--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > MMY is quite enlightened, to say the least. The > surface behaviors only impact the mind. That's our > karma and it's very important to allow this surface > behavior to impact us and to burn away the > attachments/resistances we have to Self.
You know, the robes and crowns and ceremonies and bagpipes don't bother me so much; those really *are* just surface detail. (And the Raja outfits aren't that bad; they're clean and plain and attractive and pretty restrained as ceremonial outfits go.) What *does* bother me is the near-complete invisibility of women in any of this. Whatever exalted vibes are being generated, they're exclusively *masculine* vibes. Nothing wrong with masculine vibes--I dig them, myself. But if what we're aiming for is *wholeness*, that's only *halfness*. (I'm kind of surprised nobody has talked about this, not even the smattering of women here. I didn't start thinking about it until just recently. The only mention of the nonexistent participation of women was when we noted the original "Raja So-and-So and Wife" titles on the photos of the couples, and the subsequent removal even of this reference to the women.) What's up with that? Why are there not any Rajanis (?), and does that make any kind of sense to anybody? Is it "attachment" to be concerned about it? It just seems to me to be way unbalanced, vibe-wise. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
