GOING GODDESS™

I have fond memories of picking dandelions and daisies in some vast country field during the warm spring days of my childhood. Skipping through the knee high grass, searching for the perfect flower, I mastered leaping, hopping, and jumping over patches of white and yellow blooms until I found that special flower. It had to be brilliant and perfectly round, like the sun, since this was to be my center piece for a string of daisies headdress. After the crown was made and placed on my head, I would slowly sift through the area looking for the best parachute ball to serve as my sceptre. When found, my ceremony could begin.

A procession of imaginary friends would lead me down a secluded path to my throne which was fashioned as a fallen tree or stump or rustic boulder draped in vines and moss. Once seated, I was entertained by butterflies and bumblebees whirling about the dancing leaves with music played by birds and breeze singing through the budding trees. Sooner than later, I would leave my throne, join in with the fun and twirl myself around my queendom, until I'd fall flat in a drunken stupor. While on my back, clouds swirling above me, I would raise my sceptre to my lips and blow magic wishes out onto the wind, until every bit of the parachute had been released.

I can't remember what followed the blowing in the wind other than heading back to the family car for the long ride home, but those few memories still bring a warm sensation of joy to my heart and a smile to my face, and I'm still chasing dandelions.

Once a woman, twice a child.

In ancient Kemet, the phrase 'Wep Renpet' meant 'opening of the year', and it represents the beginning of a new year, marked by the rising of the star Sirius. This event was recognized as being very important because the reappearance of Sirius after a period of seventy days' invisibility originally marked the emergence of the New Year and later was thought of as the ideal rebirth of the land. It seems fitting to spotlight the Egyptian Goddess Renpet, the goddess of spring, fertility, and youth, as the earth rebirths itself this season, bringing forth new vegetation, rejuvenation, and beauty, recharging our energy and perspective.

Hawaiian Songsters

Interpreting our lives through the process of story-telling and analogy allows a clearer view of our journey as human beings, and is nothing more powerful to move our consciousness than a song?

So if you can now compare your life to a song or a series of songs, like a musical play, pause and ask yourself, "what notes am I playing?" Is it a series of flats, rendering your life dull, lacking luster and vigor? Or are you consistently sharp, cutting your way through life, wounding and injuring circumstances and relationships around you? Are you creating a harmonious piece (peace), unified and balanced with your environment? Or maybe you just drum a steady beat, hypnotized by your own pointlessness.

Whatever songs we decide to play our lives to, it is certain that they will come to an end, so let's create and enjoy while we still have the stage!

A Few Gifts

From Our Earth

Thank You!

Practically every earthly system, natural and man-made, is in trouble. From the smallest microorganisms breeding in the soil to the massive world financial structures, all are struggling to stay alive in the current environment. We are beyond the point of grasping the facts of our degenerative condition; now is the time for transformative action. Part of the solution to our problem is to honor the 'hand' that feeds us.

As a collective unit, humanity must respectively return the love earth gives back to her by working to keep the planet alive. We must get off the fast track of destructive living by reducing and eliminating chemical pollution, waste, deforestation, animal cruelty, war, and human oppression.

Individually, we can advance our awareness of our human constitution, commit to holistic health, and employ a self sustaining lifestyle which is in harmony with the earth's evolution.

A simple initiative of learning how to grow one food crop is incredibly empowering by increasing the exchange of nurturing between an individual and the earth.

Our world changes are snowballing downhill at an exponential rate but humans have the power to put the brakes on a complete breakdown. When we see things as they really are, we will learn the truth about ourselves and the earth which guides us to the reconstruction of a better life.

The Kasmik Goddess called in to promote "Going Goddess" on The Roof Garden radio program!

Thanks to Rev. Baruti and all the other sisters who called in!!

copyright 2008 CBREEZE

It seems appropriate that the name 'March' stems from the Roman god Mars, the god of war, who was worshipped by countless legions of soldiers in the Roman Empire. But initially, Mars was a Roman god of agriculture and vegetation, protector of crops and animals who was associated with springtime and fertility. However, over time the role of Mars changed as he was given a new position a the warlord.

One whose position has not changed is the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres. She is the mother of grain, crops, fertility, and abundance, and is also known as the eternal earth mother.

The name Ceres is derived from root words which mean ' to grow', 'create', and 'increase' and the word 'cereal' is a relative form of her name.

March is a great time to increase your knowledge and creative power by working with nature's gifts. Plan a small garden and plant a few seeds as a part of a new development in your life. Learning simple agricultural skills will maximize our likelihood for survival and optimal health, so why not take up the staff and give it a try. You'll be surprised at what you can do!