Everyday stressors can also take away our energy . We must meet the demands of our workplace . At home children and the chaos and debris of daily life challenge our calm . Some of us must also care for aging parents . Is it any wonder that we often feel completely drained at the end of the day ? Yet life seems to continue to accelerate . The stream of information from our television sets and the Internet leaves us feeling that the world is becoming more complex than we know how to cope with .
I suggest that we do have a resource immediately available to us , the one from whom we drew our first breath . I ’ m not exactly talking about prayer , although prayer is helpful to many . I ’ m talking about accessing the power of the Goddess , our mother Earth , through visualization .
First find a quiet place where you can be alone and not be interrupted , where you can go within yourself for five to ten minutes . Sit with both feet flat on the floor . Imagine that you are strolling , relaxed and forgetful of time , along a forest path . Gradually you see a grove of mighty oak trees . You hear the sound of a pleasant breeze stirring their leaves . The breeze touches your skin . The gnarled trunk of one tree in particular attracts your attention . It seems to beckon to you to lean against its trunk , and you say yes . As you relax against the rough bark of the tree you savor the warm air and you begin to breathe in deeply , focusing on the sensations of the cycle of your breath : in and out … in and out . You let all thoughts and cares drift away on the summer breeze . You clearly sense that your breath is direct nourishment by the Goddess , the Earth who always responds to your needs if you ask . You also feel a great calm coming over you , and you realize that the oak tree is giving this gift of calm to you . You can also feel how this immense peace blends with your aura and invites in your Higher Self , that part of your consciousness that remains an unperturbed witness to events in your life .
In your open and expanded state of being you feel that you are merging with the tree , as if the tree is embracing you . You can sense that the soles of your feet are growing roots going far down into Earth , where subtle energy is coming up from Earth ’ s center . You just know that the energy nourishes your own roots , and you grow stronger . The color of this energy is a mix of red and gold , and it is a powerful and inexhaustible flow coming to you from Earth ’ s matrix no matter where you are . You have only to call it up . You begin to find yourself more grounded as you receive more and more of this steady flow of energy .
Your vibrancy of life and personal power -- a birthright given to you by Earth -- is renewed . For hundreds of years indigenous people have believed that Earth is a being with whom they can communicate , expect to be answered , and be assured of Her gifts . Imagine that you too have the power to access Gaia ’ s energy . You have nothing to lose , and perhaps much to gain .
© 2022 by Dorothy “ Chickee ” Atalla
DOROTHY ATALLA - A trip to Petra , Jordan , followed by years of meditation and study helped scholar Dorothy Atalla develop an understanding of the Divine Feminine ’ s role in our lives . During conversations with a presence she calls “ The Goddess ,” revealed how these living forces impact the evolution of consciousness today . Dorothy is the author of Conversations with the Goddess : Encounter at Petra Place of Power . Learn more at
conversationswiththegoddess . com .
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