Gender equality! What are gender issues? Spirituality

 Gender equality! What are gender issues? Spirituality

Gender Equality and Gender Issues: From a spiritual perspective, this topic offers some thought-provoking insights.

This discussion may not be widely accepted today, but it is presented here from a spiritual viewpoint.

According to Ameba News, currently, Russian President Vladimir Putin is invading Ukraine, and in Ukraine, men aged 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave the country and must remain within its borders.

From the perspective of gender equality, this situation contradicts the current strong societal emphasis on equal rights, and there are opinions opposing such measures.

Men and women differ not only biologically but also in the workings of the mind, and if everything is treated solely as a gender issue, distortions are likely to emerge.

From a spiritual perspective, the actions taken by Ukraine can be seen as reasonable, and in the context of war, it may not be appropriate to bring gender issues into the discussion.

First, regarding the differences between male and female psychology: men tend to want to be the ones who are conscious of others rather than to be consciously noticed, whereas women tend to want to be consciously noticed rather than to be the ones who notice. Ideally, these opposing tendencies attract each other like magnets, making it more likely for different genders to come together.

Men generally focus their attention on their own hobbies, work, and also on women, with a stronger awareness of the visible, tangible reality.

Women tend to want to increase their own value to be noticed and also focus on their own hearts, which they wish to be acknowledged.

In other words, on the battlefield, it is natural for men—whose awareness is more directed toward the visible, tangible reality—to take active roles.

Since ancient times, this instinct has been ingrained in men, and considering aggressive combativeness and male hormones, men are generally more suited for such roles.

Gender equality, “gender issues,” “spiritual growth,” “spirituality”

From the perspective of gender equality, gender issues, soul growth, and spirituality, this topic can be considered significant.

In this blog, we have repeatedly discussed soul growth, where the growth of knowledge comes from each individual realization, and similarly, the growth of the heart—spiritual rank (reikai)—also comes from each heartfelt realization.

When one's spiritual rank is high, their existence gains strength in a mental sense, their ability to fulfill the hearts of others and create increases, and the more realizations they have, the broader their perspective on life becomes. This is not a difficult concept; it simply reflects growing mentally mature.

Conversely, when one's spiritual rank is low, their existence is weaker in a mental sense, they tend to prioritize satisfying their own heart over fulfilling others’ hearts, and with fewer realizations, their perspective on life becomes narrower. Again, this is not difficult to understand; it reflects being mentally immature.

While this is not universal, women tend to have a stronger awareness of the heart, and through each heartfelt realization, they tend to grow spiritually into adulthood. Men, on the other hand, tend to have weaker heartfelt realizations, making it more likely for them to exhibit a lower spiritual rank.

In Eastern philosophy, specifically yin-yang, men are represented as yang and women as yin. While some might interpret this as male superiority over women, it is not necessarily so; it primarily reflects the physical aspects.

The relationship between body and mind follows yin-yang, with the mind potentially reversing the roles: men can be represented as yin and women as yang in a spiritual sense.

In Ukraine, the elderly, children, and women are being evacuated overseas. While this may not apply to everyone, women generally have stronger maternal instincts to fulfill the hearts of others. By raising children abroad, they can help preserve the Ukrainian people and pass on their lineage.

Frankly speaking, regarding women working as full-time homemakers, biologically this is rational: working outside exposes them to potential life-threatening risks, so staying at home can reduce the risk of losing life.

Gender equality, “gender issues,” “feminine energy,” “spirituality”

From the perspective of gender equality, gender issues, feminine-dominant energy, and spirituality, this energy may be spreading its values throughout society.

In spirituality, it is said that the overall energy of the Earth is gradually shifting from male-dominant energy to female-dominant energy.

This is not a sudden change like an on/off switch but a gradual shift, similar to the relationship between the sun and the moon, influencing the entire Earth regardless of gender.

The female-dominant energy is still in its early stages. The mental energy of young women tends to display contrasting emotions such as joy, anger, sadness, and pleasure. This can manifest in society as polarization, contradictions, rapid changes in policy, and wave-like patterns.

Men tend to restrain and control their mental energy, making their mind and body more rigid, whereas women tend to release and control their mental energy outwardly, making their mind and body more flexible.

Changes occur more easily in flexibility than in rigidity, and this era, influenced by female-dominant energy, marks the beginning of a period of rapid societal change.

As female-dominant energy rises, women's rights are more likely to increase, and issues such as gender equality and gender-related debates become more prominent.

However, as mentioned earlier, there are biological and psychological differences between men and women. Trying to make everything strictly equal under the banner of gender issues is likely to create some distortions along the way.