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You Are Just Who You Are
“Before there was the Word, there was the Land, and it was made and watched over by women. Stories from almost every culture around the world tell us that once upon a time it was so. For many native tribes throughout America, Grandmother Spider continually spins the world into being. For the Andean peoples of South America, Pachamama is the World Mother; she sustains all life on Earth. In Scotland and Ireland, the Cailleach — the Old Woman — made, shaped and protects the land and the wild things on it. …
Women: the creators of life, the bearers of the Cup of knowledge and wisdom, personifying the moral and spiritual authority of this fertile green and blue Earth.”
~ Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose Rooted
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‘’Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.’’
— bell hooks
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Whirling Dervishes are not inflated, on the contrary, modern psychology has sometimes forgotten that the soul has come here for its own joy, and that not everything needs to be pathologized, like joy, for example.
— Jon Wilson
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“There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are…
