Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00037)

July 1st 1998

Dear Kym:

Your point is well taken.  However I do not mean to taken to be
"gender" oriented at  all.  The Soul has no "gender" and
according to Theosophy uses female or male bodies according the
necessities of individual Karma.  I do not consider myself
specially benefited by using a male body this time around.
Dal.

> From: "Kym Smith" <kymsmith@micron.net>
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 4:33 PM
> Subject: Courage, except in the face of women

>Dallas wrote:
>
>>The Buddha, for
>>example, or Jesus, as Men that succeeded in making their
physical
>>envelope transparent to the inner SPIRIT (which all men share
in)
>>are for us EXAMPLES which we respect.  They fearlessly exposd
for
>>us to see a practical example of how a divineman ought to live
>>and speak.  As "immortals and as Spirit" we are all equals, but
>>some have achieved far more than we have done yet, and we (or I
>>at least) sense the difference and would consider it an honor
to
>>be their devotee.
>
>As a woman, I do not feel "it an honor to be their devotee."  I
can see how
>men would as most philosophies center around the potential of
males.
>However, I believe that these holy "Men" - as you put it,
Dallas - are
>lacking in some very basic life lessons.  Buddha said that if
women became
>prominent in Buddhism, Buddhism would only last one thousand
years.  Buddha
>resisted women being allowed "into the club."  HPB on at least
one occasion
>mentioned how her being 'just a woman' was one of the reasons
she would
>never be allowed completely "into the club."  Remember that
famous line in
>Letters - "She does rave betimes."  Oh, please.
>
>Now, some men on this list may say "And damn right - women
shouldn't be let
>in with their constant PMSing all the time."  Well, what else to
expect when
>some of these men on this list can't even begin to adopt new
tasks such as
>using gender-inclusive language.  I wonder how someone is going
to grasp a
>titantic Truth if the use of he/she frustrates them.  Apples and
oranges,
>you say?  Not if Truth is Compassion.
>
>Many men and women may hold such holy "Men" in high honor - but
I have a
>real hard time wondering just how "enlightened" someone can be
if they got
>freaked out by the women who had the audacity of pulling up a
chair and
>getting right comfy.
>
>
>Kym