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Posted: August 24th, 2007 at 1:09am By: Anita Revel
Kajagoogoo, Pseudo Echo, Wa Wa Nee and Dragon. No, not the children of Bob Geldof, but the heroes of my childhood. Throughout my teenage years, the well-pawed posters were replaced with a string of bigger and better heroes — Poppy King for her glary red lipstick; Xena Warrior Princess for her ball-busting abilities; Anastacia for making blue sunglasses cool; and Kylie Minogue for proving little people can be glam too.
They all glowed with attributes that I admired. Courage, integrity and a beautiful sense of purpose, to name but a few of the signs of a powerful, well-nourished inner goddess.
It was energy I wanted to exude myself. So, I turned to "fixing" my own inner goddess, and now I have become that person that I've always wanted to be. I blend my own lipstick, bust my own balls and have made peace with my own body.
Furthermore, I have achieved balance, self-confidence and do not look outside myself for happiness. And all this in spite of being a pint-sized poppet with the self-confidence to match.
The secret lies within accessing archetypal goddess role models to manage the highs and lows of modern life. Herewith is Part 1 of the A to Z guide to attributes that help modern gals shine with goddess energy. Aim to embody these attributes from head to toe, from breakfast 'til bedtime, from work to fun, and during all the good bits in between.
Abundance: You can ask the Universe for an abundance of material, emotional or spiritual things, providing you are not greedy or selfish in your request. Give yourself permission to receive what is coming to you. Invoke Fortuna for wealth, Gaia for food and nourishment of the soul, and Ishtar when visualizing achieving your prosperity.
Balance: Being able to remain calm amid change can be a challenge, especially when it comes to retaining your boundaries and identity. You need to keep your feet steady on the ground, yet remain flexible to bend with the storms. Pallas will help you draw on her gifts of diplomacy, respect and resilience to negotiate your way.
Creativity: There's no goddess like Pele for finding that creative spark, but sometimes other forms of creativity are required. For example, Athena will help you with creative reasoning, IxChel will inspire you with emotional creativity and Ishtar will help remove blockages in your creative stream.
Decisiveness: We're all faced with impossible decisions at times, or it may just be that procrastination is blocking your progress. Persephone will give a boost with empowered intuition to make those decisions, Ishtar will give you the determination to see them through, and Isis gives you perseverance to stick with it.
Empowerment: Courage to stick with your ideals and instinct is part and parcel of empowerment. Yielding to situations against your will only serves to dis-empower you. Athena's influence will uplift you with independent and resourceful energy to maintain your personal power and keep that heart of yours brave.
Faith: Believing you can achieve the impossible requires mountain-loads of faith. First, you need to release fear, and then comes learning how to have complete trust in your ability to create your own destiny. Isis will help you develop your intuitive powers, and refine your knowledge that what you truly desire is what you can manifest.
Generosity: The universal law of threefold means the more you give away, the more comes back to you. Spider Woman will guide you in giving freely of your love, time, energy and resources, and Kwan Yin will give you the compassionate base from which to start.
Humor: When Demeter was pining for her daughter and withholding fertility from the world, cheeky Baubo danced and performed merrily, inducing the Great Mother to laugh and take some nourishment — just long enough for the crops to flourish again. Laughter heals the deepest pain, so follow Baubo's example, and laugh your woes away.
Integrity: Regardless of challenging adventure, or simply in the routine of daily life, threats to your integrity can test the strongest of women. At these times, moon goddess Artemis brings the gift of strength to deny forces that inhibit you. Know that you are a powerful being able to bring an end to destructive forces in order to stay true to you.
Joy: Joy is more than just happiness. Happiness is contentedness, whereas joy is about electricity. Take the time to chase pure, invigorating, blissful joy. When infused with Bast's bliss, the charge of energy is enough to send you leaping for the nearest cake. It's about having your cake and eating it too, after all.
Knowledge: There are many kinds of knowledge: cognitive, intuitive, intellectual, spiritual and good old-fashioned wisdom. Each type is energized differently — business acumen is ruled by Athena, Diana and Ishtar, for example, whereas Isis and Nuit rule spiritual knowledge. In any case, knowledge stems from unprejudiced openness.
(Part 2 of this guide, the L - Z qualities, continues next week.)
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Anita Ryan-Revel is the creatrix of Goddess.com.au, a content-rich website aimed at helping you connect with your beautiful, sassy, intuitive, lovable, sacred and authentic self. She has incorporated her journey into hundreds of articles, countless websites and numerous books, one of which is "The Goddess Guide to Chakra Vitality.". You can read more of her columns here. © Copyright 2007 by Anita Ryan-Revel.
