In one of Samiya's posts there was a remark on women - in the afterlife, not here - eliminating the gender differences after death. Here their tasks are family concerned while "over there" (???) they participate in the bliss of Heaven just as do Earthly males. I did not plunge deeply into the question, but this could be one reason why women (still 2nd rate persons in western society) seek Muslim bliss. Plus - maybe - the freedom to kill for the more terrositically minded. Besides: Martyrdom always had attractive power.
JM On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:41 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Telmo Menezes > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:39 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/29/2015 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Please! "Hunter Gatherers" - "warriors" is a boys' club term for it. > > > > I can accept that the term "warrior" glorifies something nasty, but what > term to use? "Hunter Gatherer" is not what I mean. I refer to the people > who directly confront other groups in battles to the death. Men are > naturally more suited for this sort of thing due to endocrine system > differences, that leads to bigger bodies, more muscles and more aggression. > > > I think it's silly to say "warrior" glorifies something nasty. That's a > politically correct judgement looking back at a different era through > current glasses. Having good warriors was sometimes the difference between > survival and extinction. Is what the men did in holding Bastogne "nasty"? > > > > I agree. I felt into the PC trap myself by trying to remove distractions > from the other point I was trying to make. > > > > “Warrior” is an archetype existing in each of us, man or woman! It is a > value neutral, potential, that is innate in our species (as well as most > other animal species) The warrior is our inner guardian (facet/archetype > of our nature) – there and accessible from somewhere within each of us (if > we can discover this and through meditated practice learn how to access > this) to focus our being in such moments and take such clear headed calm > centered actions as needed in order to ensure the continuity of our > existential thread in four dimensional spacetime. > > Being able to access the “warrior” within confers a definite survival > advantage for the individual who nurtures the emergence of a solid and well > known connection within themselves to this facet of their being. > > Political power structures naturally seek to harness this individual inner > phenomenon for the furtherance of whatever individual, family, or class > agenda is dear to their hearts… and whole generations are sent off to > slaughter (as in WWI) – so as with most things the value attached to > “warrior” comes from and is caused by the intent and context from which it > emerges. > > Chris > > > > Telmo. > > > > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
