A new therpist (IFS) I have been seeing gave me a copy of Magdelene revealed a few weeks ago. I appreciated Megan's perspective and delivery. It went in easy. So often I find exegesis on "injustice" to be fueled by defensiveness. Certainly the imbalances and distortions created by the aggressiveness and dominance of the Masculine in this world to date (including the distortion of Mary's story) could be categorized as unjust. To meet this reality (of injustice) with Love, ease, compassion and open-mindedness feels like peace, like home, like resting in the eye of the storm. A genuine and true response. I don't believe its needed to disregard peace in the process of realizing peace. : ) I went on to read The Girl Who Baptized Herself and Anna the grandmother of Jesus this month. These perspectives created a "re-sorting" all the stories I grew up with (raised Catholic) I found it very calming and fortunate to come so close to the heart of the stories of the Christian movement and what Jesus and Mary were called on to represent in this world. I felt a real intimacy for the movement and what it took to bring it into the world which further catalyzed the christ mind in my heart where it lives. We (humanity), each of us, are on a continuum of learning to accurately reconcile our biology and our psychology. Learning to let our Hearts lead instead of our fear and conditioning. The impact these teachings had on the stories I learned as a child created more space, more inclination to listen to the knowing inside me which is always speaking. I can always hear it if I choose to listen. (Boy do I need a lot of reminders!) It is encouraging and edifying to be together in the practice of slowing down to re-consider, to re-cognize what we miss when we pull our feet up and let our fear and conditioning over ride our hearts knowing. I appreciate the benefit of joining with your hearts in the practice. and contributing my own. Getting to experience the power of giving and receiving is a tremendous gift.