After Cobra's recent posting of "Galactic Goddess", I somehow ran across this recent Lada Ray which address many similar things, including misconceptions about "Spiritual growth", "ascension", and the like.
"...we need to DIVE deeply into the actual situation that causes us distress or trouble, be it internally or externally. This is why I spend so much time writing and speaking about the profound issues, bringing the most hidden secrets and predictions to light. The purpose is to help us all understand what and why is happening around us... this is the opposite of muddying waters even further with sensationalist fantasies and conspiracy theories not based on true knowledge of circumstances
"For those spiritual people who believe that it's possible to ascend in a small group, when Earth clones itself, while leaving the rest of the unascended humanity behind: this isn't going to happen. Such belief is akin to the beliefs of some religious sects, who think they will be saved, while the rest of the sinners on the planet will go to hell...
"International Women's Day, March 8th, started out as women's movement for equal rights and also against war. In Russia it grew into annual celebration of women, quickly becoming international. Women on most continents now celebrate March 8th as their holiday. It has to be noted that USA was one of the last countries to recognize women's equality.
"The reason there was no feminism in the USSR was this: USSR was the very first country in the world to afford women equal rights. In 1918 one of the first decrees by Lenin was to allow women equal voting rights. For years after, women were denied voting rights in the West. Moreover, the West had to start liberalizing women's rights, allowing women to vote specifically because of Russia/USSR example."
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Feminism vs. Sacred Feminine – Male Chauvinism vs. Sacred Masculine
"Dear Lada, Thank you for reminding me that Women's Day can and should be something positive!
Sadly in Sweden it is not. Sweden, next to the US, is probably the country worst poisoned by distorted feminism! Swedish society is slowly being destroyed by feminists fighting against men! Every day in the newspaper there is at least one article about how women are being mistreated by, raped or beaten by, or discriminated against by men or by the system! There is almost never a word about the difficulties facing males. Obviously International Men's Day is unknown in Sweden, as according to Swedish feminists every day is "Men's Day"!
Having a Thai wife, and one foot in Thailand, some aspects of Swedish society are becoming unbearable to me.
Well, Lada, enough of negativity from my part! Maybe you have some interesting thoughts about western distorted feminism?"
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Feminism vs. Sacred Feminine
Let's just get something very straight: there is a galaxy of difference between 'Sacred Feminine" and "Western feminism." In fact they are opposites not just in form, but also in energetic vibration and spiritual essence. The Sacred Feminine is the exalted, high energetically and spiritually, manifestation of the female energy. It is the receptive and open energy of the nurturing Mother Earth, its beauty, love and understanding. It is the energy of creation, manifestation and cooperation.
MARCH 8 as a holiday celebrating the contemporary version of the Sacred Feminine
To me personally, International Women's Day on March 8 embodies the contemporary, assertive and sovereign side of the Sacred Feminine. If we are talking specifically that holiday, it is about a working, socially active woman, but the kind of woman that doesn't forget her feminine side, who can successfully balance work and home, work and play, work and sexy beauty. It's also about women as mothers, wives, companions. It's also about the young maidens, who are just starting to discover what it's about to be a woman. It is so important for the young women to receive a healthy right of passage, which will give them dignity and foundation to be true to themselves for the rest of their life. (As opposed to that, the imbalanced situation in Sweden, described in Emil's comment, destroys the fragile psyche of young women, causing huge harm. Those who grow up in such environment will become the lost generation.)
A woman I described above may look like this, Soviet style (from the March 8 vintage Soviet poster)
In Russia, on March 8, men usually take on all the chores and allow women to relax, treating them as goddesses. I can tell you that it sets the psyche of both young girls and young boys in the right direction, giving them correct foundation of how to live their lives, as they observe their mothers and grandmothers treated with such respect, as they see their mothers showered with attention. Later these boys grow up to be that officer who was helping the old lady across the street. The young girls also receive flowers, often from their brothers, or other boys. They also get lavished with treats. At least that was the case in my day. I hope Russians never lose the sense of how to properly celebrate this holiday.
