The Serene Way

“Societal choices, more often than not, are the result of expediency, statistical fallacy, sentiment, political or media pressure, or personal prejudice and vested interest.”

David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

Power vs. Force

As stated in Part I of this discussion concerning Ahimsa, Wikipedia states, “Jains go out of their way so as not to hurt even small insects and other minuscule animals and make considerable efforts not to injure plants in everyday life as far as possible. In accordance to this policy, eating of some foods, whose cultivation harms small insects and worms as well as agriculture itself, is to be abstained from.”

It has been written that a butterfly fluttering its wings can be the catalyst for a hurricane on the opposite side of the ocean. Every action has a reaction; it is only from our singular standpoint that we judge it to be right or wrong. The following response illustrates how our choices have this effect.

“The Very Humans That The Sweet Precious Innocent Animal Grows To Trust And Love With All Their Beautiful Innocent Hearts As Family… These Very Humans Turn Around And Mercilessly Slaughter Them In Bloody Murder ??? Such Humans Are Diabolical Demons. Humans Were Not Created To Eat Meat! ALL Beings And ALL Creatures Were Vegans And Never Harmed Any Living Being ~ Until The Human Species Fell Into The Demonic Behaviour Of Murder Blood~Lust And Greed. MANY Animal And Bird Species Are Still Entirely Vegan. Some Animal Species Biology Changed To Require Flesh Foods Due To Horrible Low Vibrational Change And Karmic Sufferings That Humans Evoked Upon Mother Earth.

GOOD Humans Are Vowing To Live Their Original Divine Blueprint. There Are Many Millions Of Organic Vegan Humans Now Upon Mother Earth ~ Living Loving~Kindness AHIMSA! ~~~ Looking Upon Sister And Brother Animals As A *Food Chain* Is Evil And Diabolical ~ Barbaric! Such Humans Are FAR Below ALL Animals And Creatures In Spiritual Evolution! Tim… We Do Not Share Resonating Vibes Nor Spiritual Ideals About What Is GOODNESS. SEE Who My Friends Are ~ They Are Organic Vegans For *Animal Liberation!* Absolute LOVING~KINDNESS!

(Final closing has been edited from this discourse)

The animals, including sheep and cows, that grow to love and trust have been bred to domesticity, in accordance with society’s need for providing for its members. We have indeed made them what they are, for the purpose of our physical sustenance. Whether there are more or fewer meat-eaters is debatable. Even chickens will eat their own, although we automatically envision them pecking at the ground eating seed. Chickens, roaming free upon the range, eat everything from seeds to worms and insects. I don’t believe this qualifies them as vegan. Animals existed long before humans made their appearance upon the earth; they have evolved according to their individual natures, as have we.

“All that you see is the manifestation of God’s Power. No one can do anything without this Power. … God exists in all beings as the All-pervasive Power; but the manifestation of His Power are different in different beings”

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

There is a food chain, whether physical or energetic in form. In most instances it is the larger animal that consumes the smaller (although there are exceptions to every rule), and they, in turn, are consumed by the earth so that herbivores have healthy plant material to consume. A small fish is consumed by a larger fish, which is then consumed by a still larger fish, until the largest dies and is returned to the ocean floor, where it nourishes and supports other organisms that feed the smallest fish, which is consumed by a larger fish, and so on. This is the cycle of life. That which lives, dies, and is returned to the earth. In terms of physicality, this return to the earth remains a form of energy and matter that continues to support the lives that follow; it is the food chain in utter simplicity. In the simple food chain the entire object is returned to the fold of universal balance, complete in its makeup of matter.

In the simple food chain, all matter is returned to the earth, providing the substance to continue the cycle of life. Commercial farming methods provide only three main minerals—nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium—to replenish the soil. We have seen a 50% reduction in the nutritional value of our food over the past 50 years, and it continues to decline. With this knowledge, are we treating others with kindness in continuing this practice? In the end, are we not massacring humankind? We cannot remove one part of the chain and not expect it to have an adverse effect upon our lives or the life of the planet.

Commercial farming has also fostered overuse of pesticides and insecticides to protect produce. The animals necessary for soil viability—worms and insects—are destroyed. This has also created many health issues; these chemicals are environmental toxins, which are carcinogenic. The main ingredient in these pesticides and insecticides is petroleum-based—a synthetic compound. We are therefore not only getting less nutritional value from our produce, we are also affecting and changing our innate cellular structure.

