*Morning Has Broken*

Elviria Hills, Southern Spain, November 2015 

Morning has broken

Our task, to stay nurtured

In no-mind – Allow the rising sun

To illuminate our being

Without the interference of our impatient minds.

 

The wind softly rattles the leaves on the trees

The all-covering morning fog slowly dissipates

 

I can see the ocean in a distance

The horizon a bit undefined

The peach morning sky mixing with that misty morning fog

 

What does it mean to be defined? Refined?

Sharp lines

 

I heard once that words create separation, duality, opposites.

It’s true.

With the pen we try to define things

Put words on things, on the tangible and the intangible.

Yet Oneness, the beauty of life, is as undefinable as it is sensed by the heart

The floating energy within and without is understood with our spirits and soul.

But the mind is impatient and wants to define.

 

It wants to create sharp lines

Say this is this, and that is that.

To define makes it secure.

Makes us secure

It is a survival mechanism, so we will know and can react accordingly – stay alive

The mist sweeps the valley

 

On the matter of one’s need for love, compassion, kindness and a warm touch

That ultimate need to know within our hearts that we share togetherness with a group

To sense that oneness we all crave – within our community

No words can define that need nor the satisfaction when that need is met.

Still,  you stay away

♥︎

*Autumn Poem for Soul and Psyche*

Autumn Poem for Soul and Psyche

Prologue

Like the tree that loses its leaves

Left exposed

Its branches naked and shy

We too must release

Shed layers

Vulnerability is inevitable

Release like Mother Earth

Let the leaves fall ~ bathe in the west winds ~ cleanse your body mind, your soul, your psyche

Our light grows stronger and stronger the more we let go of heavy burdens.

Fear, anger, self doubt. Let’s harmonize with Mother Nature’s autumn flow, and release ever so effortlessly, resistance free.

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I.

Shed layers

Shed skin

Shed tears of sorrows past

Shed leaves of irritation

And shells of separation

Yes do it wise one!  It’s time.

In harmony with Mother Nature

Drop old gains and glory

Release your growth

To feed your present story

Don’t hold so tight

Take courage

Lose the grip

Surrender!

You’ve done well

Harvested this cycle’s gifts and blessings

Now it’s time to give thanks and let go!

One two three, release!

Light or heavy

Allow it all be swept away

Into the vortex of time and space

It has served its purpose

It is time to say goodbye

Release it to God

To Source

Bid aDieu

Have heart sweet one  

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II.

Become bare again ~ Lighten your load

Unveil your true self in the process

Allow the growing darkness to comfort you

As the past trickles down your cheek

To support and to hold you, to cover you

As you slowly undress

Those armors must be heavy beautiful one

For years and years

You’ve clad yourself in heavy steel

For protection

I know

And those quills you’ve grown

Through the steel

They can’t defend you either

I’m so sorry

But it is the truth!

You, a beautiful child of Love Universal

You must feel your feelings

O those heavy burdens you carry!

Layers upon layers of pain and grief

Upon armors and armors of hesitant pride

Importance

Stature

Judgment

Self-righteousness

Self-doubt

Self-pity

They have only kept you separated

From your true self

From that spectacular wonder

Of sensing Oneness

Within

Sensing God

Within

As You

Within every single cell

Now let it all go!

