Goddess Emerging is one of many articles I have written in the last couple of years about sacred relationship. Here I explore how I become aware of who I am and who I can become by being aware of my sacred relationship with myself.
As I think back on the last twelve months of my life, I am struck by what has emerged within me.
I am me, the me which has been since the day I was born.
And from my now eyes I see, even feel, myself over the years fading in and out.
The fade outs were times when I felt lost or unaware of the turmoil or denial within.
The fade ins, really the shining forth moments, were times when I felt truly alive, balanced, happy, able to attend to challenge, able to face uncertainty with equanimity.
The last year has definitely been a year of shiny emergence at a level which is different than ever before.
I spent my twenties learning to be an individual in the world.
I spent my thirties figuring out how to be wife and mother.
In my forties, I spent most of my time learning who I am as a spiritual being.
And thus far in my fifties, I am coming back to myself physically, allowing the athlete in me to emerge for the first time in my life.
In this context, I see the last year as a time of integration across all levels physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual which has happened within a deep process I call Goddess Emergence.
Let me explain.
When men meet women and women meet men, especially in the social context of dating, there is one unavoidable topic: sex.