{"id":1469,"date":"2018-05-28T03:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2018-05-28T03:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T03:54:07","slug":"the-wounded-feminine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/healingandtransformation\/2018\/05\/the-wounded-feminine.html","title":{"rendered":"The Wounded Feminine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/es\/photo\/588650\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1470\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/370\/2018\/05\/water_lily_pink_aquatic_plant_pink_water_lily_blossom_bloom_pond_lake_rose-588650.jpgd_-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/es\/photo\/588650\" width=\"786\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Why do I need you in the light, If I do not find you in the dark&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\n<p>I speak to the wounded feminine. You know who you are.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve been suffering for aeons.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Suppressed.<br \/>\nDishonoured.<br \/>\nDisrespected.<br \/>\nTaken for granted.<br \/>\nDehumanised.<br \/>\nFeared.<br \/>\nOverpowered.<br \/>\nLimited.<br \/>\nCondemned.<br \/>\nDegraded.<br \/>\nRaped.<br \/>\nTraded.<br \/>\nDevalued.<br \/>\nUsed for sexual pleasure.<br \/>\nAbused.<br \/>\nPersecuted by religions.<br \/>\nMutilated genitally.<br \/>\nCastrated emotionally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, you&#8217;re confused and you lash out.<\/p>\n<p>And you (justifiably) think men are the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Attracted to your suppressor, you&#8217;re drawn into a world of shadows.<\/p>\n<p>And you want to take from men.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Take as much as you can.<br \/>\nTake everything and run.<\/p>\n<p>Take revenge for all women who&#8217;ve suffered in history.<\/p>\n<p>Take your power back.<\/p>\n<p>Take men&#8217;s power away.<\/p>\n<p>Take your sexuality back.<\/p>\n<p>Take all the wealth you can.<br \/>\nTake traditionally male jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This taking your power back is healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Taking revenge is not.<\/p>\n<p>Dominating the masculine is not healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Emulating the masculine by suppressing your feminine is not the answer either.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nYou want to be a man in a man&#8217;s world<\/p>\n<p>You want to take over from men.<\/p>\n<p>You want to crack the whip, climb the mountain of corporate success and show men how it&#8217;s done.<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nWomen (divine feminine) &#8211; where is your heart?<\/p>\n<p>Did you forget what it is to be a woman &#8211; to be compassionate &#8211; to be a support &#8211; fertile ground for ideas to sprout?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211;<em>\u00a0&#8220;Your heart knows the way, run in that direction&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Rumi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is there anything more beautiful than love? It&#8217;s important we tear down these walls in society and tear them down with love &#8211; so the breakthrough is not just in the mind &#8211; but on the ground &#8211; where we can build stepping stones paved with love.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>_________________________________________________<br \/>\nYou are a creation of God.<br \/>\n<em>This is why you really are good enough.<\/em><br \/>\n_________________________________________________<br \/>\nYou are awesome as you are, and I love you!<br \/>\nAnd if you love me back, please click \u2018share\u2019 up at the top!<br \/>\n_________________________________________<br \/>\nDavid Zenon Starlyte &#8211; SOUL COACH, SPEAKER and ASCENSION GUIDE<br \/>\nMy guidance is channeled from Spirit, channeled from the STARS. I&#8217;m a gateway, or portal to soul enlightenment (basically self-knowledge). Find out more about me:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidstarlyte.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.davidstarlyte.com<\/a><br \/>\n_________________________________________<br \/>\nPlease follow me on Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iamstarlyte\" target=\"_blank\">davidstarlyte<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davidstarlyte\" target=\"_blank\">davidstarlyte<\/a><br \/>\nImage via <a href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/es\/photo\/588650\">PXHERE.com<\/a> &#8211; No copyright infringements intended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Why do I need you in the light, If I do not find you in the dark&#8221; &#8211; Kahlil Gibran I speak to the wounded feminine. You know who you are. You&#8217;ve been suffering for aeons. Suppressed. Dishonoured. Disrespected. Taken for granted. Dehumanised. Feared. Overpowered. Limited. Condemned. Degraded. Raped. 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