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¡Hola! 

Gracias por leerme. Después de una búsqueda de empleo sin éxito, me mudé a Toronto con mi familia y comencé a ayudar a las personas con su desarrollo profesional. Por acá está mi sitio y mi blog en español kaironautas.pro y esta otra en inglés: marcelaurteaga.com

En estos once años he hecho muchas cosas: iniciar y pausar mi consultoría organizacional, crear esta academia digital, crear estos libros, ayudar a las personas a reinventarse, colaborar como consejera espiritual, y sobre todo, darme permiso de disfrutar de la vida. 

Te deseo un 2025 lleno de cambios, descubrimientos y abundancia. 

If You Want to Change the World, Love a Man - by Lisa Citore

If you want to change the world, love a man, really love him.
Find the one whose eyes are like blazing suns,
that make you look away the first time,
that pierce right through you,
blinding you to everything but the moment,
melting you into a puddle of soft pastel light,
even though you cringe at the color, pink.

The one who stops your thinking,
who sends your lashes fluttering
and all the blood rushing to your cheeks.
The slow-to-speak-one,
whose smile is like a flute,
who summons honey bee songs,
blossom songs and morning bird songs
with his listening.

The fallen-sky-one with the mark on his back,
where he lost his feathers from flying too close to a star.

The broken one in search of his wings,
who tells you the story of how to make fire.

If you want to change the world, love a man
beyond your fear of being burned.

Beyond unforgiveness and the walls you’ve built
to protect your sovereignity and anonymity.

Love him beyond old wounds and lies
you believed to be truth,
the hole in your heart from an absent father,
the scar on your sacred flower left by thieves.

Beyond past lives and the memory
you keep like a shrine to betrayal
when you fell to your knees in the ashes of your village,
and love became a field of bones.

Lift your darkened face to him who stands before you.
Take his hand and let him raise you to your feet.

Trust him to hold you as you tremble and weep in his arms for all that has been lost and found in this holy instant.

If you want to change the world, love a man
Beyond your faithlessness
and your secret hatred of humanity
Beyond all your judgment and self righteous projection.

The stone on your heart is as ancient
as the thought that you had to deny His existence
to know your power.

You are no less God than you ever were.
Man is no more guilty than Woman is innocent.

Love him for bearing the burden of desire in his sex
so your temple could remain whole unto itself-
for taking on the split aspect of mind
that seemed to abandon the oneness of heaven
so that you might know the joy of Its extension.

Love the ecstatic, primal root
castrated by religion as the root of all evil-
the channel of divine creative impulse-
that sparks the seeds of life, death and birth
from the womb of space and time.

Love the humble guardian and warrior
Man has been to Woman
even as he hunts her,
even in his drive towards self gratification,
which ultimately is the portal to soul union.

Love the violator who holds the mirror
to everything you have disowned within yourself-
so that all your desire, your creative impulse
may be freed
from the chains of separation, lack and guilt
and you can finally trust your Self.

If you want to change the world, love a man
in all his instinctual animal nature,
in all his hunger and devotion to beauty.

Love him beyond your vanity and pridefulness,
your gilded possessiveness and need to special-
beyond your well thought out conditions for safety
and all your concepts of how a man
should be in relationship.

Love him beyond your anger at not getting your way,
beyond your terror of not knowing or being in control.

Love him in his relentless pursuit
to penetrate the deepest sanctuaries within you,
that hold the chaos of your strongest emotions,
your carefully guarded secrets of separation
between light and dark, virgin and whore,
man and woman, spirit and form.

Love him for opening the door to sensuality,
to your primordial self that is beyond duality,
for binding you to pleasure
even as the air closes in around you,
even as you writhe with madness,
cursing your incarnation as the enemy-
even as you contract and claw,
crying out in despair, such joy it brings.

Love him for not yielding
to your resistance to surrender-
for standing in his masculine power
even as you threaten to destroy him.

If you want to change the world, love your man
for leaving you to live his purpose,
whether it’s for a day, a week, months or years.

Love him for breaking his own heart over and over-
for holding the tension and balance
of polarity and intimacy,
of distance and closeness.

Love his need for silence and solace-
for keeping some of his mystery to himself-
not that he has anything to hide,
but so you will always have surprises!

Love his evolutionary nature
that seeks new experiences,
that can never be satisfied-
for his boundless curiosity,
that if allowed to be free
might be your own liberation
from complacency.

Love him for shining independently
from the seat of his own majesty-
for not needing, yet choosing you
from a place of knowing his magnificence.

Love him for being your patient direction and destiny-
for returning to you
your own brightness through the dark night-
for helping you to remember
the one and only relationship you’ve ever had
and tried to forget-
for bringing you to that vulnerable, powerless
abiding place of surrender
you’ve been afraid of and waiting for all your life-
where you can finally be consumed by Love-
where you can finally be claimed by God.


http://lisacitore.com/if-you-want-to-change-the-world-love-a-man/

No te enamores

No te enamores de una mujer que lee, de una mujer que siente demasiado, de una mujer que escribe...

No te enamores de una mujer culta, maga, delirante, loca.

No te enamores de una mujer que piensa, que sabe lo que sabe y además sabe volar; una mujer segura de sí misma.

No te enamores de una mujer que se ríe o llora haciendo el amor, que sabe convertir en espíritu su carne; y mucho menos de una que ame la poesía (esas son las más peligrosas), o que se quede media hora contemplando una pintura y no sepa vivir sin la música.

No te enamores de una mujer a la que le interese la política y que sea rebelde y sienta un inmenso horror por las injusticias.

Una que no le guste para nada ver televisión.

Ni de una mujer que es bella sin importar las características de su cara y de su cuerpo.

No te enamores de una mujer intensa, lúdica, lúcida e irreverente.

No quieras enamorarte de una mujer así.

Porque cuando te enamoras de una mujer como esa, se quede ella contigo o no, te ame ella o no, de ella, de una mujer así, JAMAS se regresa.

(Martha Rivera Garrido, poeta dominicana)

Bendita eres Mujer - Mónica Glusman

Bendita eres Mujer,
porque tú eres la puerta
del verdadero Templo:
la Tierra misma;
cáliz rojizo que contiene la danza del océano;
espejo mágico que refleja el titilar de las estrellas;
cálido nido para los nuevos seres;
caldero y fuego para curar heridas.
Doncella
Madre
Anciana
Bruja
Eres redonda y cambiante
como los ciclos
de la Luna.
Eres sagrada, mujer.
Eres la memoria antigua,
guardiana de la Paz,
cuidadora ancestral
de la Vida y sus ciclos.

Extractos del Libro El Oráculo de la Mujer Sagrada, de Mónica Glusman © 2006-2009

Carta de un padre a su hija

Querida Cutie-Pie,

Recientemente, tu madre y yo estábamos buscando algo en Google. A la mitad de escribir la pregunta, Google nos mostró una lista con las búsquedas más populares en el mundo. La búsqueda más popular en la lista era “Cómo mantenerlo interesado”.

