There is nothing more beautiful, amazing, and electrifying than being around ladies who have something awaken inside them - a journey, a calling, an adventure. I really have been pretty supremely lucky to spend a lot of time with powerful women - even raised by two great ones who I would do just about anything for - women who've got their own dreams regardless of all of the crazy things they are fed incessantly by our society, battle anyhow. They're completely unique in a world that's trying it's best to training them to be like everyone else. How incredible is that? Above all else, women act as moment by moment integrity checkers for men, oracles even, and if you can surround yourself with a bunch of strong women, you'll grow unbelievably, have your head lovingly cut off when you are not being the best man you really could be, and you may experience life itself and its vast selection of experiences. Like the unpredictable ocean they change and shift by the second, feelings and thoughts swarm...let that help you in finding your solidity. They will test you with their darkest moods and feelings - only to have them feel that you are immovable, the mountain, inevitably going to be there regardless of what and firm in your purpose. These are gifts, not hinderances. These relationships create you, but if you really deflate - they will destroy you. Seek them out - don't be at all intimidated women can move mountains. They are to seriously be treasured.
The dynamics of my life in moving with feminine energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for plenty of reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. In the course of my life, I highly identified with feminine energy because I had 2 extremely strong and potent women in my life - my sister and my mother - who are incredibly driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was small and really tended to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad too, similarly as driven, thoughtful, inventive and incentivized and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my angles, my emotions, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside me that absolutely refused to quit. Even if it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Mix that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career stopped and a big mess was made. So I crashed like the ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But lately this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what powerful masculine energy actually was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the guys who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the inspiring concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what doesn't change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and truly ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man finally begins to understand this way of looking at things I can tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, snug, and is still rooted in his deepest want. To find your purpose is far more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will color your relations, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It did for me. As soon as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are similar to the ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a moment, a tranquil beautiful ocean can turn into a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny boat wondering how the heck you might climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it means to be alive. Why do you think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a type of energy that surely is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men that don't understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked directly out of the their ship - I cannot tell you how frequently I have been tossed out of my ship or even bailed before the wave hit. But give a person a purpose, and that wave starts to look like fun. Additionally, that wave can induce your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life utterly.
Each day I sit comfortable down and write, I am totally driven by a type of energy that's very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my small chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this type of energy that if you focus upon it deep enough, it is almost a low frequency lull...that is surprisingly deep and potent. A wavelength that really has has existed far before all of us and one that willbe here forever after. I will feel it circulate through me sometimes when I'm on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - utilizing all of the things that unpredictably changed - and get impressed by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the very same time, I'm here, absolutely grounded in my place - living as if I was already dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and utterly inspired by the women around me and that female energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all delicious uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my utilizing both - that has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can see the whole thing morphing, only to know that it will all change and pass...and that really is perfectly O.K.
The dynamics of my life in moving with feminine energy has changed nearly 180 degrees for plenty of reasons. But oh how I have shifted deep inside. In the course of my life, I highly identified with feminine energy because I had 2 extremely strong and potent women in my life - my sister and my mother - who are incredibly driven and talented in what they do. I even had a female dog who was my best friend when I was small and really tended to hit it off with women better than I did with men. I took the best from my amazing dad too, similarly as driven, thoughtful, inventive and incentivized and became a product of my environment and nurturing.
As I went through the deep chaos of my younger years, I was "all that changes and shifts. " My moods, my angles, my emotions, and thoughts...I have described it many times...were like a tornado inside me that absolutely refused to quit. Even if it did stop briefly, back up it would storm again. Mix that with lacking deep purpose after my baseball career stopped and a big mess was made. So I crashed like the ocean for a while...and at last found my way to writing.
But lately this dynamic shifted in a big way as the bubbling up of my purpose came to me and I started to read, understand, and practice what powerful masculine energy actually was. This has not only opened up my world, but has opened up the worlds of the guys who live around me. There's an idea that has entered into my mind which certainly has stuck with me for months now, and it's the inspiring concept of the mountain. That solidity - identifying with what doesn't change in this world. The undoubtable stableness of being totally grounded in your position, a mirror to life itself, empty and truly ready to express your deepest passions and purpose - which is the expression of love itself.
When a man finally begins to understand this way of looking at things I can tell you...mountains don't just move in front of him...he becomes the mountain. Whatever occurs around him swirls and yet he is absolutely calm, snug, and is still rooted in his deepest want. To find your purpose is far more than just what you do for work - it must be a direct leader in your life and will color your relations, your friendships, your family dynamics, and how you show up in this fantastic world. It did for me. As soon as this hit - bloom - unfold - open - closing the chasm - joy - inner wisdom - integrity - perseverance through anything.
Women are similar to the ocean. They shift, change, and adjust by the second. In just a moment, a tranquil beautiful ocean can turn into a series of rogue waves. As a man, you are there in your tiny boat wondering how the heck you might climb up that wave before it crests. Women are life itself. They offer, literally, what it means to be alive. Why do you think they call it Mother Nature? Everything that shifts around you is moving energy, a type of energy that surely is uniquely feminine and can be accessed. But those waves for men that don't understand what it actually means to be the captain of their ship can be rocked directly out of the their ship - I cannot tell you how frequently I have been tossed out of my ship or even bailed before the wave hit. But give a person a purpose, and that wave starts to look like fun. Additionally, that wave can induce your most important purpose.
This is the part that's changed my life utterly.
Each day I sit comfortable down and write, I am totally driven by a type of energy that's very different from anything that I have experienced before. I sit in my small chair outside on my porch...close my eyes, and breathe as deep deep down into my stomach as I can. I find that density - that solidity - that love - that emptiness. There's this type of energy that if you focus upon it deep enough, it is almost a low frequency lull...that is surprisingly deep and potent. A wavelength that really has has existed far before all of us and one that willbe here forever after. I will feel it circulate through me sometimes when I'm on the mat. Then, I open and observe the things that are going on around me or begin to run through the days events - utilizing all of the things that unpredictably changed - and get impressed by all of that energy. That energy runs straight through my writing - and yet, all at the very same time, I'm here, absolutely grounded in my place - living as if I was already dead.
Fear, in my heart, disappears.
There I solidly am grounded, in my deepest purpose, totally and utterly inspired by the women around me and that female energy...creating, loving seriously and open to all delicious uncertainty. It's this dynamic, the one between the male and the female - and my utilizing both - that has taught me more than anything else. This has opened me up, changed my relationships, and helped me continue to discover parts of myself that I never knew existed. Floods of people have showed up in my life and I can see the whole thing morphing, only to know that it will all change and pass...and that really is perfectly O.K.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website devoted to spreading positive high-quality content to those who need a little spark and motivation in their lives. In celebration of the amazing women in his life, he developed a post dedicated to strong women quotes to celebrate just how much we can learn from having women in our lives.