This vintage Soviet poster reads: March 8, Happy Holiday to our Moms
This kind of celebration imprints on the consciousness of individual people and entire cultures. This is a healthy way of celebrating women's day.
FEBRUARY 23 and the forgotten Sacred Masculine
On the other hand, since we are talking contemporary holidays, the day that is traditionally celebrated in Russia as Men's Day is February 23, called officially the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland (formerly, the Day of the Soviet Army). As seen from the name, this day initially started as a holiday for the military and anyone who at any point had served in the army. Very quickly during Soviet times it transformed into the countrywide Men's Day (now celebrated as such in the entire Russian world, including Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, All of Central Asia; Mongolia, believe it or not; and yes – Ukraine as well).
The Russian tradition of the protector of the motherland is thousands of years old.
THE THREE BOGATYRS – famous painting by 19th century artist Viktor Vasnetsov,
depicting the 10th century mythical Russian knights (Bogatyrs) Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich
Russia's karmic role on our Planet Earth is to be the Great Balancer. Therefore, everything Russians do will always lead, or strive, to balancing itself. These two holidays are that kind of example. If there was only a Women's Day, men would feel left out. Therefore, Men's Day was necessary to balance it out. Since in Russia being a defender of the Motherland (Fatherland) was always considered the most important male duty, and practically all men were subject to draft or served at one point in the army, it was logical to unite the two in one. On February 23rd all men, even little boys, usually receive presents from women.
Russians celebrate both holidays lavishly, with lots of concerts, including the official Kremlin, Red Square and the Poklonnaya Gora events; parties, flowers, gifts and fireworks.
Having two holidays, one following another, establishes a wise balance, where no one in society feels left out and everyone has a sense of belonging. At the same time, it prevents the Western lopsidedness Emil is talking about, when one group is always in the news, while the rest feel neglected and maligned.
To me, the biggest achievement of the Russian holidays such as February 23 and March 8 is this: it celebrates the suppressed by human society Sacred Yin and Yang. While March 8 is about SACRED FENININE, February 23 encourages and reminds us about the forgotten and denied SACRED MASCULINE on our planet.
Oh no, Russians don't use these words, they don't call their holidays the 'celebration of the sacred this or that.' Do you know why? Because they don't need to intellectualize it – they simply live it. To them it's not something to achieve or debate – it exists as a natural and logical part of their lives.
It's in the West that we intellectualize everything. Do you know why? Because we don't have it in our lives, and therefore, crave it.
Among many other things, Russia is here to teach us how to naturally integrate that coveted balance between yin and yang, that unattainable, it appears for those who live in the West, seamless blend of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine.
The topic of the Sacred Masculine requires a separate discussion. But do you know what Sacred Masculine looks like? There are three most prominent features I always think of. These are:
1. Man as the ultimate protector of life and love, be it his country, the innocent, the weak, the voiceless, or the higher good. The mythical Bogatyrs (or Vytiaz's) as depicted on the painting above, represent these ultimate protectors.
2. Man as a courageous truthteller, even if it requires self-sacrifice on his part. The medieval scientist Copernicus comes to mind, who was ready to burn, but held on to his truth.
3. At the same time, Sacred Masculine to me is ALWAYS and without exception, a respectful and very tender and protective attitude towards women, as well as animals and Mother Earth. Men who do not respect women can never achieve the mastery that is Sacred Masculine. For example, the theme of a compassionate and gentle to all life hero is very prominent in ancient Russian fairytales.
Similarly, women who do not respect men, are also far and away from the Sacred Feminine.
I have given the example of a contemporary Sacred Masculine manifested in the Russian policeman, who recently threw his car at the incoming vehicle to protect the nine busses full of children from an imminent collision. See post: Russian hero cop rams into incoming car to save children's lives.
Another manifestation of the Sacred Masculine is Eldad Hagar, a man from LA, who daily gets into sewers to rescue abandoned and scared dogs, for whom he finds loving homes. I sometimes tweet and post videos of his rescues on Lada Ray Blog. Here are a few of them.
