This will be a controversial post...and some of it may seem like its going on a bizarre tangent...but bear with me if you will...or not...
Diversity is strength and variety is the spice of life! I couldn't agree with this more. Differences between all of us should be celebrated, while the core knowledge of our underlying Oneness remains constant.
I understand what you are saying about men and women being different. Clearly we are, but to what extent is complicated. Obviously men and women have different roles in the process of reproduction. Essentially, a woman has the physical capacity to be a mother, and a man has the physical capacity to be a father. But two women together, and two men together can also successfully raise a happy and balanced child together, doing the 'mothering' and the 'fathering.
Did you know that men technically have milk ducts and can breastfeed in some circumstances?
Some animals can change their sex to what is appropriate given the environmental conditions.
Animals and humans are surprising adaptable and fluid in what we can do with our bodies. According my anatomy and physiology professor (who disagrees with my beliefs lol) humans even have the dormant and unused capacity that would allow us to change colour, similar to a chameleon!
I understand that science says men and women have different psychological circuits, hormone concentrations and brain chemistry. To a certain extent, this is because of inherent nature.
But I believe that cultural conditioning and personal beliefs have much more to do with this than most people realise. Some people, including many in the mainstream scientific community believe that our body chemistry and make up, concentrations of hormones, neurotransmitters and organic substances are what dictate they way we perceive, think, experience, look and act. I believe it happens in the reverse, and has a constant feedback loop. What we believe, accept, think, and value shapes our eyes, our perception. This state of perception is reflected in the body, because they body is intimately connected with perception. We use our bodies to perceive, understand, respond and engage. The body responds perfectly and automatically....magically...to mirror our beliefs. The body is the soul made flesh, crouched in creaturehood...as Seth would say.
So when scientists do tests on men and womens chemistry the results will reflect these differences.
But research has also found that girls that play more 'boys games' growing up have better visio-spatial ability than girls that dont.
Boys enculturalised in more emotionaly open cultures are better at processing emotions and communicating than men that arent.
And there are always 'outliers' in tests that simply do not fit into the 'average' cultural mould.
Our bodies and the world around us are a physical manifestation of the inner consciousness. Consciousness effects form. Form effects consciousness, but the real change occurs on the level of inner consciousness.
In the 'merkabah' thread dmt..divine magical trip...dubbed the spirit molecule... has been discussed. Dmt is present in life forms and can be extracted through a process of acidification and alkalising, and then ingested or smoked aka wattle or grass crystals. But we already have dmt in our bodies, and we produce/activate higher concentrations of dmt when we meditate and go into trance...basically modify our level of consciousness. Drugs like cannabis, ecstasy, speed, cocaine, magic mushrooms are similar in that they activate certain states that are, in certain terms, natural, and can be accessed through other means of physical reality. Lsd is a different kettle of fish, in that it is not naturally present in the body, and is extremely powerful, and essentially foreign to the body. While acid can be one amazingly brilliant trip, it can also be very dangerous and destructive-unravelling cellular consciousness and ego if it is used incorrectly or abused.
Substances produced by the sickness industry such as SSRIs can temporarily and unnaturally alter the bodies chemical balance. When we feel depressed and out of balance, this is physically reflected in the bodies physical chemical balance. We feel pain and discomfort so we can recognise and address the problems we experience. All healing takes place on the inner level, of consciousness. While it is possible to medicate someone to suppress or reverse their symptoms, this does not actually heal the issue, but simply hides it, and can make it worse because the person feels even more disconnected from the inner truth and reality of their being. The body will often react against being medicated, as it recognises that its pain warning system has been violated, and its natural innate healing processes has been not only blocked, but rejected. Some doctors think that people get sick because their bodies are out of whack, but the bodies are not out whack, the body is in perfect sync with the person's conscious perception, beliefs, and experience. The body is behaving exactly as it should, and the real issue is that the person's perception, beliefs and experiences are not 'right' for that individual and out of balance...creating a dis-ease state in the body.
People are attracted to certain types of food because of their perceptions and beliefs. No food is good or bad. Junk food doesnt make people sick and fat. But their reasons for consuming it does. The person's low energy vibration will attract sustenance derived from similar low vibration matter. They eat junk food because of their beliefs about their inner state and physical body. People with healthy inner states are attracted to high vibration, high nutrient food. We are what we eat, literally. The more you love your body, the more you want to take good care of it. Sometimes people go on diets because they hate themselves, rather than because they love themselves, and this is manifested physically. Some people obsess over their food, counting and analysing, worrying and measuring...and this leads them to have a painful relationship with food which is then manifested physically in the body. Other people believe they are healthy and invincible, and so it doesnt matter what they eat, they are still healthy
Our conscious experience on Earth is layered, filtered, and enriched with many different archetypes, such as man, woman, mother, father, all the cards in the Tarot deck, and so many more culturally recognised schematic 'shapes'.
Jung, Myer Briggs, Socionics, and many others have recognised 16 basic processing archetypes. I dont think any of these sources have nailed it, some far from it lol, but I believe that there are 16 basic processing archetypes because I have seem them. Different types have different 'shape' consciousness, and this is reflected in the physical manifestation.
