Celebrating The Beautiful Qualities Of The Balanced Masculine
We live in heart-breaking times. Many of the qualities of the balanced masculine are those of the heart and fire - the warmth, courage, joy and infinite strength of the spirit.
We need these heart-based qualities to take action to create a better world.
Let’s celebrate some of them here!
STRENGTH
We need this deep and enduring quality to help us to persevere, to overcome adversity and to provide the inner force to triumph in deeply troubled times.
This masculine quality is an inner strength, a vital store within each and every one of us. Strength is our capacity to remain resilient, despite circumstances. To rebound, despite pressure, burdens or collapse.
Strength is our fortitude to go deep in the journey inwards, to uncover our true self. We can’t get there without strength.
COURAGE
Closely connected with strength is courage.
This is the raw emotion connected to our vulnerability. It can feel difficult to balance our intense human fragility and strength, especially in today’s world.
Can you allow yourself to drop into your vulnerability, your fears, and to emerge with bravery and a fierce focus on what you are here to do?
Courage is the capacity to see the truth, to follow your heart and to make a difference in the world.
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ANGER
A powerful human emotion, and one that is rarely easy to express authentically in today’s world.
How do we work to harness anger? To enable this forceful energy to be used for good?
We can choose to channel this energy, which tells us about a wrong or injustice, to fuel a better vision. To create something to right that wrong, or to restore justice in the face of injustice.
In society it is becoming increasingly important that women harness their anger, offer themselves permission to feel it, and then take empowered action using this energy.
For men, while there is permission to feel anger in society, too often this is used in destructive ways. A way forwards may be finding causes that you connect with, offering your own services of strength and also taking empowered action using this energy.
ACTION
Action and doing are the realm of the masculine.
What are you called to do to create a better world?
Where can you channel your energy?
Explore your community, your causes and your contributions. Where can you direct your time, resources and wealth? How can you show and share your heart with the world?
JOY
Lastly, let’s not forget the joy that binds us together and the goodness of laughter for our souls.
As we kindle the fire inside that lights us up, so too can we share our beautiful light with the world…
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Together these qualities of the balanced masculine offer us deep and enduring power. The power to be all that we can be, the power to shine a light in this world.
When inner power is balanced with the feminine quality of compassion, extraordinary social change can take place.
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