The Realm of the Good is Inside You.
Last night was a beautiful gathering of women for our Feast of Mary Magdalene Holy Experiment. We read a portion of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, which introduces a phrase that to me is life-altering. In his final speech, Jesus calls himself a Child of Humanity, a True Human Being, an ihidaya. This Aramaic word has a very different connotation than the normal phrases we use, such as “Son of God”. An ihidaya is someone who is Fully Human. .
The Power of Inner Healing
As a spiritual seeker, I love reading about other faith traditions and spiritualities. As I get older, this learning is less about head knowledge, knowing facts and concepts, and more allowing the wisdom, truth, and medicine of that tradition to sink into me.
IFS and Christianity
Some of you have heard of Shadow work before: this therapeutic or spiritual approach reveals that there are emotions and ways of thinking or behaving that we have come to see as “bad”, shameful, or sinful. All of us are brought up in families and cultures that prioritize some ways of being over others. Our personalities and Ego also navigate us toward certain behaviors over other, helping us to survive in this world.