To me, some of the other examples of the manifest Sacred Masculine are: Julian Assange and the truthtellers/whistleblowers of this world; Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR, Donbass, Novorossia) Alexandr Zakharchenko, in whom both the protective Bogatyr and the truthteller sides have manifested. A very similar example is the former Mayor of Sevastopol and one of the men behind the Sevastopol/Crimea uprising against the Kiev junta: Valery Chaliy. Chaliy is a successful electronics entrepreneur, who personally financed alternative school books during Ukraine 'occupation,' which ensured that Crimean children didn't succumb to Soros anti-Russian propaganda. When Vladimir Putin announced that Crimea was officially part of the Russian Federation, this man, who spent 23 years trying to preserve local heritage, who headed the peaceful Sevastopol uprising and referendum, stood on stage next to Putin and cried for all to see.
Some of the other manifestations of the Sacred Masculine are two Russian politicians: Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov.
Alexandr Zakharchenko, first head of DNR
Calibrations always add much more clarity to the issue and put things in perspective:
Alexandr Zakharchenko, DNR head: calibration 410 – reason, Chi 285 – neutrality/friendliness
Valery Chaliy, Sevastopol head: calibration 400 – reason, Chi 489 – humanity/compassion
Sergey Lavrov, Russian FM: calibration 580 – high creation, Chi 400 – reason
Sacred Feminine
Let's define yin and yang:
Yin is: female, nurturing, process-oriented, creating, continuing, cooperative, deliberate, wise, deep.
Yang is: male, forward-looking, result-oriented, assertive, light, fire, aggressive, initiating, fast, superficial.
Sacred Feminine constitutes the highest and most harmonious manifestation of the yin on our planet. But it's not just any yin. It's the fully self-aware and balanced yin, the one that confidently and organically incorporates just enough yang to be complete and harmonious.
The two definitions that come to mind when thinking about Sacred Feminine are: 1. integrity and 2. effortless royalty. This will manifest in a woman no matter what she does and what she looks like. Incidentally, the same two definitions are true equally for the actualized Sacred Masculine, and again, it has nothing to do with looks, but rather deeds and general energy.
I'm sure any man met such women. They are attractive and sexy without any visible effort. They don't need to impose themselves on others. Both men and women hang on their every word or applaud their actions. They emanate the air of confidence without being pushy or confrontational. They can compete when necessary, but with grace, and they are most happy cooperating. They can achieve great success, but without forgetting to stop along the way to smell the roses. They can have families and still manage to have a great career, fame, visibility, or whatever lifestyle they choose. They take responsibility, they don't complain and they don't blame others for their problems.
Such woman is a sovereign individual. However, these are usually also women who can have balanced and happy marriages, if they choose to marry.
What's interesting is that some men get scared of the power such women hold. That is because some men are afraid (rightly so) that they are not a match for them. Certainly, this is a man's own insecurity talking. A smart and aware man, if something like this should happen, will look deep inside to see what's causing this fear and insecurity. The idea is always to look deep within. That's where you'll find your answers.
Men who are fully in touch with their inner world and who are well-adjusted in the outer world, will be drawn to such women on a variety of levels, from romantic to intellectual, friendly, cooperative, etc.
Similarly, such women, especially when young, tend to draw a lot jealousy from other unevolved women, regardless of who they are and regardless of how well-to-do they are or aren't. Eventually, such women's deeds and accomplishments start speaking for themselves, and any jealousy is replaced with admiration.
To me, this is how Sacred Feminine is manifesting today in our society. The women I just described are usually very far from what in the West are called 'feminists.'
Feminism
It's not by accident that it was born in the West. Just like any distortion, angry feminism has nothing to do with reality and is just a knee-jerk reaction of a small part of women to unresolved personal and societal issues. Fear and Anger are the basis for that: calibrations 100 and 150.
Personal issues may range from a childhood trauma by some women who grew up in an abusive patriarchal household, to dissatisfaction with own life. In either case, it is a reaction to the ills of society, albeit immature and misguided.
Again, what I am describing isn't the same as protesting the legitimate injustices of our world, which are plenty, and raising your voice for those who cannot speak up for themselves.
