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VIII. BIRTH: WHAT A CONCEPT!
Oh
God!
Oh Goddess! In ancient days, humans pictured
the universe
in the shape of a woman's body.
They honored the power of
the
Great Mother's big belly
to birth, nurture, and renew the world. Over
time, invaders vanquished these cultures,
but allowed images of the sacred
female to remain
even within their male domain,
to placate the people
they had conquered. The victors appointed a team
of male gods
to head up the various departments in the universe,
casting
goddettes, or goddesses,
as wives, sisters, and secretaries. Down-sizing
the status of the sacred female
continues
to the present day...
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XIII. WOULD YOU HEAL THE WORLD?
There's a wise, wise
woman who says:
there's enough love in your heart,
and your heart, and
your heart
to heal the world, beginning with
the universe who is you.
Would you heal the earth? You bear the world within
your belly! Take a moment now to cradle your belly,
placing your hands
over your lower abdomen.
Allow your hands to register
how your belly expands as it receives the breath,
how it sinks inward toward
your spine
as it releases the breath.
Like an ocean tide,
like waves
at the seashore;
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