goddess ishtar
goddess ishtarDevotion for the Goddess Ishtar as the universal Divine Mother flows like honey from the book Soft Moon Shining
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Our discussion in this monograph has to do with God in the feminine form as the Goddess or Divine Mother or Sacred Feminine. We relate the concept of mother with unconditional love and compassion. It is easier for us to be in the presence of the Goddess when we understand Her to be our Divine Mother. The innermost core of our being is the Goddess and everything external to us is the Goddess. Forming a relationship with God in the feminine form or Goddess, is easier for most of us. We see the Goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, and Ceres as forms of the divine feminine. Reveling in the compassion, love and mercy of the Mother we come to understand the nature of our own selves. We see the Sacred Feminine in many other cultures through the history of the human race. In Christianity the feminine view is still preserved in the Catholic church as the veneration of the Virgin Mary or Mother Mary. For those of us inhabiting an earthly dualistic framework, it is not likely that we will be able to garner a relationship with something that is indefinable. We read in Genesis: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27, KJV. God is both male and female. Only by abandoning the ego will we taste the sweetness of God's immortal love. From the absolute point of view, God is neither male nor female but is an it. Some might argue even an "it" is too much definition or limitation to attach to the indescribable. Wisdom is knowing we are all one and love is what it feels like and compassion is what it acts like. It is useful to approach God as a form in the attitude of love and devotion. Love is the essential element because God is love. The truth is time, it is not time and it is beyond time. The Hindu and Buddhist traditions are rife with forms of Her. Some examples are Kali, Lakshmi, Durga, Saraswati and Tara.
goddess ishtar