One of my great joys is to support other women and share with you their successes, passions and work.
Below is an excerpt from an upcoming book by my friend, Mickra Hamilton. I was so moved by her writing that I am sharing it with you here. It may introduce to you a side of yourself you have forgotten.
“The Return Of The Sacred Feminine”
I sit at this moment drowning in emotion. Consumed by a grief that is so deep and ancient I hardly know what to do with it. I feel both sad to the core and sick in the stomach at a realization that is coming to the forefront of my awareness. This realization has been boiling gently under the surface for a very long time. Certainly all of this lifetime and I suspect many of those that I have experienced in alternate strands of time.
I knew from the time I was a young girl that I was a warrior, that I exhibited strength beyond that which was portrayed by the superheroes in the movies. I knew myself to be a powerful and competent creature that was unlimited and unstoppable. Unfortunately while the younger me knew that to be true everyone else had forgotten. The knowledge of the sacred feminine warrior had been lost.
Oppressed, perhaps purposely to keep us from remembering that we are all one.
Somewhere along the timeline of history stories were created to separate women from their strength, to remove the vast power to lead and to heal that was innate to their very existence. Cultural expectations and stereotypes were developed that became so deeply ingrained that they would not likely be overcome for many generations, if that was even possible.
The programs of powerlessness, self-doubt, shame, guilt and fear embedded so deeply in the collective feminine psyche that all but a very few were unable to see through the illusion and rise to reclaim their power. Those who did were branded as heretics, fallen women or just plain crazy. They were judged at every turn as they stood alone but they didn’t care because they had seen through the programs to know the truth.
The truth was that they were strong and incredibly competent, that they were amazing leaders and powerful agents for change.
They remembered that they were the nurturers and the creative beauty in the world. They realized that they possessed a strength that could not be taken away, an internal compass that vectored them on a path that would change and eventually heal the world.
They put their heads into the wind with discipline and a determination that produced oneness of focus; following a single pointed vision. This decision to live their truth and create a shift in the lives of all women in humanity was one that did not come without cost. More often than not they felt alone, abandoned by their family and peers, criticized by even those who appeared to be supporters and yet they never gave up. They worked tirelessly toward the goal of creating long lasting change. The goal of one day living in a world that honored the sacred feminine for the beauty and unconditional love that it brings to humanity.
We honor these powerful women who did not back down, who did not give in and did not give up. We are on the verge of a massive revolution, a shift so great that it will turn the world as we know it, upside down. We are moving into an evolutionary turning point so vast that we are unable to even fully comprehend it in this moment.
We will quickly move into a new era, one that is filled with hope and equality, a time that has often been dreamed of and written about. What approaches swiftly is a beauty so great that it is difficult to look upon, a love so deep that it is endless, a power of such magnitude that it will shatter the programs that run so deeply in the human collective psyche. The war drums have sounded, the sacred feminine warrior has returned to earth and nothing will remain the same.
Mickra Hamilton, AuD. is Director of Wellness at Physiologix Wellness Institute.
