女性性と霊性

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Gender-Specific Medicine has begun to be discussed. Considering the functional and structural differences between men and women, it is only natural that there should be some differences between them regarding their respective diseases and methods of medical treatment. Here, we will try to elucidate the significance of the sexual distinction and that of spiritual dimension beyond it. Half of human beings are female, but it is hard to say what femininity is. In this respect, some observation of how vital energy works in the natural world offers a key to an understanding of the differences between the two. Vital energy works in the bipolar division and flows from plus to minus. By analogy with these facts, they invest certain socio-cultural characteristics to the sexual distinction. It is the spiritual dimension, however, that is revealed beyond the sexual distinction. Therefore, a human being might be depicted as a cross by using a scheme with 'masculinity-femininity' as the horizontal axis and 'paternity-maternity' as the vertical (spiritual) one. We will ponder the issues mentioned above by taking up the following two cases: the Hopi myth and ritual for the birth of mankind, and the inner transformation of Eileen Caddy, one of co-founders of the Findhorn Community.
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