Brilliant, Marianne. Praying and working towards my own purification to be aligned. Sending you so much light for your voice in the world and to us. ✨💛
“Beyond competition to collaboration … Beyond fear to love … Beyond domination to brotherhood … Then and only then … will the world self-correct”
What’s happening now is just the tip of the iceberg … showing us the beginnings of a monster that will devour us … and the world … Unless we say NO … NO to Hate … and … NO to the Powers that perpetuate it !
Marianne, thank you for this. About a decade ago I spent 5 days in the village of Kasar Devi, in India. A short walk from my lodging was a small temple for Durga. Having some familiarity with the Black Madonna and the feminine Divine, I visited this temple on my first night there. And then returned morning after morning. Her serene energy, even as she rode the tiger, had me completely enamoured. And now I realize that it is her energy rising in me, this last week especially. She gives no f@%*s about the illusions to which we are so attached. She comes to clean house. She is doing her work powerfully in me, but I hadn't recognized her until you brought her to my inbox. Thank you, thank you.
Yes. And she’s not waiting because we’ve failed—she’s waiting because we haven’t yet meant it.
Durga doesn’t descend like a rescue squad. She rises like a memory we tried to bury. Until we’re ready to feel what we’ve exiled—to stop outsourcing the monsters and start owning the mirror—she stays just out of reach.
She isn’t coming to save us. She’s coming to burn through us.
Thank you, Marianne. You are SO right on. I love the iceberg metaphor especially. I often also think of it as whack-a-mole. Until we get to the source of where all those moles are coming from, they'll keep popping up here and there no matter how much we try to whack them away.
One of the most encouraging things I'm seeing is the tone of the "NO KINGS" demonstrations. It's LOVE. And love is the ultimate weapon (wrong word! "power"?) against which nothing can prevail. Whatever metaphor we choose to express it, it is swelling within us now as we allow it to do so.
"Anger, fear, hate, and doubt; they drew a circle that kept us out. But love and I found a way to win; we drew a circle that kept them in."
Not only can we win this battle against the current massive crises we've brought upon ourselves, we can and will win the existential, all-inclusive battle between Right and Wrong (Good and Evil, With or Against God's Will), at last breaking free from the darkness of Plato's Cave into the light that always surrounded it. Joni Mitchell: 'We are stardust; we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to The Garden".
Unimaginable wonders await us; we have to keep our eyes on the prize and refuse to give up on Right, which is Good, which is God. What a time to be alive!
"they drew a circle that kept us out. But love and I found a way to win; we drew a circle that kept them in." I was LITERALLLY just thinking about that this morning!!
Hello Marianne, hope you are well. Thank you for post and thank you for last nights talk in Manchester. Hope you enjoy your stay in Manchester. Take it easy.
Marianne, this reminds me of some of your earlier lectures that stressed that God shall not be mocked. She would be mocked by our insincerity or guile, but more egregiously by our obstinate pride and refusal to change and accept our better nature. I suppose that would be one definition of stupidity - a concept that is getting much attention. Collectively, we are in a very bad place. Individually and in groups of brothers and sisters, we can still have hope and maybe salvation. And, I agree with others here, your message to us is brilliant.
Thank you for this, Marianne! 🙏 Indeed, consciousness is prime. And as within, so without. Further, what we resist persists. Instead, we (as the "Transcendental I"/Essence/witness/"inner-parent") could elicit from and listen to our sub-selves (as well as "others" for that matter) into consensus. Ultimately, we all (our "sub-selves" and one another, including our "shadow" parts) desire to be heard, acknowledged, appreciated, and loved. *** A wonderful tool is Bohm Dialogue, a freely flowing group conversation in which participants attempt to reach common understanding, experiencing everyone's point of view fully, equally, and nonjudgmentally. It emphasizes eliciting/listening/understanding/ openly seeking what is trying to reveal itself over asserting/arguing/defending/seeking to prevail. *** Demonizing "other" and "divide and rule" surely seems in play during these tumultuous times. What seems most important is to elicit, listen to, and truly hear our selves and one another for greater mutual understanding and compassion, and to seek common ground. A path from fragmentation to integration. *** Further, consider that for the past 2000 years, we were to learn the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." We must now learn, "We ARE thy neighbor, we ARE Earth Mother, All is One". Indeed, as stated by Albert Einstein, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” *** Further thoughts?!
