Women and Nature

Q:  Do  women  have  an  essential  innate  disposition  to  have  a  connection with nature?

    

     It is a very good question. If  women  are in fact linked with nature, then their  power,  their  prestige will come from their connection with nature, with  Prakrti,  with  creation, isn't it? A woman will have her  prestige  enhanced,  her  body  and  mind  strengthened by  realization  of  her  natural  disposition  and innate bio-physical tendencies which influence  her  psychic development as well as her physical development. So you see,  a woman must understand this innate psychology, her involvement with  the  creative forces and the influence these forces will  have  upon  her psychic and spiritual development. 

     Now  in  the  course  of  history  this  has  become  a  source   of  exploitation  and diminishment of women. Why is this? Because  with  the  development  of  emphasis  upon  a  cosmology  which  worships   rationality, intellect and abstraction, the feminine has  become  relegated to a lesser status. Women are seen as the temptresses, the  evil influence bringing about the downfall of man. In the  cosmology  of  patriarchy,  women  become  the symbol  of  the  degradation  of  consciousness  through  natural  crudifying  influences. Thus  the  Goddess,  the Mother of life, the Source of all living  beings,  the  Origin of all existence, the Preserver of this world cannot be fully  understood.   If  women  return  to  their power, their motherly  qualities, their connectedness  with  creation,  nurturance   and  preservation, if  they accept their own sexuality,  their  cyclical  nature, their womanliness; then they will find strength  they  have  not  known for ages. The women have adopted this  patriarchal  view. They are disconnected from themselves, so they think to accept  this  understanding  of their feminine nature will diminish their  status.  But they are incorrect. It will make them aware of themselves.  From  this awareness they can become harmonious with their psycho-physical  yearnings  and  they will find a different kind of  power.  Not  one  based upon dominance, but one based upon creation and nurturance. 

     You see it is a mistake for women to compete with men. When this  is  done, they forget themselves and lose sight of their real power.  To  do  the dharma of another is never as good as to realize  one's  own  dharma  and  express it to the fullest extent. All  are  capable  of  greatness. Only the path for those in masculine form and in feminine  form may not be identical due to physical differences and resulting  psychological variation. 

     So  do not fear your womanhood. Be proud my daughter and  know  your  own dharma as a woman. Then your heart will find a resting place  my  daughter. Women need not fear their bodies, their sexuality or their  innate dispositions. They are in no way inferior due to these. That  is  the  myth that has been perpetuated by religions which do  not  recognize  the  feminine aspect of divinity. The Goddess  has  many  forms,  many aspects. She is ever changing. But at Her root is the pure undifferentiated consciousness of the Purus'a. Like two in one,  they cannot be torn apart.