All those pains of the past

All those burdens and fake protection

You don’t have to be afraid anymore

I will help you

The  wounds will heal

I promise

From my heart to yours

Feel the miraculous relief

As they drop from your shoulders

The heavy armors

As they hit the floor

And the feeling of emergence sweeps all your senses

You gasp for air

You fill your lungs with the breath of God

The Breath of Grace

The Breath of Love

From underneath all that steel   

Your luminous self has appeared

Radiant, free and blissful

Marvel in the freedom sweet one

Enjoy the lightness of being

Embrace your divinity

I’m still here

I’m with you

All is good

All is well

Enlightenment is yours


By Helga Sóley ~ Woman of Vision

*Lightness*

* How exciting Life can be! It doesn't always have to be so, but when you feel the rush of excitement and creativity flowing through your body-mind, emanating from you heart, your soul and spirit in union encouraging you to be who you are and spring forth, become a part of the lighter realms of Life, smell the aroma of all the beautiful colors and taste the landscape with your inner senses ~ WOW! then, then everything stirs and one little ray of sunlight breaking through the February clouds, makes you wanna fly in ecstasy from the knowing, YES, the knowing that brighter days are a head! Just around the corner there's sunshine, green grass, blue skies, fresh rivers and cascading waterfalls, so willing to infuse you with the energy of flow and joy. WONDERFUL! If I could be even just a little bit more grateful for darkness, the enveloping dimness allowing for this sensation of rebirth, I would probably burst!*

*Honoring the Swelling Belly*

♥ Repost from '12/'13

*1st/2nd of February*
Brigit's Day ~ Candlemas ~ Imbolc  

There are stirrings within the womb of Mother Earth. Light is quickening* 

The seeds that were planted on Winter Solstice are beginning to sprout. 

We are now midway between the solstice and the gifts of Ostara, so the promise of spring is around the corner. Imbolc means 'in the belly', or 'around the belly', in honor of the swelling belly of  the Earth Mother. I think that is so beautiful*

Today we light a candle for the Celtic Goddess Brigit, the Triple Fire Goddess.  

As for many other pagan Goddesses, today she is also revered as a 

Christian saint.  God~Goddess moves in mysterious ways ;) 

Brigit's three aspects are the Fire of Inspiration as patroness of poetry, 

Fire of the Hearth, as patroness of healing and fertility, and Fire of the Forge, as patroness of smithcraft and martial arts.

She has many sides and faces to her, but she is always associated with fire, and to me that also means courage, and the strength to carry on. In the Northern hemisphere we are starting to feel the heavy burden of a long winter, thankful for all the lessons,  but longing for more light and lightness in Life.  Brigit gives us that extra spark to keep on, not to fall back and give up. 

She is the bringer of hope*

Today I dedicate my candle prayer to Brigit, to ANU the Mother of Goddesses and to the Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet

Live well and be Happy*

*LOVE*

*Farewell*

Who's That Witch?

It’s Halloween, the All Hallows Evening, or All Saints Eve. In many cultures around the world, now is a time of celebration and honoring. There are a lot of different themes to these celebration activities, and they differ a lot between nations and religions. To a great extent these celebrations derive from similar set of beliefs, which over time, as the original source branched out, have taken on their own identities. One key aspect still remains, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that’s darkness. We have reached winter. We celebrate the return into the void. Here, Mother Earth rests, reserves her energies.

Who's That Witch?

It’s Halloween, the All Hallows Evening, or All Saints Eve. In many cultures around the world, now is a time of celebration and honoring. There are a lot of different themes to these celebration activities, and they differ a lot between nations and religions. To a great extent these celebrations derive from similar set of beliefs, which over time, as the original source branched out, have taken on their own identities. One key aspect still remains, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that’s darkness. We have reached winter. We celebrate the return into the void. Here, Mother Earth rests, reserves her energies.

*35~8*

April 14th 2014 ~ My 35th birthday of joy, love and freedom

*AQUARIUS spirit*

NEW MOON Blessings to ALL ~ I wish all of us much strength, focus and magical creativity this time around the sacred cycle of sister Moon* She is very close tonight though we don't see her ~ We'll see and feel her in the tides of the ocean and sense how she effects our inner tides as well ~ Brother Sun and Sister Moon in brilliant Aquarius ~ what is more appropriate than to celebrate the Aquarian Spirit of creating a better world with this song!  Listen to the lyrics their sublime 

.....
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!

*Last Full Moon of the Year ~ 2013

Everything is calmer now. Sailing softly... I reach the shore. I tie the boat to a great big rock. This is it, this is Wisdom Rock. I'm here, at last.

* The Crone and the Cauldron*

... Searching for some files on my computer, I found reflections I wrote down 364 days ago. I'll post it now. These were reflections I never posted but were suppose to follow my Autumn post of 2012 - Read that one here

10th of November 2012

Continuing from my last post ...

