Feminine Principle in OIDA-Therapy
One of the very central points to understand is that the soul is of feminine nature. The Lord, as origin of life is called purusa. Purusa means controller. And the female part of the purusa is called prakriti. So the Lord is the whole and the soul is the subordinate part. Purusa and prakrti or the enjoyer and the enjoyed. We can compare this relationship with the state and the citizens. The state is the whole and the citizens are individual parts of the whole. The state accepts services from the citizens, but this is supposed to be only for the wellbeing of the citizens. In the same way the Lord accepts the service of the souls for their own wellbeing. The only difference in these two examples is that the relationship between the state and the citizen is established by obligation whereas the relationship between the soul and the Lord is governed by love. For those who do not want to have their relationship with the Lord as His servants, the Lord provides this material world. Here they can try to become master and lord over others. This whole material world is being transformed by the action and interaction of different living entities, who are all trying to become lords. In this way they are suffering the reactions of their unnatural behavior. Therefore it is very crucial to understand the feminine principle or the feminine nature of the soul. Trying to compete with the Lord because of envy is the root cause of all our suffering.
It is stated in Vedic scriptures that there is one Lord and all the others are servants. In other words, there is the Lord or the one who is maintaining all the others. He is the Lord and we are being maintained. There is no question of competing with Him. This simply means that we are a part of His family. We are part of His entourage. Take the example of the ocean and the drop. The ocean is the whole and the drop is the part. So how can we compare them? We do not understand that in surrender and love to the Supreme, all our benefits are included. This is because of our ignorance and lack of faith. We do not have to scream for special consideration or for our rights. Feminine in nature means no claim for rights.
Why? Because within the realm of love, there is no need for claiming rights. As soon as we claim rights that becomes the male vanity. Of course, we are not talking here about the relative world and material issues. We are talking about the natural relationship of love. In love we always want the loved one to be well; that they get the medicine; that they get enough before we do. We are ready to reduce our portion to please the other or to help the other to survive.
Isn’t this amazing? That’s the feminine principle and we can see it most prominent in this world in the relationship between mother and child. The mother thinks first about the child and then about herself. But the feminine principle does not stop there. If someone can develop this kind of attitude towards all others, then they must be in the purest consciousness. To think about others and desire to serve others is a very beautiful feature of the soul. It is not a weakness. All this is explained thoroughly in the Vedic scriptures. Being the servant of other, means we are servants of the servant of the servants of the Supreme enjoyer. In other words, service to the parts and parcels of God, or the souls, is actually service to God. God-consciousness means, that we are existing for the pleasure of the Lord and all His parts. Being asked about the foremost of all commands, Lord Jesus Christ answered:
”You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is: “You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. On these two
commandments depend all the laws and the prophets.” All the prophets and all the laws means that all religions depend on this truth. This is the essence of all religious paths. The soul actually aspires for the spiritual world. It aspires for a spiritual body so that it can serve God in that female form in an utmost degree of surrender. To aspire to that state of being means that we have to give up our male vanity of trying to be the enjoyer and controller of everything. This refers to both the men and women of this world. Having a female body does not mean that one is free from male vanity. The desire to control and be equal with men, will have the result that one will get a male body in the next lifetime. And males who have not shown proper respect towards females, who may have abused them in one of many possible ways, will have to be born in a female body after this lifetime.
So, it is going forth and back and we still can not understand that we are not this body.
I’m not male and I’m not female. I’m someone higher. I have a much higher position to achieve. Of course number one is to be a servant of the truth. To understand, my position is that of a servant. I’m never master. I always have to serve somebody. If I want to reject service to one and all, than I serve my senses. They become the masters. But regardless of how you do it, even if you are the boss of the people in your company, you are still their servant because you are going to make sure that they get their salary. And you also have to be responsible for their well-being. At least it is supposed to be that way. So, you can’t avoid serving others. This is a foolish idea.
Even the Lord himself, who is the master of all, He is rather a servant than a master of all. If we consider that He provides everything what we need and that He preserves what we have – this is just amazing! What does the Lord do for all of us? And on top of that, He is always ready to listen to our prayers. He is delivering special grace upon us. Therefore it would be very natural to accept that we are servants and to make an attempt to do the most wonderful and the best service possible. This should be our sacred ambition. (see CD20)
Deep thinkers of all ages have tried to understand the reason for their thinking capacity. Their conclusion after comparing all available information became their faith. Beyond faith exists personal realization. The messengers of true mystic traditions have helped us by providing transcendental information which they had first realized themselves.