My only hope is that sisters learn from the mistakes of their brothers...that 'absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Something disinherited (disempowered) people often overlook is the consequences of power, & the responsibility of causing something bad to happen as much as something good, via unforeseen circumstances and unconscious subliminal motives (and the potential of usurping agendas in their midst... which are things the 'powerful' obsess over, because they are constantly in a war of chess). Likewise, we can forget about the innate personal power we do have, and sometimes overcompensate for what we fear or lack by lashing out: think of an animal backed into a corner, who may try to claw, bite, slash its way to freedom...even if the oblivious person who approached it was trying to help. Power is a huge responsibility, which can either be neglected or embraced. But... if an uprising is not wholly (holy) in integrity, the chaos and incendiary emotions which ensue can and will be manipulated by Certain Powers which take advantage of social upheaval (his story repeats itself). Divide & conquer is the ultimate tactic.
Women and men are a divine balance, we are meant to check each other...to be holistic only when our polarities are together in unity. To be wise only when the wisdom of the yin-yang is complete. Without one the other becomes deranged, delusional, manipulative, fearful, aggressive, and power hungry. We may see these qualities as masculine, because men have been positioned to abuse the balance at present... but I personally believe that women were oppressed in the first place because the quickest way for the power-hungry to subdue a civilization is to attack the life-bearers, and to pit child against mother, woman against man... Just as we are pitted against our earth/gaia mother by capitalism. By oppressing women, it is is two or three birds killed with one stone because it poisons the life force of man, woman, and even child...the next generation is debilitated before the seeds can even grow. It is like salting the earth.
But these power plays are not strictly gender based... Men do get coddled in a unique way which helps to preserve the current paradigm (and keep them dumb and impotent, so to speak). But they are the pawns, the plebes, grunt soldiers malnourished with lies... To direct all of that anger at them, would be to overlook the true enemy (which is so often the power-hungry manipulative darkness in our own hearts, tugged upon like puppet strings by puppet masters). Please sisters, do not let your hearts be corrupted with hatred... Hone your swords and your skills so that every blow you strike against the empires which seek to enslave us meet their mark. Ha(S)te makes waste, and indeed we do not want to waste the (R)evolution of our times. Sometimes I wonder if the sisterhood will have to go too far with its power to restore the balance, because there is nothing like the pain of innocent people being caught in the crossfire of wars of power...to teach us about what is lost by consequence of certain gains. But if so, then so be it. I accept that men will have to face the consequences of a legacy of brutality. If anything, we must stand stronger in our integrity than ever... Because nothing is more effective against injustice than knowing one's true truth, and standing steadfast (yet nothing is more (in)toxic(ating) than defending false truths, ironically).
Sisters deserve the best, and anything less is disrespect to the earth itself...life itself. Someday we will find balance. To the women: Be strong, be brave, be aggressive, be you. But do justice...there is too much "just us" in this world & when we're all one, it kinda comes back around until we're all alone. Don't forget, an essence of your sacred power is the negative, to negate, or say "No." And until society recognizes your importance as the gatekeepers of what should, or shouldn't, come into this world...we need your fierceness. (And "yes," it is a man's job to "posit" and "put forth" infinite possibilities...he is hard-wired to be suggestive, and that is not the flaw. It's when he is ignorant, unlistening, lacking in wisdom, and most of all not taking No for an answer. Likewise, every daughter is gifted when she is born an impenetrable shield which society conspires endlessly to rob her of... a man should not have the power to breach that, yet she is often tricked into surrendering... not knowing her own power.)
Of course, we are each our own yin-yang, and a little known secreting secret is that if we are deficient in either masculine or feminine energy within, personally, our outward embodiment of "divine feminine" or "divine masculine" becomes corrupted. When this happens, we are prone to crusade upon false doctrines (like the "Christian" Crusades, how very un-Christ-like: a corruption of the meaning of the banner it flew its flag under...becoming the hellish opposite of what it proposed to represent, and co-opting its divine counter-force in the process by stealing its name. Notice the efficiency of this theme, when evil masquerades as good...it tarnishes the name of good while simultaneously using it to cloak and mask untold malice. This is intentional, as much as it is accidental. Just imagine what horrors can be committed by an authority which claims to be an unquestionable divine truth of God). It is this I warn of. "With great power comes great responsibility." Embrace it, but don't neglect it. Remember all ways, our health as a species is a macrocosm of the health of each and every single individual, who is its microcosm. Evolve one, you evolve the other. I toss pebbles into puddles for now, a melody for Better Dayz ("That's because I came from the gutter, and I'm still here.")
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(truthfully this started out as a youtube comment meant to be a few sentences long...
funny how one thing leads to another...)
i don't know why... i listened to this after i finished writing:
& then this...