Happy Friday !
It’s been hot this week yet we still get some cool mountain air in the evenings this week in the surrounding mountains of Asheville. I’m forward to some powerful thunderstorms to roll through and cool things off a bit this weekend. Don’t you love a good thunderstorm?
Something else that’s been heating up this week is the subject of masculine and feminine energy on the path of authentic awakening.
I’ll be doing a ‘workshop’ on this subject Saturday Aug 20 in Asheville with my colleague Thessa Sophia, who I did several workshops with on the subject throughout Europe last year. It’s the beginning of more to come.
I also want to share an essay I wrote on the new masculinity that I first wrote for ‘Insight’ magazine out of Australia that articulates well the precipice we are at right now. Let’s be clear. There is absolutely no way we are going to get to what we want to create on this planet without both a strong feminine AND Masculine presence guiding us…
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The New Masculinity
As I travel in many different places giving workshops, retreats, classes, speaking engagements and life coaching, I tend to find one common question being asked in spiritual communities around the world: ‘Where are all the men?’
These communities, with a few exceptions, tend to be overwhelmingly female, with a predominately feminine energy present in both the women as well as the minority of men who are there.
What I see slowly emerging, however, is the divine play of both truly awakened, authentic feminine and masculine energies in the human consciousness..
In our mainstream culture, masculine values dominate the social structure and culture,while the feminine, if it is even acknowledged to exist, or understood at all, is still most often viewed as weak, weird, or somehow inferior. Thus, many women and men in our Western culture try very hard to repress their feminine energy and adopt masculine qualities so they can be “successful” in the mainstream world.
However, once people move out of the mainstream culture and into more alternative, spiritual, progressive communities, one finds exactly the reverse. The masculine energy is viewed as the bringer of violence, destruction and domination, while the feminine qualities are thought very highly of as that which brings peace, kindness and compassion to the world. If only women were in charge, the world would be more peaceful and humane is a common sentiment. In these communities you will find men embarrassed and shameful of their masculinity, trying very hard to repress it so that they can be more feminine, which is equated as being more “spiritual”.
The truth is, from the perspective of awakened consciousness, both masculine and feminine qualities are beautiful, both are equally spiritual, and both are essential for the deep, divine play of life and spirit. Masculine values such as courage, adventure, risk-taking, assertiveness, aggressiveness, competitiveness, linear/rational thinking, independence, emotional detachment, etc. are not bad at all. The real question is, what level of consciousness are they coming from?
At this point in our human evolution, most of what we have seen of masculine values has come from the ego consciousness. From the perspective of ego consciousness we are separate entities in a dangerous world. We must struggle and fight with other separate entities for our survival. In this so-called “dog-eat-dog”philosophy, you must get yours before someone else does. From this fear-based consciousness of separation, masculine traits are indeed very destructive and create great suffering. They perpetuate violence, abuse, domination, rape, murder, war, imperialism, rampant materialism, destruction of nature etc .
It is important to realize, it is not masculine energy that is destructive and violent, however, it is masculine energy when it is used in service of the ego that is destructive and violent.
Something, however, has begun to happen on the planet right now. Certain individuals with a masculine essence are stepping outside the realm of the ego consciousness into a new, higher consciousness where things are not seen as separate and scary, but rather as interconnected and One.
From this new Unity Consciousness, these very same traits in the masculine energy do not bring violence but rather are an extremely positive force on the planet. They bring forward higher levels of love and presence in the world. The masculine energy in the human dimension is beginning to leave a consciousness of fear and entering a consciousness of love. I call this “The New Masculinity”.
From the new masculinity, new frontiers and challenges are faced not so much on the external level but on the internal level.
Those with a masculine essence want to be brave in the face of fear.
Can we be brave enough to truly live in the spirit of love?
Have the courage to open ourselves again, and be vulnerable to another human being?
Can we take risks to follow our heart?
Can we see the evolution of our consciousness as a great spiritual adventure?
Use our rational/linear minds in service of our hearts and the higher intelligence of God/Spirit?
Be tough and strong in protecting those who are less fortunate and may need our help?
Can we be assertive and courageous in our words and our decisions for the truth, even when it may be scary to do so?
Be strong and steady emotionally when life brings unexpected challenges?
Can we be willing to die for love? Even better, can we actually be willing to live for it!?
Can we use our gifts and highest creative potential for the highest benefits of all beings?
The new masculinity say ‘Yes’.
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Comments
In a word–yes.
