tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post1038600528348207879..comments2024-03-28T20:51:06.948-07:00Comments on threads of the spiderwoman: Carol Christ on Patriarchy and WarLauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post-15106589841367958972013-04-22T09:47:39.249-07:002013-04-22T09:47:39.249-07:00Yeah, I agree with Trish and Rob, it's a spiri...Yeah, I agree with Trish and Rob, it's a spiritual phenomena. When spiritual beings "fall" into this PHYSICAL world they are dominated by three main concerns: PHYSICAL survival; PHYSICAL reproduction; PHYSICAL dominance or will to power! The only answer is to "rise again" into the mental or spiritual realm. It's also intersting from a scientific perspective that social infuences actually effect brain structure (J. Y. Chiao, Cultural Neuroscience), i.e. it's a self-sustaining, self-perpetuating pathology. I think this is well demonstrated by the state of things concerning the guns in America, it's all related to this same Patriarchal Pathology - hey, a new cultural term! But although the key seems to be to "rise above" the physical/patriarchical accessing the mental/matriarchical, once accomplished I believe the Bodhisattva Ideal requires balance . . . it's just a personal observation!<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Wes Hansen PonderSeekDiscoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913503952284529871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post-8599371765747203552013-04-21T22:37:43.998-07:002013-04-21T22:37:43.998-07:00Patriarchy is rooted in Jung's theory about th...Patriarchy is rooted in Jung's theory about the anima and animus, that we each contain the gender qualities of the other.We can't blame men. We must rise above them, above that warring mentality, that "you are mine "belief system. And that happens one individual at a time. Trish and Rob MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846270474176860924noreply@blogger.com