Embracing the Goddess Within

By David Markowitz

Goddess

Pronunciation: \ˈgä-dəs \

Function: noun

Date: 21st century

1: any aspect of what is traditionally thought of as feminine, better loved than understood

It is my belief, that under all the cynicism, anger, and learned ignorance, every man wants to honor all the women in his life. Unfortunately, we were never taught how to relate to women in a healthy way. Out of what most consider the three most important aspects of our lives: our health, wealth, and relationships, only our health is mentioned in traditional schooling, and even that is via a basic and insular introduction. So is it any surprise that when a man burps or farts and expects applause, it is often greeted with anything but the desired applause? Is it any surprise how relationships to our Miss are miss-guided, miss-understood, and miss-informed?

A large percentage of my clients are women, as are a large percentage of my friends and coworkers. And almost all have been frustrated with the lack of understanding and acceptance they’ve received from men. Many women have been abused -- emotionally, physically, sexually -- and they still hold space in their hearts for us. Now it’s up to us, the masculine, to embrace the feminine in its many shapes and forms. It’s up to us to both hold the space to heal the wounds and make sure the patterns aren’t repeated.

Notice I’m using the words feminine and masculine, not female and male. We all have aspects of each, and to deny any part of us is to deny the inner God, or Goddess, in all. Nowhere has repression of any energy served the greater good. In fact, it often is the catalyst for things gone awry. We need to embrace the all -- the feminine and masculine in everyone. But embracing the feminine is difficult for the masculine because we look though our own filters. We have an insular lens that wants to left-brain everything and everyone. We want to understand, label, fix, tinker, and reason with that which is unreasonable -- the feminine. It is unreasonable because it flows like wind and water and goes wherever it’s directed -- without reason. It just is. And that is a beautiful thing.

The innate hunter-gatherer-organizer mindset is tough to buck, but we’re working on it. As many of the men I know and I have become more aware of this, we are learning to embrace our feminine sides of ourselves and the feminine Goddess energy in others. Knowing the feminine Goddess energy is unpredictable, we are learning to hold space for its emotional tides. That same energy that drives us crazy in a bad way, also drives us crazy in a good way. Deep inside -- way beneath our perceived frustrations -- we love your passion, your empathy, your ability to love and be loved, and your openness to the parts of the world and each other we often don’t even see. Personally, I love going to a museum or a general walkabout, just to hear from her what I too easily overlook. I find it intriguing, awe-inspiring, and even sexy.

And what I hear from them is that they appreciate my calm, my focus, and my linear abilities to take logical steps toward a goal. Combined, the feminine and the masculine, or right brain and left brain, are a formidable force. Alone or in partial denial, they are lost at best. As we work to integrate more of ourselves, embracing the Goddess or the God energy that we’ve been taught to repress, we become more whole from the inside out. This doesn’t mean that we won’t desire to be with others -- more that we do so out of want and not need. Out of play, not desperation. Out of love, not obsession.

Embracing the Goddess is to embrace that which is more intimate, more tender, and more loving and compassionate. Until we accept this fact and work to its ironically logical end, judgments will win over observations, intolerance will beat acceptance, and violence will outdo peace. Like Earth herself, and all of art and nature that lives on and is born upon her, she could use less left-brained / masculine attempts at understanding and more right-brained/feminine love and acceptance.

Goddesses, ask your partner for what makes you feel loved, respected and appreciated. Really, once we know, there’s a better chance of getting what you desire. Likewise, we men can ask for the expressions of love that we want as well. Now that would be a happy Mother’s Day present for all!

Dave Markowitz is a Medical Intuitive, Author/Humorist, and channel of Source energy and information. Sign up for his highly acclaimed, free newsletter at www.DaveMarkowitz.com