DEMETER

goddess of feelings and emotions

Mother, "doorway to the mysterious feminine", Great Goddess Demeter -

"I felt it all

the rage the anger

the joy the happiness

the tearing the anguish

and i searched

for the middle ground

the sure path

between what I felt

and what I did with it

Then I shed the skins

the layers that build up

when feelings aren't voiced

aren't heard

aren't acknowledged

By giving my feelings

their rightful place

I keep myself far

from the intensity

immensity

sheer density

and cost

of emotion..."

Great Goddess you have come to light my path through this labyrinth of emotion.  You teach me that it is time to nurture my "wholeness", by first, accepting, acknowledging, and expressing my feelings. 

You say to me: "Feelings are what you feel.  Emotions are your reaction to your feelings.  Feelings left unexpressed build up and can create disease, emotional and physical,  for they take up space inside you and forbid healthy energy from flowing freely.  Do not fear that your emotions will render you vulnerable.  Do not fear that they will overwhelm you.  They will not take you to a place that you can not return from!  I say to you, my child, the more you learn to accept and honour your true emotions, the safer you will feel in expressing them.  Feel anger?  Then scream to me.  Feel fear?  Then cry to me.  Feel happiness?  Then laugh with me...

Bless you sweet child.  You will learn..."

Thank you Mother Demeter.  Bring your cooling peace into my heart.  Set me free from the confines of my "self".  Let me move on.  Help me to move on.

With your help, so mote it be.