We are still sailing the seas of the West. The waters have been rough, calm, frisky... hopefully we are all still on board.

Yes, no, I don’t know. What is it all about? I suppose it’s good to pose questions! I have been thinking about a lot of things the past few weeks…

Here I sit alone in my parents’ home on a Saturday, surrounded by candles, sipping hot coco and enjoying rolled up pancakes from grandma, warm from the oven ‘cause I like them a bit crispy on top. The only artificial light is from the lap top screen. And of course I’m not alone; my cuddly Border collie, slash Icelandic fluffy monster is here with me.  She is sleeping by my feet to the sound of the wind that has softly found its way through the chimney. How can one but not get a bit reflective?

We have only just passed Halloween, the All Hallows Evening, or All Saints Eve. In many cultures around the world, now is a time of celebration and honoring. There are a lot of different themes to these celebration activities, and they differ a lot between nations and religions. To a great extent these celebrations derive from similar set of beliefs, which over time, as the original source branched out, have taken on their own identities. One key aspect still remains, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that’s darkness. We have reached winter. We celebrate the return into the void. Mother Earth rests, reserves her energies.

As I’m into all things Goddess, I’m fascinated about the role of women in old lore, myths and stories from the past (and of the future!) I’m a story teller & a visionary, so it suits me fine. I love to follow the seasons and feel the energy change as different Goddesses enter the world stage, at their appointed hour. Now as we are in darkness, we are accompanied by the Wise One, the Crone aspect of the Goddess.  I think it is quite remarkable how her image has been utterly distorted through time. She is a mighty One, her powers potent with the wisdom of Maiden, Mother and Queen. She holds a light to guide others as they roam the dark, on their inner paths. She has been there, often, and knows the way. Among the many Crone Goddesses is Hecate, Spider Grandmother, Kali, Goddesses of change and transformation and of the underworld. So you see, the Crone is present all over the world.

I guess it all happened over time, when her-story became his-story. I guess it all happened when we became more and more disconnected with our Great Mother Gaia, with her cycles and rhythms. Then we started to fear the dark, to fear death. The energy of the Crone was turned into something dark and gruesome. The great Wise One became the old hag with a wart on a broom, stirring the cauldron. I suppose you are seeing what I'm getting at here, it is kind of funny. I mean if you like to play with the imagination you can well imagine how the cauldron can be seen as representing the deepest feminine aspect, the womb, the spiral, creation, women’s power. So, yes, it is kind of amazing how during the transition from matriarchal to patriarchal how somehow the beauty of the Crone power has been turned into the evil witch. Something to fear. Hmmmmm... food for thought right? 

But, I seriously doubt she minds or worries over her distorted image! She probably just laughs at it. I mean she knows her powers. She, we, … we know our true strengths.

Honoring the turning of the wheel at this time of year, in any way, form or style we feel in alignment with, is a great way of reconnecting with our roots, with our wild divine nature. To connect to our authentic selves. Darkness is just as much a part of us as light is. At Winter Solstice we will celebrate the birth of light again, but until then let’s BE HERE. Let’s face the dark. Its ok, I promise. It offers the opportunity for much transformation. It might not be easy for all of us, but we can do it. We can ask the Crone to guide us through the labyrinth, she knows the way. And if we get afraid we can light the white candle within our hearts, and feel how safe and warm it is.  

Much Love & Embrace ♥ Sóley

*The Sacred Masculine*

This is not my first post about Masculinity~Femininity, and it sure isn't my last one. But it is an important one.

Yesterday, as often before, I was searching for the Sacred Masculine. Well, I do wake up next to it every single morning, next to my Man, the love of my life, the Gold of my life, my partner, always blessing me with his great big smile and warm heart :) I love you and your Sacred Masculinity * But yesterday I watched a movie, a wonderful film centred on a little girl that finds solace in the arms of the Goddess. But like in so many other movies the main male figure was so mean. He was so mean. It saddened me terribly. So I started the search for the Sacred Masculine on the www, and to my sheer pleasure and joy, after following a very interesting path, I came across Xavier Rudd* And what a gem he is* Pure heart and soul. A true peaceful warrior.