All these different chosen archetypes manifest in a myriad fluid ways on Earth. No two people are exactly alike, all are unique, fascinating, innately creative and glorious. The women archetype can be experienced in an infinite number of ways, even by the same person. It can even be experienced by a man! The infj archetype can be manifested in billions of ways, as it is shaped and filtered and changed by personal choice, culture, environment, desires, and intention. And it is exciting to see these variations...to see how another person chooses to manifest a shared archetype...its so fascinating and brilliant!
There is a lot of fluidity to our experience here. We dont necessarily physically incarnate here on Earth to experience fluidity, but more to live in here in defined and structured terms. Hence the relevance and importance of archetypes. We make up rules and conditions to serve our purpose. In dreams and deep states of consciousness, we can go anywhere, be anything, simply Be, I AM...there is not time, no space., just I AM. ..everything is possible. On Earth, we have made certain rules to help ground us to this game we play here. Just like when we play a ball game, we normally agree to certain rules and conditions before we play, so we can be on the same page and get what we want out of it. We make video games more exciting by creating new settings, scenarios, scenes, themes, character development...a part of the pleasure is derived because of the structured nature of the experience. We like to see how much we can do within certain parameters, how far we can bend and reach and transform and transcend illusions.
But many of the rules are not 'real', and many of the rules change all the time. There are certain Universal Laws that cannot possibly be violated, but much of everything else is fair game and limited to only what you are prepared to accept, believe, desire, and imagine.
So why not relax and have fun with the possibilities? Be open and accepting of all emotions as they come and go, experience things and let them come and go accordingly to our purpose?
On the weekend I went to see a burlesque show. There were women and men there of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and purposes. There were people doing all kinds of acts- some that were traditional, funny, weird, disturbing, sexy, clever etc. There were men and women performing together, and performing alone. There were women dressed as men, and men dressed as women, and men and women dressed as animals, and in once case- hello kitty...lol! I really enjoy going to these events, there is something fresh and thrilling watching a bunch of people, mostly amateurs and some professional, getting up and giving something a go. There is a relaxed attitude towards body shape, gender, sex, and cultural roles. Just people doing things to entertain themselves and other people....just having an experience and exploring some of the creative potential of their personality and humanity.
There are so many ways that creativity can be manifested in life, why not appreciate and enjoy the expression?
At different times in this Earth's story, the roles of men and women have been reversed, and we have had all kinds of different cultural approaches to community and family and sex.
Last year I engaged in the process of the alchemical marriage. I found the God and the Goddess...The Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine, and integrated them Lovingly within. Basically, I experienced that these two forces were intimately and beautifully symbiotically One. The Divine Masculine and The Divine Feminine or whatever anyone else wants to call them, is present in each and everyone of us, and is reflected in all of nature and earthly creation. Everywhere in nature, the spirit of these energies can be seen...the process and drive of creativity....seeding, pregnancy, birth, and life..forces coming together and moving apart....dancing....the forces of aggression and passivity, each within the other, each contributing to the greater Gestalt Whole.
I did Mother and Father healing, and released past issues I had with my parents, and with my concept of these archetypes. The Mother and The Father archetypes are representative of the God and Goddess. As we heal our issues with our Mother and Father, we heal our attitude towards the Divine Source of creation that allows us to manifest here physically on Earth.
After that process, I felt...whole...and I trusted Life, the Divinity within, the integrity of my being, and the Earth. It became much easier to manifest my desires rather than my fears, because my intentions had a new force and clarity.
I just wanted to clarify here...i dont believe that all people have to experience motherhood or fatherhood to be happy, or live a full and rich life. Personally, I think that it might be easier if less people bred. When I was younger, I used to think many people were 'breeders', and I most assuredly was not. I had more exciting and wonderful things to do, and I wanted to remain independent and free, and I never thought I would be a good mum. Obviously that changed when I became a mother, and I experienced how truly rich and rewarding it was. But there are many ways to express our creativity and being on this planet, and parenthood many not be one of them for many people. It doesn't make any woman or man less or any more than others.
I understand that different people on this planet have different agendas and intentions that they try to manifest.
I do understand that there are groups of people that are manifesting the 'fuck wit' archetype and trying to play nasty power games and control populations. I understand that they have a nasty vision for the world, and that they use manipulation to achieve their goals.
I love them anyway, and it doesn't matter what they do. Regardless of what perception prison they are in, or what fear based vibration are caught up in, they are our brothers and sisters, they are us, and they carry the Light of Source within.
People have free will, if they choose to accept it. If we want to change the direction of the world, we have to change our own direction. Create more of what you want, think and focus on the things that you want. Why focus on a vision that we would rather not manifest? Focus instead on the vision of what we want to manifest. People are enculturalised by 'those' fear based web because they are caught up in an inner state of fear. Pointing out more demons in their closet isn't going to help people that are frightened. Shining a torch in their closet to show them there's nothing to be frightened of will help them. Empowering people by helping them recognise their inherent self worth, treating them with kindness, empathy, compassion, as the powerful and beautiful child of God that they are...these things help. We need more Love, Love is the only answer.
What sort of world do you want to live in? What is your vision of utopia? What kind of community do you think would work well? What kind of family structure do you think would be good? How do you think things like family responsibilities could be distributed?
Sorry for these really longs posts, I'll stop here.
