Project:
Unity of Self
Marriage of the Inner
and Outer Goddess and God.
Copyright © 2013 Anthony P Pauly Jr
& Gathering of Butterflies Productions
To My Dear Friends and Spirit Family,
Several years ago at one of the events I attended, I sat in circle with
several of my spiritual sisters around me. While sitting there in the
conversation of spirit mates came up and that whole vast subject surrounding
the phenomena that we have all in our own unique way become familiar with. It
was while sitting there during the very short versions of the stories the
ladies were telling me, that I realized I wish to hear more about their
experiences in greater detail.
In that short window of spiritual communion with my sisters, a dream
awoke within me to bring those stories into greater public awareness in a way
that respected the dignity and honored the sacredness of the experiences.
I not only wanted to hear those stories in great detail, but I also felt
strongly compelled by the idea that there are probably many people in the world
that could benefit greatly by the mirrors reflected in the imagery and the
power and passion that stories such as this could contain. So I've spent the
last two years, sitting with it, thinking about it, and dreaming it. So
now, after a wonderful opportunity presented itself to me, I disclosed my
vision and ambitions to one of my sisters in that circle.
Just a short while ago in Philadelphia, she and I had an opportunity to
sit down with her partner and I shared the story of this idea and how it came
to be alive within me. I told her how I wanted to write a book compiling the
stories of around 20 men and women from our circle of graduated, ministers that
have gone through the marriage ceremony. From her enthusiastic support and
instant willingness to participate and dedicate her stories to this project, I
have decided to go ahead and formulate a proposal that I am going to release to
our community.
I realize that these experiences are exceptionally personal and no
person reading them is going to fully understand what you as individuals went
through to find and marry your inner Goddess and God, (Spirit Mate). If after
reading this proposal, you are interested in participating, feel free to
contact me at the phone number or email listed at the bottom of this document.
Also feel free to forward this proposal to any one you know who’s has had
similar experiences in their lives.
That said, I know that for some it is a lot to ask. This project is
being offered openly with the greatest respect and gratitude for courage shown
for those who are interested. My intent is to explore this important part of
our ancient human experience. Because Self Marriage has had a tremendous effect
on my life, I envision a more expansive public debate and conversation about
the internal unity of male and female archetypes inside the human soul. Conversations
such as this seem to be a rare occurrence and may help to heal our world in
amazing ways.
As I mentioned above I want to write a book compiling the intensely
sacred and important stories of around 20 women and men that describes the
circumstances, magic, power, and healing surrounding their self marriage with
their internal male or female counterpart. For those of you that have had this
kind of experience I ask only that you spend some time with the questions I
have proposed and will propose in this letter. Don’t rush to an answer, take
your time. Think about this part of ourselves, this part we have referred to as
(Spirit Mate) and what that means to you. How does knowing this alternate
reality, affect your life? How may it benefit others who will be and are
searching, maybe without realizing it, to answer questions they have had
sleeping within themselves for many years. We as a community may be able to
help them find words for those unspoken feelings, and in finding a way to see
their own depths they may better realize the sacredness of their own souls and
it unrealized vast potential.
I know most of you have looked at this quite a lot. However, it seems
prudent to cover some thought points about the topic. In most cases if we are
male in body our inner goddess (Spirit Mate) is a female. If we are female in
body our inner god (Spirit Mate) is male. There may be variations on this rule,
so be open minded.
The underlying principle is that when we come into unity with that other
part of ourselves we move into relative balance.
The stories are going to be broken up into two main parts.
Part 1:
The first part of the story will be an introduction into the life and
experience of the storyteller, that describes who he or she is and where they
come from in their life. This first portion of the story need not be long and
it certainly doesn't need to be a 120 page biography. What I would like to see
is a relatively concise honest bio of where the storyteller has come from in
their life and where they are at this point in time. Obviously as the
storyteller, you would have the right to choose how much you want to share and
what is appropriate for you. Remember, there are only going to be so many pages
in this book so be concise. Also as the story teller you have the option of
limiting personal info if you wish. Your privacy is sacred to me and I won’t
ask you to disclose anything you chose not to.
A. Along with this first section after the
introduction of the storyteller, and their life. Then they will begin to move
into telling the story of how they came to be aware of the reality surrounding
the experience of the Spirit Mate in their lives.
B. Let me go into a little bit more detail
about how I would like this to look. You will be essentially telling the story
from the perspective of your physical self, whether you are male or female. If
you are male, you will be telling the perspective from your male energy, the
male half of your spirit mate which is your physical embodiment of your body.
If you are female, you will be telling the story from the perspective of your
female physical self, which is the female physical embodiment of your body. To explain
this, a little bit more simply. You are going to be telling the story from the
perspective of what you remember occurring in this physical incarnation,
whether it be, from dreams, visions or meditations. How did your spirit mate
reveal him or herself to you? What do they look like? How did they make you
feel when you first came into contact with him or her? Do they have a name? How
do they feel to you? How do they teach you? How has this internal relationship
grown over time? Is your spirit mate different from the basic description I
laid out above? Do they reveal themselves to you in a way that is neither male
nor female? Tell the reader any other relevant information so that they can
best relate to your experience if at all possible.
C. One point to consider, as you go about
formulating your story. Each and every person who encounters this experience
will do so in a way that is completely and totally unique to that individual
and their spiritual path. No two peoples’ stories are ever going to be the same
and unfold in a predictable manner that follows and falls within expectations.
I anticipate that the unexpected will occur in the stories, and that I will
hear things about the spirit mate relationship that I have never encountered
before. And this is exactly what I'm hoping will happen.
