Please read Losing My Religion for further explanation of the following intention:

It’s by thy Grace that I see . . .
Some day the day shall come when all the glory shall be Thine
People will say it is yours and I shall deny, not mine.
Peace to All. Life to All. Love to All.
~Snatam Kaur

As I set out to write my Priestessa intention, I feel strong, confident and capable. I am very near to peace. Moments ago I was verging on anxiety about the gathering later today. Now, like a breath a fresh air, a sensation of calm has washed over me.

The request is that I create a personal priestess intention and then answer the question, What in me must die in order to birth this?

I have the urge to answer that before I write my intention. I paused to contemplate both and apply lotion to my red knuckles a moment ago. As I rubbed lavender lotion (brand: Avalan Organic Botanicals) lovingly into my hands, it began to peel and flake off of them in a way it never has before. It appeared to me that something was dying . . .

And so I say: In order to birth my Priestessa Intention, what must die in me is quite clearly my need to have others confirm my truth and my path.

I realize the complexity of this statement; elders, teachers and others have perspectives to share that I do not on my own. Please do not misunderstand me to say that I will not heed their wisdom when appropriate. However, I know myself well enough to recognize that I tend to ere to the side of aiming to please and accommodate to such an extent that my own truth becomes buried.

This feels particularly difficult to let die as I enter a circle where I assume there are existing beliefs and practices I will be expected to adhere to. Yet our attendant assures me it isn’t so. As I understand it, the commitment of the group is to support one another without judgment and to stay true to our own growth. So, there you go! There I go. Here I go. . .

My simple Priestessa Intention on this day, the 22nd of November 2009, is to spread, shine and show peace to all, love to all, life to all by growing closer to divinity and allowing it to pour through me and touch everything and every being I do. My intention is for people to see beyond my personal strengths (and weaknesses) and recognize them as something more, something truly accessible to every single person on this planet.

That being said, I intend to dispel unhealthy, unnatural insecurities we all harbor. I intend to increase beliefs that much is possible and that more is possible when we are united in vision. I intend to seek to increase the clarity of my own positive vision so that I may share and realize it.

As Priestessa, I intend to be humbled even as I begin to increasingly honor my authentic self. I intend to be a strong and reliable woman, worthy of spreading joy and love and positive energy and of stepping fully into the powerful gifts I contain.

My intention is to enhance and deepen my natural intuitive and healing abilities. I believe intuition is a lifeline to the Divine. When I hear it, I am in harmony with the reverberating thread of truth that exists within and without me. Healing is something that occurs as we heed our authentic calls and let all else fall away. I recognize that assisting others in this process is part of my calling. I intend to become clearer about what this truly means and to step closer, if not into, this role as it has been laid out for me.

I intend to arrive and exist with an open, whilst protected, heart. I intend to bring my gifts, ready to share. I intend to be patient and loving with myself first and foremost and to recognize that even if doing so does not fit a particular social mold, I must keep it high on my priority list anyway.

I intend to discover more about what being a priestess means and has meant. I intend to explore what it will mean to me.

In love, in life, in peace ~ Priestessa