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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Goddess Archetype


Lady Hamilton as Ariadne by Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (1755 - 1842)


'It's not like the different goddesses are all in their own special heavens with the door closed. All are archetypical manifestations of this universal female energy. Access is not an energy outside ourselves, but an energy within. Outside/inside, in ultimate reality, it makes no difference.

It is our true nature that we are trying to realize. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, you go about the day seeing yourself as Tara and recognizing Tara in others. And, though you think you are pretending to be Tara, in reality you are Tara pretending to be Mary Smith. And that is the point.'

~ Tenzin Palmo

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