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Kajagoogoo, Pseudo Echo, Wa Wa Nee and Dragon. No, not the children of Bob Geldof, but the heroes of my childhood. Throughout my teenage years, the well-pawed posters were replaced with a string of bigger and better heroes — Poppy King for her glary red lipstick; Xena Warrior Princess for her ball-busting abilities; Anastacia for making blue sunglasses cool; and Kylie Minogue for proving little people can be glam too.
They all glowed with attributes that I admired. Courage, integrity and a beautiful sense of purpose, to name but a few of the signs of a powerful, well-nourished inner goddess.
It was energy I wanted to exude myself. So, I turned to "fixing" my own inner goddess, and now I have become that person that I've always wanted to be. I blend my own lipstick, bust my own balls and have made peace with my own body.
Furthermore, I have achieved balance, self-confidence and do not look outside myself for happiness. And all this in spite of being a pint-sized poppet with the self-confidence to match.
The secret lies within accessing archetypal goddess role models to manage the highs and lows of modern life. Herewith is Part 1 of the A to Z guide to attributes that help modern gals shine with goddess energy. Aim to embody these attributes from head to toe, from breakfast 'til bedtime, from work to fun, and during all the good bits in between.
Abundance: You can ask the Universe for an abundance of material, emotional or spiritual things, providing you are not greedy or selfish in your request. Give yourself permission to receive what is coming to you. Invoke Fortuna for wealth, Gaia for food and nourishment of the soul, and Ishtar when visualizing achieving your prosperity.
Balance: Being able to remain calm amid change can be a challenge, especially when it comes to retaining your boundaries and identity. You need to keep your feet steady on the ground, yet remain flexible to bend with the storms. Pallas will help you draw on her gifts of diplomacy, respect and resilience to negotiate your way.
Creativity: There's no goddess like Pele for finding that creative spark, but sometimes other forms of creativity are required. For example, Athena will help you with creative reasoning, IxChel will inspire you with emotional creativity and Ishtar will help remove blockages in your creative stream.
Decisiveness: We're all faced with impossible decisions at times, or it may just be that procrastination is blocking your progress. Persephone will give a boost with empowered intuition to make those decisions, Ishtar will give you the determination to see them through, and Isis gives you perseverance to stick with it.
Empowerment: Courage to stick with your ideals and instinct is part and parcel of empowerment. Yielding to situations against your will only serves to dis-empower you. Athena's influence will uplift you with independent and resourceful energy to maintain your personal power and keep that heart of yours brave.
Faith: Believing you can achieve the impossible requires mountain-loads of faith. First, you need to release fear, and then comes learning how to have complete trust in your ability to create your own destiny. Isis will help you develop your intuitive powers, and refine your knowledge that what you truly desire is what you can manifest.
Generosity: The universal law of threefold means the more you give away, the more comes back to you. Spider Woman will guide you in giving freely of your love, time, energy and resources, and Kwan Yin will give you the compassionate base from which to start.
Humor: When Demeter was pining for her daughter and withholding fertility from the world, cheeky Baubo danced and performed merrily, inducing the Great Mother to laugh and take some nourishment — just long enough for the crops to flourish again. Laughter heals the deepest pain, so follow Baubo's example, and laugh your woes away.
Integrity: Regardless of challenging adventure, or simply in the routine of daily life, threats to your integrity can test the strongest of women. At these times, moon goddess Artemis brings the gift of strength to deny forces that inhibit you. Know that you are a powerful being able to bring an end to destructive forces in order to stay true to you.
Joy: Joy is more than just happiness. Happiness is contentedness, whereas joy is about electricity. Take the time to chase pure, invigorating, blissful joy. When infused with Bast's bliss, the charge of energy is enough to send you leaping for the nearest cake. It's about having your cake and eating it too, after all.
Knowledge: There are many kinds of knowledge: cognitive, intuitive, intellectual, spiritual and good old-fashioned wisdom. Each type is energized differently — business acumen is ruled by Athena, Diana and Ishtar, for example, whereas Isis and Nuit rule spiritual knowledge. In any case, knowledge stems from unprejudiced openness.
(Part 2 of this guide, the L - Z qualities, continues next week.)
— — —
Anita Ryan-Revel is the creatrix of Goddess.com.au, a content-rich website aimed at helping you connect with your beautiful, sassy, intuitive, lovable, sacred and authentic self. She has incorporated her journey into hundreds of articles, countless websites and numerous books, one of which is "The Goddess Guide to Chakra Vitality.". You can read more of her columns here. © Copyright 2007 by Anita Ryan-Revel.
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