“Infinite expansion,” my midwife spoke as she gazed deeply into my eyes. I was beginning to doubt myself. I was there, right in that place during birth when you want to run away, where it feels like if you don’t go to the place you are so much avoiding, you’ll be lost forever…”Infinite expansion” she spoke the words again, but this time with her soul. Then I felt it. I thought that birth surge would split me in two, but I breathed her words into me and let them vibrate into the universe. And I expanded. And I birthed. And I healed…
As we walk into the space that we are so afraid of - afraid to be trapped, afraid of losing ourselves altogether - we must remember these two words, “infinite expansion.” Despite our fears, we can go there — can still breathe and allow our souls to expand there. That is our gift as women. We can plant the seeds to heal ourselves and our Mama Earth. That is the birth energy we have deep inside - hidden, where only the strongest contractions can beckon it out of us.
The world has been working hard on us lately, hasn’t it? The contractions are getting stronger. The easiness of breath that we once had now requires work and attention. We could get lost in this darkness, this political climate, this environment that no longer suits us, this busy world that squeezes our spirits so tightly that we want to give them up altogether. We could stay here, but we won’t…It’s time to expand. We will remember the words of the midwife, of all the midwives who taught us that in this place, in this darkness, we can find our strength. This is our birthright. This is where we heal. This is the place of infinite expansion.
- Alexandra Kisitu, “We’Moon 2021, Gaia Rhythms for Womnyn”
Dear Wise Women,
We continue our journey together…walking this path with no end.
As we have learned before, to truly walk this “endless” path requires a willingness to let go of our pre-determined sense of where we are going and what we want the end to look like. To surrender to the unknowing in this way requires us to navigate from the heart rather than from the mind. Yes, it is scary to turn over the reigns to something as seemingly unreliable as the heart. Our minds will doubt that the heart’s ability to keep us safe, certain and “right”. Our minds will work extra hard to convince us that they, and they alone, need to commandeer this important mission. As I feel into this, I am reminded of Mark Nepo’s words:
“When we lose our map, our real knowledge of the path begins.”
I invite you to read the above sentence again. Close your eyes and feel the part of you that gets these words. Do you notice the sensation in your heart? Can you feel it as an expansive sensation? This is your heart saying “yes”, and it is asking for more of your attention. It is asking you to dwell here, despite your fears. The heart is asking you to sense its limitless nature and to feel the imprint of infinite expansion. Within our hearts, we hold the same energetic impulse as the universe…a divine coded of infinite expansion and ascension.
As we know, we are standing upon a critical threshold, a transformation, a rebirth….and the labour pains of this birth are intense. We are witnessing a surge of division and a flare-up of the polarities. The challenge is intense and we must answer the call - we must stand in the light and, not only believe in, but manifest the infinite, limitless possibilities of expansion.
We enter through the only doorway there is, this moment. Today. Seeing the beauty around us. Sensing nature’s wisdom. Feeling the aliveness of NOW. Slowing down and resting in the field of Love. Together.
May these words meet you exactly where you are, and remind you of your divinity…
Rather than moving quickly to the next step at whatever stage of evolution you are exploring, may today be an opportunity to slow the pace of your journey. May it gift you with a pause of relief, allowing you to be exactly where and as you are without needing to believe there is something up ahead being missed. May you remember your life as a journey of radical expansion, guiding you along a trajectory that is never too much for your true self to handle.
May it help you savor and embrace the first step with the utmost compassion for the you transforming within it. This is the heart of fulfillment.
- Matt Kahn, www.mattkahn.org
With endless love,
Patti
“Divine Humanity”, by Autumn Skye www.autumnskyeart.com
Today I choose LOVE.
Tomorrow I will choose LOVE.
And the day after that, I will choose LOVE.
If I mistakenly choose FEAR over LOVE
I will not wallow in regret
I will choose LOVE next
I will choose LOVE
Until it becomes who I AM.
- written by one of our wise women, Marina Casey