The Sacred Feminine

[SilentFeathers]

I wrote this a few years ago and wanted to share it with you all....

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The Sacred Feminine

The Goddess is returning right before our very eyes,
She has been chained and held prisoner for way too long.
She, being so connected to the universal powers of wisdom, thus, humankind has thus been limited by suppressing her power and presence.
The feminine will be one of the major keys during this age of awakening.
Loosen her chains and let her teach us!
Mankind cannot fly into the age of truth with only one wing….

The God and Goddess Within….

Within each and every one of us is the masculine/feminine energy that we must find balance within, in order to be whole.

The religions and people in power over time have caused us to be conditioned to believe that the feminine is weak, taboo, and even evil.

We have been taught that the feminine is "bad or weak" so we live our lives trying to separate this "feminine" energy from the self. Therefore, we have become very unbalanced as a species. This has caused great tragedy and harm towards women especially, but also to men as well.

Women are taught to be masculine, men are taught to be masculine. Neither is taught to be feminine. Women forced to stay home, cook and raise children, that does not make them feminine.

The God and Goddess are within each and every one of us regardless if we are male or female. Two halves make the whole and without one or the other the result will be chaotic spiritually, physically, and psychologically.

To separate this energy in our lives is not natural and the sooner we believe that, the more balance and healed we will become as a species….

SilentFeathers 3-30-2008


SilentFeathers Sacred Pathways
http://www.silentfeathers.com/apps/blog/

[crested-duck]

I've always just naturally known that females are stronger than men. Look at a lioness or my wife--both tough and deadly creatures that deserve respect, and yet can be most gentle and loveing too !---Rob

[gripreaper]

Very succinct SilentFeathers. The feminine energy is the void into which the inertia of the masculine energy nests for creation to occur. Manifestation cannot occur without both the receptive embracing openness of the feminine to encapsulate the electric spark of the masculine energy. There is no inertia without it.

The feminine has been cast off and the archetypes used to symbolize it, are evil, harlot, Satan, negative, darkness, etc. when in fact the very space of the cosmos, which is 95% of "all that is" is feminine! It has not much to do with gender, although in our physical bodies we exemplify and mirror these attributes for each other in sacred union, but the energetic aspects of both masculine and feminine are in all of us.

We cannot and will not ascend into unity consciousness until we return to wholeness and embrace both the positive and negative energies and refrain from casting off that which is the nest of creation as a harlot, and judging this energy as evil.

Thanks for this SilentFeathers. This is the "key" to our awakening and I'm pleased to see this thread.

[SilentFeathers]

I've always enjoyed reading/researching Joseph Campbells work...


Earth or mother goddesses

Joseph Campbell in The Power of Myth, a 1988 interview with Bill Moyers,[2] links the image of the Earth or Mother Goddess to symbols of fertility and reproduction.[3] For example, Campbell states that, "There have been systems of religion where the mother is the prime parent, the source... We talk of Mother Earth. And in Egypt you have the Mother Heavens, the Goddess Nut, who is represented as the whole heavenly sphere".[4] Campbell continues by stating that the correlation between fertility and the Goddess found its roots in agriculture:
Bill Moyers: But what happened along the way to this reverence that in primitive societies was directed to the Goddess figure, the Great Goddess, the mother earth- what happened to that?
Joseph Campbell: Well that was associated primarily with agriculture and the agricultural societies. It has to do with the earth. The human woman gives birth just as the earth gives birth to the plants...so woman magic and earth magic are the same. They are related. And the personification of the energy that gives birth to forms and nourishes forms is properly female. It is in the agricultural world of ancient Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Nile, and in the earlier planting-culture systems that the Goddess is the dominant mythic form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_Tsxxneos/T2ANCVCYcjI/AAAAAAAAAsc/GcFKCYB-u4I/s1600/320px-Spiral_Goddess_symbol_neo-pagan.svg.png



"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way! On a quiet day, if you listen carefully, you can hear her breathing."
--Arundhati Roy



The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us....
Big Thunder (Bedagi) Wabanaki Algonquin


Here's a good picture of our Mother.....



http://creativenumerology.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/earth-and-moon-from-space.jpg

