I have been seeing and celebrating more female characters in movies. A lot of the big head lining movies this year have strong female leads. Selene in Underworld, Alice in Resident Evil, Wonder Woman, Ghost In A Shell with Major, Rey in Star Wars...lead villains such as in The Mummy, and little girl leads in Woverine, Transformers, and in Split. There is a lot of strong feminine energy in the movies this year.
I find it interesting that female characters are judged so harshly. Things are getting better but even when reviewing it they have names for female character's that are good at things (Mary Janes) and seem to have it too easy. They have names for character's that need to be rescued (damsels in distress). They don't do this with male character's at all. If everything comes to a male character naturally or easily it's not questioned. This ties in with the concept of the Return of Goddess in a lot of ways. There are some meta-physical people who believe that we are returning to the Goddess based on these trends. That the Goddess is coming back into the world...and they talk about how we were originally a matriarchy. I agree that there evidence of Goddess worship that predates the worship of a male God. However, I really disagree with everything else that the people furthering this idea are proposing. I just want to share my meditations on the subject because I think it's very important. Here is a video with the typical argument/point of view on the return of the Goddess. Androgynous Source What makes the most sense to me is that Source is neither male or female. This is why I prefer to call "it" Source or All-That-IS as opposed to God/Goddess. I realize that this isn't quite in popular culture, yet, but I think we are getting there. An idea that I agree with is that Source/God is neither male or female. This suggests that both the concept of male/female reside within that force...it is both and neither. Heck, you can call it "The Force," because that is equally representative of Source (although, it would be one aspect of the trinity but that's a deeper discussion). From this perspective, there is no reason for a 'Goddess' to return. Source is neither feminine or masculine in nature...there are, clearly, aspects of it that is but it exists outside of our dualistic reality. The Feminist View I reject the feminist view of the Goddess. The person in the video that I shared echoes this point of view. They seem to dwell on the idea that at some point thew world will return a matriarchal religious point of view of Earth is better then a patriarchal form. Further, some seem to think that those who choose to believe in a patriarchal point of view should be punished. I don't think any of this is important. Yes, bad things have been done to women in the name of Abrhamic religions. We can't go back and change them. We can change how we act in the future and if women do the same unto men that was done unto women int he past...they cycle will just repeat. That would show that no one learned anything. There have been Gods and Goddesses since time immemorial. This reflects the duel nature of our material world where we have the choice to embody the energy of one or the other sex...or both if we so wish. There is no superiority. There is no matriarchal mother Goddess who is going to come in an obliterate the God of Abraham. I don't think that is necessary. I don't think any reparation is necessary. Why would we trade one system that is exactly the same for the system we already have besides the gender of Source? Women acting as men doesn't help this process...and it certainly won't help if they misuse their force to overcome the 'power' of men. In this way, they would not be working with the feminine energy but work more with the male by misusing willpower. Source isn't male or female...both are misunderstandings in the first place. All this does is make me think of this Star Wars Quote from The Force Awakens...
Finding A Balance
I see society as struggling to find a natural balance between the male and female energy. That's what we really need in this world is Balance. That way there can be the proper blending instead of lurching from one extreme to another. This is happening because there has been a imbalance with the male/patriarchal energy being stronger in the world. The active willful self-serving nature of man has been dominate. The compassionate giving energy of the feminine is very much needed. Yes, the point of view is shifting...right now female character's are dominant. This is necessary so equilibrium can be adjusted appropriately. I never thought that it would change so dramatically. I dreamed of this when I was a little girl. There was even a female super hero Barrista! Talk about amazing! Hawk Girl was featured on Flash as a barrista...which made me so extremely happy! I see this in the expression of Drag Queens and of Gay men who embrace their feminine side. Maybe they don't do so in a conscious manner but that is what they are exploring in an extreme manner (which isn't usually that healthy). The same goes with the metro-sexual movement. Women just weren't being listened to so...a lot of men who were a little bit of both had to give the shift a little bit more energy but literally embodying the feminine energy in male form. Anima and Animus Carl Jung understood the balance the best. He explained that each person has both a feminine and a male side. In order to be complete the two have to be in perfect union. He called the feminine aspect in men the Anima. He called the male aspect in women the Animus. (http://www.carl-jung.net/animus.html). I will let you explore this topic on your own. I add that the mysterious male figures that women usually dream of and the mysterious female figures men dream of...are the Animus and Anima. These tend to reperesent our Higher Selves in our dreams. Until we we unite both the person will naturally be out of balance psychologically. We need the compassion and the love of the Anima in order to be a better person. We need the strength and will power of the Animus to protect ourselves from being taken advantage of in day to day life. The key is finding a balance between male and female...to embody the energy of both. To unite them in a spiritual way so that we are not feeling one way or another. This doesn't involve our mate in life, although, they can help teach us more about how to embody the opposite energy. I have found this balance by doing a few jobs that I was told only men were capable. I did them and I did them better than most men. I saw women come in and pretend to be weak so that they were given everything but I earned every ounce of respect and money with blood, sweat, toil and tears. I have a very strong balance of both my Anima and Animus energy. I can tap into whichever I need at the moment in a very fluid manner. I am comfortable with both energies...I am assertive when I need to establish my boundaries so that I am not exploited by others but I am compassionate and merciful with each person I encounter. Understanding The Goddess Concept I am not an expert nor have I delved too deeply into