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I love the theme for this New Year, Roaring into the '20s. It speaks for itself as we began the New Year here on the Lower Mainland, B.C., with our first snowfall. I was impressed by how quickly the city sent snow plows out to clear the streets. I began this year mostly alone, sorting out a lot of those sticky emotions that are just there and get ignored as I go through my day. I realize how comfortable it is just to let the feeling pass, as I get busy doing something or nothing in particular, especially as I age.

But I then I had an epiphany, and realized that aging means that I no longer should be dealing with any emotions of insecurity, regret, disappointment, or guilt; none of those negating feelings were acceptable anymore. I have decades of experience to tap into, and that should be enough to absolve myself of any wrong feelings that I may have learned to hold on to. No matter what occurred in my life, I must stand up and be who I am today. My past taught me to be more than I was back then, and that is who I must be in the world today, the me that survived all of my past.

I recently watched this great show on ageism, Frankie and Grace, starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, and it brought so many issues up in my face. I realized how easy it is to use age as a cop-out for so many things. Aging is not about giving up; it's about standing up. Being blessed with age, and with your full capacities, makes you a blessing to be shared with everyone in your environment. Some of the younger generations may tend to become condescending in their ways of thinking they know more than we do because we are old. Some of us may get pushed aside because we allow the attitude of the young to break us down and put us in our place. Being old does not mean climbing into a box and hiding. Many indigenous cultures honor the Elders blessed with the wisdom that comes with age. They hold a special place in their society, and their knowledge is highly valued.

I am fortunate to be able to volunteer at Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre in Delta B.C... I have come to realize just how much I appreciate aging as I witness seniors in different stages of aging being out in the community, maintaining their health and lifestyle with such vigor and joy. There is a dinner and dance celebration at least once a month, and the turnout is incredible. I realize that places like this are worth their weight in gold with all the knowledge accumulated here. The elderly may be pushed aside in society, but some of us are uniting to live a better quality of life in this stage of our lives.

Being active as we age allows our minds to stay sharp. Now is not the time to give up on our dreams because we now have the wisdom and patience to move ahead in our lives if we so choose. We will always have a place in society as long as we do not give it up. We are still able to change the world if only with one person at a time. We all have at least one superpower to share, one gold coin that means something special to us and that someone needs us to share. We are valuable with decades of wisdom.

Knowledge is power, and we are powerhouses no matter what anyone else says or thinks of us. If we have made it this far in life, then we are heroes. If we have made it this far and have a legacy of children and grandchildren, then we are superheroes. The world will appreciate us as much as we honor, respect, and enjoy ourselves. I always see myself as a bottle of fine wine, slowly aging in time to become more vibrant and fuller. I am akin to the image of the pregnant Goddess in history, which relates to Womyn in her fullness, filled with knowledge and wisdom: pregnant with life experiences.

The Temple of Love – Our Sacred Space - Aphrodite: Golden Goddess of Love – The Goddess among all people

We all possess some of the qualities of the five Greek Goddesses. At this time I am embracing more of Aphrodite than I have in years. In my maturity and in alignment with the work that I continually do with my five lower bodies (mental, emotional, physical, psychic and spiritual) I am experiencing her much differently.

I am aware of feeling very intimate with myself because I accept who I am more unconditionally. I have been working on a proposal for a radio show I was offered to do and it had me tapping into my comfortable place and pushing deeper into my truth to honesty answer the questions presented.

To fully understand these feelings one must go back to a time when Aphrodite was honored and revered as the Goddess of Love in the temples of ancient times. The temples trained young woman in the pleasure of love and loving. An acolyte had to learn how to look and feel good about herself as a Womyn. She was taught to pay attention to the needs of men to pleasure them and to teach them how to pleasure Womyn. There was ritual and ceremony involved and sex was a sacred union in the Temple.

The Temples were a place of respite for weary travelers and for those who were looking for the sacredness of sexuality. The acolytes were also considered to be teachers and well versed in their fields. Any children birthed in the temples were considered to be the son of God and it was the Temples responsibility to raise them.

Over the past 40 years I have read and researched and absorbed a lot of information around the discovery of the image of the Goddess and anything associated with it. What I have written here comes from that sacred space deep within me that I am connecting with. If you want proof of any of this then you will have to find it for yourself or within yourself. This is what I believe to be true.

I believe that if we taught our children about the sacredness of our Temple, the sacredness of our sexuality it would help them ease a little more through those difficult times of self discovery. I think this would give them a reference point to connect to when they begin to explore. Personally I know that when I consider the value of who I am I tend to make better choices for me and I am less influenced by outside forces.

Find your sacred space within you and dare to feel nurtured and loved and cared for. Encourage yourself to be comfortable in your skin, in your environment, your community, your Universe. Honour your Temple and be love.

Ironing out the Wrinkles

“At times it seems to me that I am living my life backwards, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles—wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing.”

An Unprejudiced Mind….André Paul Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.
I am so drawn to this man’s wisdom.

As I read this quote I immediately visualized the wrinkles on my soul and felt the presence of my Ancestors at work. I feel so at peace as I realize how many wrinkles I have ironed out. But yet there are so many layers left. Ironing out the wrinkles today is work and I realize just how diligent I have to be in smoothing out the deeper layers connected to the past, the Ancestors and make peace with them on a conscious level. I am in a conundrum as to what purpose aging serves at times. I have never panicked about aging as I had decided many years ago (I believe that it was after reading the book series of “The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East, by Baird T. Spalding) that aging was senseless, at least the thought of aging anyway. It works almost like the thought of being ugly, stupid, dumb, fat, and all those others beliefs we choose to choke on that feed those never-ending wrinkles.


