May 25, 2022

Our being in charge
stops at the gates of ritual.
Malidoma Patrice Somé

We had just begun our sacred journey when my husband sent me a graphic with these words. It was amazing on several levels. Dennis has always been supportive of my journey but has rarely engaged. These words he sent were prophetic. And I’ve been told that Malidoma has appeared among the ancestors at the portal at MossTerra and also at the portal here at HazelWood Cottage. Some of the sisters saw and sensed him during our time here. Stunning.

I’ve adapted Somé’s words for this graphic to capture some of the essence of our journey.  For indeed we were not in charge. We were not in control. Yet we didn’t lose control, we surrendered it.

Each of us set this intention by saying ‘yes’. Yes to what would unfold. Yes to remembering the mystic energies we held lifetimes ago, many of those together here in Ireland. Yes to embracing those energies in this lifetime. We said ‘yes’ and we surrendered any notion of being in charge.

Chief Sealth is famous for the wisdom of knowing that we did not create this web of life. We are but one thread within it. We are not in charge. We are not in control. It’s not about losing control because we never had it, which is hard for us humans to accept. But when we embrace that knowing and surrender being in charge, the magic unfolds. 

When we stepped through that gateway to sacred encounter, the magic surrounded us every day. Although most on that journey are now home, it still does. And we are profoundly changed in ways we are only beginning to understand.

Blessings of Crone Wisdom,
Judith