qos | Working with Golden, Brazen Inanna (Reply)

While Ereshkigal has not given up an inch of Her authority over me, I have been encouraged more and more to work with Inanna. Ereshkigal grounds me, but it's Inanna who seems to be the one who will be helping me manifest necessary change in my professional, vocational, and creative life in the outer world.

Last night we had our first talk in quite a while. It boiled down to two strong suggestions from her: Be golden. Be brazen

"Golden" is a frequent epithet of goddesses of love, passion and beauty. Inanna wants me to allow the life force and sexual energy to course through me and make me "golden." She wants me to take joy in living, laugh more, allow my light to shine.

"Being brazen" is about internalizing Inanna's own disregard for convention. My place is on the edge, and I need to have the nerve to stand there and make my presence felt without fear of sanction. If I go too far into any one community, or trying to meet the expectations of a community rather than be true to my own sensibilities and sense of mission, I end up losing myself and forsaking the context of my gifts. Inanna belonged everywhere and nowhere. So did/does The Journeyer.

I need to be a golden, brazen, edgewalker.