I tried to imagine a church that did not support its country's wars as a matter of patriotic course and instead stood against the devastation and suffering they caused in people's lives." (from 'The Dance of the Dissident Daughter'.)

Embodiment means we no longer say, I had this experience; we say, I am this experience.

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

You put his brain in a bird, the bird would fly backwards" -Secret Life of the Bees

Yes, here I am returning, the woman who bore herself to the bottom and back. Who wanted to swim like dolphins, leaping waves and diving. Who wanted only to belong to herself.

... in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form.

In Radical Optimism, Beatrice Bruteau sets forth a deep and shining vision of spirituality, one that guides the reader into the contemplative life and the very root of our being. Dr. Bruteau is a philosopher of great measure whose work should be required reading for all who seek the deepest truth about themselves.