Feminism, as described by Emil, is the case of a pendulum swinging too far to the side of patriarchy, and subsequently, as a consequence – too far to the opposite side. Confrontational approach towards March 8th by some embattled feminists in the US or Sweden will never make this into a holiday to celebrate, but rather into an unplesant day to forget. I personally haven't met such angry feminists, but if they do exist, they only hurt their cause.
By contrast, my post Dear Women! Happy International Women's Day!, as well as my approach to March 8 calibrates on the level of 580 (high creation/joy) with Chi of 510 (love). Knowing all that, everyone in the world can make a choice – to follow the light… or to stay in the darkness.
The idea is NOT to pit the two genders against each other. Instead of constant nonsensical conflict, we need to move to the future in which both genders are treated as equals and are equally respected not only as humans, but for their unique contribution to society. Both males and females have their own, unique and precious gifts to give. Males are more yang and females are more yin. It is in the unity of both, creating the fully evolved and fully manifest yin-yang union, that we as humanity have a future.
Our 3D reality is built as a contrast, but simultaneously as a dream of re-uniting our yin and yang powers.
We as humanity now have an absolutely unique opportunity to reconcile the two parts of the whole. I often talk about the yin and yang nations and parts of the world. See more in PREDICTIONS. When we all work productively together, when all various cultures' contributions are appreciated, we can move to the new, very promising era for humanity.
Globally speaking, men and women are already reconciling their differences and work productively together on the levels from home and family, to work and society in general.
Mutual blame game won't help. I personally have zero problems with either gender, as my readers, who are equally male and female would attest. However, looking around, I see that not everyone is like that. Just like in situations when different countries have to extend a hand and listen to each other in order to create peace, males and females have to do the same.
As someone who regularly makes predictions that have a habit of coming true, I can tell you that this is the only way for humanity to move forward. If humanity fails to create a cooperative society on all levels, it may signify the end of the human experiment as we know it (consider this a warning and a blueprint for action).
Incidentally, as my readers know, per my Earth Shift system, Russia is the global historic and karmic balancer and the only fully manifest yin-yang culture on the planet. But that unique culture was almost destroyed in 1990s, when Russia went through the painful dismantling of the USSR and robber baron privatization and when people were left without jobs. Males started drinking themselves to death, thus weakening the male/yang energy of the country. Females, whose yin energy life creation requires a strong man with whom to have children and who would provide security, stopped giving birth. Many women also started looking for husbands abroad, creating the 'Russian mail order bride' phenomenon.
When Putin came to power, Russia quickly grew out of that period, which lasted a mere 8-10 years. What happened in the '90s is all but a memory now. Russian society has already rebalanced itself and the common to the Russian world yin-yang harmony has been restored. However, in Ukraine, Moldova and some other republics the period of drastic crisis and change is only now maturing, denoting big shake-ups in present and future. You all know my prediction for these changes in Moldova and Ukraine.
Therefore, when the country experiences a distortion and crisis, both men and women start displaying distorted behavior. Back to Emil's observation about Sweden. Sorry, Emil and my other Nordic readers, but Sweden, along with other Nordic countries is at a very difficult crisis threshold. Sweden is impacted the most. It is evident in how people behave on many levels. Sweden should get ready for some nasty shocks in the next 5-10 years.
When sacred feminine is actualized in the earthly 3D realm, the woman becomes a goddess. She is perceived as a goddess, regardless of her appearance, because this is the light she emanates from within and the beauty she shares with the world. She can be an admired public figure with an important message, or a mother – or both.
Examples of the actualized Sacred Feminine (these are some people who come to my mind – you may think of different examples):
1. Dr. Sahra Vagenknecht, German politician, co-chair of the Die Linke party. On FT I gave examples of her passionate, but well-argumented speeches in Bundestag to oppose Angela Merkel's policies.
2. Michele Knight, popular astrologer from the UK, lovingly takes care of a large number of animals on her farm, from donkeys and horses, to parrots, peacocks and dogs. Looks don't matter – energy does. Michele is very large and beautiful. She had a difficult and abusive childhood, which is the case with most earth angels. Despite that, she rose to create a dream life for herself, preserving her cheerful and loving nature.