Earth, Teach Me
Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

An Ute Prayer


Symbol for our Mother the Earth (I believe this is Hopi)

http://www.whats-your-sign.com/images/mothertapuat.jpg

[wynderer]

from James Bartley's 'ON THE MARCH'

http://www.whale.to/b/bartley1.html#CAPABILITIES_OF_THE_REPTILIANS__

'REPTILIAN MAGICKAL CONTROL OF WOMEN

If you haven't guessed by now, the control and domination of human females is THE primary objective of reptilian operations vis a vis the human race, because women--through their creative, intuitive and nurturing nature--have a direct connection to the Divine and are therefore a threat to the reptilian overlords of this world.'

[SilentFeathers]

from James Bartley's 'ON THE MARCH'

http://www.whale.to/b/bartley1.html#CAPABILITIES_OF_THE_REPTILIANS__

'REPTILIAN MAGICKAL CONTROL OF WOMEN

If you haven't guessed by now, the control and domination of human females is THE primary objective of reptilian operations vis a vis the human race, because women--through their creative, intuitive and nurturing nature--have a direct connection to the Divine and are therefore a threat to the reptilian overlords of this world.'

This is gooblygook....

This is just another biased perspective, this time eliminating the masculine. If these reptilian creatures you speak of were so "smart", they would know that being or attempting to be "divine" consists of dual energies pertaining to the nature of this universe, or to control the divine spark in humanity, targeting one specific energy such as the feminine energy only or more intensely would be only half of what it would take to fully control a species.....

There is much more to life and or our existence than mainly just focusing on a possible reptilian or alien presence or influence on humanity.....we should try to focus more on our humanity and our home here on Mother Earth IMO.

[SilentFeathers]

Law of Opposites, Order and Chaos......

The Universal Law and Nature

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-euM7i-C5o4Y/UDzKkBnL7QI/AAAAAAAACbU/JUANGVLYjOI/s512/crossroads.jpg

The balance of these energies, being in the "center", is where things are most neutral and where we find peace, knowledge, wisdom, and where understanding love, source, freedom, harmony, etc, is most easily understood....

Knowing both sides of the fence so to speak is an added bonus when trying to find your "center"....

[Karunai]

Thou art music
from Shiva Darshana (http://shivadarshana.blogspot.com/2009/12/thou-art-music.html)

Thou art music, O Shiva; Thine Shakti is melody!
Thou art the Sun, O Shiva; Thine Shakti is its luster!
Thou art soul, O Shiva; Thine Shakti is its realization!
Thou art time, O Shiva; Thine Shakti is its progression!
Thou art space, O Shiva; Thine Shakti is its measure!
Thou art eternal, O Shiva; Thine Shakti eternity!
Thou art existence, O Shiva; Thine Shakti its consciousness!

[GammaMO]

Just yesterday I was reflecting on the misogyny I've experienced in my life, especially early in life. It brought up really deep anger and a feelings of unjustice.

I want to add that misogyny does not just originate with men, it can be women too. My mother made it very clear that I was to be submissive and put myself 2nd at all times. She bought it to it all in a big way and tried to perpetuate that thinking on me. I rebelled and it caused alot of pain.

How have women put up with this all these years? How have you dealt with it?

[wynderer]

i have dealt w/it by considering all that men go thru, & then i don't get into that male vs female thing

having raised both a son & a daughter, i came to the conclusion that it is much more difficult to be a man in the western world than to be a woman

maybe the Reps see Human guys as competition


Just yesterday I was reflecting on the misogyny I've experienced in my life, especially early in life. It brought up really deep anger and a feelings of unjustice. How have women put up with this all these years? How have you dealt with it?

[CdnSirian]

From SF:"Within each and every one of us is the masculine/feminine energy that we must find balance within, in order to be whole.

The religions and people in power over time have caused us to be conditioned to believe that the feminine is weak, taboo, and even evil.

We have been taught that the feminine is "bad or weak" so we live our lives trying to separate this "feminine" energy from the self. Therefore, we have become very unbalanced as a species. This has caused great tragedy and harm towards women especially, but also to men as well.

