On the Threshold
Forgive me for procrastinating so long. I’m here to support you, but I had my own issues. I was afraid to let people know me on a day-to-day basis. Sound familiar? Thank you for your patience and your comments. I received some nice comments. Recently, I had a dream about a sleezy guy stealing my wallet who tricked me because I was guarding it with my life, and yet, he managed to steal it from me. When I woke up in the morning I saw that this dream meant that something/one had stolen my identity. But that’s just how Destiny is, it is ours, it presents itself to us individually, but we think we have all the time in the world to let it manifest. It’s quite terrifying, as evidenced by the number of blocked writers (bloggers like me) and other artists. The Maya believe that a dream struggles to remain anonymous; that it will hide so that we don’t remember it. Destiny is that way too.Creativity is part of our Destiny, and yet we wait for the weather to be perfect before we venture out to take the risk. Writing has been my passion since I was a girl of 15 years. Look how long it has taken me to externalize it! I trust you are identifying with what I am saying. Sure, I wrote my way through undergraduate school, then the Dissertation, and now Corn Woman, but there’s a way I’ve kept this a secret. That’s over now, and I am here also to share my wisdom.
Here’s what I say in Corn Woman Sings about how Destiny taps us on the shouder and grabs our attention: “For the dreamer/curandera, the topic of destiny is especially important because it defines her/his role in life, a role that is transmitted through dreams. The Aztec and Maya cultures highly valued the process of discovering one’s destiny, because the path toward it ran parallel to the path toward transformation. The dream guides the dreamer by showing the next level of attainment. As our dreams direct us, we find that in deciphering our destinies, we enter upon the ultimate of spiritual tasks–discovery of sacred gifts that lead to out transformation and transcendence as well as that of the world’s.
“Belief in destiny is a difficult concept for Westerners to accept because the idea is in direct opposition to self-determination by the individual. Yet, destiny neither negates responsibility nor leaves us open to whim. We have many choices to make. La curandera/medicine woman/artist may recognize a special talent in healing, music, art, writing or dancing, etc. The list is endless. In this paradigm, developing these talents requires taking personal responsibility to develop them for the sake of the culture. Destiny gives the means by which to create the powerful symbols and if we respond to it, teachings resulting from art. When destiny speaks, we feel the expansion of consciousness. The empowerment that follows provides the certainty and wherewithal to follow through.