Comments on: The Divine Feminine at the Parliament of the World’s Religions http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/12/12/the-divine-feminine-at-the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/ formerly known as What Is Enlightenment? Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Angie http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/12/12/the-divine-feminine-at-the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/comment-page-1/#comment-12312 Angie Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:34:09 +0000 http://blog.enlightennext.org/?p=3163#comment-12312 I'm puzzled that anyone would use the word "disturbed" when referring to this panel. I thought each panelist offered a unique perspective of the Divine Feminine, which was after all, the topic. Curott represented those traditions that actually image and worship the creative source as female - the Earth as Goddess, constantly giving birth to herself, and women as examples of imminent divinity, being inspired and inhabited by the Divine Feminine; Goddess. Chittister certainly offered a a sharper edge; she simply gave voice to the thoughts of most of the people in the room about the issues that face women in the world today. To imply that boldness and zeal are undesirable and should be limited to the overthrowing of the Catholic Church is absurd. Empathy and soft white light will only get you so far. You can't bring about a revolutionary "new age" unless someone has waged and won the revolution! Mother Maya served us a reminder - we are women and that's ok. We don't need to become men. Men need to be awakened to their nurturing side and become nurturing fathers again. Only Tsomo never directly addressed the topic of the panel, choosing instead to focus on describing her own work, and while that task is monumental and benevolent and progressive and to be lauded, it truly had nothing to do with the Divine Feminine. When God is a man, men become gods. When "God" is a woman, women become Goddesses. I think that might be a great place to begin the dialog about equality because until that happens, women will always be second class citizens in a world that desperately needs them in leadership positions. I was impressed by each of these voices and thought the panel was exactly what it should have been. I’m puzzled that anyone would use the word “disturbed” when referring to this panel. I thought each panelist offered a unique perspective of the Divine Feminine, which was after all, the topic. Curott represented those traditions that actually image and worship the creative source as female – the Earth as Goddess, constantly giving birth to herself, and women as examples of imminent divinity, being inspired and inhabited by the Divine Feminine; Goddess. Chittister certainly offered a a sharper edge; she simply gave voice to the thoughts of most of the people in the room about the issues that face women in the world today. To imply that boldness and zeal are undesirable and should be limited to the overthrowing of the Catholic Church is absurd. Empathy and soft white light will only get you so far. You can’t bring about a revolutionary “new age” unless someone has waged and won the revolution!
Mother Maya served us a reminder – we are women and that’s ok. We don’t need to become men. Men need to be awakened to their nurturing side and become nurturing fathers again.
Only Tsomo never directly addressed the topic of the panel, choosing instead to focus on describing her own work, and while that task is monumental and benevolent and progressive and to be lauded, it truly had nothing to do with the Divine Feminine.
When God is a man, men become gods. When “God” is a woman, women become Goddesses. I think that might be a great place to begin the dialog about equality because until that happens, women will always be second class citizens in a world that desperately needs them in leadership positions. I was impressed by each of these voices and thought the panel was exactly what it should have been.

]]> By: mike http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/12/12/the-divine-feminine-at-the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/comment-page-1/#comment-11248 mike Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:46 +0000 http://blog.enlightennext.org/?p=3163#comment-11248 Thank you I was just guided to the EnlightenNext site. I spent 36 years in the Military and have long been on a journey to understand both the Masculine and Feminine and peel away the Cultural layers that have covered an inner voice that has said "survival and Growth" must move beyond physical and Emotional violence and sexual Polarization. As I read your article and others on this site I am opened to the Diversity of views and complexity of this journey I loosely define as Peace. Peaceful Thank you

I was just guided to the EnlightenNext site.

I spent 36 years in the Military and have long been on a journey to understand both the Masculine and Feminine and peel away the Cultural layers that have covered an inner voice that has said “survival and Growth” must move beyond physical and Emotional violence and sexual Polarization.

As I read your article and others on this site I am opened to the Diversity of views and complexity of this journey I loosely define as Peace.

Peaceful

]]> By: Elisa http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/12/12/the-divine-feminine-at-the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/comment-page-1/#comment-11076 Elisa Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:13:09 +0000 http://blog.enlightennext.org/?p=3163#comment-11076 Thank you, Amy, for the depth and nuance you bring in this post. It's a very complex situation when women from a variety of cultural understandings and different levels of cultural development attempt to make broad statements about the future of women. Your post helps clarify how much deeper we all need to look to embrace that complexity ourselves. And to recognize that the future does not neceessarily draw on what we know of "the feminine" from past expressions. We are looking for a new liberated expression of what it means to be a woman in the 21st century that is not simply a reaction to past structures, as you so beautifully say. Thank you. Thank you, Amy, for the depth and nuance you bring in this post. It’s a very complex situation when women from a variety of cultural understandings and different levels of cultural development attempt to make broad statements about the future of women. Your post helps clarify how much deeper we all need to look to embrace that complexity ourselves. And to recognize that the future does not neceessarily draw on what we know of “the feminine” from past expressions. We are looking for a new liberated expression of what it means to be a woman in the 21st century that is not simply a reaction to past structures, as you so beautifully say. Thank you.

]]> By: Willa http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/12/12/the-divine-feminine-at-the-parliament-of-the-worlds-religions/comment-page-1/#comment-10892 Willa Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:19:36 +0000 http://blog.enlightennext.org/?p=3163#comment-10892 Thanks for writing this brilliant post Amy. It is bewildering how many views are out at the moment, and often hard to separate good intentions from plain confusion from darker motivations. We so much need to create a clarity that can hold the enormous complexity we live in... to find a way forward that truly opens a new potential for women *and* men, together and not in opposition! Thanks for writing this brilliant post Amy. It is bewildering how many views are out at the moment, and often hard to separate good intentions from plain confusion from darker motivations. We so much need to create a clarity that can hold the enormous complexity we live in… to find a way forward that truly opens a new potential for women *and* men, together and not in opposition!

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