Women are taught to be masculine, men are taught to be masculine. Neither is taught to be feminine. Women forced to stay home, cook and raise children, that does not make them feminine."

From GR: "The feminine has been cast off and the archetypes used to symbolize it, are evil, harlot, Satan, negative, darkness, etc".

WR quoting James Bartely: "'REPTILIAN MAGICKAL CONTROL OF WOMEN

If you haven't guessed by now, the control and domination of human females is THE primary objective of reptilian operations vis a vis the human race, because women--through their creative, intuitive and nurturing nature--have a direct connection to the Divine and are therefore a threat to the reptilian overlords of this world.' " Who is to say this is not part of the equation?

Whether we sense the Goddess or not, both genders are raised to integrate all the control and foolishness that has gone before us. Such a shame.

This is a lovely spiritual thread. It's just what is, if an individual has experienced a terrible and different reality in reference to the subject.

Regards all.

[Jules]

Religion and social brainwashing is how women have put up with it all these years. In the past women rebelled, and then were "put in their place." I remember reflecting that almost every society on the planet looks at women as second class citizens, some worse than others. Then I reflect, what if for a week, all the women on the planet vanished? What would men do? Just a funny thought. Anyway, we seem to be evolving in a better way.

[SilentFeathers]

Government and Law have suppressed the feminine in society and pushed people into left brain thinking. This is from the movie Esoteric Agenda a film by Ben Stewart.

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[Maia Gabrial]

Women are the ones who keep culture and society going. Without them teaching the ways to the young, our societies would fall apart.. They ARE falling apart.... Control them and you control societies. Destroy them and you destroy societies. How appropriate your picture of the naked and chained female is, SilentFeathers. Oppressed and degraded is what women have been going through in every era of human history. This is why humanity has not grown very much in all this time. It's why our worlds are in decay. And this is by design.

There's an Agenda (that's alien) that has targeted women; and therefore, targeting life. So, I wouldn't call it gobbletygook.
Families, where the mores of society, morality and disciplines are taught, mainly by women, is where everyone's strengths came from. Is it any wonder that that's been the target of the NWO? They knew that they had to destroy this before they could implement the NWO.

We should try to bring the strength of family back. All of us becoming united again by respecting each others strengths and weakness. It's what the NWO doesn't want. We'll have a one world, but it'll be completely different from their plans. And they won't have a say in it....

[SilentFeathers]

Women are the ones who keep culture and society going. Without them teaching the ways to the young, our societies would fall apart.. They ARE falling apart.... Control them and you control societies. Destroy them and you destroy societies. How appropriate your picture of the naked and chained female is, SilentFeathers. Oppressed and degraded is what women have been going through in every era of human history. This is why humanity has not grown very much in all this time. It's why our worlds are in decay. And this is by design.

There's an Agenda (that's alien) that has targeted women; and therefore, targeting life. So, I wouldn't call it gobbletygook.
Families, where the mores of society, morality and disciplines are taught, mainly by women, is where everyone's strengths came from. Is it any wonder that that's been the target of the NWO? They knew that they had to destroy this before they could implement the NWO.

We should try to bring the strength of family back. All of us becoming united again by respecting each others strengths and weakness. It's what the NWO doesn't want. We'll have a one world, but it'll be completely different from their plans. And they won't have a say in it....

I call it gobblygook because it's a cop out blaming it all on some alien agenda, we must take responsibility for this and change it ourselves....we are more powerful than most realize regardless if it is some human secret society or some alien beings that are conditioning and or brainwashing us. Just recognizing this fact that the sacred feminine has been severely suppressed is evidence we can think for ourselves.... taking responsibility will give us the courage and strength to do something about it ourselves rather than waiting for some savior or alien force to do it for us, besides, I personally don't think we have much time left to wait and must do it ourselves.

I see signs that more and more people are becoming more responsible and are starting to think for themselves and ignoring much of the "status quo" brainwashing BS that has harmed humanity for so long......this is a good thing.

[Kindred]

This thread caused me to think back to my first posting, when 'Charles' was such a 'hot item'...

I will say... while I had typed the words you read, I was Not the Creator.