As for the Goddess, the Sacred Masculine has many faces, forms, and vibrations. The healing sounds of Xavier is one of them. Now I am so glad to be able to enjoy the blessings of the Sacred Masculine through his sounds, so I need to share the enjoyment*

 

As the sacred feminine rises it is so important to honour the male side simultaneously, the Sacred Masculine. We Goddesses, we do not want to walk behind men anymore, but we do not want to walk in front of them either. We want to walk next to them side by side** We live in a time when the medicine of the indigenous people is much needed to heal and to hold. Please wise ones, hear our prayers. Don't give up on us. We are calling out to you* We need your strength and wisdom* Thank you* We revere the ways of the old land, and we look back for guidance from our elders. Each memory of a long gone golden time on the Earth Mother strikes a chord within our hearts. But we do not want to go back in time. A new dawn is upon us. We are creating a new reality. Not all was good in those days either. We are creating the Now of Togetherness*  

I have lived many lives as a woman. I've also lived many lives as a man. During many of my incarnations as a woman I have had to endure severe cruelty by the hands of men. So it was, and so it is for many. Today, in this lifetime I enjoy the blessings of being nurtured, protected and loved by men, but I wear my old scars from my past lifetimes. I feel and I sense. I am still healing* It can be tough.

I believe we can best heal the gap between men and women by unifying their distinct energies within our own hearts. Feel and sense we are One, and that we belong together. We live in a dualistic world, a world of opposites ~ and I believe we are here to learn how to, cope’ with that, to use that not-so-spiritual-word for it. Well, it hasn't been easy. But when we manage to transcend the, coping’ and we start working with those magnificent energies, we make miracles happen. We do alchemy together*

GOLD YANTRA ~ SUN BOUNTY GENEROSITY

Gold is the color of the sacred fire, carrying abundant masculine energy. It is rich, warm and generous. At its highest level it emanates divine protection and deep spiritual wisdom.

www.yantrapaintings.com

It would make me so happy if we would start to pay more attention to the good in men. Show more positive images of men, and all their efforts. I am imagining that it can be a bit tough to be a young man in today’s society.. who are their true role models? Not to belittle the role of the fathers and grandfathers, but the world is changing so rapidly, and the old ways of looking at the relationships between men and women and gender roles in general is changing fast. Woman are rising up. We are living in an era which will see The Return of the Sacred Feminine and the Solar Feminine. We are living during a Great Shift in consciousness. 

I urge everyone I know to give this a little thought. Will we raise a generation of lost boys? I do not have children on my own, but I take notice, I’m aware, and so much around me makes my heart sing, but so much around me makes my heart cry as well. Perhaps sex education in schools should undergo a crucial change. It should be all about respect and honouring the genders first I believe, then we can teach about sex. Perhaps the two could go hand in hand. How many boys and girls today would describe the female body as being sacred? A sacred chalice with the ability to carry new life?

This all goes hand in hand, educating young girls about their worth, that they are Goddesses with all the right in the world to live an abundant life, be safe, express themselves freely and be treated equal to boys and later men. To educate boys about their worth, that they are Sacred, and capable of being both fierce and tender, the protectors of life, and that they have all the right in the world to live their lives in radiance, next to women.  

I bid adieu, and leave you with these soft yet strong sounds of Xavier Rudd* Follow the Sun*

*I am enough ~ I am divine*

I got goose bumps all over when my friend told me that Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune and the Moon had aligned in the astrological configuration known as the Star of David on July 29th. 

The reason for the chill up my spine, was that two days after this auspicious celestial event, which I was totally unaware of, I found to my great surprise, my lost necklace with the six pointed Star of David. 

The Star had been given to me two years earlier and I had treasured it as one of my power objects. It had, and has, a very special meaning to me, but at that day I was certain it was no longer in my possession. I had given up all hope of ever finding it again after searching everywhere for it for days. It was almost like it had vanished into thin air, along with many of my other treasured power objects. 

