~ Timothy 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience~

 In light of today’s social standings, I can not say any religion has truly been fair to the respectability of “the woman.” 

  I’ve listened to countless leaders of the sects of ideologies, that have established kingdoms on the earth and have found them all wanting in regard to the woman. The bible, filled with allegories has been the victim of numerous stifling interpretations in regard to the woman, that I’ve always prescribed to scriptures that not only speak well of her, but give her a prominent position, coinciding with the promise in regards to the “Free-Woman,” spoken of in Galatians Chapter 4.

 Clearly the Bible separates all of mankind, the woman and man by two standards; righteous and evil. Where the “Free-Woman,” teaches of a standard: if kept keeps each of us from falling for the allure of the “Mystery Babylon,” spoken of in Rev 17:18.

 I directed you to this passage alone, so as not to confuse the direction of the text: Where prior to this verse, you learn of this evil woman’s nature and what not to exemplify if seeking to be seen as one of a pure conscience and we find this manipulation will be used to control world leaders or kings of the earth.

  This is well and good for the Christian, to know there are standards toward morality, for us all and how to move in accordance; yet this does not suffice the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Catholic, the Muslim, the Wiccan, the Atheist, whom will find the passage of Timothy 2: 12-15 and seek to suggest their justification for their callous abuse of the woman to be allowable.

  I would cringe as a fourteen-year-old when I’d hear spiritual leaders condemn her. Constantly repeating ideas of debasement as a mantra to encourage submission. Opposed to allowing her “free-will,” to love whom and what she desires.

 I wrote a friend whom by all measures must see me as Srila Prabhupada spoke of those whom ask of “the woman,” in regards of the Hindu cause; A “rascal,” or an “ass.”

Chandra is my friend and he really does amuse me, he suggested that because I see the woman as not only beautiful, but equal to man, and worth illustrating, that I’ve set out to exploit the body of the woman for selfish enjoyment of men. He later asks me if I find the dead woman beautiful; How long do I plan to enjoy the woman? Will I love her as decomposition sets in?

  He is set in his belief that the material body is a combination of blood, muscle, tissue, kidneys, liver, bones, hairs, and other things- to find beauty in the material is no different than a male pig finding a female pig beautiful.

   He then asks me, “What is the standard of beauty?”

Without letting me answer, he pursues to close the book on the issue by inserting the notion that though I find beauty in the material world, in the woman, the demigods do not.

Clearly this a furious topic for my friend so in order to keep our conversations civil, I won’t let him see the illustration of the “Woman of Mystery.” His teacher Srila Prabhupada suggests women are like the Gopis, and to be treated as dolls whom dance to the desire of the ultimate source alone. Not to man or this material world. There is a strict separation between the sexes, especially in the temple.  Sometimes the text is misinterpreted, much as the Bible is, with the idea that the Gopis, dance for one man in a harem and are controlled by a single male force. Developing in the birth of polyonymies and other branches of religious dogma, concerning the woman and her role in the world.

 This is something I’ve always tried to avert encouraging. My mother is Hindu and part of the reason why I took up the conversation, fearing if she prescribes to the latter interpretation of the Vedas, she will find herself the slave of a harem in search of oneness with the demigods. If she prescribes to the first, she will remain believing, nothing in the material world is worth cultivating, especially not LOVE.

  That to me is the real crux of the matter, when we don’t understand love, how to express it, receive it or nurture it, the woman suffers the worst of us, for her own children betray her or deny her role in their existence at all. If this was not a universal occurrence in numerous dogmas I’d not have come this conclusion. Was it not the Catholics whom erred in there teachings of the relation of the priest and marriage?

 Monks of each dogma have misinterpreted religious text to insinuate there is some great death of holiness of man and his connection with GOD once a man and woman have sex. In so believing they ignore the miracle of birth and seek to stifle it, curb it, and eliminate her to sexual relations or the birth of children.

For if what they say is true, who wants to bring a child in a dying world? 

 The reference of the demoness Putana taking Krsna on her lap and Krsna sucking her breasts and killing her is to be taken literally as a physical fact: in accordance to Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. Again denying one’s self- if properly instructed, the need of contraceptives or pregnancy because Copulations that induce life are not encouraged.

 I can’t help but see a correlation of such ideology in the spread of the #MeToo Movement and any other group that would deny the importance of sex.

 There were three questions Chandra asked me that I feel I must answer before the end of this open-ended discussion.

 Would I love a dead woman? What is so beautiful about the human form? Lastly what is the standard of beauty?

 These are three very important questions because depending on how I answer, he will speak to me more on other subjects and not continue to disrespect me by calling me a pig or Candalla; he is not typically combative but we all have our limits and I mean no disrespect to anyone’s god, nor my own. Bearing this in mind of any dogmatic tradition a GOD created us. We did not form ourselves and must never attempt to live outside of our material bounds. This is a universally dogmatic truth. No one is to be trapped by the pull of death and there are simply some doors that should remain closed.

 Thus I can not say any of us find death beautiful. There is of course something after death and we all are promised a sense of renewal, man, woman, and child.

 Hebrews 2:6-8~ The human form is to any god to be envied, just beneath the angels or demigods and above the beasts of the field. The human form was fit enough to encase the soul, an innate power none can deny. Psalms 144: 3-15

The last question has been dismissed and satisfied by ancient standards of being based upon too cryptic a suggestion to really satisfy this conversation for I do not singularly behold beauty alone and deny no one the right to interpret beauty outside of my reasoning; in fact by inviting ideas of beauty I feel I only add to the standard.

 By holding the mystery of the faith in pure conscience I’d have to be honest and say, “The natural woman in all of her unabashed glory, curves, and fertility is indeed the true symbol of all that is beautiful in the world.~