Not only do we use petroleum as a means to ‘protect’ produce, it is used to operate machinery in the fields and move the produce to central markets, where more petroleum is used in the transport delivery system. Petroleum is used to heat the store where we buy the produce, and then again to get us to the store and back home, where more petroleum and energy is used to keep the produce fresh or frozen. In moving away from small-scale, natural and organic farming, we are indeed killing our selves with pollution from factories, commercial farms, and the use of gas-powered vehicles. This is not what I consider a cycle that promotes or protects life; it is a sure road to its total demise.

Even synthetic fibres made from acrylics, such as faux fur or fleece, are petroleum-based products: the production, transportation and use of this material continues to pollute the earth from which our sustenance and life is received. How can we consider this Ahimsa, when even natural fibres are bleached and chemically altered, increasing the harm to our selves, animals, and the ecology of the entire planet?

The very act of breathing is necessary and beneficial for humans, yet bacteria and viruses are destroyed within the physical system. As we exhale we add to the carbon dioxide within the atmosphere, currently regarded as the primary cause of greenhouse gases and global warming.

In spiritual pursuits it is recommended that vegetarianism be followed, and in doing so it is with more ease that self-realization or Samadhi is attained. But Narendra, better known as Swami Vivekananda, in his complete works suggests that each individual follow that which is conditioned by their unique nature. On his travels, he ate what he was given, and in his epistles he wrote that he looked forward to meals more in keeping with his cultural background.

In my own attempt at vegetarianism, I discovered that I have sensitivities to some plant foods that provide necessary nutrients. My change of diet was a factor in serious health issues. So, I considered my genetic predispositions and returned to my cultural heritage in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

We live upon this earth, and no matter what we consume we are part of the continuing cycle of creation and destruction; one does not exist without the other. It is only from our individual perspective that we judge one to be a higher vibration than another.

It is with respect that I consume food, with full awareness that I, too, on a Path to Light, will return to the earth, providing the necessary support for the continuation of cycles within the infinite balance that is universal energy.

© T.S. (Tim) White, 2008

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www.TheSereneWay.com

“Societal choices, more often than not, are the result of expediency, statistical fallacy, sentiment, political or media pressure, or personal prejudice and vested interest.”

David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

Power vs. Force

I received a comment after posting a blog titled ‘Acceptance, Compassion & Tolerance Out of Anger & Resentment”, which was the catalyst for this entry.

“I (Also) Noticed On The Front Page Of Your Website That You Are Selling SHEEP SKIN Mats! That Is Not AHIMSA And It Certainly Is Not Peaceful And Serene For The Sweet Innocent Slaughtered SHEEP! :/ ~::~”

Why use meditation mats that are made from sweet innocent loving slaughtered sheep??? That is bloody bad karma and just mean. It is ahimsa for me to point this out to you. Why seek to make money from industries of horrid cruelty?You are a spiritually intelligent being. You seek to embody goodness and loving-kindness towards all beings…I believe. To do so we must wake up from participating in cruelty towards other beings… right? We must have an empathetic loving awakened conscience of loving-kindness towards ALL Life as Divine Spirit.

In order to fully discuss this position, let’s look at a definition of ahimsa. Wikipedia describes ahimsa as follows: “the principle of non-violence can or should be applied to different life forms…”

This resource (Wikipedia) continues, “Jains go out of their way so as not to hurt even small insects and other minuscule animals and make considerable efforts not to injure plants in everyday life as far as possible. In accordance to this policy, eating of some foods, whose cultivation harms small insects and worms, as well as agriculture itself, is to be abstained from.”

Research and information gathered from texts such as ‘The Gospel According to Rama Krishna’, books by Swami Vivekananda, and other volumes of spiritual writings state that ahimsa—a yama of Yoga— is the practice of non-violence or harmlessness in action, word, thought, deed or emotion. All we do creates a karmic affect, no matter its desired intention.

It is evident that this ‘practice’ has different meanings and applications depending on the environmental/cultural experience and religious belief of the individual. There are levels of adherence to this practice. This is true for all ideologies; it is the depth of conviction to the belief, whether individual or group, that plays a fundamental role in their actions and reactions. We need look no further than organized religion to see how extremes in the attachment to dogma have created tension and segregation, leading to struggle, suppression and war.