Perhaps my Higher Self directed me... or, someone/something else... All I know is that I was Driven to write this down.

Enjoy!
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I’ll humbly suggest that the following is a Woman’s point of view…
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When thinking about The Beginning… it always had to BE.

No Beginning. No End.

Infinite. All Encompassing.

How IS it to BE?

By OPPOSITES…

INFINITE, PURE OPPOSITES…

ZERO (0)… AND, ONE (1)

A Most Basic Binary Construct

It is a flow of energy… contained, immaculate.

ZERO… as an INFINITE VOID

ONE (Singularity)… INFINITE, also… but… there is a bias.

ONE comprised of TWO Parts, to Create a Flow Of Energy, Within Itself.

LOVE – FEARLESSLY EXPANDING INTO THE VOID, CREATING ALL, EMBRACING ALL, EXPERIENCING ALL…

FEAR – RETREATING , FLOWING BACK INTO LOVE, Comforted Within Love BUT, at a lesser degree.

Creating an Offset, a Bias, Towards INFINITE EXISTENCE WITHIN & WITHOUT the VOID.

This Cycle is Most Base… All EXISTENCE is Of This

Each ONE, is the Same as All Others

Each at their own energy state, within this Most Basic Cycle of Energy

FEMININE Defines this Pure LOVE, Radiating Into the VOID, CREATING ALL

MASCULINE, Emanating from the FEMININE, Defines the FEAR of the VOID, circling and seeking Comfort Within the Sphere of the FEMININE

And, Through the Energy of the FEMININE, the MASCULINE finds LOVE,

And, TOGETHER, CREATE MORE LOVE (LIFE) THAN EACH INDIVIDUALLY.

Throughout All Eternity


http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?11580-The-Key&p=123308#post123308

In Unity, Peace and Love

[SilentFeathers]

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-yinyang.jpg

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-bladeandchalice.jpg

[Kindred]

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-yinyang.jpg

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-bladeandchalice.jpg

I will offer this suggestion, relative to the above pictures and inferences... It's my own personal opinion, that, denoting the Feminine as 'dark', and Masculine as 'light', is quite the Opposite of Reality. I see these above items as a Direct Affirmation and Enforcement in the patriarchal demonizing of the Feminine, as suggested throughout this thread. Particularly the 'passive' and 'submissive' aspects of 'consciousness'.

True Enlightenment is when the 'masculine' and the 'feminine' energies in Each individual are Balanced. What we call 'sex', or more specifically, Gender, is simply the means by which an individual procreates at this level of vibration, and has almost nothing to do with feminine or masculine energies of the individual's Spirit.

And, I can assure you... I Know what I'm talking about... I'll leave it at that. For Now...

In Unity, Peace and Love

[noxon medem]

- Nice .

Sorry, but word elludes me these days, and so does reason .

Here is an image from my archives, on the Natural Feminine :

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( sacred dancer )

..

Be well

..
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[modwiz]

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-yinyang.jpg

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-bladeandchalice.jpg

I will offer this suggestion, relative to the above pictures and inferences... It's my own personal opinion, that, denoting the Feminine as 'dark', and Masculine as 'light', is quite the Opposite of Reality. I see these above items as a Direct Affirmation and Enforcement in the patriarchal demonizing of the Feminine, as suggested throughout this thread. Particularly the 'passive' and 'submissive' aspects of 'consciousness'.

True Enlightenment is when the 'masculine' and the 'feminine' energies in Each individual are Balanced. What we call 'sex', or more specifically, Gender, is simply the means by which an individual procreates at this level of vibration, and has almost nothing to do with feminine or masculine energies of the individual's Spirit.

And, I can assure you... I Know what I'm talking about... I'll leave it at that. For Now...

In Unity, Peace and Love

LOL It appears you have a masculine hair across your feminine butt,:p or these words would not plug you in to the point of wanting to declare a perceptional reversal of the qualities associated with Yin and Yang.

Feminine is just a quality of Yin and not the personification of it, except in an anthropomorphic consciousness. Yang seeks Yin and vice versa. It is the energetic perpetual motion engine.