Durga is, for these times at least, my favorite form of the Mother of All. In maybe one of the first dozen or so of unusual 'opening events' which have occurred to me over the years, I was in an Ashram walking around a garden in which were posed various of the gods and goddesses of the voluptuous panoply of gods and goddesses of Tantric Yoga, which I was studying at the time. Durga's statue, unlike the scads of brightly colored ones nearby was stark white. Nonetheless, sometime snot that I can be, I remember curling my upper lip in disdain, feeling in a sort of mean-spirited Protestant way morally and aesthetically superior to such 'garish' and 'childish' depictions of the divine. At which point Durga spoke directly and pointedly to my ego (silently but forcefully). "Oh, yeah?" she said, "[You are blind to the greater truth], and it's your own fault. You keep saying NO to reality. [Open your eyes and see]." At which point my legs collapsed under me and I fell to the ground sobbing. Passersby asked if I was okay and I nodded through my tears, knowing I actually was. We must face our own forms of avoidance and negative conditioning, over and over and over again, until such time that enough of it is faded or gone outright that some light can filter through. It's not an all or nothing phenomenon, rather something that accumulates gradually, allowing us to become wise and brave one day at a time. Namaste, Marianne.
“We must face our own forms of avoidance and negative conditioning, over and over and over again, until such time that enough of it is faded or gone outright that some light can filter through.
It's not an all or nothing phenomenon, rather something that accumulates gradually, allowing us to become wise and brave one day at a time”
Brilliant, Marianne. Praying and working towards my own purification to be aligned. Sending you so much light for your voice in the world and to us. ✨💛
This is one of the most, if not the most powerful message I’ve read in my life.
Just thank you…always so insightful and erudite!
“Beyond competition to collaboration … Beyond fear to love … Beyond domination to brotherhood … Then and only then … will the world self-correct”
What’s happening now is just the tip of the iceberg … showing us the beginnings of a monster that will devour us … and the world … Unless we say NO … NO to Hate … and … NO to the Powers that perpetuate it !
Marianne, thank you for this. About a decade ago I spent 5 days in the village of Kasar Devi, in India. A short walk from my lodging was a small temple for Durga. Having some familiarity with the Black Madonna and the feminine Divine, I visited this temple on my first night there. And then returned morning after morning. Her serene energy, even as she rode the tiger, had me completely enamoured. And now I realize that it is her energy rising in me, this last week especially. She gives no f@%*s about the illusions to which we are so attached. She comes to clean house. She is doing her work powerfully in me, but I hadn't recognized her until you brought her to my inbox. Thank you, thank you.
The essence of our angst and suffering has never been stated better. The solution has never been stated more clearly.
Absolutely brilliant article. Thank you Marianne!
Yes. And she’s not waiting because we’ve failed—she’s waiting because we haven’t yet meant it.
Durga doesn’t descend like a rescue squad. She rises like a memory we tried to bury. Until we’re ready to feel what we’ve exiled—to stop outsourcing the monsters and start owning the mirror—she stays just out of reach.
She isn’t coming to save us. She’s coming to burn through us.
Thank you for this powerful reminder.
"She’s coming to burn through us"...Love this...fire can either consume or refine...
Thank you, Marianne. You are SO right on. I love the iceberg metaphor especially. I often also think of it as whack-a-mole. Until we get to the source of where all those moles are coming from, they'll keep popping up here and there no matter how much we try to whack them away.
Wow! This really hits home! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and insights.
Blessings!
This was so well-written, like a channel borne of great refinement. Thank you for sharing your clarity!!!
Oh Marianne. this is wonderful!
One of the most encouraging things I'm seeing is the tone of the "NO KINGS" demonstrations. It's LOVE. And love is the ultimate weapon (wrong word! "power"?) against which nothing can prevail. Whatever metaphor we choose to express it, it is swelling within us now as we allow it to do so.
