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Natures way of dealing with the
issue of the feminine giving more
Nature’s way
The implications of the feminine given more as it applies to our
being
The implications of the feminine give more on our creativity
The natures way of dealing with
the issue of the
feminine always giving more in a creative effort provides some
insight about our body, our being, and our creation, and how we need
to be aware to nurture and cherish the body.
Nature’s
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Within the
creative/creation process the role and function of the
feminine will always give more than the
masculine
role and function requires. In essence, the female gives part of
herself to become the new creation. The energy for creation comes
through her and often a part of her is transformed into the
creation. Additionally she needs to have or create a
safe and secure space to nurture her offspring. She looks to the
male to help provides such a safe and secure space.
There is an interesting observation in nature that appears to be a
direct result or recognition of the fact the
feminine gives more to any creative effort than the
masculine.
Scientist who have studied the mating patterns and sexuality believe
that the male ornamental characteristics in many species are to
entice the females to select them. Males fight competitions over
females for the right to mate. Normally it is not the other way
around. Females do not fight for the right to mate.
There is a seduction through sexual display and female choice. It is
believed the female are given the right to choose because of the
effort expended in raising young. Because the female spends so much
effort in raising offspring, they want a good mate. Hence the male
competition to get female attention.
The females hold out for the best genes as displayed in what the
species has evolved in the male ornaments. The important indicators
of the best males, the male traits or secondary sex characteristics,
then become literally or figuratively bright and exaggerated over
time. In this process of demonstrating suitability, the behavioral
traits can be as important a physical traits.
What is interesting to note about this process is role reversal.
Role reversal does happen in nature where the males nurture the
young. In these cases, the females are observed to take on male
characteristics. It all appears to depend on which sex competes for
mates as opposed to those that nurture the young.
Yet this is in some way true for any creation. The
feminine is often unwilling to commit herself until it is in a
space where it feels safe and secure. Alternatively said, conditions
must first be correct for the
masculine
and feminine to join to create the required flow of energy for
the creation to occur and it is the feminine who determines what is
safe and how to proceed. Otherwise, the feminine in some way is
violated..
The application of this understanding to our creativity enters
around two areas. One the body and the other is our
inner feminine.
The implications of the feminine given more as it applies to our
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This phenomenon is important
because it has a bearing on our being and especially the body and
how well our body functions in our creative effort. Energetically,
as the energy flows to create the human experience the body can be
seen as the
feminine for it is what is nurtured and sustained any experience
in accordance with the flow of
creative life energy to create the experience desired by creator
and our mind.
It needs to be emphasized, the
feminine is energized or catalyzed into action when it loved,
accepted and embraced for who and what it is, and feels safe,
secure, protected and taken care of by the
masculine
aspect of being. In our case, the body will function much more
efficiently when the mind creates a way where the body is loved,
accepted embraced for who and what it is as it is and is give a
safe and secure space in which to grow. In many ways much of our
lives are spent in trying to make many of these things happen to at
least at the physical level. We look to create a home were the body
is safe, secure and protected. However many of us fail to
effectively move into the spiritual, mental an emotional realms with
the being. Our body is only one aspect of our being. We need the
same for our spiritual, mental and emotional aspects of being.
Many do not meet their needs at a spiritual, mental and emotional
level. Alternatively said, the body, is literally and symbolically,
our being and a manifestation of energy within energy consciousness
has a consciousness. That consciousness has spiritual, mental and
emotional and physical needs. There are things the body needs of
which our mind may be totally unaware of existing because of its
beliefs and how it has focus its attention and awareness. Many find
it difficult to love, accept and embrace the body for who and what
it is. Yet, in denying it we deny our being.
Many do not realize the fact that the body and our being seek a
warm and fuzzy place in safety and comfort. The
masculine
mind does not feel. It is relatively cold and enduring. The ability
of mind to be cold and enduring can be seen in the many disciplines
yogic techniques that subject the body to extreme disciplines and
control even to the point of atrophying parts of the body. Yet, to
deny the body and what it needs is only a denial of the
feminine aspect of being.
The
feminine effort is reflected in dancing, nourishing and
surrendering to being present to what is and allowing it to happen.
It is the opposite of controlling and forcing an action. The
feminine flows with what is, as it is. To get in touch with that
flow we must be open to allowing the body and our being to feel and
respond to what it feels.
Within our being, this means the mind does not control the heart and
what is
symbolized in the heart.
Rather, it does everything in its power to create a space to allow
what is symbolized in the heart to freely express itself in the
world. Externally, the
feminine aspect looks for that
warm and fuzzy, safe comfortable place where it feels the
nourishment it is accustomed to giving. In many ways our body is the
external reflection of our feminine creative aspect of being and
what we create with that body is reflective of our
masculine
aspect of being. We only need to look at the external world we have
created to get some idea as to how effectively we have, or have not,
balanced our
inner masculine
and
inner feminine.
The implications of the feminine give more on our creativity
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The implications on our creativity
of the
feminine giving more is related to the
inner feminine
and the effect lies on a spectrum. At one extreme many see little to
no effect. At the other extreme, it can be debilitating. What we
experience depends on how open we are to what we feel.
Within each of us is an
inner masculine
and an
inner feminine.