I agree with you about gender. Language is the devil here. The OP intends to bring balance to the situation, I'm sure. Veneration of the Feminine is only called for because of the desecration. Veneration itself is a form of temporary imbalance required to re-balance the the situation.

The Sacred Feminine and Masculine are required together. They have been sundered on purpose to take away our magic and create an aggrieved party. The hurt parties tend to view situations from a wounded and reactive perspective. This makes language use difficult because negotiating wounded psyches is akon to walking in a minefield. One misstep and KABOOM! Body parts all of the place and we have to clean up.

I would love for us to come together and realize most of us have the best of intentions for each other. Poor language usage or perceptions aside. Let us not amuse those who delight in our fractiousness.

Please! :pray:

[SilentFeathers]

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-yinyang.jpg

http://www.whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/part1/part1-02-bladeandchalice.jpg

I will offer this suggestion, relative to the above pictures and inferences... It's my own personal opinion, that, denoting the Feminine as 'dark', and Masculine as 'light', is quite the Opposite of Reality. I see these above items as a Direct Affirmation and Enforcement in the patriarchal demonizing of the Feminine, as suggested throughout this thread. Particularly the 'passive' and 'submissive' aspects of 'consciousness'.

True Enlightenment is when the 'masculine' and the 'feminine' energies in Each individual are Balanced. What we call 'sex', or more specifically, Gender, is simply the means by which an individual procreates at this level of vibration, and has almost nothing to do with feminine or masculine energies of the individual's Spirit.

And, I can assure you... I Know what I'm talking about... I'll leave it at that. For Now...

In Unity, Peace and Love

I don't like lookin at it that way either, ....

PS: there's light and dark in both the masculine and feminine energies, must look way deeper than "physical gender" or personal emotional opinions......in my opinion! lol!

Just need to get past the I'm a dude and your a dudette way of thinking and things become a bit more clear....

Remember; just because one or the other is represented by "dark" doesn't make it "evil" or "bad".....together they become one.....totally equal and in balance, light and dark balancing the light and dark within each other.......harmony.

The human eye and or mind may see it as black and white, but the universe doesn't.

[CdnSirian]

From Modwiz: "I would love for us to come together and realize most of us have the best of intentions for each other. Poor language usage or perceptions aside. Let us not amuse those who delight in our fractiousness. "

Language is tricky, yes. So, we're all Gods and Goddesses, or Dudes and Dudettes, regardless of body parts. In the spiritual vein, this is easy.

The issue of feminism has come up on various threads on this forum. Ugh! Dirty word, right? But how is it related to Goddessness in either gender?

The two sweetest men I ever knew were artists - considered kinda faggy by some. Ha ha. The greatest guys. I did not need feminism nor Goddessness to live, day by day, getting a fair deal with them. (Not both at once, please).

We both worked. Whoever got home first either started the laundry, the homework supervision, the dusting, vacuuming, or the dinner. No one turned on the tv and put their feet up. Know what I mean?

When that happens, women can feel like a Goddess - just to have their Second Shift shared.

Yeah - Goddess - a big subject!

Too bad Feminism got hijacked - along with New Age, Lightworkers, The Constitution, channelling, positive thinking etc., etc.

The subject of Goddess hasn't even been hijacked yet! Under-acknowledged? Ignored? Not really, but I think you know what I mean. Thanks SF for this thread.

[SilentFeathers]

From Modwiz: "I would love for us to come together and realize most of us have the best of intentions for each other. Poor language usage or perceptions aside. Let us not amuse those who delight in our fractiousness. "

Language is tricky, yes. So, we're all Gods and Goddesses, or Dudes and Dudettes, regardless of body parts. In the spiritual vein, this is easy.

The issue of feminism has come up on various threads on this forum. Ugh! Dirty word, right? But how is it related to Goddessness in either gender?

The two sweetest men I ever knew were artists - considered kinda faggy by some. Ha ha. The greatest guys. I did not need feminism nor Goddessness to live, day by day, getting a fair deal with them. (Not both at once, please).

We both worked. Whoever got home first either started the laundry, the homework supervision, the dusting, vacuuming, or the dinner. No one turned on the tv and put their feet up. Know what I mean?