the topic. The first thing to understand that there is a trinity with Goddesses as well....there is the Maiden, The Mother and the Crone. Any Goddess tends to represent one of these concepts. The Goddess is seen as one but she has three aspects. Laird Scranton has placed the timing of the switch between the Matriarchal Religion and the Patriarchal Religion. At one point the Dogon Grainary was Matriarchal with the base a circle and a square at the top. Men tend to be represented by the square and women by the circle. However, the Buddhist stupa is the opposite with a square base and circular top. The reversal somehow happened between the time the Dogon belief system started and that of the Buddhist. In fact, the Dogon God's name, Amma, sounds decidedly feminine in origin....although, they will be quick to say Amma is neither. Little Girl and The Beast I could say that the Little Girl standing up to the Beast theme I've described before (http://bridgetkorns.weebly.com/blog/the-beast-part-1) represents the Goddess. In this form it would be the maiden. I see it as the energy of compassion standing up to the system we have created that lacks compassion. All of humanity This is where society is at...We have a system that was created to satisfy Ego and insists on the misuse of willpower. We as a society are dealing with the Sacral Chakra needs. Here we are being judged for what we have sown and reaped. This is where there is a reconciling...where we need to find a balance so that we can release all of this fear we have created because of our misuse of willpower. This happens when people try to force their intentions on others. The only way to really fix the issue is compassion and mercy. Will people give in to fear acting on impulse to force others to do what they believe is best? This seems to be what's driving the terrorists and the people seeking extreme Government Regulations through socialism. These people want to control everyone else. This is the biggest fear of most people...an elite group that thinks they no better than everyone else ruling the world. We've experienced it before with the Pope in Rome where witches were executed because it threatened the government and religion...do we need to experience this lesson again? The other way to go is to submit to the Natural Order of the Source choosing love, harmony and beauty. A system free of human meddling/will power seems to be the best course...where no one person has power over others. The world does not need one ruler...not someone "standing in" for Jesus (the Pope) or anyone else. We don't need a government that acts as the worlds police man. Fear is the only thing that causes people to arm themselves and attack others. For this to happen a transformation will have to take place. The people's perception of government must change. Elected officials- from the president down to the most lowly DMV employee- would be simply seen as administrative offices meant to maintain the infastructure. They wouldn't be given power...nor would they hold it. They would be thrown in jail if they accepted any gifts or forms of payment from corporations or other governments. Oligopolies, of course, would have to be destroyed. All executive boards would be shut down. Each company would return to a single owners. The Stock Market would only be used as a tool to invest for a temporary growth spurt and companies would be made to leave when they reached market saturation. Owners of companies would be put into jail if their company did something that hurt people putting personal responsibility back into play in the economic market. The focus would switch from this unsustainable need for extraordinary growth...to sustainability and making sure each task a company undertakes is weighed against the need of humanity and the cost to the environment. What will happen, I'm not sure but I can see this re-balancing of the male/female forces and the choice between those two paths being the major choice offered to society at this time. These are the first steps...as we return to compassion and mercy. I'm not sure if all of this is going to play out to some conclusion in my life but I am hopeful. Conclusion Believing that every male has a female counterpart only seems natural. That is how balance in this universe is maintained. Every galaxy circles a black hole which can be seen as female in nature. Every solar system circles a sun which can be seen as male in nature. There is a very delicate balance. The return of the Goddess which does seem to be reflected throughout the world does not suggest one will dominate the other. Neither does it actually symbolize a physical Goddess. This is just an adjustment of the energy so that there is both the ability stand up for oneself and to be compassionate. We are at a point where society is seeing blatantly the two options. Do we give in to Fear, regulate everything, and force our will onto others in an unnatural way? Will we repeat that lesson? Do we choose harmony, patience and accept each person is responsible to bear their own burden they have created by their choices in life? Do we realize that everyone equal on every level....that on the level of Source we are all One? Will we cast out the idea of superiority or elite? I see a balance being restored that has been off for thousands of years. Perhaps, we had to experience the Goddess first and then the God in order to have a taste of both so we could balance the two modes energies on a Group Conscious level. The rhyme and reason does not matter. Ultimately, anything in the extreme is not healthy. Everything that I am attracted to in my reality seems to point to choosing a healthy balance of the two. I think the choice has been made. This is represented by the feminine energy being represented so predominantly and the demand for it by the public. I don't think, however, that this energy will 'return women to superiority'...but instead teach us that no one is superior to the other. We are all here togther and it's better to work together in a conscientiousness group oriented point of view because it's simply easier. Each person expresses that collective energy in a different way, so that it cannot be dictated by any one person or group, but allowed to express itself in whatever way it most desires. This is the Natural Order...playing to each members strength so that the group (pack) grows stronger as a result. Watching it play out and settle will be interesting. For some, the idea is so foreign and frightening to them that they thought the following music video was satanic. P.S. An interesting note as I watched Slegdehammer by Rihanna. I was thinking while I was making the unicorn frappucino that had a mix of bright pink and blue colors...how odd I see this everywhere. I'm naturally attracted to the pink and blue effects that make purple where the two mingle. The Edgar Cacye A.R.E. has it at the start of their videos, the Ron Paul Liberty Report has it at the start of his show...this color scheme of the male (blue) and female (pink) mingling (purple) is becoming very prevalent.
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