Comments on: The Courage to Sin http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/ women's wildly creative leadership emerging from within Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:31:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Julie Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:47:48 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-2088 Dear Eloa, Thank you for your words. They are a balm to me, to the pain I have felt in my life from others' beliefs about women. Somewhere inside we all know this is not true. But when you hear it from those you love, whether spoken or unspoken, and you are very young and need their love to survive, then you begin to believe it about yourself. It can feel so hard to be what you are without apology, yet at the same time completely freeing. Both, together. And, totally worth it. Wholly and holy. You are beautiful. Blessings, Julie Dear Eloa, Thank you for your words. They are a balm to me, to the pain I have felt in my life from others’ beliefs about women. Somewhere inside we all know this is not true. But when you hear it from those you love, whether spoken or unspoken, and you are very young and need their love to survive, then you begin to believe it about yourself.
It can feel so hard to be what you are without apology, yet at the same time completely freeing. Both, together. And, totally worth it. Wholly and holy. You are beautiful. Blessings, Julie

]]> By: Eloa Snowe http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 Eloa Snowe Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:47:43 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-2085 Dear Julie, Thank you for having the courage to not only write these words, but to share them. I can imagine how difficult it was. The equation of women and sin has been whispered and shouted at me for as long as I can remember: from the pulpit, the playground and the classroom; from television, magazines and books; from strangers, predators and lovers - even from friends and family. Whispered and shouted so pervasively and so vehemently that I found it in my mirror, my makeup, myself: that I was wrong, that I was unclean, that I brought darkness into the word - all because I had somehow made the mistake of being female. And it is hard to find the courage to sin; the courage not to apologise for who and what I am: a woman, wholly and holy. You are beautiful. Dear Julie,

Thank you for having the courage to not only write these words, but to share them. I can imagine how difficult it was. The equation of women and sin has been whispered and shouted at me for as long as I can remember: from the pulpit, the playground and the classroom; from television, magazines and books; from strangers, predators and lovers – even from friends and family. Whispered and shouted so pervasively and so vehemently that I found it in my mirror, my makeup, myself: that I was wrong, that I was unclean, that I brought darkness into the word – all because I had somehow made the mistake of being female. And it is hard to find the courage to sin; the courage not to apologise for who and what I am: a woman, wholly and holy.

You are beautiful.

]]> By: Julie http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 Julie Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:00:42 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-2079 Angela, I'm glad you came by to read it again, today. Balms are wonderful things to soothe those pains that were placed upon us, without our consent. We now can know the untruth of them. Instead, the mystery can reveal to us what we've been all along...sacred. Angela, I’m glad you came by to read it again, today. Balms are wonderful things to soothe those pains that were placed upon us, without our consent. We now can know the untruth of them. Instead, the mystery can reveal to us what we’ve been all along…sacred.

]]> By: angela http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 angela Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:08:17 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-2078 Julie, I'm so glad you reminded me that this post was here. I read it in January, but apparently I needed to read it again today. Your exploration of the etymology of "sin" is a balm to the wounds of years of believing that woman = sin. And when you say, "I’m even greater lover of the Mystery, which is the Mother of math. This Mother is the heart of existence. This Mother holds us all in her womb, the womb of truth. If we’re willing to hang out here, the truth will be revealed," I take a deep breath, ready to hang out and rest with the Mother. Angela Julie,
I’m so glad you reminded me that this post was here. I read it in January, but apparently I needed to read it again today. Your exploration of the etymology of “sin” is a balm to the wounds of years of believing that woman = sin. And when you say, “I’m even greater lover of the Mystery, which is the Mother of math. This Mother is the heart of existence. This Mother holds us all in her womb, the womb of truth. If we’re willing to hang out here, the truth will be revealed,” I take a deep breath, ready to hang out and rest with the Mother.
Angela

]]> By: Being who we are. « WholeSelfCoach http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Being who we are. « WholeSelfCoach Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:27:57 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-1055 [...] incredible Julie Daley wrote this post on what it means to be fully a woman. It started to shake me loose. Dian’s post too. [...] [...] incredible Julie Daley wrote this post on what it means to be fully a woman. It started to shake me loose. Dian’s post too. [...]

]]> By: unabashedly female · Ripe With Love http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-941 unabashedly female · Ripe With Love Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-941 [...] am I sharing this with you today? After I wrote my post of last week, The Courage to Sin, I remembered this poem, written as I traveled from ‘out there’ to ‘in [...] [...] am I sharing this with you today? After I wrote my post of last week, The Courage to Sin, I remembered this poem, written as I traveled from ‘out there’ to ‘in [...]

]]> By: Megan McFeely http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Megan McFeely Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:08:42 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-939 Julie -- wow... it was a labor of love, this article and I am so glad you found the freedom you know is yours at the end. I loved the equations...they were simple and free... I could just look at them and understand the discourse. The power of symbols is amazing. I think our conditioning is about the body being sin and that associated with the feminine because the masculine is the head and the transcendent, but I think you said this. Also I want to say something about power. I think we are afraid of our own power... and with women the power is in embodiment....but you know this too! Anyway I loved watching your train of thought and your powerful brain and heart. I think women have to stop being afraid of their power and all of the stories we tell ourselves about why we are not living it is just crap.... so easy for me to say. HA!! Julie — wow… it was a labor of love, this article and I am so glad you found the freedom you know is yours at the end. I loved the equations…they were simple and free… I could just look at them and understand the discourse. The power of symbols is amazing. I think our conditioning is about the body being sin and that associated with the feminine because the masculine is the head and the transcendent, but I think you said this. Also I want to say something about power. I think we are afraid of our own power… and with women the power is in embodiment….but you know this too! Anyway I loved watching your train of thought and your powerful brain and heart. I think women have to stop being afraid of their power and all of the stories we tell ourselves about why we are not living it is just crap…. so easy for me to say. HA!!

]]> By: Julie http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Julie Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:30:48 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-938 Sheila - yes. i love that. 'She may find her other krilly self, the one that fits through the netted holes that catch salmon.' And, shape-shifting buoyancy. What a great metaphor to envision from. To discover one's shape-shifting buoyancy. It feels light, like it's free. Sheila – yes. i love that. ‘She may find her other krilly self, the one that fits through the netted holes that catch salmon.’ And, shape-shifting buoyancy. What a great metaphor to envision from. To discover one’s shape-shifting buoyancy. It feels light, like it’s free.

]]> By: Julie http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Julie Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-937 Amy, Thank you for your comment. How amazing that Mary Daly's name is right there across from your home, and you now know who she was. I so love that. Amy, Thank you for your comment. How amazing that Mary Daly’s name is right there across from your home, and you now know who she was. I so love that.

]]> By: sheila http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/01/09/the-courage-to-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-933 sheila Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:31:53 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=711#comment-933 Oh and I love the way you tap out the meaning of words. Oh and I love the way you tap out the meaning of words.

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