Traditionally, meditation was performed on natural animal skin such as tiger or deer, as I have seen in pictures of gurus and swamis. This provided a softer cushion for a more comfortable way to maintain a meditative posture; it also created a synergy with the meditative process by providing a deeper, natural connection to earth energies, thereby intensifying the benefits of meditation. I have not read that these pelts materialized out of cosmic energy; the animals’ lives did end in some manner.

Historically speaking and according to evolutionary theory, man was a hunter-gatherer. Being of aboriginal heritage—Native Canadian M’ic M’aq—my family’s heritage and culture dictated that whenever an animal is taken for food, all parts of that animal are used in order to honour a manifestation of gratitude for that which the earth provides. As a child, I remember that after the moose hunt (which my extended family continues) the meat was canned or frozen, the antlers were used for the handles of eating utensils, and the hide for leather garments, snowshoes and various ties and bindings. All was treated as a gift from Mother Earth and what She provided for our sustenance.

The sheep in question are from my brother’s farm. He has a small flock, and his intention is to use the entire animal, in keeping with his cultural heritage, in order to provide for his family. The sheep run free in the pastures on 108 acres, eating grass and natural feed. They are tended with love and kindness. They are protected from coyotes by dogs, donkeys and a llama provided by my brother and his family. His wife is the ‘at home’ veterinarian who provides the occasional antibiotic to ensure the sheep’s health, and is doula or mid-wife during lambing season. In the winter, lambs that are born too small or too many at a time for a single ewe to care for are taken into the house, dried with towels, and bottle-fed—one of the great experiences I have had the pleasure to participate in.

Indeed, I take issue with commercial farming and the poor treatment of livestock for the gathering of wealth for the few. The treatment of animals on commercial farms is in truth a manifested aspect of profit and greed. I also take issue with the reckless harvest of animals of the sea for a singular use, such as longline net capture of sharks for the sole purpose of obtaining their fins, which some claim are an aphrodisiac. This materialistic approach has caused many problems. Commercial farms have created the need to regulate society’s food channels. Yet, with a single bacterial outbreak in an industrial processing plant, an entire food network delivers health hazards. Recently, an outbreak of listeriosis in a packaging plant in Canada played havoc on the food channel, resulting in a recall of processed, packaged meat. This past summer tomatoes had to be removed from the shelves due to problems at a processing plant in the United States. Both of these incidents also affected fast food outlets, including the corporate giant MacDonald’s.

I often think that we have formulated a hierarchy based on what we perceive as sentient beings. It is only our current perception that dictates these ideas; they continue to change and develop based on scientific research, which increases our understanding. There are many ‘seekers’ who have taken leave of society to live in renunciation in the wilderness. There, they develop the ability to listen to the wisdom of the tree and the messages upon the wind. There is even mention of those who can live on air alone; they receive sustenance from the energy inherent in everything that is, so highly developed is their connection to the divine source.

A tree is alive—it has a series of capillaries that carry nutrients throughout its body, similar in function and design to the human lymph and digestive systems. Firstly, in terms of the lymph system, it has circulatory vessels without a central pump which regulate defense mechanisms. Secondly, like the digestive system, fluid is moved by a process of contraction called peristalsis. A tree has life, it exists, it is energy. The same can be said of all plants. They react to external stimuli: lower vibrations limit growth, whereas higher energies accelerate it. If you sing to a plant it will respond positively with growth; if you yell at it, so too will it wilt.

Man, in being a form of compressed energy, is in essence the same as a potato, a carrot, an apple or bacteria, only differing in the form of the expression of that energy. Anything we ingest is an aspect of energy, which is necessary for cellular metabolism and the continuance of a physical form. All life forms must absorb energy in order to sustain their life cycle. The process is consistent and paramount for all life—energy, in some form, is assimilated and then expunged to return into the fold of a universal balance.

Our current perspective deems an animal closer to our own existence. It is our own ego-centricity and the rationalization of projecting human characteristics onto other life forms that creates an imposed judgment. Pulling a carrot out of the ground ends the life cycle of that plant, the same as ending the life cycle of any other organism, whether or not we currently consider it to be sentient. If one is sacred, then all is sacred.

On a Path to Light, only when we accept all forms of energy as equal will we truly realize that all life is sacrosanct, and to be accepted as a blessing.