Me sorprendió. Revisé varios artículos de la incontable cantidad que aparecieron acerca de cómo ser sexy y sexual, cuándo llevarle una cerveza en vez de un sándwich y las formas de hacerlo sentir más inteligente y superior.

Me enfurecí.

Pequeña, esto no es, nunca ha sido y nunca será tu trabajo -“mantenerlo interesado”.

Pequeña, tu única tarea es saber muy dentro de tu alma –en ese lugar inquebrantable que no se transforma por el rechazo, la pérdida o el ego- que tú eres digna de interés. (Si puedes recordar que todos también son dignos de interés, estarás por ganar la batalla de tu vida. Pero esa es otra carta para otro día.)

Si puedes estar segura de que vales en este sentido, serás atractiva en la manera más importante del mundo: atraerás a un chico que sea digno de tu interés y que también querrá pasar su vida invirtiendo todo su interés en ti.

Pequeña, quiero decirte algo acerca del hombre que no necesita que lo mantengan interesado, porque él sabe que tú eres interesante:

No me importa que ponga los codos en la mesa –siempre y cuando él ponga sus ojos en la manera en que tu nariz se frunce cuando sonríes. Y que luego no puede dejar de ver.

No me importa si no puede jugar golf conmigo –siempre y cuando él pueda jugar con los hijos que le des y disfrute todas las formas gloriosas y frustrantes en las que se parecen tanto a ti.

No me importa que no persiga el dinero –siempre y cuando él persiga su corazón y siempre lo lleve de vuelta a ti.

No me importa si es fuerte –siempre y cuando él te de espacio para ejercitar la fuerza que hay en tu corazón.

No me podría importar menos si vota –siempre y cuando se levante cada mañana y te elija un lugar de honor en tu casa y un lugar para venerarte en su corazón.

No me importa el color de su piel –siempre y cuando el pinte el lienzo de sus vidas con pinceladas de paciencia, sacrificio, vulnerabilidad y ternura.

No me importa si fue educado en esta religión o en otra o en ninguna –siempre y cuando haya sido educado para valorar lo sagrado y para saber que cada momento de la vida y cada momento que pase contigo es algo profundamente sagrado.

Al final pequeña, si te topas con un hombre como ese y parece que él y yo no tenemos nada en común, en realidad tendremos en común lo más importante:

Tú.
Porque al final, pequeña, la única cosa que debes hacer para “mantenerlo interesado” es ser tú misma.

Tu hombre eternamente interesado

Papá.

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No sé la fuente. Tomado de: http://www.actitudfem.com/hogar/articulo/papa-e-hijas-lo-que-esperan-de-tu-esposo

Mujeres imperfectas por Ada Luz Márquez

ODA A LA MUJER IMPERFECTA
Las mujeres imperfectas aman sus cuerpos, sus ciclos y lunas, con todas sus peculiaridades, tesoros y misterios. 

Las mujeres imperfectas muestran con orgullo y honor las arrugas y las cicatrices, porque son las marcas que las recuerdan que fueron, son y serán más grandes que el dolor.

Las mujeres imperfectas se atreven a soñar en voz alta, avanzan al mismo paso desde distintas esferas, crean un lienzo nuevo donde todos los colores son necesarios y aceptan sus errores como forma valiosa de aprendizaje.

Las mujeres imperfectas respetan toda forma de vida y exigen de la misma manera respeto y justicia por la suya.

Las mujeres imperfectas llevan raíces en sus pies, ancladas a la Madre Tierra. Llevan en sus pasos a sus ancestras, hermanas, hijas y nietas. Bailan alrededor de las hogueras para mantener viva la llama de todas las mujeres que fueron quemadas en ellas por ser más imperfectas “de la cuenta”.


Las mujeres imperfectas celebran el inmenso regalo que les ha dado la vida al ser mujeres, gozan de su sexualidad y defienden el derecho vital de ser dueñas de sus cuerpos y sus vidas.

Las mujeres imperfectas se honran unas a otras, se dan la mano y el hombro, celebran los éxitos de las demás como si fueran suyos y lloran la lágrima de las demás como si las hirieran a ellas mismas.

Las mujeres imperfectas se rodean de hombres imperfectos, hombres sensibles, amorosos y despiertos que caminan al mismo paso, en el mismo sendero.

Las mujeres imperfectas aprenden a sentir la menstruación como un don que las convierte en dadoras de vida, como una poderosa apertura a otros mundos. Comprenden el dolor menstrual como un dolor muy antiguo de las mujeres que las precedieron por muchas generaciones y que supone la reconciliación con su útero y el útero de la madre tierra. Las mujeres imperfectas comienzan a recordar que su sangre no es basura, su sangre es sagrada y trae consigo la alquimia de la vida.

Las mujeres imperfectas levantan la voz por la femineidad muda en justicia y en derechos, por los sueños mutilados, las manos atadas por la Historia y la boca sellada por la tiranía; porque el silencio sometido contiene el grito de todas las mujeres y el grito de una sola mujer contiene el eco de todos los cantos, el cielo de todos los vuelos, la simiente de todas las flores.

En sus vientres traen un canto antiguo y una esperanza gestante. Vienen pariendo estrellas a este tiempo tan hambriento de luz.

Las mujeres imperfectas dicen bien alto que no tienen miedo, caminan sin temor y sin amnesia por un mundo lleno de miedo a las mujeres sin miedo.

Las mujeres imperfectas no son propiedad de nadie más que de sí mismas, no forman parte del masculino genérico, ni son costilla de nadie, ni objeto de deseo, ni son invisibles. Son mujeres y quieren ser nombradas como tal.

Las mujeres imperfectas son increíblemente perfectas cuando se atreven a ser imperfectas, cuando se atreven a ser quien las dé la gana ser, cuando se atreven a ser, sin más ni menos, a ser.

Las mujeres imperfectas comienzan a sentir la llamada, a reencontrarse con otras mujeres imperfectas donde se recuerdan todo aquello que el alma no debe olvidar.
Se recuerdan que no están solas, que nunca lo estuvieron; que nunca lo estarán.

Porque ser imperfectas las hace únicas, ser imperfectas las hace, al mundo, a ellos y a ellas, LIBRES.

Fuente: Ada Luz Márquez

Re-connect: Manifesting your dreams

Today, someone asked about the differences between and fantasy and manifesting our dreams. I for me a fantasy is not guided, is something that happens naturally, an expression of our desires.

Manifesting has very concrete steps, they are deliberated:

• you dream/vision what you want - create a mental picture
• you use spoken words to define your ideal situation - taking care of not putting limits to the Spirit and or describe how things will happen
• you trust the Spirit -  what you asked for will be granted, and this also means that you behave as if you have it already
• you understand that you are an expression of the Divine and interconnected with everything and everyone. Also, taht you deserve what you want and that this is a world of abundance
• you repeat the affirmations for some time (in my case for a month) until it resonates within you
• finally, you keep this process private (do not share it with other, as this will "dilute" your energy) and  you let go the process

Your prayer is not to ask for what you want, the Spirit knows that, you prayer is needed to change your attitude towards acceptation and receptivity.