"Anger, fear, hate, and doubt; they drew a circle that kept us out. But love and I found a way to win; we drew a circle that kept them in."
Not only can we win this battle against the current massive crises we've brought upon ourselves, we can and will win the existential, all-inclusive battle between Right and Wrong (Good and Evil, With or Against God's Will), at last breaking free from the darkness of Plato's Cave into the light that always surrounded it. Joni Mitchell: 'We are stardust; we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to The Garden".
Unimaginable wonders await us; we have to keep our eyes on the prize and refuse to give up on Right, which is Good, which is God. What a time to be alive!
"they drew a circle that kept us out. But love and I found a way to win; we drew a circle that kept them in." I was LITERALLLY just thinking about that this morning!!
I wanted to just put a heart emoji here but it can't be done, so how about this ("Our Rehearsal"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfN5IBLb3M
Hello Marianne, hope you are well. Thank you for post and thank you for last nights talk in Manchester. Hope you enjoy your stay in Manchester. Take it easy.
Marianne, this reminds me of some of your earlier lectures that stressed that God shall not be mocked. She would be mocked by our insincerity or guile, but more egregiously by our obstinate pride and refusal to change and accept our better nature. I suppose that would be one definition of stupidity - a concept that is getting much attention. Collectively, we are in a very bad place. Individually and in groups of brothers and sisters, we can still have hope and maybe salvation. And, I agree with others here, your message to us is brilliant.
Thank you for this, Marianne! 🙏 Indeed, consciousness is prime. And as within, so without. Further, what we resist persists. Instead, we (as the "Transcendental I"/Essence/witness/"inner-parent") could elicit from and listen to our sub-selves (as well as "others" for that matter) into consensus. Ultimately, we all (our "sub-selves" and one another, including our "shadow" parts) desire to be heard, acknowledged, appreciated, and loved. *** A wonderful tool is Bohm Dialogue, a freely flowing group conversation in which participants attempt to reach common understanding, experiencing everyone's point of view fully, equally, and nonjudgmentally. It emphasizes eliciting/listening/understanding/ openly seeking what is trying to reveal itself over asserting/arguing/defending/seeking to prevail. *** Demonizing "other" and "divide and rule" surely seems in play during these tumultuous times. What seems most important is to elicit, listen to, and truly hear our selves and one another for greater mutual understanding and compassion, and to seek common ground. A path from fragmentation to integration. *** Further, consider that for the past 2000 years, we were to learn the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." We must now learn, "We ARE thy neighbor, we ARE Earth Mother, All is One". Indeed, as stated by Albert Einstein, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” *** Further thoughts?!
excellent !
thank you.
Durga is, for these times at least, my favorite form of the Mother of All. In maybe one of the first dozen or so of unusual 'opening events' which have occurred to me over the years, I was in an Ashram walking around a garden in which were posed various of the gods and goddesses of the voluptuous panoply of gods and goddesses of Tantric Yoga, which I was studying at the time. Durga's statue, unlike the scads of brightly colored ones nearby was stark white. Nonetheless, sometime snot that I can be, I remember curling my upper lip in disdain, feeling in a sort of mean-spirited Protestant way morally and aesthetically superior to such 'garish' and 'childish' depictions of the divine. At which point Durga spoke directly and pointedly to my ego (silently but forcefully). "Oh, yeah?" she said, "[You are blind to the greater truth], and it's your own fault. You keep saying NO to reality. [Open your eyes and see]." At which point my legs collapsed under me and I fell to the ground sobbing. Passersby asked if I was okay and I nodded through my tears, knowing I actually was. We must face our own forms of avoidance and negative conditioning, over and over and over again, until such time that enough of it is faded or gone outright that some light can filter through. It's not an all or nothing phenomenon, rather something that accumulates gradually, allowing us to become wise and brave one day at a time. Namaste, Marianne.
Thank you!!
“We must face our own forms of avoidance and negative conditioning, over and over and over again, until such time that enough of it is faded or gone outright that some light can filter through.
It's not an all or nothing phenomenon, rather something that accumulates gradually, allowing us to become wise and brave one day at a time”