Expanding The Sacred Masculine

One of the great untapped resources we have is the Sacred Masculine - in women and in men. The Sacred Masculine expresses Life, Guardianship, Playfulness, Fire, Eros, and the architecture of a new dream.

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So let's begin our exploration of the sacred masculine.

One thing that's particularly important to mention is that the sacred masculine is not necessarily connected to gender because both the masculine and the feminine polarities exist within each and every one of us.

So everybody has feminine and masculine aspects.

It doesn't necessarily have to do with gender.

I recently listened to a talk by Pat McCabe,

Who is a Navajo elder,

And she was insisting that men are not the patriarchy.

It is the paradigm of power over that is really forming the patriarchal structures.

And of course,

Some men subscribe to these principles more than others.

But the creators of the patriarchy is a structure,

Is a system,

And often women will point to men and say,

You are a part of the patriarchy.

And that may be true,

But it is not really fair to them because the patriarchy is a system and men themselves have no control over it or very little control over it.

And in fact,

The patriarchy hasn't worked for men either because they too are just as wounded as women are.

So Pat McCabe was saying that one of the great untapped resources that we have is the sacred masculine.

In the past,

The masculine was too often associated with violence and domination.

And we don't really know who men are outside of these violent paradigms that the media seem to suggest.

So when they step into that place,

We will have a level of safety that we haven't known in a very long time.

And it is astounding to even think about what will it mean to feel safe.

The patriarchal paradigm is very much connected to authority.

Our culture teaches us to distrust ourselves and others.

Where an expert is needed,

Our intuition fades.

When somebody else tells us what's right and what's wrong,

We are discouraged of tapping into our own inner wisdom.

And that's a big loss.

And this loss has gone hand in hand with the decline in community.

And when community declines,

Authority begins to rise.

But the truth is that this need of power that we see in phenomena like toxic masculinity,

This need for power and domineering really indicates a fear of powerlessness.

That's what we see in the political realm right now,

That there is an intense fear of losing power or influence.

And therefore,

The walls are being put up and this attitude of domineering becomes more and more intense.

But what's underneath of these exaggerated gestures of domineering is really a sensitivity or powerlessness that needs to be walled off through this domineering attitude.

And underneath of that,

There is a deep wound.

So many men too have been wounded deeply by the patriarchy.

And for some men,

The consequence was that there was a distancing from everything that seems to express masculinity and an increased shift towards what was seen as being the good guy,

That it felt much safer to move towards feminine qualities because the masculine seemed to be so negative and unproductive.

So what even is that sacred masculinity?

What does that mean?

So one aspect that is often mentioned is protectiveness,

Warriorship.

It's connected to strength and assertiveness.

It's also connected to caretaking,

To fatherhood.

It's action-oriented,

Connected to risk-taking and also to adventure,

Leadership,

Bravery,

But also to wisdom and very often to playfulness and having fun.

I very often see couples in my practice where the woman feels like she does all the disciplining or the husband is the one who gets to have all the fun with the kids.

But playfulness is extremely important for the development of a child and for an adult as well.

So that ability to let that inner creativity unfold through play is extremely important and many of us have forgotten how to do it.

In ancient tribal societies,

Men were also the keepers of fair sharing.

So when one person took too much,

They were punished and there was somebody who put them in their place.

In tarot,

The typical masculine archetypes are the king,

The magician,

The lover,

But also the villain and the fool.

The fool meaning looking at the world with fresh eyes,

With an openness and excitement about what there is to come.

And another aspect that will often be repressed because that's what we do is the aspect of eros and men themselves are often afraid of their own eros because it too has been connected to violence so often.

But eros is a prominent part of their perfect design of creating life and it should be honored and respected.

The masculine eros will open up the feminine eros so she can be free to do what she was made to do.

Eros is ultimately the medicine of the sensuous of connection and attention.

The masculine,

The sacred masculine is also an image of being the architects of a new vision of this world,

Of creating a new dream for the future because we are standing at the threshold of what do we want to create for the future?

How do we want to live?

And men can be the sacred architects of these visions,

The architects of a new dream.

And everyone is invited to ask how can these gifts be expressed?

So if you want to look at it from an individual perspective of how can your own expression of the sacred masculine be expanded within yourself,

It often manifests in things like stronger boundaries,

A heightened sense of being assertive,

Being less sensitive and more sensuous,

More playful,

And being involved in building the dream of the future.

So this brings us to our meditation.

I invite you to get into a relaxed position.

Close your eyes.

And begin to breathe deeply.

Notice your feet on the floor.

Notice your body being supported by the chair.

Allow your thoughts to come and go,

Accepting that that's what the mind does,

It thinks.

And the important thing is to bring it back to the focus you want to hold on to.

And I invite you to begin breathing yellow light into your solar plexus,

The midsection of your body.

Become aware of that energy center in your solar plexus,

Being infused with yellow light.

And that yellow light expanding all around your body until your entire body is bathed in this beautiful light.

And I invite you to choose one aspect of the sacred masculine that you want to strengthen within you.

Assertiveness,

Boundaries,

Arrows,

Warriorship.

Choose only one aspect.

And imagine what it looks like and feels like to step into this quality.

Imagine events where you express this quality,

How it comes out in relationships.

And bring in some representatives of these qualities,

Spiritual beings or role models,

Teachers or trusted family members to possess this quality that you want to strengthen within yourself.

Form a circle around you of these supportive beings.

And imagine that they are supporting you in this endeavor,

Sending you the energy of the sacred masculine.

And imagine you're receiving it through your solar plexus,

Expanding it through your entire being.

Really feel the energy of the sacred masculine expanding in you.

Receiving the support of the trusted beings around you.

And imagine that you're receiving it through your entire being.

And imagine that you're receiving it through your entire being.

And now that these aspects have been strengthened within you,

Imagine how you are relating differently to the world.

How do you carry the sacred masculine into your relationships,

Community,

Family?

How does it help you show up differently,

Stronger,

More engaged?

How do you carry yourself differently?

And how do others respond to you when you show them your aspects of the sacred masculine?

Now begin to bring your attention back to your breathing.

Express gratitude to the beings that supported you.

Express gratitude to yourself for working to bring more harmony into this world.

Because when we express kindness to ourselves,

We express kindness to others.

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