We need to thank first for something we haven't seen manifested yet in the reality. Everything we need has been given already.

It is important to remember that the divine law doesn't accept failures or defects. There is only perfection in the spiritual world. We're spiritual beings, children of spiritual beings: we're not separated from them. Abundance is part of our divine legacy. 

As Louise Hay says, the more you connect to the Power within you, the more you can be free in all areas of your life. 

Shamans say that co-creating has two parts: the intention and the attention.

The intention is the vision, the signals of what you want to manifest. The definition of the objective as clear as possible, but without adding the how. The Spirit has its own ways of working.

Then, the attention component involves being attuned with the Spirit, a daily request during meditation (or at a special moment), the repetition of the same prayer, and finally, faith and trust that what you asked exists already in the spiritual world. 

A metaphysical law says that you will receive what you're certain you want. It will be given as much as you want it.

But I have asked, and I'm not getting what I want!

Some times, there is an important lesson we need to learn first. Everything has its right time. Perhaps our vibration pattern is not the right, we're not ready to receive. Or, what we asked doesn't fit the vibration of our desires. Another reason for this delay, is that we may be changing our picture, we're not sure of what we want. Finally, we may be trying to limit or condition the Spirit, saying how exactly things should be happening. 

It's important to remember that we're part of the Energy Source and cannot be separated. We cannot be completely separated from the source, however, we can resist your connection with the Source.

We need to be aware of our thoughts. We need to learn to wait for the things that are flowing to us with confidence, optimism, faith, without irritation, distrust, or disappointment that hinders what is flowing.

To do this, we need to remember that our emotions are the interpretation of our vibration. Our attention to certain things generate a vibration, and this vibration is what will attract certain events. If we're always thinking that we don't have money, for example, we will never get it. Our attention is going to the absence of money, not to the abundance.  This is very simple, we cannot watch a movie if we're watching the Sports channel. 

Metaphysics teachers say that after 17 seconds of being focused on a thought, you activate a vibration to that thought. The more intense and clearer your thoughts are, the more similar thoughts you will receive that will increase your focus. After 68 seconds, of focusing, the vibration will be enough to start manifesting it. When you focus frequently in a thought at least for 68 seconds, you will soon make it a dominant thought.

Finally, allowing things to happen is an art. We should learn to give ourselves permission to receive what we want. 

So, just to summarize: 

• What you think or say, it will come back to you as an experience. Our mind has no sense of humor, you cannot say: I don't have money, I don't deserve this new car, etc. 
• Do affirmations. Say what you want and act accordingly. 
• Check your emotions and deal with the negative ones in positive ways. 

How to Stop Making a Big Deal About Your Problems - by Pema Chodron

How to Stop Making a Big Deal About Your Problems - by Pema Chodron

"Meditation teaches us how to let go. It’s actually a very important aspect of friendliness, which is that you train again and again in not making things such a big deal. 

When you have pain in your body, when all sorts of thoughts are going through your mind, you train again and again in acknowledging them openheartedly and open-mindedly, but not making them such a big deal.

Generally speaking, the human species does make things a very big deal. Our problems are a big deal for us. So we need to make space for an attitude of honoring things completely and at the same time not making them a big deal. 

It’s a paradoxical idea, but holding these two attitudes simultaneously is the source of enormous joy: we hold a sense of respect toward all things, along with the ability to let go. So it’s about not belittling things, but on the other hand not fanning the fire until you have your own private World War III.

Keeping these ideas in balance allows us to feel less crowded and claustrophobic. In Buddhist terms, the space that opens here is referred to as shunyata, or “emptiness.” 

But there’s nothing nihilistic about this emptiness. It’s basically just a feeling of lightness. There is movie entitled The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but I prefer to see life from the view of the Bearable Lightness of Being.

When you begin to see life from the point of view that everything is spontaneously arising and that things aren’t “coming at you” or “trying to attack you,” in any given moment, you will likely experience more space and more room to relax into. 

Your stomach, which is in a knot, can just relax. The back of your neck, which is all tensed up, can just relax. Your mind, which is spinning and spinning like one of those little bears that you wind up so it walks across the floor, can just relax. So shunyata refers to the fact that we actually have a seed of spaciousness, of freshness, openness, relaxation, in us.

Sometimes the word shunyata has been translated as the “open dimension of our being.” The most popular definition is “emptiness,” which sounds like a big hole that somebody pushes you into, kicking and screaming: “No, no! Not emptiness!” 

Sometimes people experience this openness as boredom. Sometimes it’s experienced as stillness. Sometimes it’s experienced as a gap in your thinking and your worrying and your all-caught-up-ness.

I experiment with shunyata a lot. When I’m by myself and no one’s talking to me, when I’m simply going for a walk or looking out the window or meditating, I experiment with letting the thoughts go and just seeing what’s there when they go. 

This is actually the essence of mindfulness practice. You keep coming back to the immediacy of your experience, and then when the thoughts start coming up, thoughts like, bad, good, should, shouldn’t, me, jerk, you, jerk, you let those thoughts go, and you come back again to the immediacy of your experience.

This is how we can experiment with shunyata, how we can experiment with the open, boundless dimension of being."
(From Pema's book-How To Meditate)

Date a girl who writes

Date a girl who writes.

Date a girl who may never wear completely clean clothes, because of coffee stains and ink spills. She’ll have many problems with her closet space, and her laptop is never boring because there are so many words, so many worlds that she’s cluttered a midst the space. Tabs open filled with obscure and popular music. Interesting factoids about Catherine the Great, and the immortality of jellyfish. Laugh it off when she tells you that she forgot to clean her room, that her clothes are lost among the binders so it’ll take her longer to get ready, that her shoes hidden under the mountain of broken Bic pens and the refurbished laptop that she’s saved up for, ever since she was twelve.

Kiss her under the lamppost, when it’s raining. Tell her your definition of love.

Find a girl who writes. You’ll know that she has a sense of humor, a sense of empathy and kindness, and that she will dream up worlds, universes for you. She’s the one with the faintest of shadows underneath her eyelids, the one who smells of coffee and Coca-cola and jasmine, green tea. Do you see that girl hunched over a notebook. That’s the writer. With her fingers occasionally smudged with charcoal, with ink that will travel onto your hands when you interlock your fingers with her’s. She will never stop, churning out adventures, of traitors and heroes. Darkness and light. Fear and love. That’s the writer. She can never resist filling a blank page with words, no matter the color of the page.

She’s the girl reading while waiting for coffee or tea. She’s the quiet girl with her music turned up loud (or impossibly quiet), separating the two of you by an ocean of crescendos and silence as she’s thinking of the perfect words. If you take a peek at her cup, the tea or coffee’s already cold. She’s already forgotten it.

Use a pick-up line with her if she doesn’t look too busy.

If she raises her head, offer to buy her another cup of coffee or tea. She’ll repay you with stories. If she closes her laptop, give her your critique of Tolstoy, and your best theories of Hannibal and the Crossing. Tell her your characters, your dreams, and ask if she’s gotten through her first novel.

