More About Talking with K

[qos]

I want to make sure I didn't overemphasize the tarot aspect of my interact with C & K last night. It was definitely important, but what I don't think I captured in last night's entry was how it felt to sit there on the floor with K and listen as she opened her heart to me about her spiritual life, and her tension between her love for the church she grew up in and her expanding sense of God, and other things I don't want to post about even if no one here will recognize who she is. I could feel her trust in me, and her thirst for someone to talk to who she felt could understand and give her counsel -- or even just reassurance that was meaningful -- and I felt both right and comfortable about acting the role of spiritual companion/elder.

Last night I really felt my age, but in a good way: as if my years of experience have meaning and value beyond myself.

I could feel Spirit moving through me.
And I felt the all-too-rare-these-days sense of "standing in my power."

Comments

[iswari.livejournal.com]

Actually, I could tell that's what you meant. =)

[princesca.livejournal.com]

I assumed that's what you meant, too. Actually, I'm sure you have a million books to read, but the one I read this past weekend is called Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Pilgrimage, by Jean Shinoda Bolen. She's a licensed psychiatrist, and the book really, really makes a lot of sense. I can't recommend it highly enough.

One of the revelations I came upon this weekend is that I am very aware of the aspects of the goddess within me, and I think it's important for me to help other women see the divinity within them, too. I have a lot on my plate right now, trying to relocate, so I'm debating whether to do this now or wait until I move (though god knows how long THAT will be)... but I was thinking about volunteering at a women's shelter, or rape crisis center. I have a few other ideas bouncing around in my head, for later in life, but those are ones to start.

[qos.livejournal.com]

I actually discovered Jean Shinoda Bolen back in the spring of 1988 when I read Goddesses in Everywoman, a book I highly recommend, especially if you're interested in exploring inner goddess aspects (although you're obviously doing very well with that on your own).

I haven't read Crossing to Avalon yet, but it's on my list.