The Shekhina

There is a Jewish concept called the Shekhina. It is God's presence in the world and is written in the feminine. Some sages say that you can tell how people view God, godliness, depending on how women are treated at that era.

This is not restricted to ww only. This is not restricted to bw only. Nor is it restricted to Jewish women only. Its about how women are treated. Can it be? Can all women be experience the same treatment each era?

I don't know. I can't speak for white non-Jewish women. But I do know that among BW, there is a desparate need to re-assemble and to fight -on their own about their own issues, because no one is picking up their slack; nobody else cares. Women are being raped, assaulted and killed like sheep in a slaughter house, without so much as a headline in the mainstream media.

In the Jewish world, the concept of women made to sit in the back of the bus has reared its head in some circles. People are struggling with this -some violently. To the point that if some unsuspecting woman sits in the front of one of those designated buses, she gets assaulted. Its happened a few times. Now I can't vouch for all the women who try to sit in the front of those buses -some say they are being deliberate to question the system.

Why is it so hard to respect and honor women these days?

Going back to the moon story. The man is represented by the sun. The sun is associated with male, giving, kindness, wisdom (not to be confused with understanding), external, the brains, the intellect.

The woman is represented by the moon. The moon is associated with feminine, receiving, giving back, understanding, internal, discernment, the heart, the presence of God in this world (the Shekhina), emotions.

When someone receives wisdom, its like receiving water. Its all good and well but we need something to contain it. To put it into context. Understanding is like the pipes. Now wisdom has a form and a direction. The eventual purpose is that someone receives wisdom. It enter their brains. They "digest" it and understand it so deeply that it goes to their heart. Then they act on it.

Very often, for selfish reasons, one does not want to accept a piece of information. Say, "all people are equal in the eyes of God" or "no one race is superior" or "women have brains" or [insert whatever is hard to digest]. That information never gets to the heart because they refuse to allow it. They lash out at the "heart" or block it. Sometimes I think this is what is going on on a human basis. The man /sun refuses to accept certain things even though its fact; they fight it by blocking or fighting the woman /heart or putting the value of woman /heart/ emotions down and over praising man /sun /brain.

When will things change? Still trying to figure that one out...