The ‘vanishing’ of those objects was so mystical to me, that I even asked my higher self and Father Spirit and Mother Earth to guide me, to find them or give me answers to this disappearance of my sacred power objects.

I was honored with an answer and the conclusion, that ‘the vanishing’ was a part of my spiritual learning and process. The ‘vanishing’ was reminding me that I am enough, that I am divine! It was assisting me to sense my true identity as a Woman of Medicine and Healing, walking the Earth in this Now as we recognize it. It was teaching me to sense myself as truly possessing magnificent gifts on my own, without any aid from sacred power objects, totally stripped bare of any mediums to channel energy, or ‘power up’ my ceremonies! 

My higher self was reminding me, that for me to practice the sacred act of energy work in my manifested form as a human,  using my sacred temple, my body, as a tool, I had to remember the source of my own strengths and powers. 

Our potentials far exceed what our minds can understand, so I was being asked to practice using my heart, and my heart alone, in my spiritual work, as to reinforce my heart’s communication with Earth and Spirit, honoring their sacred union in so doing.

Then to my great surprise, after weeks of ‘training’ my heart’s communication skills, I find my six pointed star again, and that two days after the configuration of the Star of David in outer space. I just love that! Ooohhh what thrill it is, to be in this body, a soul having a human experience* Love it! It is so gratifying to sense the response from the Universe, as we consciously align ourselves more and more to the rhythms of ‘All there Is’, to Oneness*

Many think of the Star of David and its symbolism only in relation to the Jewish faith, but it is sacred to many others religions and spiritual groups. The Star of David, this six pointed star, has two triangles interlocking, symbolizing the sacred unison of the masculine and the feminine energies. I love the vibration from it, the sacred marriage of the opposites.

The upward pointing triangle represents the Divine Masculine (yang)/ Heaven and Spirit, and our 3 top chakras, the Crown, our 3^rd Eye and our Throat chakra. It symbolizes our connection and communication with Spirit. The downward facing triangle represents the Divine Feminine (yin)/ Mother Earth and the Goddess, and our three lower chakras, the Root chakra, the Sacral and the Solar plexus. It symbolizes our connection and communication with Matter. So you see where this is leading us!

 

When these two majestic triangles meet, it represents a true love relationship where Heaven meets Earth. Ohhhh I love it so! The intense love is felt within our own human hearts as the Pulse of Life ~ Womb of Creation.

We ARE this love manifested! We are the rainbow bridge, and therefore it is our birthright, and if I may add, the most natural thing in the world for us to accept and enjoy the gifts of LIFE, the Abundance, the Peace, the grand Love, the deep Compassion, and all that JOY*

~

For me to find the six pointed Star again, was like being gifted with a blessing from Mother Earth and Spirit Father. Now I have been recognized by the Divine, the Universal Energies as a true Goddess of Love. I feel like I have completed a very sacred rite of passage in my life, that allows me to practice the sacred act of Energy work and healing here on Earth, and that now I can work with the help of sacred tools. Now I can ask for sacred power objects to come my way, if I so choose, to work with me as my allies, not as an extension of me as a Medicine Woman, but more like 1+1=3.

Now after remembering my true powers, remembering the source of my strengths and after my ‘training’ in ‘Heart-alignment’ I can call upon my sacred power tools, as I expand. But on this one condition, and that is to always remember, that I, myself, am a channel for great energetic vibration! I, this human manifestation, I am a sacred power object. I am the love manifested between the Heaven and the Earth. I am a part of ALL there is, I am a part of the web of Light, of Love and of Life. We are all One, and we can all individually draw on the powers of the Universe, our Father and our Mother with our own might. As we are their children* 

On a beautiful day with my beloved, and my sacred STAR*

ི♥ྀ On August 25th the planets will align themselves again and form the Star of David. Every day is the perfect day to tune into the frequency of Love and Peace, but when a celestial event like the formation of the star of David occurs, it makes for a Special Event ~ So if you feel like celebrating Love, Peace and Abundance I suggest preparing something special for that special day :) All my Love & Light* Sóley ~ Woman of Vision*