Masculine/Feminine ~ Yin/Yang ☯

Each one of us has two rivers inside with opposite/compensated flow; the yin and the yang; the masculine and the feminine; both are polarities of the essence of One inside ones own psyche, where the One is in fact plural, meaning All that exists and ever existed.

We flow to one river and we bring back one element and then we flow to the other river in order to bring back a different element. This motion resembles the ebb and the tide in the sea. There is always an energy going and an energy returning back. As long as we are trapped inside this duality, we are destined to rock back and forth; endlessly. Hence I see no liberation from this repetitive motion, which can be traced back into psychological patterns inside, throughout our whole life.

The transcendance of the term "sexes" (male and female) is another victory towards the path of self-realization and self-liberation from the repetitive patterns of duality. Everything on this dense world of fluidity exists in dipoles and is expressed in/from dipoles.
In order to transcend this we have first to accept and embrace the feminine part inside of us (for men); and the masculine part (for women).

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It is in our inner Sacred Union of the feminine with the masculine; or the masculine with the feminine that all struggle cease to exist; it is an alchemical wedding of the opposite/compensated energies.
Ardhanarishvara (अर्धनारीश्वर) or the androgynous state of being beyond the illusion of duality. The two rivers are now flowing into the ocean of Love. And we proceed further upwards, to experience the vibrations of subtler energies ~

Have you been hurt?

Psyche Opening the Golden Box by John William Waterhouse,
oil on canvas (1903)

Perhaps you feel hurt from a certain situation. Perhaps you are boiling inside; much like a volcano, because of the unjust way they have treated you.
But, in fact, what makes it difficult is your own interpretation; your specific response to the situation. Each one is responsible for his/her behavior.
As peace comes from within; likewise also sorrow comes from within.
When you realize that deeply within yourself, then you will reach a certain plateau of self-transformation. Then your actions meet your feelings; your feelings meet your thoughts. And it's such an astonishing sensation to meet again that person in front of the mirror; and the mirror is almost transparent now ~

Εάν ο Θεός ήταν αρκετά μικρός - Evelyn Underhill

“If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.” — Evelyn Underhill

Animal Equality

Post by L214 Ethique et Animaux.

Observe the lamb, her face. Could you ever do something like --I find it even difficult to express it in words-- kill an innocent being like that? Most people would answer no. Observe how much the young cow is seeking to be caressed. She is seeking love and connection and it is very obvious.
These animals have feelings, they feel compassion and they seek the connection with all other beings that can express love, such as ourselves. These animals are our friends. We can express our love towards them and receive back love. You have perhaps a pet that you love and cherish. A dog or cat. If I may ask, how can you love your dog and... "eat" other intelligent and emotional beings such as these? If your answer previously was "no" that you can't take the life of creatures such as those, then please, exclude them from your diet.
No one scolds you, we can help change someone only with love. So, no one scolds you, you already had too much from many people around you that want to take from you and drain you. But deep inside, you need to be loved and so these creatures need as well--as you have clearly observe by yourself.
I am just asking you to think and most importantly --to feel deeply within you-- that you can start changing your diet habits. Yes, those are just eating habits. We have been taught as kids the irrationality --which leads to psychological complexes-- that at 10:00 am we can go to the garden and play with the rabbit and express our deepest love. And then --just like nothing has happened-- at 14:30 pm we sit on the table to eat and our mother brings.. pieces of the corps of a rabbit, that someone else killed, then the corpse was cooked, and that we learnt to call... food...
Meat is not necessary in our diet --so don't worry about that-- you won't be losing anything, in fact! meat and animal fat are unhealthy and they cause many health problems in the long run.
Consider this today, right now.. make the shift inside; evolve into your higher self ~

«Ultimately, the lone seeker of the spiritual realms, will find the overwhelming need to expand himSelf by breathing the Cosmic respiration in trance with the union. His essence seeks to grasp the timeless and spaceless; the word of no sound; the image of no vision. Any state of trance is needed in order to transcend the all known; the words; the circulation of thought; the limited notion of the ego; the senses; all those that eliminate the Hyper-sensed Reality of the Omnipotent, Omnipresent Existence.
Out there in the Field, everything makes so much sense right now. Motionless turbulence erupts from within; a talkative silence like no other, is expanding all over the field, like the morning dew ~» — Grigoris Deoudis