Gita Promotes An Estrogenic, Feminine Civilisation
K M Gupta
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There can be any number of approaches to the spirit and substance of the world which in common parlance is called God. In the Vaishnava approach, Krishna or Vishnu in any name or form is the sole male, and all living souls, jivatmas, are emale. Union of the female with the ole male Paramatman is spiritualism.The rasa lila in Vrindavan is symbolic of he union of female jivatmas with the male Paramatman.In Vaishnava tradition, spiritual eekers are required to ingest and nurse eminine qualities. The more feminine you are in nature, the closer you are to God. Sri Ramakrishna would dress and behave like a woman. It was not just a performance; to him, it was an incredible ransmutation. He virtually transformed nto a sweet woman; he called this sweetness madhura bhava. According to him madhura bhava is the sweetest and easiest way to God. When he was in madhura bhava, people often found it hard to accept that this was Sri Ramakrishna! Krishna means `one who attracts'.The point of Krishna having thousands of consorts and sweethearts is that he is the sole male attracting all females, jivatmas, to him. Not only this, but, in his presence, even males wished they were female. People think that in the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna is urging Arjuna to `manliness' when in fact Krishna is actuating Arjuna to `womanliness', to madhura bhava. Krishna asks him to `be engrossed in me and fight' and `let go of all pursuits and take shelter solely in me'. He is asking Arjuna to be a `female warrior' with madhura bhava an Amazon, a Semiramis of Nineveh, a Boudicca, a Queen Myrina, a Rani Jhansi, fighting w Myrina, a Rani Jhansi, fighting while still retaining the feminine madhura bhava. Observe how Arjuna conducted himself throughout the Mahabharata war. He was fighting with madhura bhava, without rancour. In all those 18 days, only once he lost his cool and that too with his own brother Yudhishtira, not with the opposite camp. Later in the Mahabharata, Arjuna once tells he has forgotten what Krishna taught him at Kuruskshetra. Arjuna forgot the text of Gita but retained its culture which is waging the war of life with madhura bhava.
Krishna wants Arjuna to be a woman fighter and fight for him (Krishna) and not himself (Arjuna). That is action for God, action without reference to fruits. For men, acting without reference to fruits is hard, but it comes naturally to women.
Krishna assures Arjuna he is endowed with godly qualities. He says daivi s liberate and evil qualities qualities liberate and evil qualities bind. He gives a long list of 26 godly qualities. These are feminine; daivi or godly qualities are estrogenic and asuri or demonic qualities are testosteronic.Indic culture has been striving to cast people in feminine (godly) qualities.That is why India is rooting for ahimsa, peace and compassion, all female qualities. Paths like Jainism and Buddhism can take birth only on Indic soil, producing a Mahavira or Buddha.All testosteronic civilisations worldwide fought their way to selfdestruction and mutual destruction.Estrogenic India is the only surviving civilisation among the ancient ones.
In Indic culture, God is female, Shakti, not male. Male is the polarity of female Shakti. The female polarises for the sake of Creation. As Shankara puts it in Soundarya Lahari, the male cannot even stir without being charged by the female. The female is perpetually regenerative. India is regenerative.The Bhagwad Gita is not about a testosteronic war but the estrogenic tyaga, renunciation. (December 21is Gita Day .)
Krishna wants Arjuna to be a woman fighter and fight for him (Krishna) and not himself (Arjuna). That is action for God, action without reference to fruits. For men, acting without reference to fruits is hard, but it comes naturally to women.
Krishna assures Arjuna he is endowed with godly qualities. He says daivi s liberate and evil qualities qualities liberate and evil qualities bind. He gives a long list of 26 godly qualities. These are feminine; daivi or godly qualities are estrogenic and asuri or demonic qualities are testosteronic.Indic culture has been striving to cast people in feminine (godly) qualities.That is why India is rooting for ahimsa, peace and compassion, all female qualities. Paths like Jainism and Buddhism can take birth only on Indic soil, producing a Mahavira or Buddha.All testosteronic civilisations worldwide fought their way to selfdestruction and mutual destruction.Estrogenic India is the only surviving civilisation among the ancient ones.
In Indic culture, God is female, Shakti, not male. Male is the polarity of female Shakti. The female polarises for the sake of Creation. As Shankara puts it in Soundarya Lahari, the male cannot even stir without being charged by the female. The female is perpetually regenerative. India is regenerative.The Bhagwad Gita is not about a testosteronic war but the estrogenic tyaga, renunciation. (December 21is Gita Day .)
