The Feminine Path
Crenaia, The Nymph Of The Dargle (1880) | Frederic Leighton (English, 1830-1896)
Understanding the truth of your feminine essence & spiritual role in this play of life.
Feminine Spirituality is opposite the Male Spiritual Path in many ways.
As someone who grew up in a completely male-dominated “spiritual” environment and felt something was missing, this same something I have been exploring and observing over the past few years is Shakti & her TRUE Nature.
Women are embodiments of Nature. We are facets of Maya, Illusion & Creation.
She is the heart of most of Eastern philosophy, in Sanatan religious roots; Hinduism, Sikhi, Buddhism, etc. Her power is so overwhelming and encompassing on the material plane that she keeps almost all beings “ensnared” into her womb, of her creation - the world, universe, and material reality.
This is why Eastern philosophy has been created predominantly for men, with central teachings around “control & restriction” from indulging in worldly material pleasures and especially over sexual energy, which is her domain. Male path-centric spirituality is designed for men to walk the path of Shiva, as a Yogic Escetic, who lives “outside” the domain of Maya.
Does this mean all men must be celibate? No, but it shows the inner path a man must take to spiritually progress in life (gain any life goals, purpose, achievements, true success, impact, etc).
This is “rightful” in spirituality & religion, as it is this level of restriction which is necessary for “infant” souls and for those that need to cultivate their inner light & purity, their Sattvic energy. And to restrict access to exploring/indulging in the darkness within is critical for these people as they would be consumed & overcome by the darkness & easily led astray by the ego and other forces, ultimately leading to their destruction. Cultivating Sattvic essence is very necessary, as in the darkness, you have only the light of your soul to guide you.
By emphasis of this teaching (of control & restriction), it has over time, especially in male-dominated religions, turned into a female-demonizing cult-like atmosphere, leaving both men and women spiritually infantilized by restraining them from their sexual energy.
True Spirituality is not ideology or philosophy, but the practice of cultivating your sexual energy, harnessing, controlling, and exerting complete willpower over your eros.
“True Spirituality is not ideology or philosophy, but the practice of cultivating your sexual energy; harnessing, controlling, and exerting complete willpower over your eros.”
In Sanatan roots, Hindu mythologies contain these central teachings, and the goddess aspects are never removed from their true feminine nature. They are shown in their all-consuming, “disruptive”, agitating, tempting, and provocative nature of feminine shakti in countless tales. The goddesses are always splendid, radiant, and the epitome of beauty, sensuality, romance, and erotic longing.
It is through her Shakti, that she reveals his spiritual purity and his “true face”.
Her nature is “to pull & to consume”, and what she agitates in your ego and your sexual energy is the truth you refuse to see and take accountability for. She reveals to you how worthy you are to receive her blessings by how deeply you are ensnared in the illusion she wields, an illusion that is “overcome” by your spiritual cultivations and devotion to truth, thereby unlocking access to her blessings.
In male-centric spirituality, you can begin to see a deep separation from sexual energy and what “arouses” upon the sexual energy, in an attempt to be “spiritual”…. which is in reality not true spirituality as I have touched on. It is an immature attempt that creates deep internal illusions because the mind becomes so attached to the ideas and concepts of the self that is created through a spiritualized identity. In creating this new spiritual identity, they attempt to control themselves by completely severing themselves from their sexual nature. This is not the ascensions of Saints, but the restrictions & often deep delusions/denials of “spiritual” men that have demonized the feminine aspect of reality. They take their inner restrictions & severance and project them into forms of control, blame, and manipulation upon women.
The people in these types of spiritual communities create a “Madonna-Whore Complex” that shows a deep, unprocessed hatred, demonization, belittlement, separation within the self, and contempt for women + feminine energy. Anything associated with being feminine is frowned upon or belittled into shallowness, vanity, and egocentric projections. This shows how deeply the consciousness has fallen from Truth & wholeness, (when one whole aspect of self has been separated - the feminine) … especially when observing the duality in behavior, the violence, the immaturity, the lack of intelligence, suffering, and so on that this lack of inner union generates.
This is a perfectly normal and expected response in the play of life. It shows the internal impurity that denies entry to the first cosmic gateway to block those who do not have enough Sattvic Light // purity within them to begin accessing the occult//spiritual gifts & powers that are “awakened / bestowed” upon those who enter.
Yes, feminine power is tempting, mysterious, alluring, and dangerous (to those who are internally corrupted).
Know your cosmic nature & role as a feminine woman to accept & free yourself.
xoxo
