When we dance at any given time, do we feel the divine? Is it a feeling of complete submission or is it a feeling of out of control dominance?
There were a few
moments in my lifetime when I danced that I felt
something incredible happened. In that enlightened state, did I become a
Goddess? The word Goddess has been apart of my
life since I was a child. But like most women I
didn’t take the word seriously. I mean, I didn’t
know any Goddesses and to say I was one quite
frankly seemed arrogant.
So as time has
passed one thing became apparent to me. There
was never a time I was not a Goddess. The word
seemed arrogant because the definition was never
made clear to me. As we grow older we actually
create the definition of what a Goddess is.
This divine feeling is the purposes of why l
dance. In many ways it has nothing to with me
and everything to do with the world around me.
Through this amazing dance for a very brief
moment in time I can actually change the world
around me and make it a better place. This is
the miracle of belly dance and this is why we
are all “Goddesses”.
But a question pops
up that always tugs at the back of my heart and
mind regarding being a Goddess.
Is God ok with me being a Goddess? Is it
blasphemous to even say that I am a Goddess
because here is where my religious background
nails me every time. Than a thought came to me
that belly dancing is about being in the divine
moment which means God is there with me as I am
dancing. So if God can take time out of his busy
schedule to be with me in those brief moments
than how can I not be a Goddess? God is
everything outside of me but he is in me when I
dance. This is how I started to understand the
definition of what kind of Goddess I am.
If we look at the mortal woman and her need to
get into a rather revealing costume to go out
and dance in public than a question arises.
What’s up with the costume? Yes, the thought has
crossed my mind too but than I have six costumes
and pine for more. It’s a very simple answer
really and one that every woman understands. The
costume represents how we really feel about
ourselves. And the odd thing is that the costume
also represents freedom. It doesn’t matter
freedom from what, all that matters is women can
feel good about themselves for a few amazing
moments. In these moments, you will see hundreds
of heavenly definitions of what a Goddess is and
all of them will be dancing in the divine state
of being. And this is how we know that life is
more than just the physical. When we are touched
by the divine at that very moment we are
transformed in Goddesses.
So does the costume really help with the
dramatic change from mortal to Goddess? We
distinguish between the two because the
definition of a Goddess seems to be defined by
image. So I realized that if I am a Goddess than
that means I wake up a Goddess and go to sleep a
Goddess. I realized that the transformation once
it takes place is eternal. The gift and
challenge is how you choose to define your
transformation. It is almost as if the costume
is the essential link for the transformation
from mortal to Goddess to take place. But what
happens when the costume comes off?
The definition of a
Goddess must come from inside us or the feeling
and image will be fleeting. The costume which
seems to represent so much for all of us is the
symbol of our definition. This is why I feel it
is so liberating to perform. All that is
required is to dance in the divine and to show
the world what a miracle our dance is. And by
doing this our definition of what a Goddess is
continually grows and changes with us and the
result is the freedom to define who we are.
Belly dancing and the Goddess than become one
and the same. So smile and realize that it is ok
to be a Goddess. Because every time you see a
belly dancer you are looking at a Goddess.
Many Blessings,
Dance From Within and Create a Style of Your Own Previous Page |
Del.icio.us
Digg
Furl
Google
Spurl
Y! MyWeb