Sunday 7 June 2015

Transgender: A Spiritual Approach

Part 2

The final state of the consciousness is the cosmic or Christ consciousness. As human beings advance within this state, thought, reflection, consideration, reason and power begins to dominate. There is a gradual decrease in the spirit being's drive to be desired or praised and there is a reduction in the attraction to what feels good, taste good and or looks good. The good of the all takes center stage and the individual is more purpose oriented.  For e.g.  the purpose for eating is more important than the taste or look of the meal. The spirit being does not engage in an activity because everyone is doing it but because this is the thing to do. In like manner, the individual may go against societal norm if there is a perceived higher good. The fear of punishment is not a deterrence.

The fact that the spirit being is not necessarily influenced by societal norms but operates according to the higher law he or she has become, the individual exhibit a calm constant not noted in the other two states. This state is referred to as male.

It was pointed out in Part 1 that society misguidedly refer to woman as feminine and man as masculine. The different stages of the consciousness is stereotyped withe some characteristic being attributed to man and others to woman. For example, a woman is expected to be more emotional in behavior than a man.  Since societal and cultural norms are intensely strong, it does bring about confusion for some states and stages of the consciousness. 


We will look at the impact of cultural norms and expectations on the consciousness in Part 3. 

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