3. Doreen Virtue, accomplished spiritual author, speaker and business woman, used to be a single mother of 3, now happily married, adopted a large number of shelter animals. I mentioned her in my Calibrations videos.
3. Elena Isinbaeva, one of the world's most accomplished athletes, multiple Olympic and world gold medalist, 7-time world record holder and model. Also one of my Calibration videos examples. Elena Isinbayeva rocks the Russian anthem (Russian anthem rock-style by Nikolay Rastorguev and Lyube)
5. Valentina Tereshkova, first woman cosmonaut, First Woman in Space (1963). On takeoff, she famously said: 'Hey, the Sky, take off your hat.'
Examples of the actualized unified Sacred Feminine & Sacred Masculine (like before, you may think of entirely different examples, but this is what comes to my mind)
6. Lyudmila Zykina, her son Yulian and the Russian Army Choir performing Mother and Son (by Pachmutova and her husband, poet Dobronravov)
Song was written in late 90s especially for the great Russian singer Zykina and her son, who embody all the passion, love, talent and trials Russia had gone through. It seemed at the time that all was lost, but the song boldly proclaimed a spiritual, truly yin-yang-balanced hope and faith. It is the song of awakening and prophecy.
It's beautiful and dramatic as everything larger than life Zykina and Yulian tended to sing. Alas, found no half-decent translation of this song, so I've decided to translate the refrain myself, to give you all some idea.
Refrain:
The land of our ancestors, save our faith.
The only way to live is by taking the truth in with our every breath.
With us always are the Mother and Son and the Sacred Soul – the holy trinity of the eternal Rus.
Only the temple of the ultimate truth with stand the test of time –
We will return to our source,
And for as long as Russia is alive, we are destined to sing and cry together,
And for as long as Russia is alive, we are destined to sing and cry together.
2. Alexandra Pakhmutova – called "the woman, whom people sing." Tiny, less than 5 foot tall, one of the most famous composers of the USSR and Russia's most celebrated song writer of the past 50 years. I give a lot of examples of her songs in my awesome Soviet Songs compilation: Raising Chi Against Hatred: The Suppressed Story of Russian Songs that Unite World Cultures. Bubbly, very approachable, happily married to the life-time partner in song writing, lyricist Dobronravov. This tiny woman and her other half, managed together to express in their songs the hopes and dreams of several generations of Russians.
Check out the unlikely looks of this goddess of song and her divine creations in the beginning of this documentary.
Gorgeous song by Pakhmutova and Dobronravov The Russian Waltz. Also performed by Yulian. The whole composition is a poetic representation of the yin-yang unity and balance. The actualized Sacred Feminine-Masculine unity in song and dance:
3. I have noticed that the subscription to FuturisTrendcast is half men and half women. This is how you know if the Sacred Feminine has been actualized in its most balanced form. It is always a spectacular balance between the yin (feminine) and yang (masculine), visible in the energy of a person. Both men and women are drawn toward such energy.
Read related:
Dear Women! Happy International Women's Day!
My earlier article, with more details: March 8, Happy International Women's Day!
Recent piece – more about 3D contrast and yin-yang balance: The Energy is Shifting! Together, We Have Averted the Worst Outcome!
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"Dear Lada, Thank you for reminding me that Women's Day can and should be something positive!
Sadly in Sweden it is not. Sweden, next to the US, is probably the country worst poisoned by distorted feminism! Swedish society is slowly being destroyed by feminists fighting against men! Every day in the newspaper there is at least one article about how women are being mistreated by, raped or beaten by, or discriminated against by men or by the system! There is almost never a word about the difficulties facing males. Obviously International Men's Day is unknown in Sweden, as according to Swedish feminists every day is "Men's Day"!
Having a Thai wife, and one foot in Thailand, some aspects of Swedish society are becoming unbearable to me.
Well, Lada, enough of negativity from my part! Maybe you have some interesting thoughts about western distorted feminism?"
The importance of understanding and making peace with 3D issues