My talented friend and retreat teaching partner Camille Maurine sent out an inspiring invitation yesterday that I have excerpted here.  Just think!

"I have a proposal for you – woman to woman, heart to heart…

What if… we are poised at the portal of a collective spiritual initiation?   

Whether we cognize it or not, our bodies and psyches are always in resonance with the collective body. Women’s nervous systems are highly sensitive instruments, vibrating empathetically with the suffering around us near and far. Trying to block out this responsiveness only fragments us; better to transform it into strength. Staying rooted in our internal feminine ground is imperative for two reasons: 1) to stay sane, healthy, and resilient, and 2) to be a clear, vibrant force for peace.
Our female bodies resonate with the morphogenetic field of women everywhere. At a fundamental level, we are one body. We affect one another, profoundly.

Starting now at Winter Solstice and continuing, please join me in the still of the night, in the solitude of silence and darkens.  If you’re like most women, you wake up at least once, whether from the wild dance of hormones, worries and responsibilities, a creative inspiration, or simply the need to pee. I ask you, as women of heart, to link with me in those quiet moments, in prayerful meditation. As you are falling into sleep, and if you awaken in the night, let us tune to each other and to the souls of women around the planet.

A minute of joined awareness is a mighty force.

Let us breathe in inspiration and healing with each other. Let us breathe out love, compassion, and peace into the atmosphere of the world. Imagine each woman around the planet holding a radiant thread of feminine consciousness. Imagine the web of illumination building and spreading with the turning of the Earth, gaining in strength with each passing night. Imagine this very female tapestry of prayer becoming an actual substance, a source of nourishment and support for you and for all women. Imagine this substance shining through every cell of your body, emanating out to soothe the hearts of the men of the world with newfound tranquility and understanding.

Our waves of blessing combine and amplify, traveling forth in an unstoppable movement, a song of the heart that vibrates through all creation. We may not know the worldly solution to humanity’s conundrum. We may not know how this invisible power will manifest. We simply give this offering in trust, because we must, to the forces of life and love."

Beginning tonight, the longest night of the year, just as the earth turns toward the light in the northern hemisphere and the darkness in the southern, join Camille and I in "creative consciousness as a force of nature, inestimably powerful, with the potential to affect the course of history toward good."

What if…?