It is hard to date a girl who writes. Be patient with her. Give her books for her birthday, pretty notebooks for Christmas and for anniversaries, mole skins and bookmarks and many, many books. Give her the gift of words, for writers are talkative people, and they are verbose in their thanks. Let her know that you support her every step of the way, for the lines between fiction and reality are fluid.

She’ll give you a chance.

Don’t lie to her. She’ll understand the syntax behind your words. She’ll be disappointed by your lies, but a girl who writes will understand. She’ll understand that sometimes even the greatest heroes fail, and that happy endings take time, both in fiction and reality. She’s realistic. A girl who writes is not impatient; she will understand your flaws. She will cherish them, because a girl who writes will understand plot. She’ll understand that endings happen for better or for worst.

A girl who writes will not expect perfection from you. Her narratives are rich, her characters are multifaceted because of interesting flaws. She’ll understand that a good book does not have perfect characters; villains and tragic flaws are the salt of books. She’ll understand trouble, because it spices up her story. No author wants an invincible hero; the girl who writes will understand that you are only human.

Be her compatriot, be her darling, her love, her dream, her world.

If you find a girl who writes, keep her close. If you find her at two AM, typing furiously, the neon gaze of the light illuminating her furrowed forehead, place a blanket gently on her so that she does not catch a chill. Make her a pot of tea, and sit with her. You may lose her to her world for a few moments, but she will come back to you, brimming with treasure. You will always believe in her, in the two of you, invincible in the dimly lit darkness.

She is your Shahrazad. When you are afraid of the dark, she will guide you, her words turning into lanterns, turning into lights and stars and candles that will guide you through your darkest times. She’ll be the one to save you.

She’ll whisk you away on a hot air balloon, and you will be smitten with her. She’s mischievous, frisky, yet she’s quiet and when she has to kill off a lovely character, when she cries, hold her and tell her that it will be alright.

You will propose to her. Maybe on a boat in the ocean, maybe in a little cottage in the Appalachian Mountains. Maybe in New York City. Maybe Chicago. Baltimore. Maybe outside her publisher’s office. Because she’s radiant, wherever she goes. Maybe even outside of a cinema where the two of you kiss in the rain. She’ll say that it is overused and clichéd, but the glint in her eyes will tell you that she appreciates it all the same.

You will smile hard as she talks a mile a second, and your heart will skip a beat when she holds your hand and she will write stories of your lives together. She’ll hold you close and whisper secrets into your ears. She’s lovely, remember that. She’s self made and she’s brilliant. The names she’ll choose for your children may be terrible, but you’ll be okay with that. A girl who writes will tell your children fantastic stories.

Because that is the best part about a girl who writes. She has imagination and she has courage, and it will be enough. She’ll save you in the oceans of her dreams, and she’ll be your catharsis and your 11:11. She’ll be your phoenix and your warrior queen. She will become your world, in the curve of her smile, in the color of her eye, the half dimple on her cheeks, the words pouring out of her soul, a torrent, a wave, a crescendo… so many sensations that you’ll be left breathless by a girl who writes.

Maybe she’s not the best at grammar, but that’s okay.

Date a girl who writes because you deserve it. Because she’s witty, empathetic, enigmatic at times and she’s lovely. She’s got the most colorful life. She may be living in New York city or a small cottage in the country. Date a girl who writes because a girl who writes also reads.

A girl who writes will understand reality. She’ll be infuriating at times, and sometimes you’ll be angry with her. Sometimes she’ll be angry with you too. But a girl who writes understands human nature, and she will understand that you are weak. She will not leave on the midnight train the first moment that things go sour. She will understand that real life is not like a story, because while she works in stories, she lives in reality.

Date a girl who writes.

Because there is nothing better than a girl who writes.

(I don't know the author's name).

Ser una niñita negra

No ví los Oscares y por lo tanto no me enteré de lo que pasó a tiempo, solo sé que la ceremonia fue un tanto misógina, comenzando por la canción de apertura que era acerca de senos, y que el tono de uno de los presentadores fue tal que inspiró a uno de los empleados de The Onion (un sitio de noticias satíricas), quien llamó en un tweet a Quvenzhane Wallis, actriz de solo 9 años, "cunt" (coño) que es todavía un insulto sumamente despectivo. Hay un movimiento respecto a retomar esta palabra como descripción de una mujer fuerte y segura de su feminidad, pero por el momento, hacerlo en internet y más aún dirigirlo a una pequeña no tiene realmente ninguna excusa.

La gente que no es de piel oscura jamás podrá entender los beneficios que ha obtenido, solo por la información genética que posee su cuerpo, pero en todos los casos, lo que decimos a los niños se vuelve su voz interior. A mis casi 40 años aún recuerdo las "bromas" de mis primos, compañeros de escuela y amigos y los insultos que recibí de miembros muy cercanos de mi familia. He salido adelante a pesar de (o quizás precisamente por) ellos, pero ser insultado de esa forma, no es algo que merezca ningún niño.

Aquí les va esta reflexión al respecto, escrita por Mia McKenzie's en su blog: Black Girl Dangerous. Esta reflexión me parece algo que debemos leer a todos esos pequeños, cuya autoestima pudiera dañarse por las palabras malintencionaas de algunas personas:

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que incluso cuando eres la persona más joven en ser nominada a un premio de la Academia, mucha gente usará esta ocasión para no considerarte por todas las cosas increíbles, que obviamente eres, pero para destrozarte por las formas en las que no te pareces a ellos, las formas en que tu nombre no es del tipo correcto, las formas en que no les recuerdas a ellos mismos, el hecho en que no eres rubia o de ojos azules, como si todas esas cosas pudieran remotamente importar cuando se enfrentan al talento, belleza y brillo sin proporciones que posees. 

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que vienes al él, y ya se espera que sea menos de lo que tú eres, el genio y la oscuridad radiante que posees  ya están configurados para ser ignorados, eliminados o borrados por casi cualquier persona que llegues a conocer. 

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que incluso cuando lo eres todo, algunas personas querrán que seas nada. Ellos te mirarán a través de sus anteojos sin color, que se pondrán cada vez que entres a un cuarto. Y la grandeza que tienes, lo sobresaliente, los dones que posees, serán invisibles para ellos.

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo quien ya tiene, a sus nueve años, la confianza suficiente para demandar a los reporteros flojos e irrespetuosos que te llamen por tu nombre, es que la mayoría de la gente no entenderá la cantida de confort en tu propia piel que tienes que tener para hacerlo, no serán capaces de captar la fiereza pura y transparente del acto, el atrevimiento, la certeza, el amor por ti misma y no serán impresionados al verte haciéndolo, aunque realmente deberían.

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que tus derechos a ser una niña, a ser pequeña e inocente y protegida, serán ignorados y serás vista como una pequeña adulta, una pequeña negra adulta, y como tal serás suceptible a todas las ofensas que la gente que tiene dos, tres o cuatro veces tu edad tiene que soportar. 

Pero alégrate. 

Porque las cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que en ti viven y golpean la fuerza increíble y la resiliencia de tus ancestros. 

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que estás hecha de belleza y lucha y alma.

