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Originally Posted by Elrond  If someone dismissess something because they are afraid that it might be effeminate or something, that's their baggage. Whether it is "correcting imbalance" is a value judgement based on if one thinks that there is some imbalance to begin with. Masculinity and femininity are concepts that are hard to define without any vagueness, and at the same time assert that there are any person that are employing them almost exclusively. If one thinks of masculinity as doing and action, one would have to be in perpetual motion physically/mentally or something to say that one is almost exclusively masculine. Noone does that, and noone emasculates anyone for not being like this. |
Good points, Elrond. I'll also say, focusing on this kind of spirituality doesn't automatically create balance either. Lots of spiritually-minded folks could do with being more active than they usually are.
There's a tendency to move up and out of the body for the spiritual experience, instead of moving down and in and letting heaven (or bliss or peace or etc.) come to you. That's not wrong by any means, but there's also upsides to keeping your awareness with yourself and letting the beauty or the exotic experience come to you from that place.