Comments on: my inner masculine http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/ along the continuum Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Grace http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/#comment-613 Grace Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:06:00 +0000 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/?p=1901#comment-613 Why do we do this to ourselves? Take what is inherently a part of who we are as a female, and categorize it in such a way as to make it seperate from ourselves??? As a fivestart Aries (ascending, sun, moon, venus, and mercury) I have alot of what is judged to be yang energy. But I'm a female...a woman..with yang. So what? :) The whole ideal of being a fully embraced woman is to integrate all of who we are and define it as Female. If it weren't "female", we wouldn't have the capacity to experience it, right? LOL Maybe the whole duality thing needs to be trashed so that we can simply embrace What Is, with gratitude, love and acceptance. <strong>Good points, Grace. we do...or society does for us and we buy it. I have a lot of what would be considered Feminine energy. Not masculine. I suppose we develop what we think we need to protect us? </strong> Why do we do this to ourselves? Take what is inherently a part of who we are as a female, and categorize it in such a way as to make it seperate from ourselves???

As a fivestart Aries (ascending, sun, moon, venus, and mercury) I have alot of what is judged to be yang energy. But I’m a female…a woman..with yang. So what? :) The whole ideal of being a fully embraced woman is to integrate all of who we are and define it as Female.

If it weren’t “female”, we wouldn’t have the capacity to experience it, right? LOL Maybe the whole duality thing needs to be trashed so that we can simply embrace What Is, with gratitude, love and acceptance.

Good points, Grace. we do…or society does for us and we buy it. I have a lot of what would be considered Feminine energy. Not masculine. I suppose we develop what we think we need to protect us?

]]> By: Molly http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/#comment-612 Molly Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:54:54 +0000 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/?p=1901#comment-612 I like to revel in whatever arises, whether it is masculine or feminine. I like to celebrate whatever I feel strongly moved to explore/do, without labeling it anything. It simply is, in my opinion. <strong>Indeed it is, Molly. I rarely seem to want to celebrate the feminine. I told a friend that it bothered me that "masculine" women were rarely afforded the opportunity to dress up and be taken out on the arm of a man. They are after all, mostly regarded as "one of the boys". I need to find a better class of men, lol.</strong> I like to revel in whatever arises, whether it is masculine or feminine. I like to celebrate whatever I feel strongly moved to explore/do, without labeling it anything. It simply is, in my opinion.

Indeed it is, Molly. I rarely seem to want to celebrate the feminine. I told a friend that it bothered me that “masculine” women were rarely afforded the opportunity to dress up and be taken out on the arm of a man. They are after all, mostly regarded as “one of the boys”. I need to find a better class of men, lol.

]]> By: Greenwoman2007 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/#comment-611 Greenwoman2007 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:14:32 +0000 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/?p=1901#comment-611 *smiles* Nice suggestions to ponder...I'm going to bear them in mind on other topics in my life. Thanks girls! *smiles* Nice suggestions to ponder…I’m going to bear them in mind on other topics in my life. Thanks girls!

]]> By: Sorrow http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/#comment-610 Sorrow Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:22:00 +0000 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/?p=1901#comment-610 Oh, I don't think my answers would be what you were looking for.. Do you cry at sad movies? Can you hold a child, even your inner child gently and nurturingly? Can you give from that place that only women can give from? sensuality is feminine, sexuality is masculine. For me, personally it is the ebb and flow of yang and yin. never just one, knowing that both exists. I want to dance with a partner whose aware of their own inner pulls. not strong or week in one duality or the other, willing to be both passive and aggressive. does your having a preference for one, make you poo~poo the other? <strong>*laughing* Sorrow you bring such a smile. Yes your answers were also what I was looking for. Like Gillette you touched on my reluctance....poo~pooing her...non acceptance of a part of self or probably more like not recognizing that as value to the whole.</strong> Oh,
I don’t think my answers would be what you were looking for..
Do you cry at sad movies?
Can you hold a child, even your inner child gently and nurturingly?
Can you give from that place that only women can give from?
sensuality is feminine, sexuality is masculine.
For me, personally it is the ebb and flow of yang and yin. never just one, knowing that both exists.
I want to dance with a partner whose aware of their own inner pulls.
not strong or week in one duality or the other, willing to be both passive and aggressive.
does your having a preference for one, make you poo~poo the other?

*laughing* Sorrow you bring such a smile. Yes your answers were also what I was looking for. Like Gillette you touched on my reluctance….poo~pooing her…non acceptance of a part of self or probably more like not recognizing that as value to the whole.

]]> By: gillette http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/my-inner-masculine/#comment-609 gillette Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:56:32 +0000 http://runzwithknives.wordpress.com/?p=1901#comment-609 While not the measure of the feminine they can <em>invite</em> her in. To embody her and allow all the discomfort that dressing in those traditional ways...just sitting with yourself while you don sexy clothes "just for you/her" and "be" that can show you where she is hiding. My daughter's acting coach (who is a shaman) made my daughter cut her hair, wear different clothes and watch every movie Penelope Cruz made. It has changed her at a deep unconscious core level. My clothing changed as I embraced my feminine more. There's something about embracing the peacock that invites her in on all levels. Letting go of linear/thinking stuff on "how to get there" and feeling the body BEING her is what allows her out more. Feeling her (and your resistance to her) can make universes shift over time. She's in there waiting for the rest of you to want her (my interpretation of your post is that you don't feel comfortable with her so she may see that as a form of judgment???). Her match cannot show up until you embody her...how will he recognize her if you don't? Might be interesting to ask her all your questions, yes? <strong>You too are correct Gillette, a form of judgment and she is hiding from it. Perception is everything.</strong> While not the measure of the feminine they can invite her in. To embody her and allow all the discomfort that dressing in those traditional ways…just sitting with yourself while you don sexy clothes “just for you/her” and “be” that can show you where she is hiding.

My daughter’s acting coach (who is a shaman) made my daughter cut her hair, wear different clothes and watch every movie Penelope Cruz made. It has changed her at a deep unconscious core level. My clothing changed as I embraced my feminine more. There’s something about embracing the peacock that invites her in on all levels. Letting go of linear/thinking stuff on “how to get there” and feeling the body BEING her is what allows her out more. Feeling her (and your resistance to her) can make universes shift over time.

She’s in there waiting for the rest of you to want her (my interpretation of your post is that you don’t feel comfortable with her so she may see that as a form of judgment???). Her match cannot show up until you embody her…how will he recognize her if you don’t?

Might be interesting to ask her all your questions, yes?

You too are correct Gillette, a form of judgment and she is hiding from it. Perception is everything.

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