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que cuando tienes talento, probablemente tienes más talento en tu dedo chico del pie, que la gente que te aplasta tiene en su familia entera. 

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que si tienes la suerte suficiente de conocer tu propia valía, ya conoces todo lo que necesitas conocer. 

La cuestión acerca de ser una niñita negra en el mundo es que estarás rodeada de otras niñas negras que lo saben. Y ellas sostendrán tu mano y trenzarán tu cabello y se reirán contigo. Ellas te dirán que lo que tienes es un don. Ellas te dejarán ser perfecta y ser imperfecta. Ellas te acunarán en sus brazos y protegerán tu corazón. Ellas te susurrarán y gritarán todo lo que tú eres. Y en un mundo que quiere que te vayas en el preciso momento en que naces, ellas te ayudarán a mantenerte viva. Algunas de ellas incluso te ayudarán a ser libre. 

Te tenemos, pequeña. 

Con mucho amor,

Mia McKenzie

Dejar ir / Let go

Mucho del resentimiento que guardamos se debe a la inhabilidad para comunicar nuestros sentimientos y la falta de receptividad de la otra persona involucrada. Esta mañana tuve un sueño muy interesante, en el que le expresaba con toda sinceridad y respeto a alguien los errores que él cometió hace ya muchos años. El escuchó con apertura, ni siquiera tuvo tiempo de decir nada, ya que mi sueño terminó, pero me dejó con un sentimiento de paz. Esta paz no la cambio por nada.

A lot of the resentment we keep is due to the inability to communicate our feelings and the lack of receptivity the other person shows. This morning I had a very interesting dream, where I expressed with all honesty and respect to someone, the mistakes he made so many years ago. He listened with openness, and although he couldn't say a word, as my dream finished, this fact let me with a feeling of peace. These peace, I won't trade it for anything. 

Llamado / Calling

Escuché mi llamado, no creo poder volver a vivir una vida a medias.

I just heard my true calling, I don't think I can live my life half-way again.

Transformaxion

Una parte clave del proceso de transformación es la acción. De ahí el nombre de mi blog. Los cambios nacen en nuestros pensamientos, pero maduran con nuestras acciones. Sin embargo, muchas personas tienen miedo a cambiar y a perderse en el proceso.

Hoy decido confiar en el proceso y en mí, y salir de mi zona de comfort cada día, para poder hacer realidad mis sueños.

Las mujeres de mi casa, por Erika Irusta Rodríguez

LAS MUJERES DE MI CASA, SANACION DE NUESTRO LINAJE FEMENINO

“La salud de la mujer es el terreno sobre el que crece toda la humanidad. Mejorar la salud de una mujer fertiliza y aprovisiona el terreno para todos, hombres, mujeres, niños, animales, plantas y el propio planeta. El vínculo madre- hija, en toda su belleza, dolor y complejidad, forma el cimiento mismo del estado de salud de una mujer. Esta relación primordial deja su huella en todas y cada una de nuestras células para toda la vida”

Las mujeres, como los hombres, nos creamos en el útero de nuestra madre. Bebemos sus emociones, sentimos todo aquello que acontece en su cuerpo, mente y espíritu. Es nuestro universo durante nueve lunas y constituye nuestra esencial referencia de la vida humana. En el caso de las mujeres, nuestros úteros son creados en el útero de nuestra madre y en él se imprimirán sus emociones básicas acerca de la feminidad. Así, en su útero, se albergan también aquellas de nuestra abuela y, si seguimos esta espiral, caeremos en la cuenta de que en este útero de creación y recreación, nuestro Templo Sagrado (útero), está construido sobre los pilares de todas las mujeres de nuestro linaje matrilineal.

El legado de todas estas mujeres hasta nosotras (o hasta nuestras hijas) está impreso en nuestro cuerpo, en concreto en nuestros genitales, nuestros órganos sexuales, nuestros senos y nuestro abdomen. Tener conciencia de esto nos ayuda a entender el porqué de tantos dolores “inexplicables”, de tanta ira contenida y de tantas lágrimas sordas anudadas en nuestra garganta.
Las mujeres de nuestra casa sufrieron miles de abusos, desde la imagen de pecadora que tuvieron que aceptar “gracias a” la Iglesia Católica hasta la reclusión “recomendada” en los fogones. Nuestras ancestras fueron niñas, fueron mujeres, fueron hijas, fueron madres como hoy lo somos nosotras. Sus miedos y sus contentos eran similares a los nuestros. Ellas tuvieron sus sueños cumplidos y sus sueños frustrados. Fueron algo más que cuidadoras, aunque ahora apenas lo recordemos. Tuvieron inquietudes y necesidades de brillar como las que hoy sólo confesamos ante el espejo o una mano amiga.

Leyendo el libro de Madres e Hijas de la Dra. Northrup pude poner palabras a lo que tantas veces había sentido hacía mi madre y hacia mi abuela. Esa necesidad de verlas como mujeres, sin el lazo específico de la sangre familiar sino con el lazo universal que nos une a las mujeres en manada. Llorando encontré que en el seno de mi madre residía una mujer llena de poder. Una mujer a la que podía admirar. El reflejo de la Diosa, que tantas veces ilustré con dibujos prestados, estaba ahí y era real. Todos estos años la buscaba y hasta que no bajé la espada del reproche y abracé nuestras sombras no pude ver el verdadero rostro de la mujer en la que me crié y acuné.

Mi madre también es hija, como lo es mi abuela y todas mis ancestras. Todas tenemos en común nuestra Fuente de Origen y sólo cuando pude llegar hasta ella entendí los misterios más inciertos y oscuros de mi. Comprendí que muchos no eran míos, supe que tantos otros no eran de mi madre y así fui deshilando la manta de los recuerdos, hasta llegar a Ellas. Las mujeres del pasado se manifiestan en nosotras a través de los pálpitos de nuestro útero.

Esta Sagrada Vasija contiene las aguas de todas las emociones, suyas y nuestras. Hemos de sentirla sin miedo para poder elegir qué es lo que queremos quedarnos y qué queremos desechar. Ellas nos acompañan desde la luz si así se lo pedimos. Simplemente hemos de nombrarlas con solemnidad, con el corazón y los brazos abiertos pidiendo su presencia y ayuda. Reconociendo el linaje de sangre lunar. Os invito a invocarlas. Así lo hago yo desde las profundidades de mi Ser:
En este caminar soy Erika, hija de Ana Rosa, hija de Lucila, hija de Eleuteria, hija de Pascuala, hija y nieta de las mujeres valientes que me precedieron. A vosotras, abuelas, os invoco desde el Amor, buscando la Sabiduría que reside en vuestro legado.

