03-16-2017, 07:55 PM
(03-16-2017, 05:33 PM)Bring4th_Austin Wrote: If there is a particular pattern that plays out in which a particular type of person - one who likes the Law of One, L/L Research, or just alternative spirituality; a person who wants to find a community of like-minded seekers; a person who is sensitive to the disharmony of the world; a person who happens to be a woman - finds this community and does not feel it offers those things, and even speaks against them, then I think it warrants some investigation as to why that pattern exists, otherwise it may just perpetuate itself until the only people left are ones who are uniquely able to detach from the emotional atmosphere of seemingly disharmonious social interaction. This level of detachment should not be a barrier for participation.
The ultimate responsibility is always on the individual in determining how they will react to any given catalyst. This is, indeed, the ultimate freedom, and perhaps the most beneficial thing I have gained from the Law of One. But I don't think that individual responsibility absolves a community from any responsibility in what distortions their culture may perpetuate.
If I were to have followed this line of thinking you would have lost me a long time ago. Not that I matter so much. But the insensitivity—sometimes violent, and often attacking even if only passive-aggressively—played out over a number of years regarding vegans and vegetarians and animal abuse, was enormously larger than this relatively small conflict regarding gender in today's world.
One might say, gender equality in this day and age should be a no-brainer, but just the term "gender equality" is separating. To me, it's just as horrible that we don't see all beings as equal in value, as it is for someone else who thinks it's horrible men and women aren't seen as equal.
Acceptance and tolerance might be key factors in this discussion. I feel we are painting women as victims and that does not at all align with my view. And before anyone accuses me of being privileged again, yes, I'm white (looking), and born in the US, but I have had my share of heartbreak including an abusive childhood. And I might add that humans have collective responsibility, even in spiritual communities, for the state of things in 3D. That can't be said, with much evidence, for the animal, plant, mineral communities, and the planet itself.
Of course, this is not my forum. But I will add that walking on eggshells, or trying to placate a particular person(s), may not be helpful. On the other hand, compassion, and discernment in compassion, is of the utmost importance, to me. It isn't simple, any of it. In addition, I do not think most people understand what I mean by detachment, regardless of how much I struggle to explain it, and interpret it as not caring or being too intellectual or cold. It's not that at all.