When that happens, women can feel like a Goddess - just to have their Second Shift shared.

Yeah - Goddess - a big subject!

Too bad Feminism got hijacked - along with New Age, Lightworkers, The Constitution, channelling, positive thinking etc., etc.

The subject of Goddess hasn't even been hijacked yet! Under-acknowledged? Ignored? Not really, but I think you know what I mean. Thanks SF for this thread.

A woman can come home, do the laundry, cook dinner etc., and be lacking in feminine energy; a man can come home, do the laundry, cook dinner etc., and be lacking in feminine energy.....To me this is not so much about men behaving "faggy" to capture the feminine energy nor about feminism. Feminism is actually about destroying the feminine energy and making it masculine.

Feminism in my opinion is even more of a high-jacking of the Goddess, a huge suppression of the feminine energy like the church of Rome has done (and many other dogma/religions).

Feminism is actually a strict gender thing splitting/separating the male and female human beings from each other, not joining these two "sexes" together....thus a weapon against the sacred feminine and or the bringing about of balance and harmony to the masculine and feminine energies that we need to have to have peace within and among ourselves.

It has been proven that Feminism has been rather quite destructive to the family and children, basically an attack against the male of our species like the church has attacked the female of our species.

Gender wars is just another way for the powers that be to keep us distracted and fighting with one another, it destroys families and communities, and especially is destructive towards children......just look at our society and it's obvious something is drastically wrong with the family. It basically escalated in the 70's when the feminist movement got legislation passed and opened the door to "no fault divorce".

Feminism has nothing to do with the balancing of the masculine and feminine energies, there is nothing sacred about it but only more of the same ole destructive crap that has caused humanity to be lost/split and not flowing in harmony with each other.

Of course I am speaking mostly about radical feminism.

The Radical Goals of the Feminists
http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/1991/dec91/psrdec91.html

The Planned destruction of the Family
http://www.gillistriplett.com/rel101/articles/destruction.html

Karl Marx / Engels
The Communist Manifesto
http://www.mlwerke.de/me/me04/me04_459.htm

[CdnSirian]

I am not referring to Radical Feminism that was invented in order to destroy the day to day everywoman's feminist realities that attempted to bring women a fairer salary (made from the 69 cent dollar up to about a 71 cent dollar in the mid 90's, when I no longer had time to read about the subject).

I have no doubt there were hidden agendas from the inception. Women working out of the home definitely created a different culture in the industrialized world experience. (Women elsewhere are mostly scrambling an existence). Not good for kids, definitely no time for either gender to ponder about God and Goddess energy.

I don't want to distract on this thread. I suspect we have read a very different book list that's all. Most women wanting to honor themselves and their spirituality/mate/family in any way do not read the polarized political or highly degreed feminist writers who expound and publish from ivory towers, writing grants paid by...whom?

The radical goals of feminists, the destruction of the family, or anything about Marxism really never crosses the view screen of the single mom or dad, or partners sharing/arguing about the Second Shift.

"Nuff said, I'll stick to the spiritual aspects henceforth. Regards.

[SilentFeathers]

I am not referring to Radical Feminism that was invented in order to destroy the day to day everywoman's feminist realities that attempted to bring women a fairer salary (made from the 69 cent dollar up to about a 71 cent dollar in the mid 90's, when I no longer had time to read about the subject).

I have no doubt there were hidden agendas from the inception. Women working out of the home definitely created a different culture in the industrialized world experience. (Women elsewhere are mostly scrambling an existence). Not good for kids, definitely no time for either gender to ponder about God and Goddess energy.

I don't want to distract on this thread. I suspect we have read a very different book list that's all. Most women wanting to honor themselves and their spirituality/mate/family in any way do not read the polarized political or highly degreed feminist writers who expound and publish from ivory towers, writing grants paid by...whom?

The radical goals of feminists, the destruction of the family, or anything about Marxism really never crosses the view screen of the single mom or dad, or partners sharing/arguing about the Second Shift.

"Nuff said, I'll stick to the spiritual aspects henceforth. Regards.

