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MAAT: The Feather of Truth, She Who Holds the Balance
Your Goddess is Maat: The Feather of Truth, She Who Holds the BalanceYou are Maat. The one who cannot pretend. You feel imbalance in your body before you can name it. You know when something is true and when it is not, and you have spent your life learning what to do with that knowing. It is not always easy to be the one who sees clearly. But it is your nature. It is your gift.Maat is not cold. She is not rigid. She is the principle that holds the cosmos together. Without her, the Neteru say, nothing would cohere. Your clarity is not a flaw. It is the thing that allows others to find their footing.You are drawn to fairness, to integrity, to the feeling of things being in right relationship. When they are not, something in you rises to restore the balance, not from judgment but from a deep knowing of what is meant to be.The invitation before you now is this: apply your extraordinary standard of truth to the way you speak about yourself. You deserve the same clarity and grace you offer everyone else.Direct Transmission Channeled by Danielle ArtigoI am Maat. I do not come with judgment. I come with a mirror. You have been ignoring the whispers of your heart, the intelligence of your body, which desires for you to act in one way. Even if out of fear, your mind is telling you otherwise. In one way or another, be it big or small, you have been betraying yourself and not being truthful when it comes to your actions. What you say has not been in alignment with what you do.And even the small betrayals are still betrayals, in the same way that a small white lie is a lie all the same. Do not fool yourself by thinking that even a tiny betrayal of yourself is insignificant. For each time you neglect yourself, or make a choice based on ease rather than innate knowing, it has an impact, psychologically, emotionally, and even physically. And it weighs on your heart, even in the smallest way.And so I ask you to be honest with yourself. Tune in to your heart space and ask: where am I betraying myself? Where am I speaking, acting, or thinking in a way that is not in coherence with what my heart and body knows to be true? Perhaps you are not being perfectly truthful in your relationships with loved ones, whether it is because you do not wish to hurt their feelings or engage in conflict. Or perhaps you are acting based on how you have historically always acted in this relationship.And perhaps you are not even in touch with the idea that the relationship has evolved, as all things do, whether it be a relationship with another or a relationship with yourself. And therefore you cannot rely on previous reactions or behaviors, as that would be acting from the past instead of the present.And so I ask you to explore where you need to honor yourself more deeply, or where you need to be more conscious in your life and relationships, for your own good as well as for everyone else's. This is not a small thing. Every time you choose truth over comfort, you lighten the heart. And a light heart, one that has nothing to hide from itself, is the most powerful thing a woman can carry. When you do this, you will find that you are lighter, happier, and more clear in general.