Celebrating Women March 8, 2006
Posted by bodhidude in : Divine Feminine , trackbackBecause I work at such a progressive place, we have today off for the holiday of International Women’s day. I’ve really embraced this day as something very special because I can’t think of a more meaningful holiday than celebrating Women.
Being a male and living in what is unfortunately still a mostly patriarchal society, I find it very important to have a reminder to celebrate and appreciate Women. More than that, it is a reminder to focus on and reflect on addressing the obstacles that remain to this being a truly gender equal society. For men this is an opportunity for us to look at ways we might consciously or unconsciously support the patriarchy and work to change that. Women still face inequality and oppression from this and other societies and that is a very sad fact in 2006.
On a spiritual level, I see this as a day to celebrate the feminine energy within me, to celebrate the Goddess in general and to recognize the special wisdom that Women possess. I have always been blown away by the powerful beauty that Women possess and I’ve worked from a point of resisting society’s encouragement to see Women as sex objects and now to see their beauty of spirit, their beauty of mind and their beauty of body equally. When you see beauty radiated across all levels of being only then do you truly grasp what beauty is and for me the most amazing display of such beauty has come from the Women I know and have known. It has been one of the greatest gifts I have received in this life.
Sending love, appreciation and gratitude to my sisters everywhere………
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