© T.S. (Tim) White, 2008

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www.TheSereneWay.com

To be continued…

With a further discussion of commercial farming and Ahimsa

I.L.C (Integrative Life Coaching) session conversation

PART I

Identify patterns from your life and how they can be used to your best advantage

Achieve balance between work, home and play

Create personal tools to maintain and enhance a healthy lifestyle

P.:  hi Tim…

P.:  how is life?

P.:  sloooow connection….

P.:  or perhaps you type slowly with much awareness…:)

P.:  mindful moments or have we lost connection?? hmmm

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P.:  energy is good…

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Tim W.:  yep..

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P.:  positive thinking is very powerful

P.:  more so than I once realized

Tim W.:  it is very much…that process keeps all things positive…though without negative positive does not exist

Tim W.:  life is about duality

P.:  balance

Tim W.:  we can either accept that duality and all that belongs to life or repress and supress aspects of our divine nature

Tim W.:  yes balance…though in true balance the energy is potential, only with a tip in the balance can we move forward

P.:  acceptance and moderation

Tim W.:  hahahah….yes, acceptance, understanding & moderation… AUM or OM

P.:  perhaps that is where I am at…finding how to tip the scale a bit in the positive direction

Tim W.:  all things can be positive it just depends on the way we look at it.

P.:  ones perception does play an important part

Tim W.:  I remember a friend saying you never acknowledge your faults…for me they were not faults only weaker character traits, that can be used in that form to create a positive

P.:  ooh…I like that

Tim W.:  for sure…all we are and do and act or react to is our perception based on who whe are as individuals

P.:  no faults, just traits to help us grow?

Tim W.:  our past, our environmental experience

Tim W.:  you got it!!!

P.:  its all in how you look at

Tim W.:  everything we connect to whether it creates a positive or negative reaction is an opportunity to grow to the light

P.:  it has taken me a long time to realize these truths

Tim W.:  yep, and it is our mind that creates that perspective, we have the ability to change that in anything we do

P.:  so we are able to see all that is within us as “good”…yes?

Tim W.:  that’s right…it is good…only when we judge do we put other spins on it

Tim W.:  niether is good nor bad…it is only from where we sit that it becomes either

P.:  so often we judge …others and ourselves

P.:  why?

Tim W.:  energy is energy…it cannot be negative or positive

Tim W.:  insecurity is why

Tim W.:  fear

Tim W.:  death

Tim W.:  life

P.:  but really, there is no death

P.:  so why the fear?

Tim W.:  fear of living of death

Tim W.:  fear of the self

Tim W.:  the simple truth

P.:  and how does one “fit in” when these things are realized?

Tim W.:  when we go into the fear it does not exist…it is the mind that creates this aspect of the self.

Tim W.:  if we try to find it within…it cannot be found…

P.:  we were chatting about the fear inside

Tim W.:  yes fear in the mind…that is where it is created…the mind creates many things that are in essence ‘un’real….they are only machinations of chemical and electrical impulses based

Tim W.:  behaviour patterns and impressions of our external interactions

P.:  patterns…sigh…those are tough to diminish

P.:  external interactions can obtain there own power at time…

P.:  impulses…like the fight or flight response?

Tim W.:  when we exert a force they get further away…when we accept they are no longer

Tim W.:  fight or flight is a biological mechanism…survival instinct that has been replaced by emotional turmoil.

P.:  often, the way we lead our life is a pattern, yes? so by recognizing this, are we able to diminish it

Tim W.:  we no longer have to fight tigers or run for our lives though at times we feel the need to do so in reaction to a particular circumstancce

Tim W.:  exactly…even in just the awareness of that patter at least we are conscious of it and have the opportunity to deal with it in a manner that better suits us as individuals…

Tim W.:  all different and beautiful.

P.:  is that reaction a pattern as well though?

Tim W.:  I would say that with most of my research that all reactions are of a pattern..

P.:  hmmm

Tim W.:  often we may change a particular object of reaction yet the reaction is the same

Tim W.:  replacement

P.:  my greatest challenge has been to recognize my patterns and also to look upon them and myself seperately

Tim W.:  that is a step in creating the witness

Tim W.:  when we look at things from this ‘detached’ witness we are no longer part of the reaction.

Tim W.:  we can look at is as separate, yet part of who we are

Tim W.:  the patterns are so ingrained and sub or un conscious that we are not able to recognize them in a conscious manner

Tim W.:  all programmed before we are 6 years old

P.:  yet does the reaction change…go away? doesn’t there always have to be a reaction to every action so to speak?