Our inner feminine is what nurtures all our creation and our
creative efforts. It is what supplies the energy to act in the
world. It is why supplies a
passion for life and feeling alive. Our inner feminine is
reflected in our
creative spirit and the flow of our
creative life energy. It is what gives us life. As any
feminine, it seek a
safe and secure space to be protect to nurture its creation. It
looks for that masculine aspect who will provide what it seeks.
Our
inner masculine
is reflected in what we think and believe and it can span a spectrum
of options. At one end, it can reflect the our
truth and the truth of our being. At the other end it totally
reflects our enculturated programming and the experiences of our
life. Most of us have been trained to have our inner masculine act
on our enculturation, and in fact,
most have had their inner masculine castrated. Our inner
masculine provides that which excites the
inner feminine
to create life within our body to act to create and nurture
creation. The inner feminine is what gives rise to our
passion to act in life. The passion to act is the inner feminine
supplies the flow of energy to nurture the desired creation. It
creates both an inner and outer life. The inner life is the passion,
desire and will to act. The out life is the life we create by our
actions in the world to create what is desired by the inner
masculine. If the inner feminine is not sufficiently excited by the
inner masculine, she will not act and we will not have the passion
or will to act. Or, she can be excited sufficiently to act but in a
way that does not server her or the inner masculine.
In the external world the female usually has more than one male from
which to choose. So too the
inner feminine.
The inner feminine has more than one masculine from which to choose.
Usually she has three. There is the
inner masculine
that is reflective of the
truth of our being. There is the inner masculine reflective of
our enculturate and what we have come to think and believe. Then
there is the inner masculine who listens and looks externally for
what needs to be done in life.
We all possess an inner knowing. We all possess an inner
truth. That inner knowing is reflective of our the truth of our
being and the truth that lies within our
creative spirit. It is to live true to ourselves and who and
what we are. It is accessed by what we feel and discerning what we
feel in any given moment about the situation we face.
However, there is a seeming paradox to reveal this inner knowing and
inner wisdom. It is for the
inner masculine
to surrender to the wisdom and knowledge contained within our
creative spirit. It is for the inner masculine to make it safe
for the
inner feminine
to nourish the
truth within itself. It is here that lies the truth that all
spiritual traditions seek. Yet to access it and live it causes us to
be different. It causes us to walk the
left hand path in the external world. It takes a very strong
will and courage to live this truth. Without a mature inner
masculine, the inner feminine will not be safe in living this truth
so she will seek what appears to be a safer partner with whom to
creative life. She look to that enculturated inner masculine or to
someone or something in the external world to make it safe.
The
truth of our own being is then replace by who and what we have
come to think and believe as a result of the experiences we have had
in life. Here we replace our own truth and what we know form an
inner discernment of energy by our past experiences. It is to take
all we have experienced in life, including our enculturation, and
act on what we have come to claim as our own truth. It is to live
true to what we personally have come to know and understand. Here we
walk our own path in life but it is not as radical as the path we
travel when we live true to our own inner wisdom. This
inner masculine
is reflective of our
ego and what we want in life based on who or what we have come
to believe about ourselves. It is to create a life based on the ego.
Although the
inner feminine
may not be fully served by the inner masculine as defined by our
ego, it is usually sufficient motivated to act in life to create a
life arising from the ego.
Yet, there is often an even stronger
inner masculine
to claim the attention of the
inner feminine.
It is the external authority replacing the inner masculine. It is to
come to believe that we do not know
what is best for us from any understanding within ourselves. It
is to rely totally on an external authority of some type to direct
and guide our life. Usually this external authority
castrates our inner masculine in some way such that our inner
truth is rendered totally infertile to excite the inner
feminine. Here the inner feminine is taught to totally rely on
external guidance as to what her energy nourishes in life. Her the
inner feminine seek the best offer externally.
We will literally “sell ourselves to the devil” if we feel we can
get what is needed to nourish our
inner feminine
and create that space for her to nurture her creation. Sadly, most
of us do. It is when this inner feminine is not free to nourish the
truth within her being reflective of the truth within our
creative spirit that we create a life that does not
serves us. If we are
open to feeling, we will feel
pain and may be driven to numb the pain in some way. Here lies
the root of many
addictions. The life that we are being asked to live so
inadequately nurtures our inner feminine that we have to numb what
we feel. We then become addicted to whatever it is we use to numb
the pain.
Whether we realize it or not, most of us have been trained and
enculturated to
trust the external first and only trust the knowledge we gain in
living life and in what we are taught about life if we are well
positioned in society. That is, we are taught to seek an external
recognition of our
truth before we act on the what we have come to know and
understand about life. We are also taught not to list our own inner
wisdom unless it corresponds to the external truth given to us. This
is why we are lead to we seek those external authorities how “know”
our problem when we face difficulties in life. Yes there are
individual who can be a great help in any situation we face. But we
also have an inner wisdom that arises from the
intention for our life and why we are here in the first place
and know the uniqueness of our own being.
The dance we face is to come to know when our inner wisdom should
guide our life and when the external knowledge is more appropriate.
It is to know how both the inner creative powers/Creative Powers and
the outer creative powers/Creative Powers. It is to know when to
rely on one versus the other or go into that
bridge point where both come together. More often than not, the
wisest choice is to return to the bridge point to create the
appropriate
seed condition for the time and place in which we find ourselves
and allow it to unfold in our life.
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