I was re-thinking my statements about the moral universe being polar and dual. Certainly the physical universe appears to operate via that set of principles -- at least, the macro-cosmos does -- the micro-cosmos, or subatomic world, is an entirely different matter. Or it isn't matter at all! T'ain't there unless you look for it....but that's another topic, for a later post.
In human terms, I was thinking about hierarchies. I'm not someone who has flourished under patriarchal hierarchies. Experienced alot of them, in families, in schools, in sports, in jobs, and just in society in general. But I also have not flourished in matriarchal hierarchies. And again, I've experienced those within family, within schools, in jobs, as well as in my spiritual path.
What I've realized is that I've never known a healthy hierarchy, ever in my life -- period. Is the phrase "healthy hierarchy" a contradiction in terms? Maybe the problem isn't the gendered inflection; maybe the problem is hierarchy itself.
Food for thought. I'm going to go chew on that one for awhile.
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