I am She, the Lord

It's Women's History Month, Holy Week starts this week, and a killing spree has ended the lives of six Asian American women. What it is is an accumulation of abuse brought to a head. The world is watching how this latest hate crime plays out. Will justice be served? Will we rise up and call it unacceptable?

Inanna, Sumerian goddess procreation & Queen of Heaven

A personalized God can be a mere idol carved in our own image - a projection of our limited needs, fears, and desires. Instead of pulling us beyond our limitations, “he” can encourage us to remain complacently within them; “he” can make us cruel, callous, self-satisfied and partial as “he” seems to be. Instead of inspiring the compassion that should characterize all advanced religions, “he” can encourage us to judge, condemn, and marginalize.” ~ Karen Armstrong

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

Wild Mercy | the language of the heart

Mirabai Starr is a writer and modern mystic whose books include God of Love and Caravan of No Despair. Most recently, she has published Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics with Sounds True.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Mirabai about her approach to feminine mysticism and what brought her to write Wild Mercy. Mirabai explains women mystics' emphasis on interbeing as well as the innate connection between spiritual seeking and the fate of the earth.

Tami and Mirabai talk about the potential forms that spiritual communities may take in the future and how we can navigate the death throes of patriarchal religious structures. Finally, they discuss the reunion of masculine and feminine perspectives, as well as why loss opens us to immense compassion. (60 minutes)