Moonwater reveals a powerful example of how intense anxiety appears in a person’s life. She shows how to make a shift in perspective. Better than that, she provides a chant that helps you align with Goddess in the present moment.
“I don’t think I take good enough care of my husband and parents,” I shared with my friend, Alicia.
She kept listening.
I had a thought. These guilty ideas strangle me. They keep me away from being present in this current moment. My focus is reduced to pain … instead of the divinity the Goddess placed within me.
I have a particular insight for you.
“One sentence solves guilt: If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently. … Guilt is in the past, and the one thing you cannot change is the past.” – Dr. Edith Eger
So, divinity is in this present moment.
Now what?
I realize that I can use a twinge from an idea of guilt.
I can ask, “So I didn’t like how what I did in the past turned out. What can I do now? What is a different approach now?”
Here is a prayer you can use:
Goddess, show me my true path. Give me guidance and lead me forward. Release me from guilty thoughts, Replace them with inspiration. So Mote It Be.
Moonwater reveals some ways in which she oppresses herself. She shows how you can make new choices and unleash your own positive power. Moonwater shares a powerful prayer to the Goddess so you can shift from putting yourself down … and rise in the divinity the Goddess placed within you.
Terrified. That was the right word. I stood in front of the audience about to give my first speech at a Toastmasters meeting.
It did not matter that other people would speak after me. They would be nervous, too.
My own fear made me shake.
Speaking aloud in front of an audience had not gone well in my past. I remembered reading a paragraph aloud in a high school English class. My dyslexia made me sound like an idiot.
The teacher said, “Okay that’s enough.”
Fellow student, Joe Jerk-face said, “Yeah! That’s enough!”
And now at Toastmasters, I was about to give a speech. Crap!
I said, “I couldn’t breathe. My brother held me underwater. Why would he torture a little girl? When I coughed up the water, the swimming pool didn’t look like a place to play. How much more of this life could I survive?” A few minutes in, I saw two people nod. (Oh, thank you! Good humans!)
After I finished. Some applause.
All good.
Even better. I was proud of myself. I had walked toward my fear.
Later, I went on to be a guest speaker – over 12 times – at a Comparative Religion college course to introduce people to Wicca. That was new for them. It still was a tough stretch for me to talk to an audience but … again and again … I walked toward the fear.
Here are three insights.
1. Keep yourself safe.
Number one. Keep yourself safe. Can you get physically hurt if you take on a risk? David, someone in my circle, was a movie stuntman over 20 years ago. Would he risk his health or life today? No f***ing way!
Still, he took precautions during his stuntman time. He also refused to do certain stunts. And, he’s alive to tell the tale.
Are you thinking of taking a risk that could hurt you physically? Like walking in a dangerous area? Just after the bars close? Hold up! Stay safe.
2. Decide what you value most. Drop the distractions.
Other risks may mean temporary pain. So, high school kids laughed at my reading a paragraph. I still adapt to having dyslexia.
But, you know what? Who cares about high school kids’ laughter?!
I have to value your opinion in order to let it control me.
What do you value most? Is it growing as a person? Pushing beyond some artificial limits?
When do you feel most alive?
3. Ask Goddess for support.
When I have walked toward fear, I was answering the call of divinity that Goddess placed within me.
Here is a prayer you can use:
Goddess, help me answer the call, Help me know the true call from the false call. Show me how to walk into the unknown with Your strength. So Mote It Be.
Moonwater reveals how you can free yourself from being stuck. Many of us label our emotions as “bad,” and it’s easy to carry that over. We may take on the label of “bad” as a personal trait. Moonwater shows how to release yourself from such shackles. Use a powerful prayer to invite the Goddess to support you.
Moonwater reveals a dark secret that many of us fail to notice. Something is going on beneath our struggles to find happiness in life. Research shows that many people do not know what would truly make them happy. Subconsciously, they are grasping for something else! Moonwater also shares a valuable prayer to the Goddess.
“What? Medicare is threatened?” my friend, Sharon, in her 60’s said. “Why is life so hard? Why are they making trouble?”
I thought about this.
The God and Goddess have a perspective that is beyond our perception.
Here are 3 insights.
1. Hard situations can be an opportunity to grow.
“In truly understanding the Goddess and God, one comes to understand life, for the two are inextricably entwined. Live your earthly life fully, but try to see the spiritual aspects of your activities as well. Remember—the physical and spiritual are but reflections of each other.” – Scott Cunningham
Ask yourself, “How can I grow from this tough situation?” Where is the lesson? The Gods put challenges in our path to help make us stronger. These hard times build our resilience.
Also, consider: “What can I learn from this?”
You can consider new choices. Perhaps, you might make changes to your lifestyle. Or maybe get better at money spells.
Learn to shift.
“Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices.” – The Goddess, in The Charge of the Goddess, as written by Doreen Valiente
When things are hard, it is easy to stay in a dark place. One might ruminate over how hard things have become.
However, when you conduct ritual and worship the Gods, you are invited to do the “hard thing” and make a SHIFT to the gifts they can bestow upon you.
One powerful shift is: I have resources within me—the divinity within—I have not tapped before.
“For if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.” – The Goddess, in The Charge of the Goddess, as written by Doreen Valiente
“Witches and folk magicians, through timeless rituals, are only drawing upon natural energies found within the earth and our bodies to create positive, life-affirming change.” – Scott Cunningham
2. Ask the Goddess for insight into the lessons.
Here is a prayer you can use.
Precious Lady and Mighty God, Open my eyes to the lessons I must learn Guide my path to growth and peace. So Mote It Be
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