Brooke Medicine Eagle on the Rising Feminine, newsletter for late summer
Brooke Medicine Eagle, is a legendary Earthkeeper, wisdom teacher, healer, visionary, singer/songwriter, catalyst for wholeness, and ceremonial leader. She is the best selling author of the Native American literary classic, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing, and of The Last Ghost Dance.
Wow, the summer slipped by fast! I left in May for Scotland, spent most of the time in continental Europe (see below for more), and came back to the states from green and misty Wales — to an experience that felt like hell (severe heat, surrounded by wild fires, and choked with smoke) !! Thankfully, here in Montana and the NW we had the miracle of heavy rain and early snow to help put out the fires - now many other parts of the country are deeply challenged by fire and storm. These difficulties, plus the almost unbelievable negativity and lack of caring from our “leadership,” make hell less than a metaphor.
I don’t have or watch TV, nor did most anyone where I stayed around the world, but quite often someone would report another horror happening in America, and stories about all the support systems for everyday folks and Mother Earth that are beginning to be swept away by soft hands, calloused hearts and inflamed minds. People around the world are sad for us Americans, and many who were close to the Nazi experience in the second world war era, say it feels very much like the beginning of that terrible time.
The Rising Feminine
What’s happening is deeply shocking to me, when many of us have been working toward and holding the image of a golden time for this sweet Earth. However, my highest guidance talks about the need to go through this dark time with hopeful understanding and clear intention.
We are in the time of the RISING FEMININE. The masculine energy has been dominant since the sun-worshipping horsemen out of the northern steppes swept over the gentle Earth-worshipping matri-focal cultures of Europe around 6 thousand years ago. The pendulum’s long swing is returning to a more feminine time.
Matri-focal society does not mean one dominated by females (that’s matriarchy - another form of hierarchy with a different sex at the helm. Matri-focal societies focus on nurturing women and children, and that attitude of caring spreads to all people. They are egalitarian and non-warlike, putting their energy into giving everyone what they need to live good lives; creating beautiful art and culture; living simply, sustainably and lovingly on the nurturing Earth; and most often are matrilineal (where property and lineage belong to the women, so that children always have their home and family). The economies are based in gifting, not competition.
A decade or so ago, the primary societies in the Americas acknowledged the arising Feminine by handing the “wands of power” to the grandmothers. This beautiful energy rising up from the Earth is pushing up all the negativity that has been hidden “underground’ so that it can be seen and cleared. The shock of people’s anger and hatred, blame and lack of caring for others (from the highest to the lowest levels) has been there all along; now it can be seen; and in order for it to be cleared from our experience, negativity simply must be seen and acknowledged.
Although it is deeply frightening to witness, we must hold strong in our dream of a golden time, while honestly addressing the things that are not working in our world. What has happened in America seems to have arisen from the many ways we have ignored segments of our population who are hurting. When a trained salesman / orator comes along telling people what they want to hear, great power is given, just like in Germany years ago. The devastating part is seeing that the uncaring hearts who have come to power have self-interest as their primary motivation. It is stunning to me that those who are supposed to be intelligent people in leadership cannot see that their actions will NOT lead to happiness and well-being, even for themselves, if they destroy the Earth beneath us and the structures that serve us.
Time to Step Up!
It’s a time to step up and put our energies into what we care about, and continue to hold the highest possible dreams for humanity - while doing our own homework on whatever trauma and negativity rises up in us. As my sister friend Tanah reminds me, it’s time for each of us to follow Creator’s plan rather than our own, and find the ease, grace and magic that brings.
So begin each day
Asking for the greater plan for yourself and the will to follow the highest guidance.
Get clear about what you want to manifest and speak that prayer / intention into the world.
AND, VERY IMPORTANT, ask for the mindset to match that prayer.
Finally say, “Creator (God or however you address that holiness), MAKE IT SO.” - which gives creation permission to move into action.
Then go about your day with a restful heart, paying attention to the guidance that comes from your heart.
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