Ask for Input from a Silent Member. If something is going on and she hasn't spoken up, does she have an insight or feelings about it? Is what has been unsaid the missing piece? Maybe she is attuned to the center. Maybe she is aware of the shadow. Might what she has to say be what the circle needs to hear? Or might silence be what is called for, and

In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way. —From a talk by Angeles Arrien, author of The Four-Fold Way

There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come. —Victor Hugo Feminism catches fire when it draws upon its inherent spirituality. When it does not, it is just one more form of politics, and politics never fed our deepest hungers. —Carol Lee Flinders, At the Root of This Longing

If you have ever walked a labyrinth, the journey is like this. You walk and walk, following a path that turns and changes directions over and over. You have no way of knowing how far it is to the center, until suddenly you are there. Once at the center—a symbolic place of insight and wisdom—you stay as long as you wish. Then it is time to take that

“The medium is the message,”

soul. Poetic imagery is also compressed information. Less can lead to more, if my words draw out what you and a circle of women together have as collective wisdom.

The more circles there are, the easier it is for new circles to form; this is how morphic fields work.

I could see how different and almost mutually exclusive each form is: one fosters the psyche, trust, and authenticity, the other facilitates productivity, the effective use of power, and persona.

When a critical number of people change how they think and behave, the culture does also, and a new era begins.