WHEN GODDESS CALLS

BY TUESDAY RIVERA

Let me assure you. If you are seeking Her, She is seeking you. That is just the way it works. If you have a sense that Goddess may be calling you, you are right. She is longing for you to come to Her. Like a mother reaching out her hands to a toddler, encouraging it to take its first steps, Goddess has Her arms raised to you and wants you to come near. Come closer. Fall into Her arms so that she can tell you how beautiful you are. And also so that She can tear you apart and remake you into even more of who you are.
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What you are seeking is seeking you.

And now, maybe you are wondering if the feeling you get sometimes could be a call from Goddess. Or maybe you haven’t felt anything yet but you are beginning to recognize a longing for a relationship with the Divine Feminine or one of Her specific forms. A real relationship. One you can lean into. One you can depend on. One you can turn to as you shift your own shape and meet your new fate.

She will come to you in many ways. Some ways may be loud and unmistakable - I am here She says and chills run through your body! Or they may be soft and easily missed- I am here She says with a gentle light dappling through the trees. There is nothing to do besides stay alert and open and know that if you miss one call, She will return. She can’t help it. She wants to claim you as Hers.

Goddess has favorites and you are one.

Pay attention to your dreams and visions. She may speak to you while sleeping - coming as herself, a strong feeling, an ancestor, or as a symbol that is associated with her. You may also have a vision while waking - a color, an image, a sign that comes to you repeatedly. Especially if these images or sensations are strong or persist over time, they may be meaningful. A call.

Find Her in nature. She often calls through Her creatures. Many Goddesses are associated with specific animals or plants. Do you notice something new on your walks these days? Does a particular animal cross your path or flower attract your notice? Do you feel called to lakes or rivers, mountains or oceans? Different aspects of Her can be found in these places. She may call you through her land or water.

Read stories of myths and archetypes. Listen for those stories that especially resonate for you. Those stories that have you leaning in and wanting to hear more. To learn more. Follow these threads to your Goddess.

Look to your own lineage. There may be a Goddess that has called your line through the ages. One that your grandmother’s grandmother knew how to court. One that was raised on the land that was of your people.

Tune in to how you feel. Sometimes the call is just the gentlest nudge in a particular direction - look at that bird. Listen to that song. At times it comes with a feeling of wonder or awe. Sometimes, happiness or bliss. At other times it comes with a sense of overwhelm or uncertainty. There is no one way She calls. She calls in the way you need to hear Her.

Most importantly, be open and be foolish. It may feel silly at times to wonder if that bee or butterfly has a message for you. To imagine that you heard a voice guide you or that the image you see in your mind’s eye is meaningful. You may be self-conscious or start to cry when you hear a story of Goddess or a dream wakes you in the night. You may get chills for no apparent reason.

​Doubt is part of Devotion…
In some moments, Her call will be unmistakable. You will receive a message or a blessing, a visitation or an awakening from Her. You will feel overwhelmed by Grace and be so clear that She has called you.
At other times, her call will be the barest brush against your skin. The gentlest opening of your heart. You will come to know these as Her, but it may take some time.

Either way, afterwards, you will doubt. You will question whether you made it up. Whether it was your own mind speaking to you. Whether you really just imagined the encounter.

You will ask yourself: Who am I to receive a call? I am not special or talented or gifted. I am just me: flailing, flawed, and human. I am not a mystic or especially spiritual. I am just me.

Yes. You are just you. And that is beautiful clay for Her to work with. You are the perfect object for Her love. She is the perfect object for your devotion. What’s important is that you are open to Her. That you understand that the moments of doubt are part of coming to know Her. That you allow the doubt and know that She does not begrudge you your resistance or your fear. Your uncertainty or your reticence.
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​She already knows you and loves you. She is already calling you - even before you knew to seek Her.
At times, the “touch” from the Divine is unmistakable: You will receive a message or a blessing, a visitation or an awakening from Her. You will feel overwhelmed by Grace and be so clear that She has called you.

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