Blessed Duality

It has become my opinion that it all comes down to male and female. 

​The man impregnates the woman,she gives birth. Speaking in archetypical terms, he goes off to war or the office, and she provides the watchful, loving care and guidance for the offspring. God is an absentee father. He’s the source of creation, holder of power. Men need to acknowledge and respect him, for our power comes from Him. He’s the Big Battery in the Sky. We call on our Shiva strength to change things, to progress. But we don’t always change things for the better.

Shiva, the divine masculine, and Shakti, the divine feminine, have to be in balance. It takes two to tango. Shakti is an aspect of the Goddess, Shiva’s energetic counterpart. (Other aspects of the Goddess are known as Amma, Lakshmi, Quan Yin, Marilyn Monroe, et al.) It is the essence of femininity to envelop us with tender warmth. The Goddess/Divine Mother is the one at home, watching over us. When we pray for guidance or forgiveness or for others, She’s the one listening.

So why do men kill each other arguing about things like their male gods? Unfortunately, when men forget to acknowledge the Goddess, they get 
over-amped on Yang, and anger, fear, aggressiveness, greed and destruction result from the blind pursuit of dominance. 

Let’s accept Universal Duality as a blessing. Keep it in mind in all our actions and considerations. Cultivate the Yin, the ideals of femininity. That doesn’t mean weakness: A spiritual warrior is dedicated to peace, but has the diligence, devotion and mastery to lead others. The feminine ideals of compassion and nurture, as well as the male ideals of courage, strength and vigilance need to be cultivated. There is a precedent: In a landmark book, “The Chalice and the Blade”, researchers discovered a “partnership society” that successfully existed in peace, for millennia, before being swept away by a   war-like patriarchy. Then, as winners get to do, the patriarchy wrote its history as all that’s existed in the “civilized” era. In the early partner societies, balance was practiced. Nature was sacred. Compassion was possible. Let’s practice and preach that again, and remember that we all owe devotion to our Divine Mother as well as our Divine Father. Let them both inspire and help you!

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