What is at the root of a lot of the suffering in our world today?

We find our society way out of balance with our True Nature. Many are lost in the world of Form, or Yang/Masculine side of our True Self. Materialism rules the day and is getting worse around the world. Yet, an enlightened embrace of an enlightened spiritual dance between the Yin and Yang is coming into clearer view in this 21st-century.

From a spiritual perspective, to celebrate and embrace both our Masculine and Feminine Essential Nature requires a look beyond conventional approaches that often begin and end with early stage gender definitions. We don't see how our concepts around masculine and feminine limits our ability to embrace these elements in a more evolved way, including and transcending prior understandings.

This is one of the larger challenges facing us in the West. Our Calvinistic roots show up in the first question we often ask a stranger: "What do you do?" Other cultures ask different questions, such as; "Where were you born or, What is your family name?" We also see this in our focus on what we own, our status, and the barrage of marketing efforts aimed at the moniker "What you own says who you are and determines your state of happiness."

While we say we are Human-Beings, we live much more like Human Doers. Our culture is lopsidedly in favor of the manifest realm which pulls us away from our soulful roots, our Being-nature that transcends lifetimes of incarnations. The interplay between Yin and Yang, Being and Doing has been obscured by our group Shadow and our own individual acquiescence to our Shadow-culture's call to fit in.

Understanding the Divine interplay between the Masculine (Yang/Doing) and Feminine (Yin/Being) goes way beyond gender and physical roles in the spiritual domain. As we come to understand how both are equal partners in every breath we take, we begin to know what it means to embrace our complete and True Self whether we are in a male or female body. The embrace of these two perceived parts of our nature is a key component of all Soulwork.

The soul's journey to awakening is inextricably linked to this dance. For it is the dance of surrender into the arms of Being, our soul, the unknown (to our human intellect) that gives rise to our manifested self and actions. A joyful and peaceful incarnation comes from the knowingness that arises from our Being, our Yin/Feminine nature. This is where we draw our true power, our true alignment with Divine Will.

We joyfully let go and let our soul direct our lives through our incarnated soul as it constantly dips into the realm of Unity Consciousness, The Void, The Source, the Ground of Being, or whatever other term you prefer to use. Our Unique Self organically rises from this soil and loves the role it is invited to play.

Ultimately this leads to greater balance and equanimity in our lives. We come to grok what it means to embody and transcend.

The image below was designed to update this ancient symbol to represent in color and text the deeper meaning and teaching it can represent. For a description of this symbol and its use for meditation purposes click here.