To be continued….

Stay tuned for Part II

Available in one week from today!

©T.S. (Tim) White, 2008

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www.TheSereneWay.com

“In every one of us there is the yearning for life, for knowledge, for happiness.”

Swami Yatiswarananda, Meditation & Spiritual Life

Recently I heard, “When one lives with an open heart there is no need for protection.” This is a simple truth; it is on a Path to Light that we develop this ability of detachment from the energy, reactions and actions of others, as well as our self as defined by the ego. There are lessons along the way that assist in reaching this goal, one of which is discernment: ‘the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure’ or ‘the power to distinguish and select what is true’. Now, there’s the rub: what is true and real and how do we distinguish it?

We often look to our external environment to provide knowledge and happiness. Osho, in The Book of Secrets, says, “Whatever society has given can be taken away again…” This simple statement illustrates the transitory nature of possessions and culture as a means to happiness. A culture lasts only as long as it controls its members or holds that influence, in which case we give away our control to an entity other than our selves. When we think of knowledge, we usually think of it as coming from outside our self. In the age of the Internet, there is a particularly muddy situation as information comes at us so rapidly, yet with many caveats. We must consider who is promoting the information, who financed the research, and what is the purpose of disseminating the information. Whether it be possessions, culture or information, discernment is key in order to sift through this endless barrage.

When it comes to culture, the ‘con’ keeps us all believing in regulations and social manners that keep us in control. We can look at the history of organized religions and how they have risen and fallen throughout history. They have used knowledge as their power base, keeping the masses uneducated in order to maintain a façade of stability. To bring this closer to home, we can see the same thing with the current economic turmoil. In this case, the economic culture has brainwashed society into believing that ‘bigger is better’, promoting the worship of the almighty dollar—values monitored on the screens of the global markets. These are ‘cons’ of outrageous proportion that affect society in its entirety.

There are everyday smaller ‘cons’ in each of our lives, which are employed by the egocentric to manipulate and control, though these are not nearly as evident as those of organized religion and global finance.

I was social networking and received a couple of notes from a ‘self-help’ practitioner. The first two were misaddressed and indicated “how may I ‘serve’ you”. The one correctly addressed said, “What do you need me for; you have your own gig”. I cannot comment on the practice of this person or their ability to help others, but I use this incident to illustrate a point: what a person says to your face may not be what they say behind your back. This is not walking the walk or talking the talk; it is this sort of double-face that necessitates discernment.

There are those that see us as ‘marks’, offering the snake oil remedy, the quick fix; again, the ideology that purchase will buy happiness surfaces. At a health and wellness expo I attended, there was a doctor promoting a machine that costs thousands of dollars. We were discussing the science and research behind this product. He made a most interesting statement: “Say anything to get them in and make the sale.” Here, a person of knowledge and apparent cultural status was ‘buying’ into society’s acceptance of information manipulation in order to sustain the economy of greed and excess.

There are unnerving trends in the ‘self-help’ industry (which is what it has become); it is big business. Recently, I have seen seminars and products promoted as ‘recession insurance’ or ‘recession proof’. But in reality there is no insurance against recession. It is only our ability to deal with the repercussions that can be developed. There are those who play against our fears and insecurities for their own self benefit. Again, discernment is necessary in order to have ‘the ability to understand and discriminate between relations’.

Conscious awareness is necessary for discernment. This allows an ease in identifying those factors that require our attention. This is an individual process; that which works for one may not work for another. It is within that we find the answers, the knowledge and truth. It is here that we can tap into those concepts that resonate with our life’s purpose.

Conscious awareness can assist us in penetrating these façades by developing the ability to judge wisely and objectively, thereby revealing authenticity. This action requires an internal search for our own authenticity. When we discover the authentic self, when it is revealed, then whatever bombards our senses can be dealt with in a positive and constructive manner. I have been known to jump in where angels fear to tread. This has led to many wonderful experiences, each one of which I appreciate as a lesson. Some situations are repeated until the lesson has been fully realized. A simple truth evolves from the experience and can be utilized in a practical manner in other situations.

Life is a rollercoaster; without the ups, the downs have no meaning or reality. The reverse is also true: all is defined by its opposite. Upon accepting that life is full of opposites, these opposites lose their power, as they are non-reality, transitory and illusory.