I believe that I inherited so much more through those wrinkles to make it worth the work it takes in smoothing them out. My heightened intuition being one of my most treasured gifts to evolve from my struggle in releasing the wrinkles my parents shared and left me with. The end result of letting go of that was the manifestation of Graves Dysease which landed me in the hospital with Congestive heart failure. At one point in the hospital I left my body and went on a journey which I believe I kept one foot in for a few years as I healed and completely reversed my condition (my specialist insisted many times that this had never been done before). As I indulge in my other creative ventures such as painting, knitting, writing, singing, and so on I also recognize the communication from the different Ancestors that accompanies each of these artistic outlets. With great gratitude I continue to move forwards, always with their blessings and I release, let go, and learn from those wrinkles.

Remember the Goddess Within

How taking this online course can benefit you

What is Re-membering the Goddess Within?

-understand and explore the many faces of the Goddess
- define the inner and outer expressions of these aspects that you embrace in your everyday life
-re-align with your more powerful aspects to change who you are and become who you are becoming
-re-birth in a loving, nurturing environment

What can this program do for you?

-realize your potential as a Womyn in the world
-re-member who you are by embracing where you have come from
-realize the importance of your role and your value within society
-use your fears as a springboard for success and connect with your deepest passions
-re-write your past and renew your signature on this plane

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In life we may be caught up in who we are and what we have to do to maintain who we are and forget to slow down and embrace those inner aspects of self that require nurtuing. Now is the time to address the inner you who may be peeking out at times but never makes it past the little peek hole that we create to ensure that it is still present. When we ignore these aspects we never really move in the forward direction that we intend. Sometimes we are just comfortable with our story and what we have made of them so we choose not to dig any deeper to learn, grow and heal more than is neccessary to maintain our comfort level.

Remembering the Goddess Within is an exercise of going in comfortably and embracing those hidden aspects, addressing them and integrating them. We become more at peace and empowered in ourselves and in our lives as we move past our fears and boundaries and learn to communicate and become the absolute aspects of our hidden powers.

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The Moon Lounge

Within our past Matriarchal Societies and present today in some Indigenous people’s practice, the Moon Lodge (as we shall name it) represents the Womyn’s Society. Womyn coming together in a sacred environment to share knowledge, heal, and restore them self to continue on with life’s journey. My interpretation of this is what the Moon Lounge is all about.

Moon Lounge will be a place where Womyn come together in Sacred Space for renewal. There will be a sharing of stories through spoken word and music. Healers and Readers will be available for sessions, and vendors with products to enhance your journey. The goal is to create a time of relaxing, releasing, rejuvenating, the three ‘Rs” of maintaining a healthy Mind, Body and Spirit in today’s society.

The venue will be a place where as a group we can hold the energy of healing to create a safe, comforting, atmosphere. The Readers and Healers will be those who play a role in Womyns healing through their work. The products sold will support Womyns empowerment and healing. The presenters will provide words to assist Womyn to move past limitations and services.
If this resonates with you then please join me in this “Moon Lounge” experience.
Embers Moore

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False Evidence - Honoring the Inner Ear

In contemplating fear I realize that it is the biggest reason that many of us do not step into “who we really are in this lifetime”. It brings to mind the acronym for a workshop facilitated by Fred Shadian a few years back – FEAR –False Evidence About Reality which was the theme of the workshop that led into a Firewalk which I did. I learned that by seeing ourselves as unlimited beings we leave no room for fear or False Evidence.

With an open mind I proclaim that our whole life is based upon the story of those who influence us the most in our lives and the story of the Collective Unconscious since day one. Who is to say or judge that everything we were taught and/or the way we were taught what we know was correct? For example, a tree is a tree because someone said it was. If we were told that tree was a foot and no one else intervened, we would spend our life believing that this was true. Thus it could be true to say that who we are today may be based upon the influence, and sometimes approval of some outside force.

False Evidence exists everywhere because unfortunately we are products of a fear-based society. If you watch T.V. every day and believe the stories that you hear through the media you would soon become a controlled fear- based being. You make the choice about how you frame your reality and how you assist those in your care to frame theirs.

I recall when Womyn resorted to burning their bras to put a point across. I also remember picketing the United States Consulate in Winnipeg to protest against Apartheid and the import of South African goods. Those who are meant to take care of the bigger picture do not always hold the vision of the whole in mind.

Peer pressure is a means of controlling the youth of today as they are so afraid of not being accepted concerning how they look, act, eat, and think. At some point in time we decided to give up a part of our basics right and trust those who we put in charge to run this country to look over our greater good. Like the peel of an onion the story of trust unwinds or rewinds itself as does our roles in the story.
Only when we come together in love as a whole and unite in the teaching of youth, issues of human equality and the care of the Elders, animals and the planet can we overcome the False Evidence we have created about our reality. When we choose to stand together and hold all men, Womyn and children, and all life as precious and valued in our hearts then the world will exist in love and peace.

Love is meant to heal all pain and misery only if we allow it to be so. A united global love can open up the heart of the Unconscious Collective and shift the energy of the Earth plane as we know it. We could transcend as a collective and eradicate all hunger, war, and conflict.
This ideal situation is my opinion but it is one that I believe can be attained. When one heart opens to trust and unconditional acceptance it move past its own False Evidence ant this opens the way for others to do the same like the dominos effect. It’s always about choice.