Ina

“Objective knowledge can be learned through teachers, books, or observation of something outside of ourselves. Gnostic or noetic (an alternative spelling) knowledge is what is revealed to us or intuitively perceived as spiritually true. I think of gnosis as what we “gknow” at a soul level, it’s what we know “in our bones.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
― E.E. Cummings

“To be a green and juicy crone comes from having lived long enough to be deeply rooted in wholehearted involvements, of living a personally meaningful life, however unique, feminist, or traditional it may appear to others. It has to do with knowing who we are inside and believing that what we are doing is a true reflection or expression of our genuine self. It is having what Margaret Mead called PMZ, or postmenopausal zest for the life you have.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

“To be a choicemaker in the third phase means that what you choose to do or be must correspond with what is true for you at a soul level.”
― Jean Shinoda Bolen, Goddesses in Older Women:: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty