To Ravi about Mother Comments on Islam Cartoon Controversy

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Ravi wrote:

 

>> Eastern religions are feminine/passive and Judeo-Christian religions

>> are masculine/aggressive...But you have to agree feminine is more

>> powerful witness Gandhi achieving independence for India from the

>> mighty British. OTOH Judeo-Christian mindset is responsible for the

>> mess the world finds itself in currently.

 

 

 

Dear Ravi ~ My goodness ... I believe this is over simplifying cultural

differences to a degree that is not very helpful. Aikya has studied this a bit

more than I have, so maybe she'll have more to say about it. The Judeo-Christian

tradition includes the "feminine" (if we must use gender differential words)

mystic traditions, such as Sophia, the Kabblah, the Gnostics, etc.) Martin

Luther King, who surely was likely inspired by Ghandi, helped create a turn

around in the United States (one that is still turning) in terms of race

relations, but let us not forget that the whole civil rights movement occurred

because a woman,Rosa Parks ("feminine"), refused to get out of her seat in the

"white" section of the bus. (I'm sorry,but I see this as more assertive than

passive, so in your duality system, what she did would be

masculine/aggressive.)

 

Both the East and the West have masculine/feminine dualities along, perhaps,

differing lines of beliefs, and wherever you stand, some are constructive

and helpful and some are destructive and non-helpful. We (the U.S.) is at war

(masculine/aggressive), but brides continue being burned by their inlaws in

India (masculine/aggressive) if their dowries aren't big enough or for other

equally spurious reasons.

 

For true balance we need both, whether we are talking about countries,

continents, belief systems, or individuals. Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Linda, I agree with you. I never said everyone born in the West is

masuline & vice versa. I was just defining the two major attitudes,

nothing to with geography.

 

Ammachi, nierika wrote:

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>

>

> Dear Ravi ~ My goodness ... I believe this is over simplifying

cultural

> differences to a degree that is not very helpful. Aikya has studied

this a bit

> more than I have, so maybe she'll have more to say about it. The

Judeo-Christian

> tradition includes the "feminine" (if we must use gender

differential words)

> mystic traditions, such as Sophia, the Kabblah, the Gnostics, etc.)

Martin

> Luther King, who surely was likely inspired by Ghandi, helped create

a turn

> around in the United States (one that is still turning) in terms of

race

> relations, but let us not forget that the whole civil rights

movement occurred

> because a woman,Rosa Parks ("feminine"), refused to get out of her

seat in the

> "white" section of the bus. (I'm sorry,but I see this as more

assertive than

> passive, so in your duality system, what she did would be

> masculine/aggressive.)

>

> Both the East and the West have masculine/feminine dualities along,

perhaps,

> differing lines of beliefs, and wherever you stand, some are

constructive

> and helpful and some are destructive and non-helpful. We (the U.S.)

is at war

> (masculine/aggressive), but brides continue being burned by their

inlaws in

> India (masculine/aggressive) if their dowries aren't big enough or

for other

> equally spurious reasons.

>

> For true balance we need both, whether we are talking about countries,

> continents, belief systems, or individuals. Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

[Guest guest]

Ravi wrote:

 

Linda, I agree with you. I never said everyone born in the West is

masuline & vice versa. I was just defining the two major attitudes,

nothing to with geography.

 

 

Dear Ravi ~ I am sorry if I over-reacted to what you wrote, and I am very

appreciative of what you say above. In fact, one of the books that was part of

my spiritual development in my early 20's was "The Meeting of East and West"

by F.S.C. Northrop. In this book, Northrop makes a very good case for Eastern

culture being oriented toward the feminine and Western culture being oriented

towards the masculine. He believed that for true balance and peace in the

world, the two cultures needed to learn from each other, each taking something

of it's missing half. I believe it is also part of each of our individual

journeys~ Linda