These topics are not distracting the thread in my opinion, becoming aware of what has/is destroying the sacred feminine is the only way to rediscover or recover it....

I'm curious to what people have to say....

[SilentFeathers]

Here's an interesting perspective and some good information....


Kundalini Energy Moves When the Masculine and Feminine Energies are Aligned

Spirit - represents the pure Father, masculine side of us. This side is ambitious, visionary, analytical, calculating, progressive, self-serving, stern, cold and narcissistic. When one lives mostly through the spirit, they may be unloving, rigid, driven, but very focused on their goals. The masculine needs the feminine aspect of self to balance it through love and compassion. It's only through balance the kundalini energy can move. The upper chakra colors represent the Spirit and are blue, indigo and purple.

Will - is our feminine side. This is where all emotion begins, from...love, anger, jealousy, sadness, happiness, fear, warmth, guilt and more. The feminine is movement in all aspects. This part of us needs direction from the masculine, as well as the ability and acceptance to express it's feelings to be complete. The lower chakras are the domain of the Mother. Their colors are yellow, orange and red at the base. Red is where the kundalini energy rests waiting for us to evolve to the point where it can move up through the chakras.

Heart - is the joining point or blending of the masculine and feminine energies. If the kundalini energy moves, often it will be stopped at this point because of lack of alignment between the masculine and feminine. Without heart, this energy can not move safely through to the upper chakras. To achieve a rise in consciousness, you must go through the heart.


You can dwell in the realm of the upper chakras in an unfeeling focused way. But, you would be lacking in love, softness, compassion for others and emotional expression found in the lower chakras. Green in the middle would be the coming together of the our first two aspects. This coming together along with the movement of the Mother drives the kundalini energy upward.


Body - is the physical expression of the joining of the masculine and feminine energies. Without the physical, there could be no true joining or place for the kundalini energy to move. The importance of body has been negated by many in the spiritual community.

Body has consciousness. We all need our bodies or there is no evolution of consciousness. We manifested on this earth because this is where evolution has to take place. To negate the body is to reject our ability to grown spiritually. Self-love is reflected when the body is taken care of... nourished properly nurtured and respected. When the kundalini energy rises through the chakras, body will still be present, but in a much lighter form. The weight of suppression will be lifted.

Loving, accepting and forgiving yourself are the most important ways to get in touch with your feminine.

http://www.2012-spiritual-growth-prophecies.com/kundalini-energy.html

[Reaver]

First of all people should understand that any idea, any Archetype and any practice can be corrupted and it can be used as a tool for oppression. Living in a Feminine paradigm is not going to bring sanity to the human race just because it happens to embody unconditional love and neither is a Masculine paradigm going to accomplish such task.

Both principles have been seriously Frankensteined and we have been bombarded with the toxic expressions of these principles. Sure it appears that the Masculine Archetype has had a more dominant role, but in modern times I see more and more aspects of a toxic Feminine principle being used against humanity. As a general idea, I see this happening:

A meme which occupies the minds of many people on this planet is the subject of gender supremacy. Some people say this world is intolerant and crazy because of greedy men who only see women as objects, while other argue that it’s all on those crazy women seeking independence and taking away manhood from the little boys. I’d like to propose a deeper view on the subject with a psychological twist:

The problem is not found in the genders themselves, rather it is found in the psychic realm: the corrupt archetypes, the psychological trauma, the psychic tyrannies. What is it that makes men want to play the tough macho man? what makes a man want to see women submit to his rotten persona?. What makes a woman be willing to submit herself to a neurotic bastard? what makes a woman an emotional manipulator? what makes both genders enter into a state of decay?.

You see, humanity has been going trough a large, large cycle of psychic and physical trauma: from wars, to diseases, to revolts, to inquisitions, to schooling, etc. which aims to disassociate men or women from themselves, therefore losing any sense of real identity, losing any sense of a sane feminine principle, losing any sense of a sane masculine principle. What I see is mutilation taking place, the mutilation of the intellectual self, of the emotional self, of the physical self, of the spiritual self…. indeed individuals (whether they be men or women) are tragically divided against themselves, which eventually is going to manifest in the outer world: women pointing fingers towards men and men pointing fingers towards women… while both ignore that both of them are causing this conflict.

