The #METOO movement in the past few months brings the topic "Women and Men" blatently into the foreground of the discussion.
We talked about the topic "Men, Women and Power" last October in The Wisdom Factory.net
(Watch and find the Timestamps/Summary HERE)
In this context it is almost inevitable that the topic arose also in our monthly meeting of WOMEN MATTERS and, naturally, the topic of PATRIARCHY as "the source of all evil". I know, many women think this way and proclaim their hate for patriarchy openly and with emotional power. But do they really know what they are talking about when they talk about Patriarchy in the way how the radical feminist taught us to think and speak?
In my opinion, most of the time when we blame Patriarchy as the oppressor of us, women, we throw the baby out with the bathwater, unfortunately. Patriarchy equals power, blame and disadvantage of women, and the necessary status of being the victim of this power which is operated by MEN.
When you force yourself to be limited by an ideological view on the world, well, that's what you see and believe. But when you are open and take into account history and the evolution of consciousness and also of human society, than you would be able to see things much more differentiated. You will be able to detach a male person alive today from the oppressive forces of patriarchy. It is not the fault of men alone that we have chosen this form of society in the past. Women have done their choice, too, and for some time living in what is called "Patriarchy" was what they chose.
SPIRAL DYNAMICS and INTEGRAL THEORY explain very well how societies were formed and grew during the past thousands of years in a certain way, in stages which start, come to bloom, then develop pathologies and finally die and give way to the next stage. And women and men alike were contributing to the development all the time - as they are presently doing by awakening the public consciousness about appropriate versus inappropriate sexual behavior.
The WOMEN MATTERS Conversation wasn't only about this topic, but it expanded afterwards by an email exchange (read it HERE) and also prompted me to write an article where I explain more in depth what I have been saying here. (Find it in our blog at The-Wisdom-Factory.com)
We also had a conversation about how we can allow leadership emerge in a group? If we don't want groups anymore which are led by someone assuming the role as leader, how do we organize that? How can one person be the leader for a certain time or topic and then another person take over leadership? Much to explore and learn here!
We also spoke about decision making and the fact that only a small amount of factors are actually visible to us when we make decisions and that most of the facts, considerations, feelings, conditionings etc. which are leading us are completely out of our awareness.
So no wonder why we humans have a hard time to make really good decisions.
Finally, it is Christmas Time
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| My nephew's children enjoy Christmas as I did as a child. |
The topic Angels came up. Can we imagine angels as an energy field? Or are we stuck with accepting or denigrating angels with wings etc.?
Interesting that scientist talk about angels too, like Rupert Sheldrake in his co-authored book "The Physics of Angels". I have ordered the book and am looking forward to get to know more. If you are interested, too, just click on the book title!
Well, If you are Christian or not, in our culture Christmas is a big deal even if it is called differently sometimes for PC correctness. This doesn't erase history and I wish you all a wonderful celebration of the new light, coming into the world after a time of darkness. Lets pray together that the present darkness which has covered our whole planet with threats of violence, war, destruction will soon cease and give way to a new light. And may this new light become ever brighter and brighter!
HAPPY AWAKENING INTO THE LIGHT!
