Divine Feminine

This is your card reading for Thursday, May 14th/15.  Your card skimmed out of the 'Divine Guidance' fractal art deck, authored by Cheryl Lee Harnish.  Your card is 'Divine Feminine' and Cheryl Lee's message for the card is this:
"This card asks you to begin operating more from a feminine flow of energy, whether you are male or female.  It asks that you allow your power to flow from within, instead of using force.  Be mindful of using a gentle approach to people and situations.  The role of nurturer and healer is important for you and these gifts will blossom when you allow them to naturally emanate from you.  Focus on your relationships with the people you interact with.  You will find that more will be accomplished, while creating peace and harmony for all involved."

My message for you today is this:
I have shared with you many times here that to be truly self-empowered NEVER implies disempowering another....this is reflective of the Divine Feminine.  To stand in your own place of empowerment means that you believe in yourself and your own personal convictions, despite what may be swirling around you and THAT is powerful, indeed!
Attempting to push or even 'badger' or 'bully' another into your way of thinking is actually disempowering to the perpetrator as well.  It is indicative of low self-esteem and insecurity residing in the person who is attempting to force their will upon another.  Think about this the next time someone is attempting to push you in a direction of thought or action that just does not resonate with you.  Simply by embracing the knowing that they are coming from what is actually a disempowered place, you disarm them.  Do you see what I am saying here?  No retaliation or 'taking a stand' is required from you in order that they not overpower you...all that is required is that you recognize where they are coming from and that you do not take on what they are attempting to send your way.  All you REALLY need to do is to connect fully with your inner Divine Feminine and stay true to who and what you know yourself to be. No reaction whatsoever can be very disarming to one who is attempting to push you or push your buttons.  It is your reaction that they are looking for and that is what feeds them energetically to move forward and continue with their badgering or bullying or manipulation.  Keep this in mind the next time you feel that someone is attempting to manipulate you into moving in a direction or situation that just doesn't feel right to you.
Having said that, in our relationships---particularly close family and friendship relationships---those we love WILL lovingly 'push' us into taking actions that we may be resistant to but that are in our best interests.  The difference is, that it always comes from a LOVE-CENTERED place, much like a loving mother will push her child to achieve what she knows that her child is capable of doing, because she lovingly sees the potential there.  It is more the energy of 'encouragement' rather than the energy of 'manipulation' and these two actions hold very different energy.  My husband lovingly 'pushed' me recently to book a Dr.'s appointment regarding a health issue that I had been 'worrying over' the past couple of months.  I had been using the excuse that I was too busy, when I was actually feeling rather fearful and I was attempting to put my head in the sand rather than to deal with it.  Happily, I had my Dr.s appointment yesterday and I am relieved to learn that my concerns were unfounded and that all is well.  The point is, were it not for my husband's urging, I would likely have continued along 'worrying over' the issue for some time.  I share this with you in order to illustrate the difference between someone 'pushing' us in our best interests, as opposed to 'pushing' us in their best interests.  The Divine Feminine within you knows the difference!  We are ABSOLUTELY, as a collective, moving away from the old paradigm of a masculine, competitive way of being societally, and toward the new paradigm of a feminine, cooperative way of being societally---that is what the SHIFT that we are currently in is all about.  That does not mean that we completely discard the Divine Masculine---what we need here is a more balanced way of being---the Divine Feminine has been disregarded and has not been honoured.  We require a balance of the Divine Feminine as well as the Divine Masculine in order to express our best selves out into the World.  
Today, you are being asked to lovingly embrace the Divine Feminine within you...and to witness and honour the Divine Feminine in others as you go about your day.
Blessed be...
(And isn't it 'interesting' how I chose the quote for yesterday's post on the day before the 'Divine Feminine' card presented for you?  I LOVE the synchronicity of it all!)