Once there is a conscious awareness of the mind and its machinations, then we can begin the journey to our centre, our heart. There we can manifest a condition of understanding with complete honesty and detachment. This creates trust within our self. Once established, we can see the truth in others—a gift of discernment on a Path to Light.

©T.S. (Tim) White, 2008

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www.TheSereneWay.com

The Silent Wait

The storm exists within the infinite sky: clouds ominous and dark billow and swirls toward the eye within, energies evolving through its simple movement whether manifested as light, sound, wind or rain.

Between the lightening strike and the crock of thunder’s roll is the silent wait, where the transition of energy is from light to sound then a return to nothing. The non-presence of no thing—the silent wait.

Within the silent wait there is only the potential to exhibit various forms of energy. It is expressed as light and sounds within the vortex of the storm, distance the regulator of our perception. No matter the speed of the transition, the silent wait always exists, for it is from here that all things manifest.

The storm continuously moves. It is through this movement the energies gather culminating in the wrath of the storm. Lightening strikes though it’s centrifugal movement, winds raging through its rotation, rain following the path of the storm. Yet, within is the eye is the infinite sky, always still and calm no matter what is happening in its periphery, silent to cause and effect.

Even between cause and effect, know that the silent wait forever exists.

In the breath—movement in and movement out—there is a pause between the change from inhale to exhale, again here is the silent wait. The same can be said for the beat of the heart—a beat, a pause—it is in the resting that we find the silent wait.

Electrical charges bounce along pathways to the brain, spinning towards receptor centres like the electrical charges of the storm expressed as lightening. Here in the brain there is a translation or a transition from electrical impulse—the cause—from the periphery to these centres which in turn has effect upon that same periphery, the body itself. This moment of transition or translation is the silent wait, where potential is yet to be expressed.

Energy is expressed based on movement whether it is physical as with the storm, the breath or the beat of the heart. It can also be expressed in the form of thought as illustrated by the electrical impulses within the brain that are translated into knowing or reaction, the cause and effect.

Cause and effect seem to continue incessantly always missing the silent wait, too wrapped up in its own mechanisms. Awareness of the silent wait wakens the observer—the witness—who has only potential. There is the ceasing any imposition of value or judgement. There is a moment of rest which comforts and holds.

The silent wait is between all, before and after everything, the point to which we all return even from the darkest recesses of the storm of our minds.

If cause and effect exist not in the silent wait then nor do bliss, joy, anger, resentment or struggle. Life becomes pure existence, pure potential with no walls or boundaries. The mind is calm, the wild beast is tamed, movement ceases as the waves of consciousness are quieted. The loss of self seemingly like paralysis, yet in no self is true existence, a deep current of expansiveness—One ocean, One life, One will.

The silent wait is freedom.

Live in the silent wait.

Be the silent wait.

©The Serene Way

T.S. (Tim) White

September, 2008

The roles that we are ‘assigned’ by society are part of our cultural heritage and environmental experience, often thought of as patriarchal though, I have to admit that my upbringing was much more matriarchal in its construct. The major role of mother/grandmother in the family was much more dominant, from my perspective at least.

Through a cultural/historical evolution we have stereotyped specific attributes as masculine and feminine.

There is a teaching in Yoga that there are three major channels of energy, one central and balanced to which we strive and the other two on either side being sun and moon energy. It is here that I tend to shy away from the association of masculine-sun and moon-feminine and prefer to the description of active and reflective energy or character traits taken to that level. In this way we are no longer making unnecessary associations based on gender only the energetic aspects of personality, both are necessary for a balance to be achieved. One does not exist without the other. Our emotions can be associated with one of these energies, just like the magnetic field of the earth or a battery both are needed to complete the circle of energy, ebb and flow. When we place positive and negative in this instance there is perhaps only a slight thought of good and bad. Yet, when we use that in a description of traits then there is more of a judgement. They are neither, they must be in order to be complete and return to balance, only with one more dominant can anything be accomplished no matter what we call it, masculine/feminine, active/reflective, right/left (again we have an association with right being correct and left being associated with evil if raised in a particular religious environment). The sun energy is the active force and the moon the reflective or nurturing energy. Like the changing of the seasons we need both in order to manifest upon the physical plane we have to act, yet the act can only take place after the idea or thought has been brought to the conscious mind. Thus, the latter is the reflective energy of creation. Both in tandem give rise to the manifestation of anything within that which is All on a path to light.

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