12. The Law of Gender

Creation requires both yin and yang

Both masculine and feminine energy are required in balance to create anything. Sexual reproduction of species is a great example of this law in the physical world, and in the way that is most obvious to us. This concept applies in the energetic world as well: no creation (i.e.: turning an idea into reality) is possible without the balance of masculine and feminine energy.

First of we need to understand a very important concept: everything – including us – has a combination of masculine and feminine energies and we must balance them to create the things we want. Though we are born with male or female sex organs, we all have both energies within us that has nothing to do with our sex or sexuality. 

Energetically speaking, masculine energy is creative, practical, and visionary, but out of balance, can take the form of control, anger, and conflict. Feminine energy, on the other hand is intelligent, nurturing, and intuitive when balanced with masculine energy. Out of balance, it is vulnerable and weakened in its personal power. The trick is to balance these energies because only when both are being used properly can we manifest our desires into the material world.

The second part of this law reminds us that everything, including our desires, have a gestational period in which they grow until they manifest into the physical world. This is a great example of The Law of Rhythm as it pertains to the creative process.  Do you want to birth your baby the week after its conceived or are you are willing to wait the nine month cycle for it to grow into an infant that is capable of surviving outside the womb? We must be patient with our desires as everything that has ever been created in the world was first a seedling of a thought that was nurtured with the balance of masculine and feminine energy for a period of time (gestation period) before it became a reality.

Advice:

Embrace both your masculine and feminine energies to strike a balance that nurtures and tends your ideas and desires during the inevitable gestational period before they manifest.