I just wrote this in a group discussing A Course in Miracles. It’s a forgiveness process (one way to enter unity) and a bit raw, but I think it parallels what you’re saying and provides an important piece for women.
I just judged [discussion group member] for judging Osho, and then I realized that we have to (sometimes) step fully into judgments (with swears and all) to get through it. It’s one way, and sometimes the most effective. Thanks, [group member].
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Also, thanks to [group member]. It looked like there was a guy being racist on your page today, and I was shocked. It also looked like you were guiding him through a process. So now I think you are kind of guiding me through this process, so thanks again.
Here’s my thing. [Inner voice] has been guiding me toward healing the male/female rift, and I think part of that involves blaming men and letting you know what you did to me (the collective me of all times and places). It involves dropping some f-bombs.
Maybe [group member] could tell us why this part of it is sometimes necessary? Because it feels like I’m about to be a big meanie, but I’m going to do it anyway.
This is part of stepping forward. Stepping forward as an enlightened female who is going to just as quickly drop the word as definition, but stepping forward all the same to stand next to men. With you. Not distinguishing myself as anything (female or victim) anymore.
In this particular human life, I have had no problems with men because I have largely kept myself sealed off from them. My dad is just about as benign a person as you could meet, so he was fine. I sensed others were not so fine. I stayed away.
I thought I would never get married (in a happy and relieved way), but I was amazed to meet my husband and realize that he did not have this energy that I distrusted, that I felt sure would harm me or try to take me over. He did, however, have an iron will. My dad was malleable. My husband is stubborn as a goat. So I learned not to dominate because there was no way I even could. Wouldn’t be possible with him. Interesting. We are also headed toward a future in which attempting to dominate each other is not the way, so that prepared me.
I transitioned from a very female-focused household to a balanced one. Step one of healing.
And now here I am, guided by the Holy Spirit (terminology of Course in Miracles–I like Big Self or inner voice) to explain what men did to women so we can get past it and heal, and all I can come up with is Edgar. Edgar is a cat who was a sucky cat. He was more like a dog. There was no way he was ever going to be a familiar, even though that was what they accused him of. I’ll just say it. Edgar was a dumbass. But he was really nice.
So, men, what did you do? I should explain here that I am referring to a past lifetime. Not *my* past lifetime. It’s one of ours. One of the collective human experiences. I’ve been given access to a bunch of these, and the experience has been cushioned to not be too traumatic. That’s why I’m focusing on Edgar the dumbass. He’s a safe way to express this.
You killed my fucking cat, shitheads. You killed my cat! Because I was redheaded and left-handed (qualities I share with that lifetime) and because I healed. Because I brought forth children as a midwife and because I brought forth children into my own family. Because I nursed them. Because I loved you.
You killed Edgar because you were afraid of the power of love. You were afraid it would take you over, and you were so right. No wonder you were fighting!
No wonder you did those things to my body while I was still alive just to try to dominate me and take away the feeling that I could get to you, that I could seep into you and interfere with the plans of your ego. I totally get why you stoned me, raped me, killed my kids, killed my parents, killed my fucking goat, burned me, and all the rest I really don’t want to relive. Oh, yeah. And the drowning. Fuck you. And I immediately have to take that back, but it felt so good for a second.
I totally get why I’m so scared to step forward now, only I’m not so scared anymore. I realize that I love you, and this time around, it’s not going to bite me in the ass. Good news!
And I get why I’m scared of action, but I don’t have to be scared anymore, because we’re removing fear from our interaction. That leaves me safe to act. That leaves you safe from my criticism and blame. Its over. It’s in the past. It’s not happening now. It’s not going to happen to this me.
Phew! That’s forgiveness. Realizing that it’s okay and it’s going to be okay. Realizing that what happened (always an illusion but always seeming so real)–it happened because of deep confusion about our identity. Our shared identity. An identity that refuses to be divided into male or female or any other segment.
And to respond more directly to what you wrote, if we have to label energies as masculine and feminine (and we have to until we stop seeing them that way), then as I awakened and as my awakening has deepened, one of the most striking changes is the integration of energy that would be labeled “masculine.”
There is a time to speak out. There is a time to appear decisive. Decisions make themselves so very quickly and with such strength when you are in the flow, which, of course, is neither masculine nor feminine. Hesitation and people-pleasing (will I be harmed if I am too visible?) faded.
And there is such humor here. Humor dissolves all the differences we thought we ever had. So here’s to more integrated selves! Here’s to our One Self, experienced from so many perspectives, beyond labels. Delicious.
Thank you Julie!