Underneath the flesh lies the truth: A cosmic astrological compilation of the unified sacred feminine and sacred masculine trying to match the inner world with the outer world.
[ Discover your astrological natal chart and then how much feminine and masculine you hold.]
In discovering this balance the rise of feminism, environmentalism and other isms have taken hold to attempt to answer that balance. However, these alone, are not enough to satisfy the balance of the Sacred Androgyny, an union between the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Masculine.
For to replace a patriarchal order with a matriarchal order only presents itself as a new imbalance and disorder of misplaced power.
As such, I do not consider myself a feminist, or any sense of any ist or ism. For ists and isms are often the containers of ideologies that only shine their light and darkness on a small faction, shadows of the solution.
I no doubt we will swing, rather soon, to a matriarchal order. The question is, in this shift do we merely mimic that patriarchal power struggle or, perhaps, break apart these two archs and from their ruin find the unification in the egalitarian?
Consider an egalitarian system based on the Sacred Androgyny where the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Feminine unite:
• Instead of taking on a last name of another in marriage, both people create a new name.
• Instead of assuming the flesh connection, considering as mentioned, the astrological connection.
• Instead of claiming one gender better than another, allowing both genders to display their greatest strengths - beyond the flesh.
• Beginning a cultural flush that values as Martin Luther King Jr. spoke, "by the content of their character."
The pendulum has already begun swinging and I no doubt in my lifetime soon I will see greatly, without question, the complete shift from the patriarchal order to the matriarchal order.
It is my hope it doesn't remain there, that we are to challenge ourselves to find that space in the yin-yang as the ultimate desire - the wu-ji, the Sacred Androgyny, where the female spirit unites with the male spirit and they become one.
Now, it is not expected for each single person to represent this androgyny, to do so would be to formulate another ists or ism that casts shadows, but doesn't create the greater light needed to solve the problem.
Rather, by focusing on the unification of the Sacred Union, we will rise from the ashes and embrace, each in our own ways, a dialogue that brings growth beyond measure.
Whatever your sacred life chant may be, I hope it brings the Divine Love that is sought in the deepest heart of hearts that we all share.
amen.
zs.