D. It seems prudent to mention now. If you
wish to use terminology that is different than (Spirit Mate) feel free to do. I
ask only that you provide a clear explanation of what the words mean to you.
E. Lastly for this first section, part 1,
I want to remind all of you of something that I'm sure you already know. But I
just want to put it into clear terms, and reiterate it so that all of my i’s,
are dotted and t’s crossed. One of the universal principles behind the Self
Marriage or Unity of Self Marriage of the Inner and Outer Goddess & God
experience, as I have learned it, is that our inner Goddess or God will
formulate itself into a form that reflects our essence, our truth and balances
us spiritually so that we may grow and mature, fully, as spiritual beings.
F. One of the components of
good story telling is to incorporate the five basic senses. Taste, touch,
sound, smell, and sight. Being that this is a shamans tale also consider how
you may include the sixth sense of inner experience, ie intuition, instinct or
other variations of this.
Part 2:
Part two of the story gets into a bit more of unknown territory.
In part two. You are going to tell the story from the perspective of
your Inner Goddess or God. Your job as the storyteller and the writer is to put
their voice on paper. I want you to tell the story of their history, their
past, their dreams, their hopes, their sorrows and their vision of what they hope
you as the physical embodiment of themselves will learn and do in your
lifetime. Tell us about what they have learned from you. Tell us about the love
they have for you. Be creative, be adventurous, and take some risks. Trust
yourself and be honest.
The basic outline, as I described it above is what I'm looking for,
however, as the storyteller I want you to feel free to take whatever creative
license you wish. So long as the basic outline and its expectations are met.
I'm asking you to follow this outline for the purpose of easing the readers
ability to connect with and learn from the sacredness of your experience.
Please remember there may likely be many people encountering this book that
have very little foundation or background with this type of experience.
As the writer it is our responsibility to choose our words in a way that
allows the story to be approachable for the reader. If at any point in your
story at the beginning or the end or even in the middle you wish to incorporate
poetry, feel free to do so. I adore poetry. I enjoy it so very much and I like
to incorporate it in many of the pieces that I write. But I leave that option
up to you.
So now that I've explained that there's going to be a part one and part
two of each person’s story from the perspective of not only their physical
selves, but also the perspective of their Inner Goddess & God. I also want
to give you an idea of how long it should be. As the writer, I am hoping that
you may be able to limit the length of the stories that you tell to 12 standard
8 x 11 pages. If you can do it in less that would also be acceptable and much
appreciated because it will help to limit the size of the book. But if you must
tell a small bit more do so and remember if I have questions or I need revisions
done I will bring this up to you once your contribution is submitted.
As the author of the book, I also, will be contributing a part one and
part two of my own experiences surrounding my own self marriage and how she has
affected my life. I will also be telling the story that my inner goddess has to
tell from her perspective.
As the facilitator of the project, I am hoping to receive a balanced
number of submissions from both men and women that have gone to the marriage
ceremony. Please email them to me in a windows format. Just so that I'm clear
all persons wishing to contribute to this project may do so.
Obviously with any publication that has submissions from multiple
independent sources. There may be a necessity for me, as the author and my editing
crew to correct punctuation, spelling errors or grammatical errors that may
have occurred prior to the material being sent to me. I am making a clear
commitment to the courage and generosity of the contributors. I will do my best
to keep the content of your submissions as verbatim as possible. It is not my
intention. Nor is it my wish to alter your words and the intent of your story
in any way.
I ask that you refrain from using copyrighted material unless you
provide written permission from the author or the author’s representatives. If
I do not get this documentation I will not be able to use that portion of your
submission. I may have to request that the submitter clarify or adjust areas of
their story. If there should be any issues with the way the words flow and read
for the reader.
As with any publication project of this type, there is always a certain
degree of back-and-forth co-creation that occurs in a publication of this form.
Thank you for understanding, thank you for your interest, and if you do submit
a contribution, thank you so very much from the depths of my heart for helping
me to bring this dream into reality and manifestation. I am certain that each
and every one of the stories that goes into the final publication, will without
a doubt, be absolutely remarkable. I am confident that they will contribute to
the inspiration and growth of countless spiritual beings that are looking to
find words wisdom or experience from kindred spirits.
If you want to talk to me directly about this project and have question,
don’t hesitate to call or email me.
Unity of Self, or Self Marriage is a marriage by a person to himself or
herself resulting in the unity of the male and female aspects of a soul.
Self-Marriage is a commitment to radically honor, value, and practice self-love
and self-compassion for all the parts of ourselves in order to live a better
life and help minimize the collective suffering of the world, one human
experience at a time. It may become a social movement and or a daily practice
acknowledging that we are in a relationship with ourselves, first and foremost.
It is based on the question "if you were in a relationship with someone
who treated you the way you treat yourself, would you choose to stay in this
relationship?"
Self-Marriage has four components:
- Becoming your own lover, best friend, and parent/child
- Connecting with and committing to your deeper purpose
- Uniting all the contradictory and conflicting aspects of yourself
- Harmonizing your external relationships and circumstances
The paramount challenge of our age and for our species survival is
distilled with the following words. The next step in our collective human
evolution is the necessity for balancing the male and female aspects within
ourselves first and then in the world around us. If we fail to do so there will
be no future to pass to our decedents because we will be extinct.
--Anthony P Pauly Jr, Jan 2013
Anthony P Pauly Jr & Gathering of
Butterflies Productions.
P.O. Box 1114 · Stowe, Vermont 05672,
U.S.A.
Tel: (802) 324-5769
Copyright © 2013 Anthony P Pauly Jr
& Gathering of Butterflies Productions
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