06-25-2014, 08:32 AM
there is no doubt that the male and female body are different. They have different 'bits'.
it may be more contentious to assert that the male and female mind are also different, but I think most people would agree that there is some difference on a biological/chemical/archetypal level in how the male/female mind operates and interprets experience.
Ra offered this, referring to the archetypal level of mind:
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but aside from these programmed differences in the male and female body/mind, I think there is a cultural layer which perhaps comes to shape what we think of as the 'male gender' and the 'female gender'.
these are some of the cultural biases (as a mix of Australian (where I grew up), and Chinese Asian (family heritage) which 'fed' into my gender biases:
* males should be strong and be the breadwinner (earn lots of money for the family)
* males shouldn't express emotions and feelings
* a male has 'failed' if he doesn't marry and have lots of children
what sort of cultural conditioning have you had to address internally, and then realise it was an 'external stick' trying to encourage compliance to a gender role?
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point #2 above ('males shouldn't express emotions and feelings') led to a long term suppression of emotional feedback and all the catalyst associated therewith. Once the feelings and emotions start to be suppressed (the stoic, unmoved male), one does not develop the ability and skill to process those emotions when they do explode to the surface (which they inevitably will).
this suppression or inhibition of a sizable portion of the self is 'liberated' by things like alcohol; which allows those emotions/feelings to come to the surface. I'm sure we are all familiar with drunk people telling you how much they love you, and sharing their innermost thoughts which they couldn't do in a more sober state.
it may be more contentious to assert that the male and female mind are also different, but I think most people would agree that there is some difference on a biological/chemical/archetypal level in how the male/female mind operates and interprets experience.
Ra offered this, referring to the archetypal level of mind:
Quote:87.28 Questioner: Why is the male and the female nature different?
Ra: I am Ra. When the veiling process was accomplished, to the male polarity was attracted the Matrix of the Mind and to the female, the Potentiator of the Mind; to the male the Potentiator of the Body, to the female the Matrix of the Body. May we ask if there are any brief queries before we close this working?
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but aside from these programmed differences in the male and female body/mind, I think there is a cultural layer which perhaps comes to shape what we think of as the 'male gender' and the 'female gender'.
these are some of the cultural biases (as a mix of Australian (where I grew up), and Chinese Asian (family heritage) which 'fed' into my gender biases:
* males should be strong and be the breadwinner (earn lots of money for the family)
* males shouldn't express emotions and feelings
* a male has 'failed' if he doesn't marry and have lots of children
what sort of cultural conditioning have you had to address internally, and then realise it was an 'external stick' trying to encourage compliance to a gender role?
- -
point #2 above ('males shouldn't express emotions and feelings') led to a long term suppression of emotional feedback and all the catalyst associated therewith. Once the feelings and emotions start to be suppressed (the stoic, unmoved male), one does not develop the ability and skill to process those emotions when they do explode to the surface (which they inevitably will).
this suppression or inhibition of a sizable portion of the self is 'liberated' by things like alcohol; which allows those emotions/feelings to come to the surface. I'm sure we are all familiar with drunk people telling you how much they love you, and sharing their innermost thoughts which they couldn't do in a more sober state.
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