Con estas palabras reconozco su labor aún perenne en esta Tierra, pues ellas viven en mi sangre. Porque decido honrarlas, las nombro. Porque decido liberarme de aquello que no quiero, las nombro. Ellas son la fuerza que impulsa cada una de mis acciones. Ellas son la Savia de mi cuerpo.
De todas y cada una, una sonrisa y cientos de lágrimas recorriendo mi cara. De todas y cada una, el regazo acogedor. De todas y cada una de las mujeres de mi casa llevo la luz y la sombra. Son cientos y a todas ellas muestro mi veneración, porque del linaje de mis mujeres vine a este cuerpo, a esta familia en concreto. Como hija y nieta de tantas, decido caminar hacia las profundidades de sus úteros para encontrar el origen de la angustia y ponerle fin.

Siento que no estamos completas hasta el día en que tomamos aire y nos aventuramos a bucear en las profundidades de nuestro linaje femenino. El momento en el que nos reconocemos únicas es el momento en el que honramos aquello de lo que formamos parte. Sólo cuando pude sentirme cómoda y reconfortada en los brazos de mi madre, pude dar el paso hacia mi propio universo. Hasta entonces había sido una niña perdida, buscando la aprobación de una mujer que no sabía si amar u odiar. Fuera como fuera nunca tuve elección, sabía que hiciera lo que hiciera, siempre la amaría. Pese a todo lo que me dolía reconocerlo, era cierto. Mi universo fue esa mujer y como nuestra Madre Tierra, por mucho que trates de ignorarla ella siempre te sostiene. Quizás no es como esperas, pero Ella es el mundo que necesitas para aprender lo que has de aprender. Cuando comienzas a amar tus tifones, cuando entiendes tus cataratas, llegas a encontrarla hermosa. La miras y te reconoces en ella. Entonces sabes que sois Una, tal y como fuisteis hace años.

Hemos de aventurarnos a recorrer este laberinto mágico que nos conduce a la Fuente. Nuestro primer pasadizo es nuestro cuerpo y de ahí se abren las puertas hacia las mujeres de nuestra casa. Pasamos a través de nuestro útero al útero materno y de allí al útero de nuestras ancestras. De una a otra tomamos conciencia de quiénes somos en realidad. Cada una descubrimos nuestros misterios y os aseguro, hermanas, que todos son bellos, sea cual sea su forma.
Para avanzar, no sólo hemos de comprender, sino también honrar nuestro origen. Gracias a Ellas palpitamos. Sólo Nosotras podemos elegir cómo.

Erika Irusta Rodríguez
Mujer, hija, doula, pedagoga especializada en energía femenina y sanación de Lo Sagrado Femenino

Regresé / I'm back!!

Finalmente después de una ardua labor, estoy de regreso. Como algunos saben, estuve terminando mi maestría, trabajando con mis clientes y decidiendo qué hacer con mi vida. Parece que mi vida en vez de unificarse en unas cuantas actividades, se diversifica constantemente. Además, con el tiempo y las diferentes experiencias, me he vuelto dolorosamente consciente de que la vida transcurre mientras hacemos otros planes. Mi intención es hacer una contribución, aunque sea pequeña, al mundo y dejarlo un poquito mejor de como lo encontré. Pienso que la mejor manera de hacerlo es seguir descubriendo más de mi misma y ayudar a otras personas a descubrirse también, para poder transformar lo que ya no  sirve.

Por el momento, solo quiero re-inaugurar mi blog y decir que estoy de regreso y contenta de haber salido en este viaje.

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Finally, after a lot of work, I'm back. As you mayknow, I was finishing my masters degree, working with clients and deciding what to do with my life. It seems that my life is becoming more complex and diverse, instead of becoming simpliers. Besides, time and some experiences have made me painfully aware that life is what happens as you are making plans. My intention is to contribute, even in a small way and leave it a little bit better than I found it. I think that the best way to do it is to know more about myself and to help other people to be aware of themselves, in order to transform what is no longer useful.

At this point, I only want to re-open my blog and say that I'm back and happy from my journey.

Imagen: math.byu.edu

Feliz día de las madres

En México, hoy es el día de las madres y antes de que acabe el día, un abrazo y felicitaciones a todas mis amigas y conocidas. A las que tienen hijos, a las que los perdieron, a las que sueñan con tenerlos y a las que tuvieron que dejar atrás ese sueño. A las que educaron al hijo de su pareja, a las que consienten a sus sobrinos y a los hijos de sus amigas, a quienes quieren como propios. A las que nos ayudan a educarlos y a los que los cuidan cuando no podemos hacerlo. Porque a los hijos los gestas en el vientre pero también en el corazón.

Re-connect: Happiness

Our second Re-connect session this last Thursday was about Happiness.

I was surprised to see mostly guys in this gathering, but their participation and exploration of the topic was very interesting, too.

We started talking about how we felt at that moment, as well as recalling when was the last time that we felt happy. All of them had experienced happiness in the last week. We also described the different levels of happiness we experienced, from the quiet and peaceful calm to the exhilarating joy.

Happy comes from happ, icelandic for luck or chance. The Dalai Lama says we can train the psique or the spirit (also includes the mind) to be happy. Personal happiness can manifest as a simple willingness to reach out to others., create a feeling of affinity and goodwill.

Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life.

Happy people tend to be sociable, flexible and creative and are able to tolerate life-s daily frustrations more easily. Happy people tend to reach out and help others. Happiness is contagious.

People are happiest when are in flow, with other people, focused in another activity, focus on loved one, discovering, when they forget about themselves. Unhappy and suicidal people feel alone, isolation, hopelessness. self-focused attitude brings mood down.

Thinking about the blessings we have had through our lives brings us satisfaction, while thinking of what we don't have yet will bring us dissatisfaction. Notice how different is to say: I'm glad I'm not a (I'm glad I'm) ... vs. I wish I were...

We naturally try to be happy. When we are not able to be happy, we get drugs and anti-depressants. Depression and anxiety are rising, by 2020, depression will be the 2nd cause of disability. It's easier to notice the negative things: have a conversation with a co-worker, praise her work for 5 minutes, tell her 1 single little thing that she could do to improve, and all she will think will be that "negative" comment.

The same for a relationship. Researcher Nancy Etcoff says we should keep a 5-1 ratio for a good relationship. Say 5 positive things for each negative thing you need to point out.

If keep focusing in the negative things we perceive or are afraid of, we may soon enter in a mood of sadness, anxiety or anger, which, in turn may have an impact on everything else we "experience" as emotions change the way we perceive or remember things.


Some advices to live a happier life (found in http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Happiness_and_Life):


1. A Proactive Life is a Happy One
Happy people have positive goals and positive tasks. Proactive people are 15% more satisfied with their lives than more passive people. Happiness researcher Ed Diener explains, “happy people set goals for themselves again and again.”

2. An Active Life is a Happy One
Regular physical activity keeps the body healthy and makes the spirit happy. Daily walks raise the level of happiness 12%. David Niven says, “people who stay fit via sports are healthier, more positive, and more successful.”

3. Doing Good for the World is a Source of Happiness
Those who regularly do good things for others are 24% happier than those who only live for themselves. John A. Schindler wrote, “live as a giving person. Those who give are happier than those who only take. Those who give to others discover the beauty in the world.”