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Men against men, women against women… men against women and vice versa. Sure enough it is healthy to find who is manifesting this psychological necrophilia, but it can also transform into a blame game, where the objective is to vindicate a sense of moral superiority and the objective of healing is completely lost and at many times the mad people call others mad… the blind leading the blind… just what the hell is wrong with us?

Well look at what happens in modern societies, since birth the process of dissociation begins: the child is born in a hospital and right away is taken away from the mother and I suspect that such a practice can cause a kind of trauma for the child and maybe even the mother. Notice how the emotional bridge is severed right away. Not only that, children also go trough a process of dissociation with their own body. It would seem that it is OK if they play with their bodies for the first months, but there comes a point where the neurotic parents will enter “Big Brother” mode and punish the child for exploring his/her very vehicle of expression, effectively chopping off the contact with sexuality and then people wonder why there is so much sexual depravity.

Then the child grows and he or she is expected to adapt to the rotten expectations of parents and teachers, here you can see the child beginning to adapt to the obnoxious world of social roles. I see this happening with little kids. Take the example of little girls that already put on their masks like a pro… the kind of snobbish drama queen. So called grown ups laugh at that… “oh you know, childhood, ha ha ha”… I look mad with horror, mad with horror to see this necrotic transformation taking place within those children and mad with horror at the ignorance and stupidity many “adults”… and you know they claim to “love” them. Can you call that love? letting a necrophiliac persona anchor into them?.

As if all that wasn’t enough then you see people telling other how they should express “their” masculinity or femininity, leaving no room for any authentic expression… something of which Wilhelm Reich would be ashamed of.

So we’ve got the issue of programming, the issue of making people accept artificial personas and hell, many, many times they are happy to embrace these corrupt archetypes/role models. If people can’t even connect with themselves – for **** sake, they cannot even connect with their bodies then is it any wonder we see some people imposing their superiority? This is not limited to men over women, you can also see christians over jews, the rich over the poor, the positivists over the realists. A very toxic dissociation takes place beyond this male or female thing.

Then we can talk about emotions, by being emotional do you become weak or do you become empowered? I’d say it depends on the situation… you get sad because someone does not want to go with you to the movie theater? Well that’s idiotic, why should you depend on that approval? Someone gets run over in the middle of the street and you are a witness, all you do is laugh at it or don’t give two ****s… Well wtf! is wrong with you then?!.

So is not just about the emotions themselves, they are natural of course… BUT what emotions are natural? which of them result from programming received by a tube? Do they help you or do they blind you? And you see we’ve got corrupt extremes in this world: Either people are disconnected from them (see the example of children above) or they are being shoved down people’s throats and then they’ll become neurotic ****ers waiting for the next Stalin, the next Obama, the next King, the next Priest who can give them an emotional thrill.

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I see that some people propose Balance as a solution and as a general idea I agree with it, but I think it is something which needs a deeper look.

Balance, when it comes to the Inner Life and human interaction is not about 50-50, it's not something you can quantify. Sometimes you are going to be in situation which require a mix of elements like Reason and Compassion, maybe that particular situation requires a larger degree of Compassion that Reason, but still they work as a whole system in such situation. It's something which you learn to calibrate gradually.

I do think that the Chymical Wedding is an excellent example so can get an idea as to how you can integrate opposing principles. For now I'll just post a video on it, I can't be bothered to throw my thoughts on it at the moment.

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[Youniverse]

Of course both aspects of the human experience, female and male are equally necessary in a balanced sort of way. This is even more glaringly obvious when we consider the non-dualistic quality of the absolute. Statements like this or that gender is stronger have no basis in truth, and do not serve us in any useful way. I am male in this i ncarnation. I most likely have been female a number of times in other incarnations. So what. I do my best to honour both and move forward. However, I do feel that it is time to focus on the Sacred Feminine at this time in history as it has been suppressed for so long and deserves the extra attention so as to extract as much of its worth to aid in balancing this world. The feminine energy, of course, has always been here, it simply got covered up for awhile.