On The Way: Episode 1

Hello you delicious creators,

Are you seeing what I'm seeing? A desperate and equally severe attempt across the globe for control, which is also being communicated under the guise of safety. Alarm bells are ringing loud and needn't look far for examples of the confrontation between chaos and order; governments imposing mandates; police clashing against protestors. We're bearing witness to the manifestation of masculine and feminine energies wrestling toward a new equilibrium; a journey from the shadows into the light.

The phenomenon we have chosen to call the patriarchy or colonialism can be understood as an over-abundance of immature masculine energy. The boyish mind believes in "rightness" and "wrongness" and that it can force the Earth and its people into submission. Control creates a (false) sense of certainty and certainty create a (false) sense of comfort. 

Are you seeing how most (if not all) of our social fabric is built upon a false premise? On the assumptions made by ego-strong minds? It is the arrogance that accompanies this energy which has led to countless deaths, world wars, persecution and genocides.

It is the incapacity of this energy to hold space for the wild, for death, for difference in expression because it's inherently uncontrollable and thereby fear-inducing for it threatens order (thus a perceived sense of control, certainty and comfort). 

Sorta crazy to think about it isn't it? Most of our oppression and killing is out of the fear of being oppressed or killed...and all of it is a denial of what mythologists and symbologists like Carl Jung or Joseph Campbell would call the Feminine. And it represents that which is different and unknown. It represents chaos and creativity. And we could say that a culture and society that comes into harmony with the feminine, that can elevate and mature the feminine within their belief systems and organizational systems, may be the key to an era of matriarchal accord that would have been unimaginable by our ancestors.

An important aspect of honoring the feminine is to respect and give space for the mess of uncertainty and inquiry into big questions and mysteries of life. And we begin practicing in our own lives spelunking to such murky depths through dialogue with those we love. 

Nikki and I (Chase), have begun such a human and imprecise experiment, having conversations as we travel around the world on the topics and phenomenon in the world that are perplexing to us. We've made a podcast called, On The Way, and want to share it with you as part of inspiring dialogue that is natural and exploratory, that inspires critical thought and inquiry.

Not only are we all capable of having these conversations, we are all responsible for having these conversations in order to guide a way forward in our partnerships and communities. This is part of the pursuit for highest harmony.

Here is our recent podcast where we delve deeper into how the dynamics of feminine and masculine are dancing through society in these times.

And we're happy that you're here to join us in the conversation.

Love,

Highest Harmony