Ask Yourself What You Want
A woman’s heat is not a state of sexual arousal but a state of intense sensory awareness that includes, but is not limited to, her sexuality. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The way to maintain one’s connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from the dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls. Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the choice of mates and lovers. A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before you will never satisfy the hunger of the soul-self. And that is what the intuition is for; it is the direct messenger of the soul. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
It is worse to stay where one does not belong at all than to wander about lost for a while and looking for the psychic and soulful kinship one requires. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul. In ancient times, purposeful solitude was both palliative and preventative. It was used to heal fatigue and to prevent weariness. It was also used as an oracle, as a way of listening to the inner self to solicit advice and guidance otherwise impossible to hear in the din of daily life. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
What You Seek Is Seeking You
All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you for a long time. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The things that women reclaim are often their own voice, their own values, their imagination, their clairvoyance, their stories, their ancient memories. If we go for the deeper, and the darker, and the less known we will touch the bones. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your own soul. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
If you have yet to be called an incorrigible, defiant woman, don’t worry, there is still time. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
