Kinde

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Tried sending this yest - did it come thru?

Been thinking ab the origin of the word KIND n implications.

It comes fr Angl-saxon 'kinde, kynde' n means natural. Dame Kinde= Mother

Nature.

So kindness is a way of feminine wisdom. The Buddhists say that the masc

gives us skilful means n the fem, wisdom.

This applies to human beings having both.

In my THE DOVE IN THE STONE there is a chap " A Rose by any other Name " in wh

I gather some of Sophia {Wisdom'} s other names in other cultures: Isis,

Metis, Tara, Kuan Yin, Shakti, Shekina, n the many Native American n African

names

for Mother Earth.

It occurs to me, that ever since Eve n the concept of original sin etc. that

West Civiliz has blamed the feminine for dragging us down 'Cherchez la Femme! "

viz Jung's emphasis on a novel " She " . N the RC denial of consecrating women

etc. [The 'felix culpa' -the sin called good - of Eve bec she is redeemed by

is a step in the right direction n one can see why Jung was so excited by

the Assumption of dogma bec it, atleast allowed something feminine into

heaven!]

However, the ESOTERIC n 'pagan' aspects of all religions give Wisdom the

opposite direction UP the chakras! The caduceus of Hermes n the alchemical

drawings all have dove wings at the top. Sap rises in trees toward the sun.

Earth

yields. Earth/water=yin. The process of 'mothering' is to give FORM to life. The

statue of the Grk god of healing touching a serpent rising up fr earth.

Dante n Goethe in Paradiso n Faust respectively proclaim the role of feminine

[spiritual] to lead us upward.

That's not to deny the negative aspects of witch/bitch/sorceress etc with wh

we are all too familiar. But the process assoc w/Sophia is unsullied - like a

mirror She reflects everything but remains untouched herself.

Hence the 'goddess' aspect of her dwelling within us, ever ready to provide

us w/inwit [-another A-S word] or intuition, leading us toward the Div Guest

[J's Self} or center of psyche.

The diff between philosophy - philo-sophia] n wisdom is only the addition of

the infusion of love and joy, of compassion n delight, of humor n laughter. Of

being natural.

All of these combine when we are kind.

The Dalai Lama says: My religion is kindness.

What does it cost just to be kind in little ways? To me this is the basic

spirit n intention of J-F - to see the wisdom hidden in kindness n the kindness

hidden in wisdom. So we blow it fairly often :} but besides communicating we do

relate!

Just rambling.......

much love to all who need it in the world!

Silly Old Lady

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