gender

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:26:08 andrew macnab wrote:

>I'm reminded of something Christiana said in the chatroom a few months

>ago, "maybe we're all in drag." When most of our interaction is online, gender

is

>sometimes uncertain or irrelevant.

>Traditions take on new forms as the enter new cultures. We stand on the

threshold of a

>new global culture. We are the first matriarchs/patriarchs. It is a wonderful

time to

>be alive.

 

These are very interesting and illuminating thoughts,

Andrea/w.

As became the annoyance to some on the Kundalini

gateway list some time ago, both Dharma and I have

talked (I have spouted as the water spout I am ) of the importance

to center on being human and having a full range of

emotions and reactions rather than restricting oneself

to those that are perceived to belong to one gender only. I feel widening the

range of emotions and reactions one can "allow" oneself to feel, may be of

importance on the spiritial path, as nothing then

is seen to be "of the other", but all emotional

reactions belonging to oneself (and ultimately to no

one).

 

Thus, I for one second your joy at being able to be

faceless and also somewhat genderless in the inter-

action on the net.

 

Love,

 

Amanda.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Amanda,

>>I'm reminded of something Christiana said in the chatroom a few months

>>ago, "maybe we're all in drag." When most of our interaction is online,

>>gender is

>>sometimes uncertain or irrelevant.

>

>>Traditions take on new forms as the enter new cultures. We stand on the

>>threshold of a

>>new global culture. We are the first matriarchs/patriarchs. It is a

>>wonderful time to

>>be alive.

>

>These are very interesting and illuminating thoughts,

>Andrea/w.

>As became the annoyance to some on the Kundalini

>gateway list some time ago, both Dharma and I have

>talked (I have spouted as the water spout I am ) of the importance

>to center on being human and having a full range of

>emotions and reactions rather than restricting oneself

>to those that are perceived to belong to one gender only. I feel widening

>the range of emotions and reactions one can "allow" oneself to feel, may

>be of

>importance on the spiritial path, as nothing then

>is seen to be "of the other", but all emotional

>reactions belonging to oneself (and ultimately to no

>one).

 

Ditto!

 

Being each one of us complete, we all have both male and female within us.

In the course of spiritual development, many people become more aware of

this in one way or another. I freely admit to being an androgyne (by which

I don't mean the same thing as Lesbian or bisexual).

 

That's a beautiful statement by Andrea/w on the new global culture of

matriarchs/patriarchs.

 

Love,

Dharma