Man says in his heart," What I see, I will make better. Then my life will be more complete." Then he says, "Why don't I feel better? All my ducks are in a row now." He is lonely and empty. "My family is all around me, I finally have a good job, My new car is hot!!! I should smile but I really am not in the mood." He might even say," I am stuck on this merry-go-round and I can't get off. Why am I really here?"

We need to build a foundation.

If the great pyramids and the kingdom of Egypt could have saved Seti, we would have pyramids all over the world instead of skyscrapers.

If another person, thing, or circumstance could make us complete we would be the most uninspired and miserable of creatures.

What we build within sustains and lasts forever.

So many say, I am nobody special. I have no great gifts or talents, in fact I am really kinda dull at times. How would I rate acceptance in this world today??? I have so many problems and just can't seem to get past them. I have to admit, I am ashamed of myself at times, some might say.

We are taught to think of ourselves in this culture as lesser than, whether it is blatantly obvious to the masses or even hidden within the motives of a few powerful corrupt people.

Then there are the words of one of the most forgotten, unsophisticated, and lowly beings on earth that told us that the stone that the builders rejected will become the chief cornerstone. It doesn't matter what others think of us. Take the little things within that give us pleasure and joy and even though seemingly insignificant or even thought of as offensive to others, to us they are far more precious than gold, yet even more refined.

The chief cornerstone is within. There is nothing greater. We are not the lesser. Blessed Be

The relationship one has with themselves is the most important. From there, from within, is where love starts and how it can enfold others in a warm embrace.

Dave and Phyllis......that was beautifully expressed.

People need to get more in touch with themselves in order to find peace and beauty in their lives, as well as self-love. That harmony within will radiate love and compassion outward.

If only all people could find this peace. We would have an entirely different world dynamic.

I absolutely agree, our love for ourselves is a direct statement about our ability both to have joy and for loving others.

Thank you, Veda, for visiting the Goddess thread and for commenting here. It is so true that we have to love ourselves before we can love others. Have a peaceful day!

Absolutely Thank you for having the thread. It's empowering to see consciousness of love and honoring of self chatted about.

This thread started as a place to discuss and explore the Goddess, or Great Mother. It has progressed into a thread of honoring the inner being and finding calm within ourselves. The Goddess would want that of us, because true peace and harmony is found within. Deep inside us is all the love and truth we will ever need. Blessed Be.

My family was birthed in a time in history when all around us man was deemed the most insignificant creature on earth. The wealthy and powerful ruled everything. They were in bed with the government, the church, all of the local authorities, and large business. The little guy was disposable. When we left the "arc of safety" we called out to anyone,(even the stars) yet we had little if any hope. She answered us like no-one else ever had before. Our little concerns were of the most importance to Her. When we tried to lean back into our mode of fear or self pity she taught us how to stand strong and fearless. Not even when others sought our lives did she back down but showed the possiblities to us when to others the situation looked to be without hope.

She is still showing others the paths to self acceptance,, self reiliance, and a love that is unknown by todays modern man/woman. To many individuals, the outward directs the actions of the individual while to Her own the invisible is from where we draw our life source, from the immovable, immortal, and invincible that is within.

She has been and still is the only deity that I have ever known that seeks for man to be one large sharing family while she will stay at a distance if need be to allow for our completeness regarding growth. She is not like man who seeks center stage.

The movie Nanny Mcphee which was superbly written and directed, kinda summed it all up when she stated, "When you need me but don't want me I will be there. When you want me but don't need me then I have to go."

She has vastly deerer concerns for our condition rather than Her own kingdom or glorification. She already knows who She is.

Humanity for the most part has never known her. If they did they would truly lay all of their armaments down and share a never-ending feast. Then in unison we become the Great I AM.

She is the eternal Mom unsurpassed in love. Blessed Be

How long will we play with our broken toys of violence ?

She is waiting.

Burt B.

How long indeed, Burt!!!!! I like that, "broken toys of violence"!!! They are all broken aren't they!!! Sometimes mankind prides himself in his power. The only true power lies in understanding, acceptance, and the desire for others to be as happy and complete as She has helped us to become. Then we all inherit the power and force of the universe. We see that we are of such consequence, bear with me, that we are no more a self or an individual. The I becomes the We. The visible becomes the invisible. We are what has always been and if we can understand it, we have always been the eternal and been home all of the time. That is the secret that has been withheld from us since almost the foundation of humanity. Its always been up until now, some day, some time way out there in the future.

Some would call that a mystery but when the truth comes what is mystical is no longer a mystery and now understood. We fear who we really are. We fear the enormous power that is within us and have been warned repeatedly not to unleash it. Try telling that to Steven Spielburg, Anwar Sadat, Gandhi, Dr. M.L. King, Andrew Carnegie, and Golda Meir to name a few. They have or had no fear of their potential within. Fear is futile but understanding what is fully within births what is eternal. We don't want to completely BE. We might need a diversion, a crutch, an excuse, but we ARE running out of cover. Man is becoming discontent with partial truths.

The least of us are the greatest of us. The wisest of us know that we haven't even scratched the surface. Finally the most powerful of us are only that because we encourage others to find their inner core and be content, first in seeing it and then being at home with it.

Debbie, we started this thread with the Goddess and it has remained so even until now because She would have all of Her own walk in power and all authority yet all power and such authority comes only from giving life and health to others. That is the way she set this thing up from the beginning. We as a family have known this for 500 years. Yet I believe that it is far older than that. Blessed Be