Our world will be healed, our lifestyles will be sustainable, our communities will thrive and our relationships will be enlivening only when the feminine is valued, nurtured and has a voice.
Although this blog speaks to women, eventually strong women lead to men and women valuing the feminine in each of us.
And this is where balance can be found. Since the 1960’s women have developed and honored our own masculine traits. It was a difficult and bold change from our fore-mothers. Although we still have a long way to go, women now have more power and influence in our world than ever before in recorded history.
Yet, we journeyed here at a severe cost to our internal feminine compass.
It is incumbent upon women in this new era to raise our feminine while continuing to honor and develop our own masculine.
It is essential we find our voice in ways that encourage the masculine in our men, rather than demean them. Balancing our own masculine and feminine natures – and requiring the men we choose relationships with to do the same – will create new co-empowered relationships in our homes, communities, work places and government.
In her book “Mutant Down Under”, Marlo Morgan asked the aboriginal wise woman/grandmother which was more important in their culture – men’s work or women’s work?
It took multiple translations back and forth before the grandmother replied, “I understand her words, but her question does not make sense. Both men and women’s work is essential for the survival of the tribe.”
Look at our school systems, our health care system, our economy, the environment and our government. The survival of our tribe is at stake!
We must start with our inner world. And it will come as no surprise that a constant reminder to find your inner roadmap (its joys, its detours and potholes) becomes loudest when raising a child. For women having our daughters enter adolescence can truly be a wake up call to our own unprocessed issues about being a woman. Of course, there are many other paths that call for us to wake up as well — the death of a loved one, divorce, illness, and most other significant changes in our “plan” can do it.
The survival of our human tribe depends on women learning to influence the fabric of our culture from our deep inner feminine wisdom. We must walk away from the trance of our culture and remember our place in the circle of life. We must remember our worth, so we speak our truth and inspire ourselves and our men to bold acts of integrity and soul-filled businesses, governments, and economies.
It is within our grasp.