4. Rest and Relaxation Bring Happiness
The central point of a healthy and happy life is to find the balance between rest and activity. Besides, work, physical activity, and time spent with others, we need time to rest and relax. We need to get enough sleep. Scientific research shows that relaxed people think more positively and are happier. Every hour of sleep missed lowers the positivity one can experience during the day.
Where that point of balance between rest and activity lies, must be decided for oneself. Everyone needs to experiment a little to find this correct balance. We have to figure out who much sleep we need and how much relaxation time we need and at what speed we function at our best. We in the western world of „go, go, go“ who wish to stay happy and healthy, must also live extra clever. We need to organize our lives in an intelligent way to facilitate inner happiness and find one’s personal way to inner balance.

5. Positive Thinking
Those who think positively double their chance to realize happiness. Those who wish to be happy should think positively. The positive characteristics of wisdom, love, peace, inner power and joy in life should be set as the central point of one’s life. One should exercise a conscious decision to be positive. Fo example, we can ask ourselves, “ how can I go through the day in a positive way?”

6. Too Much Television Makes You Unhappy
Scientific research states, „ every hour of television lowers the general quality of life by 5%“. TV orients people around superficial things, and the concept of superficial happiness. It raises desire, increases aggression, and creates sorros. Those who would like to grow in terms of happiness, should stop watching TV. (David Niven: Die 100 Geheimnisse glücklicher Menschen. München 2000, Seite 32 f.)
The way to positive TV viewing consists of : a) choose your programs carefully. Avoid negative films. B) Find the correct amount of TV. Children should watch a maximum of one hour per day of television. C) After watching TV, one should practice some form of spiritual exercise (such as yoga, meditation, walking, reading, contemplating the meaning of life).

7. Foster Friendship
Build on your positive circle of friends. Women who talk to others reduce their worries by 55%. Cancer stricken women who met with a group once a week raised their survival chances to twice as high as those who didn’t meet with a group. In the western world, there is a strong tendency towards isolation. There are many single and lonely people. People who have a good circle of friends are happier and not isolated. We should take care of our friendships and practice positive activities with them.

8. Facilitate Joy
Those who can find little elements of joy in their lives can raise their overall happiness by 20%. Nils once felt bad and in order to raise his spirits, he ate a lot of sweets. His spirit brightened more and more. Then he visualized the sweets in his stomach and awakened his kundalini energy. He awakened a strong energy which quickly brought him back into the light. Nils learned to thus connect outer enjoyment with spiritual exercises. One then needs less sweets. Just a bit of outer enjoyment is enough for inner happiness.

9. Humor
Those with a good sense of humor raise their positivity by 33%. We should foster our sense of humor and learn to not take things so seriously. We should learn to laugh at our selves. Those who are able to do so, can live lighter and brighter. It is good to see cheerful films, read funny books, and to visit joyful people.

10. Self-Confidence
Happy people believe in themselves. They believe in their goals, their wisdom, and their power. They see themselves as winners. They know they will prevail in the long term. In a world of doubt, all followers of the way of bliss need inner strength in order to go about their way successfully. The followers of inner happiness need a clear anchor in terms of wisdom, self-discipline, and self-confidence to avoid being brought back by materialism and doubt.


After talking a little bit about the ways to increase happiness, we decided to be more practical and start experiencing with laughter. We did some simple exercises laughing with the sounds of the vowels, putting the hands together in front of the chest. Then, we repeated the laughter sensing it in the body. We started with hahaha, moved to hehehe and so on. Each exercise took us around two minutes per vowel.

If you want to try it out, look at this practice from Laughter Yoga.

Do not take things too seriously. Concentrate on the funny side of life. Go laughing through the day. Practice Laughter Yoga. Laughter is healthy.
1. Clap your hands = We clap our hands in front of the heart chakra. We focus on the stomach and laugh "Ho, ho." We focus on the chest and laugh "Haha." Third, we change constantly between the abdomen and the chest up and down and shout, "Hoho, Haha, Hoho ...

2. Body = We lay our hands on the head and laugh in the head "Hehehe." So we can clean the head of tension. Then we lay hands on the chest and shout "Hahaha". We lay hands on the stomach and yell "Hohoho". We concentrate on the feet and trample with our feet on the ground: "Huhuhu".

3. Laughing Wave = We bow the upper body to the earth. The hands are facing down. We focus on the ground. The hands go to heaven. We wail like a siren: "Hahahaha." We make the laughing wave several times. We connect through our laughter heaven and earth.

4. Welcome laughter = Within a group, we keep eye contact and laugh, until all people are happy. At home we look in the mirror and welcome ourselves. When we look into the mirror there is always something to laugh about.

5. Hands to heaven = We extend our hands to the heaven, concentrate on our chest and laugh a minute "Hahaha."

6. Happy Mantra = We think the mantra: "May all beings be happy. Let there be a world of laughing." We see all people in the world and ourselves as a laughing Buddhas, laughing gods or laughing holinesses.

7. Om Song = At the end of our Laughter Yoga we sing one minute the mantra "Om". We sing it in own our melody. We sense in which part of our body Om resonates best. We sing the Om until we are calm. Then we go optimistic through our lives.


I hope you enjoyed it.

Re-connect

I'm hosting a weekly discussion session to re-connect with our spiritual purpose. If you would like to participate, please, contact me and I'll give you all the details.

Here is this week topic: Re-Connect

“Why am I afraid to tell you who I am? I am afraid to tell you who I am, because, if I tell you who I am, you may not like who I am, and it's all that I have...”
― John Powell

We are born with the need to connect. When a baby is born, his interaction with the world makes him strive. We continue connecting with our parents, family, friends and later with colleagues and strangers. However, there are moments when we feel disconnected. The feeling of being different and unrelated from the rest of the world takes away our power.

According to Brene Brown, shame is a fear of disconnection. The fear of being perceived as flawed and unworthy of acceptance or belonging. Shame keeps us from telling our own stories and prevents us from listening to others tell their stories. We silence our voices and keep our secrets out of the fear of disconnection. We are wired for connection.

Our need for connection is about survival; this is one of our most basic needs. Babies that are not touched or held don't thrive. Everyone is longing for connection and by being available, we connect to the world.

We say we are aware of the importance of connection, but nowadays, real connection seems increasingly difficult. People seem to be connected all the time to different gadgets that are supposed to increase connection but keep contact to a minimum level.

However, we are also afraid of connection. Probably because if I let you catch just a glimpse of my entire being, you won't know who I am and I won't disappoint you. It seems contradictory that nowadays, when more means of communication are available, we are even more disconnected. Disconnection, or at least a selective connection is the way we cope with the anxiety or fear of rejection. We see now people twitting or blogging about every single activity they do through the day.

We seem to be longing for real connection.

The first step to re-connect with other people is to re-connect with myself. I need to be aware of my thoughts, feelings, needs, fears and desires to be able to connect with someone else.

Then, I need to see the other person. I need to understand that she has different thoughts, feelings, needs, fears and desires. The Zulu greeting, "Sawubona" means "I see you" and the response "Ngikhona" means "I am here".

