Everything Changed When I Realized that Receiving Was a Gift to the Giver
Allowing my divine feminine to fully shine
We have a weird dynamic in the world between givers and receivers. We believe that the one doing the giving is the one… well, giving. We believe that the one receiving is the “lucky” one. They just get to sit there and receive with no effort or return to the giver.
Maybe this comes from the “fat cat” syndrome of having an elite class who seem to just receive and receive and there is definitely no benefit to the ones giving — us. Maybe we have been surrounded by “takers” who literally would bleed us dry and never give anything in return.
I don’t know. But somewhere along the line, this unhealthy dynamic really damaged what we understand about the divine feminine, women, and the glorious experience of openly receiving — for the receiver and the giver.
Many years ago, my husband and I went away for a week to explore how tantra played out in sexual intimacy. We didn’t want to be in our heads about it. So, we just decided to remove ejaculation from the table and explore masculine and feminine polarity and union.
Part of being in the feminine means to be completely receiving, open, and surrendering to what is being given. Of course, this occurs within an…
