My main insight: Women are Divine Mothers by nature
Every woman carries within her the Divine Mother - whether you call her the Holy Virgin or Roerich's Great Mother. When we honor women, we honor that sacred essence. This means withholding petty criticism, just as we respectfully tolerate our elders' flaws while never questioning their dignity.
And the very same time. In some families men nitpick every little thing she does, blowing small mistakes out of proportion to shame her, make her feel guilty, and put her down 😔 The kind that treats her as less than human.
And I grew up in exactly that kind of home 🏚️. My mother was busy making a living and growing 2 children, waking up at 5 and going to the bed at 9, working on a full-time job and doing the chores without proper washing machine, robotic cleaners, dishwasher that we have now. Even now when my father cannot properly move due to the second stroke he’s disrespectful while she’s serving him 😞 That’s my opinion.
I remember, when I left a man I’d been living with, my own father said to me, ‘But you cooked for him for so long! You washed his dishes all the time!’* I’m here not to teach him, this is just a fact without disrespect which should be in normal relations with parents.
I was never taught that women deserve basic respect — realizing that was a completely new insight for me 💡💔
Yes, some women weaponize historical oppression—**using past sexism as an excuse to manipulate, control, or avoid accountability today. **This is not OK indeed, bcs having the respect to women there’s stil lrespect to men too ⚖️
Anyway, there’s something to see for me, to pay attention.
Before, I thought it’s normal to nitpick my little mistakes, to see as important and big something that could be easily fixed.
Now, I learned, - that’s not.
Kindness and reverence are normal.
Homage - not.
And when you treat the woman nearby you with reverence, you're honoring the Divine Great Mother.
@karma_pema_1108’s feeling herself Divine