The sacred masculine and the sacred feminine. Gods and goddesses. Priests and priestesses. Dragons and Phoenixes. While these things are often thought of as being opposites - male or female - at a deeper level they're completely complementary energies that exist side by side inside of each of us and one can't exist without the other. We all also experience them outside of us in all of our relationships, most powerfully in our most intimate relationships. Author David Deida has written some powerful books on this topic - most notably for me Inimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence, in which he describes how in our current American culture our roles in relationships have become sexually neutralized and have therefore lost the spiritually erotic, sexually deep, and passionately committed feel that they could have.
Personally I've been on a journey to understand, embrace, and emanate both my sacred Masculine and sacred Feminine natures in a whole and healthy way for about 18 years. As a boy and young man I was taught by a loving, well intentioned father what it means to be a man. He's a really good man and I have a ton of love and respect for him, but around age 30 I came to realize that the man I became on the outside isn't anything like the man I authentically wanted to be on the inside. It's taken a lot of time and a whole lot of work to get to the point where I feel like my Masculine and Feminine are well integrated and it feels amazing, but the world around me is evolving and I know I'll continue evolving with it.
If you haven't read it yet, check out this amazing piece of recent work about the relationship between today's sacred Feminine and Masculine by Odette Gibbs in the Rebelle Society here. In it Odette reflects the truth that the sacred Feminine is and has been rising up to reclaim its power, but finding that the sacred Masculine is falling short in terms of meeting them well. Her article recognizes this truth, yet contains a powerful call to the Feminine to give the Masculine a chance. Which leads me back to a question I've heard over and over again through the course of my journey: Where are the men that can and do show up as healthy, integrated sacred Masculines?
A couple years ago I started doing some work locally with the ManKind Project, an international organization dedicated to build better and emotionally-literate men. It's a very good organization doing really good work, and I've met some excellent men there that I'm proud to call my chosen Brothers. A couple days ago I had an inspiring meeting with another man who's been doing his work, is showing up in the world as a healthy masculine, and has dedicated his time and energy to giving other men the tools, resources, and inspiration to become better men. If you aren't familiar, check out Chris Forte's stuff here. My friend Sara Vos nominated Chris for a 2016 Rising Phoenix Award, and I'd like to personally thank them both for this connection. I especially want to congratulate Chris on the nomination and the amazing work he's doing!
Odette's article is a beautiful call to the Feminine to open up and embrace the Masculine. I've been blessed to have found a woman - a partner - that embodies the Feminine and has opened her heart and soul to meet me. I'm so very thankful for all that Hillary Carpenter is and for the relationship we're building. I choose to read the article also as a call to the Masculine to rise up and meet them, so this sacred dance can take us to a place of healthy, happy, and whole relationships the likes of which most of us have never seen. It makes me happy - and gives me hope - to see these signs that the sacred Masculine is truly showing up in and around me.
Namaste!
Personally I've been on a journey to understand, embrace, and emanate both my sacred Masculine and sacred Feminine natures in a whole and healthy way for about 18 years. As a boy and young man I was taught by a loving, well intentioned father what it means to be a man. He's a really good man and I have a ton of love and respect for him, but around age 30 I came to realize that the man I became on the outside isn't anything like the man I authentically wanted to be on the inside. It's taken a lot of time and a whole lot of work to get to the point where I feel like my Masculine and Feminine are well integrated and it feels amazing, but the world around me is evolving and I know I'll continue evolving with it.
If you haven't read it yet, check out this amazing piece of recent work about the relationship between today's sacred Feminine and Masculine by Odette Gibbs in the Rebelle Society here. In it Odette reflects the truth that the sacred Feminine is and has been rising up to reclaim its power, but finding that the sacred Masculine is falling short in terms of meeting them well. Her article recognizes this truth, yet contains a powerful call to the Feminine to give the Masculine a chance. Which leads me back to a question I've heard over and over again through the course of my journey: Where are the men that can and do show up as healthy, integrated sacred Masculines?
A couple years ago I started doing some work locally with the ManKind Project, an international organization dedicated to build better and emotionally-literate men. It's a very good organization doing really good work, and I've met some excellent men there that I'm proud to call my chosen Brothers. A couple days ago I had an inspiring meeting with another man who's been doing his work, is showing up in the world as a healthy masculine, and has dedicated his time and energy to giving other men the tools, resources, and inspiration to become better men. If you aren't familiar, check out Chris Forte's stuff here. My friend Sara Vos nominated Chris for a 2016 Rising Phoenix Award, and I'd like to personally thank them both for this connection. I especially want to congratulate Chris on the nomination and the amazing work he's doing!
Odette's article is a beautiful call to the Feminine to open up and embrace the Masculine. I've been blessed to have found a woman - a partner - that embodies the Feminine and has opened her heart and soul to meet me. I'm so very thankful for all that Hillary Carpenter is and for the relationship we're building. I choose to read the article also as a call to the Masculine to rise up and meet them, so this sacred dance can take us to a place of healthy, happy, and whole relationships the likes of which most of us have never seen. It makes me happy - and gives me hope - to see these signs that the sacred Masculine is truly showing up in and around me.
Namaste!
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