I have been reading a book on Kundalini Yoga called The Flow of Eternal Power by Shakti Parwya Kaur Khalsa over the past week or so and although I have been a student of Kundalini, found this book very easy to read and quite informative. It covers so many aspects of everyday life and much of her writing rings true with me. It has made me question the way I do things but not in a negative way in a very postive way.

I found the section on women very interesting. She says that women are sixteen times stronger than men in an emotional and spiritual way. She also comments on the quest for equality of men and women and what I get from that is that we should stop trying to become equal and instead be learning to cherish our differences and do what should come naturally... complement each other.

I know that many of my friends may consider me a feminist when in fact, I dislike the whole ideology that we must be equal. Really, what does that mean? Men have strengths as do women however, they are not the same strengths. Each characteristically knows those strengths yet, and I can only comment for women, they choose to submerge them into the subconscious.

It seems to me that the early feminists gave up their feminity to succeed. They tried to be men. Why? Why should we have to deny this part of us. Why should we stop being women? If we would like to wear ridiculously silly shoes and makeup, why should this stop us from being taken seriously.

I have been discussing this with a coworker and he came up with a valid point. Did we know the long term effects of these feminist pioneers efforts? They wanted to compete and be equal with their male counterparts but did they really know where it would take them? I don't really think that they had that vision in mind...

My point being that with so many other people having entered into the workforce starting from the early days of feminism, wages became lower and the demand for products skyrocketed. Those of you who know about the economic side, know that prices rose as well. Things became more expensive and then it was necessary for families to make more to buy more. Nowadays, it is a rarity of one-income families because everything is so expensive and both partners must work.

Because of this, we have less time to cook, spend time with our families, and make our own clothes as both partners need to work to afford the home and other material things. I for one would love to have the time to do these things. And I would be happier because I was doing things that didn't involve sitting in a chair all day and typing... I could be creating things with my hands.

So, what about equality? Women struggled for equality but within the workforce, there are so many jobs that are considered "women's work". Did getting out of the house and into the workforce change anything? No. Many women are stuck in low wage secretarial or sales positions and are now, instead of being marginalized as stay-at-home mothers, are now just secretaries.

I know that I have digressed, but this has been floating around in my head for a few days... I suppose what I want to say is that perhaps we really have to stop complicating our lives and think about our relationships with others in a simpler way.

Man is the sun and woman the moon. Neither could really exist without the other. Woman reflects the light of man, yet she also has a power that man does not. Man has physical strength yet he is unable to exist without woman giving birth to him. He also does not have the emotional strength to survive without the guidance of woman.

Maybe we just have to stop putting up these gender walls and learn to work within our own strengths to support and exist with each other. Given enough time, I know that we can do it.

Let me know what you think?