--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > MMY is quite enlightened, to say the least. The > > surface behaviors only impact the mind. That's our > > karma and it's very important to allow this surface > > behavior to impact us and to burn away the > > attachments/resistances we have to Self. > > You know, the robes and crowns and ceremonies > and bagpipes don't bother me so much; those > really *are* just surface detail. (And the Raja > outfits aren't that bad; they're clean and plain > and attractive and pretty restrained as ceremonial > outfits go.) > > What *does* bother me is the near-complete > invisibility of women in any of this. Whatever > exalted vibes are being generated, they're > exclusively *masculine* vibes. > > Nothing wrong with masculine vibes--I dig them, > myself. But if what we're aiming for is > *wholeness*, that's only *halfness*. > > (I'm kind of surprised nobody has talked about > this, not even the smattering of women here. > I didn't start thinking about it until just > recently. The only mention of the nonexistent > participation of women was when we noted the > original "Raja So-and-So and Wife" titles on > the photos of the couples, and the subsequent > removal even of this reference to the women.) > > What's up with that? Why are there not any > Rajanis (?), and does that make any kind of > sense to anybody? Is it "attachment" to be > concerned about it? It just seems to me to > be way unbalanced, vibe-wise.
Earlier I described the coronation vibe as Ego and Mental, which after reading the above post I realized is another way of saying Imbalanced Masculine, or masculine w/o the feminine balance. Though lip service is paid to Mother Divine, true strong femininity is not represented much in the tmo in practice, and I agree that's a major shortcoming, esp in this day and age. I don't believe in mythological religious concepts like Kali and Sat Yuga, but recorded history has been dominated by the exercise of masculine power and has certainly been a bloody mess. Look at the last 2,000 yrs of Christian dominance in the West in which God is perceived as being a composite of 2 men and a spirit -- no female component at all!! -- endless war and destruction (along with lots of neat technology) I think any person or org. wanting to successfully dawn a new age will most certainly have to be a manifestation of integrated masculine-feminine to really make a difference. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
