|
Love Said To Me
Love said to me,
this is beyond anything that you know.
Be silent.
I said, please reveal this to me
I am dying in anticipation.
Love said to me,
that is where I want you:
Always on the edge,
be silent.
You dwell in this hall of images and illusions, leave this house now
and be silent.
~ Rumi
|
|
Pale sunlight,
pale the wall.
Love moves away.
The light changes.
I need more grace
than I thought.
~Rumi
|
|
The Wish to Be Generous
All that I serve will die, all my delights,
the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field,
the silent lilies standing in the woods,
the woods, the hill, the whole earth,
all will burn
in man's evil,
or dwindle
in its own age.
Let the world bring on me the sleep of darkness without stars,
so I may know
my little light taken from me into the seed
of the beginning and the end,
so I may bow
to mystery, and take my stand on the earth
like a tree in a field, passing without haste
or regret toward what will be,
my life
a patient willing descent into the grass.
~ Wendell Berry ~
(The Collected Poems, 1957-1982) |
|
|
Dear Ones
It is time again for me to issue the Call to you to Women to gather with a community of women who love the Mystery and are devoted to healing, awakening consciousness, and embodying the Sacred Feminine in the world.
It is essential now that Women consciously embody the Sacred Feminine in the world and that Men awaken to, and honor, the Feminine within themselves and in the women of the world. Women need the presence and support of the Sacred Masculine to fulfill their roles and responsibilities in these times. The dark and difficult conditions on the planet are calling for the presence of the embodied Feminine as consciousness is shifting to higher vibrations of Love. Each of us--both Women and Men--has a calling and a place of service in this new spiral of Eve-olution of consciousness. Your own precious longing, felt in your heart, is the Call to you from within, from HER.
This year's Temple our theme is the Path of the Wounded Healer. This was the theme of the very first gatherings in 1987 when I realized that what
was unfolding with my work with women healers was, in fact, a mystery school. I was stunned. How could this be? I did not plan this, I did not know that spiritual initiation was even possible, never mind a mystery school.
The archetype of the Wounded Healer is a universal pattern of experience recognized in shamanic cultures around the world, past and present. This path holds the knowledge that our healing gifts lie within our wounded hearts and the heartbreaking experiences we have throughout our lives. That which has broken our hearts, wounded us so deeply, can also heal us and be transmuted into the 'medicine' that can be shared with others after we have emerged from the initiatory realms.
click here to continue reading
In boundless love,
Sheila |
|
Extravagant Art: Making Art from the Edge
The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.
~ Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Mondays April 2, 9, 16, 23 To see some of the art made in the last year by participants, go to: Sculpture by sheila foster |
|
June 2012 - June 2013:
A Year of Personal Initiations into the
Mystical Union of Love & Heartbreak
~
This Teleconference Temple will meet twice a month for one year.
Registration by April 30, 2012
We are invoking a temenos in which to be with our own Heart Initiations as they arise during this year of powerful collective and planetary initiations. I invite you to follow your Holy Longing and come toward the Mystery...
This is an invitation to Women of Heart who know love and heartbreak, to women who are willing to let their hearts break open, to women who want to love more, embody Love, and serve the Mystery unfolding.
If you are feeling a Call and want to inquire, I would love to hear from you. Information will be available soon - please email Sheila:
temenosctr@aol.com
You can view our film, Eve's Fire, to see and hear women speak their experiences in the Temple during Temple gatherings.
You can read about Sacred Feminine Initiation and Samyama at
www.temenoscenter.org
|
|
Temple of the Sacred Feminine
2012 -2013 : The Path of the Wounded Healer
~
September 2012 ~ May 2013Sophia Center, Maryland
~
Free Informational Teleconferences
To learn more about the Temple, ask your questions, get a feel for what happens and what may be possible for you, please join our teleconference and meet some of the women who have participated over the years. To Register, please email me: temenosctr@aol.com
March 27 & April 12 @ 6PM ET, 4PM MT, 3PM PT
Flyer Registration by June 30, 2012 |
|
|
NEW E-BOOK at Amazon!!
A collection by nine women writers, edited by Dena Clayton
~
is an anthology of compelling true stories written by nine women. The slices of life unveiled in this collection run the gamut from raw to sweet, surprising to tender, blissful to terrifying, and back again. These recollections are written with exquisite honesty, integrity, and sometimes humor. Readers will recognize issues and themes from their own lives, and will find messages of love, hope, and courage that will sustain them on their own journeys through their own mother-daughter relationships.
Check the Blog: www.LoveRevealedStories.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
|
