Menstrual Bleeding as a Divine Altered State

Menstrual bleeding is not a flaw in the system. It is not something the body is trying to "fix".

It is a threshold.

When a woman bleeds, she is not simply shedding tissue - she is entering a naturally altered state of consciousness.

One that women have accessed for thousands of years.

Blood as a Portal, Not a Problem

During menstruation, the body turns inward.

Hormones drop.

Energy pulls back from the external world.

The nervous system softens its grip on performance and productivity.

This creates a state similar to:

• Meditation

• Dreaming

• Visioning

• Deep intuition

• Liminal awareness

The veil thins - not because something mystical is added, but because noise is removed.

The Body Becomes More Truth-Oriented

When bleeding, many women experience:

• Heightened intuition

• Emotional clarity

• A lower tolerance for misalignment

• Strong inner knowing

• A desire for solitude, quiet, or ritual

This is not weakness.

This is discernment.

The menstrual phase strips away what is unnecessary and reveals what is real.

Ancestral Wisdom Knew This

Across many ancient cultures, bleeding women were:

• Given rest

• Relieved of labor

• Honored as seers, oracles, and wisdom keepers

• Allowed space away from the demands of others

Not because they were "unclean", but because they were powerfully open.

Their nervous systems were more receptive.

Their intuition more accessible.

Their perception less filtered.

Modern Life Disrupts the Initiation

Today, women are asked to:

• Work through bleeding

• Override their body's cues

• Medicate away sensation

• Perform as if nothing is happening

This dulls the altered state.

Not because the body loses it - but because it is not given space to unfold.

Bleeding Is a Return to the Inner World

When a woman allows herself to slow during menstruation, something shifts.

She may:

• Receive insights she has been avoiding

• Feel grief rise to be released

• Gain clarity about relationships or direction

• Sense a deep "no" or a sacred "yes"

• Feel connected to something ancient and wordless

This is the medicine of the bleed.

You Do Not Have to Do Anything Special

You do not need elaborate rituals to access this state.

You only need:

• Permission to slow

• Willingness to listen

• Space to feel without fixing

The altered state is already present.

Your body knows how to open the door.

A Sacred Reframe

Bleeding is not the loss of power.

It is the return of it.

A monthly descent into Truth.

A clearing of what no longer serves.

A remembering of who you are beneath roles, expectations, and noise.

When you honor your bleed - not as an inconvenience, but as an initiation - your cycle becomes a teacher.

And your body becomes a sacred guide.