The Muse, the Poem and the White Goddess.
All the great masters of poetry had a muse. Some found it in love, politics, social consciousness, the rights and wrongs of the world, life.
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Becky Hernandez
How Are You Giving Away Your Power?
Perhaps you put all your faith in a particular religion, and worship its god and holy saints? You read the scriptures, discipline yourself according to their rules, and fervently pray for your life to get better? What if you are actually projecting your own power onto that religion or god, ...
Keep Swimming: Letting Go Is Possible.
I think of all the things I should be angry about today. My bad leg begins to falter, and instead of swimming, I am floundering, but my body corrects for the anger.
Looking for Love? Look Inside: Falling Apart to Fall in Place.
I desired ultimate care and unconditional love, something I hadn’t received as a child. So what I did was basically walking around, looking for a parent.
Wrangling with Our Shadow Side.
I’m holding in my body so much anger and humiliation, and I’m lashing out at the one who hurt me. There is a real confusion in my heart as to why we found ourselves in this place. I have lost confidence in who I am and my place in the world... My shadow side is the pure expression of my hurt, ...
Shed Youthful Preconceptions and Fathom the Depths That Follow.
Learn not to judge the homeless, the divorced, the childless women, the addicts, the mentally ill. We all f*** up at some point. They had dreams too, and are not weird because they defaulted from convention. Simply, through no fault of their own, their plans just did not work out. But a greater ...
Beyond Courage (and Crests).
Without risks, we rewind the past and repeat the present while being absent to ourselves, our greatness at least. If we were present to this, we would seize courage and assault crests until we exceeded our best.
Why ‘Fuck You’ Is Just as Spiritual as Peace and Love.
I reached my threshold of silent witnessing. I could feel my voice open up. Instinctively came my roaring defender and protector, saying: Fuck you for not acting with integrity. Fuck you for not taking responsibility. Fuck you for hurting me. Fuck you for manipulating me. Fuck you for not being ...
To the Openhearted Men: I Applaud You.
Men who have gone through hardship, and have emerged on the other side and learned something from it. Those who are willing to share these hard-earned lessons with others, and truly desire to see those less fortunate having the same better life as well.
Call Me by My Name: Musings on the Goddess. {poetry}
Call me by my birthright that is power.
Call me by the angel’s song
Call me by the saints on their knees
at my conception.