10-22-2016, 10:08 AM
(10-22-2016, 09:04 AM)chaosvrgn Wrote: In other terms, "balance" is complete stagnation, no energy to sustain life or even move forward. This leads me to believe this goal of complete balance between masculine and feminine energies is a naive, false goal. It's two pole canceling each other out, making you androgynous. You need masculine energy to expand and create.
Even AM6 is designed to continually push you off balance stage-by-stage before finally locking you into state of masculinity at the end.
"Balance" is a ***** goal for most people. It means nothing. It's a catch-all term to hide the fact that they are unmotivated and scared to push and build themselves. You've been taught to fear your own manhood -- hence all the anger shaming that goes on. Hence, being called "bitter" when you stand up against injustice -- as if passive acceptance of injustice is a virtue.
It's all designed to turn you into an individual without personality, without a soul, without a mission and then make you feel good and superior about it.
You're a man. It's your birthright to be successful, to conquer yourself and your world. Act like it.
I think people get the balance thing wrong. I mean if you look at the yin-yang symbol than every side is filled like 90% black or white and contains about 10% of the other color. And for my opinion this is probably what healthy balance is. Like 90% masculine and 10% feminine for man and 90% feminine and 10% masculine for women. A 50/50 ratio is probably wishful thinking of some feminists. If this would be really the goal we already had only one gender. And in similar ways people probably misunderstand zen, or just be yourself.
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.