white peacock!. Bless you for your willingness to take this journey to support yourself and the collective to grow and come out of the darkness.

The return of the light.

No, not the single, solitary flicker of a candle,

No, I am talking about the return of the light,

Shrieking through the sky

Ripping the darkness asunder

Burning, blasting, blistering light

With the power of thunderclaps

With the might of the sun

With a shock

With a charge

With a burst of pure light

Awakening

Emboldening

Fear chasing

Courage giving

Faith evoking

Awe inspiring

Light.

Unstoppable power

Unquenchable fire

Return of the solstice light.

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