I find the differences between the masculine and feminine really fascinating. I suspect that many would think only of the superficial differences: hair, hips, genitals, etc. But my interest lies in the entire set up as human beings.. that is, the mind body spirit connection.  Understanding these differences will better help us understand ourselves and how we go about creating (or destroying) our lives on this planet.

Let me list some notable differences between the sexes:

Male:

• Strength
• Progress
• Power
• Courage

Female:

• Acceptance
• Mystery
• Creativity
• Sustenance
• Healing

These are of course only a few which are observed here from my point of view, but they will serve to illustrate my point. Now let’s use these to bring up some of the major issues which affect us today. Here are the results of the imbalance in modern society we have created due to the male dominated philosophy:

• Destruction of the ozone layer
• Massacre of acres of trees (which are connected to our lungs) for the production of food with high levels of disease;
• Suppression of the feminine (business, politics, sexuality, etc)
• The rise in mental illnesses globally
• Overpopulation

The list goes on but the message is clear: these are the results of a society heavily biased towards progress and power. The entire issue always reverts back to levels of consciousness.

Take for example the suppression of feminine sexuality. Now I don’t know about you but I love sex.. and while I cannot speak on behalf of all beings everywhere I’m sure that all if not the majority (both male and female) feel the same way (A bad experience does not mean the mechanism is broken but rather used incorrectly). It’s simply a biological imperative.. a spiritual one too when you have deeper understanding.

So while you can stimulate yourself in solitude the experience is not the same as with another. Homosexuality aside, how ludicrous is it then for men to denigrate feminine sexuality when it clearly affects masculine sexuality as a result?! As you treat others so are you treated. Women with robust sexuality and prostitutes are frowned upon yet for them to exist the other side of the equation needs to exist too: Men with robust sexual appetites. I smell hypocrisy, I don’t know about you?

Now I want to make one thing very clear here. I am not pro-feminist. I am simply fed up with a world which seeks power over others. What I definitely am is pro partnership! We do not exist without each other and despite what popular religion teaches, power over others will never be a solution. Power with on the other hand is the only way.

In Terrence McKenna’s excellent book Food of the Gods and the Conversation with God series by Neale Donald Walsch there is some intriguing discussion on pre male dominated history which was female dominated. Adapting this quote from the humble bishop Desmond Tutu I’d like to say that we cannot allow the gravy train to stop so that men can get off it and women on.. rather let’s stop it so that everybody can get on.

Things have certainly progressed a long way from a couple of hundred years ago and so, my words are nothing new.. but certainly valid: It’s time we see a return of the Goddess.

Which is it.. the unrelenting pursuit of Knowledge or of Wealth that drives us? In many respects there seems to be a link. Generally speaking, the more knowledge you have of a subject the more ‘in demand’ you are for that particular skill and correspondingly the higher the potential to gain wealth from it. Isn’t this why we put our children through school and college/university? Isn’t this why we put even ourselves through these institutions (often for the 2nd or 3rd time) just so that we can get ahead?

Well I’m here to tell a converse story. The intelligent woman doesn’t spend her life acquiring information, she spends it recognising that it’s already there! All of it! Yes.. all knowledge is available to all of us, not only the privileged few. The catch is that it requires awareness, and let me state emphatically that the majority of the human race is unaware. Spending all your time in front of a talking box (TV) is not awareness, it is a distraction.. pure and simple. Awareness is heightened with that simple tool silence. Silence can be experienced in a number of ways, primarily meditation.. but you do not need to be some sort of spiritual guru to experience it, you simply need to be still.

Those who have the guts to sit down in silence and hear their own thoughts will be quite surprised at some of the garbage which has been floating around up there (if you believe the mind is in the head of course). With practise, this discipline (like any other in life) produces some interesting results. Once stresses and thoughts have subsided, something starts to happen.. pure conciousness becomes the focus and in this point of pure consciousness you can place any question about any subject, and before your very eyes.. or shall we say to your very self will the answers be presented. Of course, don’t take my word for it.. be as critical as you want but remember you can never have an accurate perception of an event if you never try it, no matter what anybody tells you about it. And don’t tell me either that it takes somebody a week to learn the guitar or learn a software package.. because it doesn’t.. I know!

Interestingly, most world religions in their purer form have taught of this little life secret through the ages. Psalm 46:10 in the Bible notes, “Be still and know that I am God”. Mark 1:35 ; Mark 6:45-46 and Luke 4:42 also echo the need Jesus had for silence.  At this point I would like to point out that I advocate no religion in particular but instead all of them, yet my knowledge of them is limited so I welcome any additions to this list or corrections to the texts themselves. Ancient Hindu texts known as sutras talk of Dhyana and Pratyahara which mean meditation and withdrawal(of the senses) respectively.

My own personal experimentations on this matter reveal much creativity and answers when silence is experienced. [TBC]

Here is an interesting fact: The space between elements of an atom are proportionally similar to the spaces between objects in our solar system such as our planets. Do a search on google and you will find plenty of articles on this.

Now consider this: a nucleus and proton are individualised portions of an atom and an atom is an individualised portion of matter.. the same stuff you and I are made of. Without going into all the probably more technical levels in between we can also say that a heart is an individualised portion of many atoms and then on to the human being as an individualised portion of many organs.. do you see where I’m going here? Do you understand the pattern?

My own personal revelations indicate the life exists infinitely in all directions. Stop to think about this theory for a minute. Science continues to back up this assertion as we progress in our understandings of the physical universe. Scientists continue to measure smaller and smaller elements of life and conversely the largest ones too. Of course if you recognise the space phenomenon we talked about earlier you will understand then the scope for discovery is infinite, since all of life is actually 99.9% empty space!!

The human mind however likes to place limits on things.. “I am only capable of doing so and so” or “only running at such a speed” or “only achieving certain goals”.. but time and again history has been beaten by better goals, faster speeds and bigger so and so’s! ..repeatedly. This is fact. And thus we come to the crux of this article.

Duality Consciousness is the definition of separation or the individualised portions of the whole. By nature (or human nature in any case) it seeks to create right and wrong, good and bad, me and you.. and therefore judgement.
Unity Consciousness is simply a shift in perspective which recognises the bigger picture.. that is, we are all smaller elements of a unified being. World without end.

This then if the very definition of God! God is the alpha and omega, He/She/It is the all and everything conceivable and beyond. God can be called by any name, The Source, The Divine or Satan for that matter.. because words are limitation to her. She created words (words which by the way have changed over the centuries, millenia and infiniti) and She also created the mind, therefore She cannot exist in the mind alone. God cannot be contained! The Source cannot be restricted to one religion because it exists in all religions. Satan is God because he is found in both in the Diabolical and the Divine. Anything other than this truth reduces God to something smaller than infinity and propogates duality consciousness.

This is not an easy truth to accept, for religion will have you believe that some are better than others and that these some are given salvation over the others. Every path is acceptable to God because every path is in fact.. God. The fundamental difference is that some paths lead quicker to happiness and others quicker to suffering. As explained in my previous article on circulating value all things depend on all other things.. it is only a matter of awareness which recognises this. This kind of awareness will help you realise that a tree is your equal because it produces the oxygen you need and you produce the carbon dioxide it needs. With awareness in mind you could view a tree as a part of your cosmic lung. There is much more I have to say on this topic and it really is possibly the most interesting topic to discuss (and debate) but I’ll end this article with a thought: Unity or Duality Consciousness? It’s time to choose!