…a quote she used in the book from Nietzsche:
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star"
Dancing on Colette’s Grave
I found a little quote today that made me think of a powerful dream voice I heard years ago while undergoing major changes in my life~~with its attendant chaos.
Many years ago, after leaving a church where I had been a devoted member and student, I went to sleep one night after looking above enormous elms and evergreens and asking the sky to give me a name. I had been used to having a name to call on in contemplative times and meditations and it had been a long time without a name. It wasn’t really all that conscious but I had left what I had known, been wandering for a long time, and just cried it out before falling off to sleep.
I would not have remembered the celestial query if a "disembodied dream voice (a term I learned from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' works)" had not answered.
The disembodied dream voice just simply, but clearly, said: "The Name is Morningstar."
I was quite taken aback as I’ve never heard, simply, a voice in my dream with nothing else. (However, I could tell it was an ancient ancestral woman’s voice.)
I spent some time researching "morning star." I've written about it in my journals for years and if and when I get the courage to delve into them, perhaps I’ll write about some of the specifics. Because it was the birth of a star in a mystical way that kept me going for about seven years, maybe more maybe less.
In times of trouble, the Morning Star was just there.
I’m not sure what my point is at all except Colette's quote reminded me that the present chaos can point to a dawntime and I am grateful.
8 comments:
Wow!
Thanks so much for stopping by and the beautiful comment. Of course I would love you to link to me of course I would love to link back to you. I look forward to reading whatever you put out into the universe
Namste,
Colette
Thanks Colette: and I must take this opportunity to thank the posters who have been encouraging me in the recent past at my other posts below: mindinside, jarvenpa, jac, livewire et al.
My dinner's burning but I'll get back....
You are a lovely person .. i am saying this just in case u dont know it.
Thanx to the web blog world making it possible knowing you.
Today am realizing that i care about my readers more than i thought.
From the place I am coming from, a morning star is some thing you can depend on when you are in trouble...like a good omen.
I was all blank abt the morning star! Have to get back to comment after an update :-D
Thank you so much mindinside (it made me cry). Thanks for all your encouragement. I will post more when I have time. I was at your site and notices there’s not comment link. But I thought I’d tell you the Happy Birthday poem is very nice but I suspect I know why there’s not comment link….
Thanks jac: is there something specific about the Morningstar in India?
Dr o2: nice to see you again. When I heard it, I was blank too.
To all, I’m in the middle of a few deadlines (seems to be the story of my life) but I want you all to know that I enjoy your company and although I have a brief post above that suggests something that developed in a class yesterday, I still believe in the power of the blogosphere for people’s ability to connect with ideas and perceptions.
Yes, I’m apologizing for not having too much time right now.
I have to ask my forfathers. LOL
What a lovely message. I discovered some years ago that there was a woman called Morningstar in my family line (she turned out to be Cherokee, but more of the story I couldn't discover--so much gets lost in time) (or possibly, just drifts to another star?)
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