Inherent in the Zulu greeting and our grateful response, is the sense that until you saw me, I didn't exist. By recognizing me, you brought me into existence. A Zulu folk saying clarifies this, "Umuntu ngumuntu nagabantu", meaning "A person is a person because of other people".

To connect with someone else means to understand, accept and respect the other person. This is easier said than done. When we realize everyone is different, we may either accept the other person or reject her. If we want to connect we need to develop empathy.

Empathy is the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient being.

Dalai Lama suggests to approach others with compassion. Empathy is an important factor for compasion. The ability to appreciate another's suffering. When dealing with others at any level, if you are having some difficulties, its extremely helpful to be able to try to put yoursel fin the other person'as place and see how you would react to the situation. Temporarily suspend your point of view.

Self Portrait by David Whyte

It doesn't interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong
or feel abandoned.
If you can know despair or see it in others
If you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need to change you,
If you can look back with firm eyes saying
"This is where I stand."

I want to know if you know how to melt
into that fierce heat of living
falling toward the center of your longing
If you are willing to live day by day
with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion
of your sure defeat.
I have heard in that fierce embrace
even the gods speak of God.

Practice:

CS Lewis says: You dont have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

Remind of yourself we are all human beings. We all have a contract with each other. There are no friends or enemies, just teachers.

Some time ago, I found this exercise online:
"One must not do this breathing exercise mechanically. This has to be done with the awareness of what it really brings you.

"First do three inhalations and exhalations with consciousness, i.e. inhale Light and exhale any shadow which still dwells within you. Do this three times.

"Then with a large deep inhalation, inhale Love. Hold your breath as much as possible to conserve the Energy of Love you have integrated, then exhale anything within you which is not Love. Do this three times as well.

"Thus, three times, you do three small inhalations and exhalations where you inhale Light and exhale all the shadow which still dwells within you, as well as three deep inhalations and exhalations where you retain Universal Love and exhale anything within you which is not Love.

"Do this exercise with awareness because it will have no value if you do it while breathing normally."



2. Connection with the Divine Self :

Connecting Oneself with the Divine Self
"Visualize your body of matter. Try to see your face, as if you were seeing yourself from an external projection, as if you were facing yourself. First mentally, say to your body that you love it. Utter your first name and say: 'I love you'.

"Then visualize within yourself a white room that is extremely luminous. The room is totally luminous although there are no doors and there are no windows. Inside of the room you will find someone who is sitting and waiting for you. This being is the Divine within you, he is the being who holds absolute power. Your consciousness is facing him and you will ask him for his help. Ask him to regenerate your body, to restore energy to any parts that are deficient. Still facing the wonderful being, remind yourself that your human consciousness is next to the Divine Being who is within you.

"You will now see emanating from yourself, from the Divine Child, a magnificent golden radiation. This golden radiation, this immense love will spread through your physical body, and your energetic bodies as well. This Love will permeate all your cells and absorb any vibratory frequencies which are too low.

"You may have a sense of being double, the experience of being both inside and outside your body, being yourself and something else. You may feel a gentle heat spreading through your body, an energy of Love which transforms anything. Try to keep your consciousness within yourself facing your Divinity, as long as possible.

"This exercise allows connection, connection between human being and Divine Being, vibratory harmonization, recognition.

"Say to the Divine within you, to this magnificent presence, how much you love him, thank him for regenerating your body and tell him that you will visit him back in your meditations to commune together in a mutual experience of love. Tell him, as well, how much you trust his immense power of Love and his potential to transform your physical body and your consciousness. He can act on all levels, whether they be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual extending beyond the limits of time and space.

"Now put your consciousness back in front of you. If you cannot see it in front of you, try to visualize it. Once again, say that you love yourself by mentally uttering your first name followed by the words: ‘I love you'. "

A final word on connection:

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. -Ancient Chinese Belief

A mis amigas en Monterrey

Querida amiga,

Te invito a formar parte de este grupo porque pienso que tienes una cualidad maravillosa que no puede seguir oculta más tiempo: la habilidad para sanar. He sido testigo de cómo en algún momento de tu vida has sanado algún aspecto en ti o en alguien más que causaba dolor; y creo que tu ayuda es un factor clave en la curación del mundo tan lastimado en que vivimos ahora.

Cada tragedia, grande o pequeña, nos lleva un paso más cerca de la destrucción de la humanidad y creo que es urgente cambiar el rumbo. He visto también con mis propios ojos cómo pequeños grupos de personas comprometidas pueden cambiar el mundo. Estoy convencida de que para sanarnos a nosotras y sanar a quienes nos rodean, necesitamos organizarnos y recobrar la sabiduría femenina. No es que los hombres sean incapaces de hacerlo, pero me parece que a los ojos de la mujer, hay cosas que son inaceptables. Hay hombres que reconocen que es necesario que la mujer tome el liderazgo y nos apoyarán sin importar qué pase.

Por favor, invita a quienes creas que puedan estar interesadas y participa de esta primera reunión. Si después decides formar un grupo diferente, está muy bien. Si quieres incluso seguir organizando este grupo, mucho mejor, ya que yo solamente podré estar en esta primera reunión. Solo te pido que conserves la esencia de este grupo: mujeres en edad fértil que se reúnen para celebrar la maravilla de ser mujer y compartir lo que está en sus corazones. Sin ninguna agenda política o religiosa para ser impuesta a las mujeres, solo el Sagrado Femenino que nos dió vida.

Si este mensaje resuena en tu corazón, por favor, contáctame para hacerte llegar la invitación.

Un abrazo,

Marxe

Casa de la Luna en Mexico (Red Tent Temple)

El Templo de la Tienda Roja o la Casa de la Luna es una celebración de lo femenino, de la mujer, de la menstruación. Diferentes tradiciones hablan de una tienda roja o casa de la luna donde las mujeres de las tribus o aldeas se reunían por el período de la menstruación. En ese tiempo, las mujeres se dedicaban a sí mismas: a conversar, comer, apoyarse mutuamente y descansar. También era el tiempo de aprender sobre el ser mujer, los ciclos de fertilidad, salud femenina y otros temas más.

Además, en la tienda roja las mujeres aprendían artes curativas y místicas. Era el santuario de los secretos compartidos y la sabiduría adquirida mediante la tradición oral.

En la actualidad, las reuniones de la Tienda Roja o de la Casa de la Luna nos permiten estrechar los vínculos de hermandad con otras mujeres, recuperar nuestro espacio sagrado y tener un lugar donde sentirnos seguras y disfrutar de la compañía de nuestras hermanas. Tradicionalmente se hace cerca de la luna nueva, y está abierto a todas las mujeres que han tenido ya su menstruación. Aunque no hay una agenda fija, una reunión así puedes esperar plática, compañerismo, danzas, tés, comida, reflexiones y en general, lo que el grupo de mujeres necesite para sentirse a gusto.

Para saber más, puedes leer la novela histórica la Tienda Roja de Anita Diamant: http://www.hislibris.com/la-tienda-roja-anita-diamant/

Vé también la película Red Tent Temple (redtentmovie.com)

Consulta los siguientes sitios:

Alisa Starkweather

Star of Ishtar