Re: preamble

These are indeed important questions that I cannot pretend to know or have many answers too.  This is especially true when I am often uncertain about how to define what is masculine and feminine and how far to take those terms into our everyday lives.  Even in an abstract sense I know how they are used and what they are applied to and often, for time's sake, rely on them but when questioned or tested I am often left with a sense that I don't trust the masculine and feminine distinctions, at least, not fully.  

One thing I have often wondered about in my own experience is that nearly all of my heroes and inspirations within the realm of literature, philosophy, and spirituality have been men.  This wasn't a conscious choice but I now feel that a possible reason why this is so is because in our culture we are still trying to turn the tide, so to speak, because I know the feminine face is there.  Of course, I mean this only as an everyday example of men and women and not necessarily the masculine and feminine principles. 

I guess I mean to say that my vision of female figures was muddy too, that is, my transpersonal mirror on the feminine figure was distorted as well.  

I definitely feel that this issue is incredibly important to explore and that we have only just begun to reclaim a true understanding and right relationship to it.