Are you flexible enough to discipline yourself ?

Are you structured enough to allow yourself the freedom to be chaotic?

The old rules don’t work anymore. The way we do business, make friends, interact socially with each other have changed. More people live alone than ever before, yet we are more connected to more people, via the internet and social networking than ever before.

The biggest sign of change is the rapid growth of social networking and social media sites like Ecademy and Twitter, where random, synchronous connections leading to unexpected relationships are fostered. Surprising levels of intimacy blossom between people from VASTLY differing backgrounds. People who would previously have never met, let alone learnt to trust and like each other, become your biggest sources of connection.

We keep hearing that the random, open, supportive nature of social networking is the new paradigm for business. The closed, selective, controlling interactions or the aggressive Alan Sugar style of business is becoming less acceptable.

But what does this mean? Why has this change come about? What is going on? What happened to the boundaries, divisions that used to separate different people into groups?

Why have the rules gone out of the window leaving chaotic random connections?

Rejecting The Masculine And Embracing The Feminine

We have shifted from left brain to right brain thinking. The masculine to the feminine.

For hundreds of years rational, logical thought has ruled supreme. Nothing was considered valid unless scientific “proof” could be demonstrated. Clear, precise rules were applied to everything and assumed to be true. Everything was controlled. Processes were defined, measured, categorised. A place for everything and everything (everyone) kept firmly in its place. Socially this was the class system, hierarchy within companies and between firms. Judgments especially pre-judgments based on your status were commonplace.

Masculine energy is consciousness, control, structure, and often referred to as “light” as in solar light. With the sun predominant place in the galaxy (for inhabitants of planet earth anyway) masculine solar thinking has dominated. Masculine energy is the conscious mind. 

Masculine/Feminine

Closed/Open

Selective/Random

Controlling/Supportive

Judgmental/Allowing

Inspiration/Calculation

Facts/Hunches

Deductive Thinking/Inductive Thinking

Ordered/Chaotic             

Ethics/Integrity

Structured/Dynamic

Hierarchical /Social Networked

Rejecting/Permitting

Rejecting/Accepting

Solid/Flexible and Free Flowing

Differences /Likeness

Rules/Choice

Restrictive/Expansive

Light/Darkness

Heat/Cool

Stable/ Movement 

Cock Consciousness / Pussy Power

Into the black whole (hole)

Astronomy tells us that the arm of the galaxy is aligning with the centre of the galaxy where a black hole. Astrologers say this explains the shift. Of course the left brain thinking scientists will reject this as bunkum. As a scientist myself I have to agree there is no proof, but my intuition and instinct tells me that something is changing.

Feminine energy is dark, chaotic, has no rules, no formula. It is raw power. Feminine thinking is right brain, intuitive, holistic. It destroys rules and boundaries and unites. It is dark (not bad, just dark) Where the masculine sorts by differentiating and separating, the feminine integrates and unites. Feminine is heart or unconscious mind.

There has been an explosion of intuitive thinking, and being psychic as gained acceptance, even in the hearts of businessmen. Scientific evidence for the thinking heart, intuition is trusted and relied upon, no longer instantly rejected.

The balance of power is shifting, but will a balance be found. Will the masculine be completely rejected as more embrace feminine?

Masculine is control, structure, support, rules, regulations, organisation

Feminine energy is raw juicy, chaotic, dark, inspiration, creativity, flexibility, power

Power without control is destructive chaos

Control without power is impotent

The perfect balance

The perfect balance is like the internal combustion engine. The engine, cylinders, pistons, all the control systems and the engine structure is the masculine. But the fuel is feminine. No fuel no movement. No engine, a destructive explosion. But put them together and you have an engine that can drive you round the world and back.

So what of the future?

The feminine paradigm will bring a further breakdown of larger organisations, structures, rules; regulations will break down in unexpected ways. Organisation overall will be lost as flexible living rises.

Some bastions of masculine energy, particularly large bureaucracies will start to crumble. But they will likely fight back first.

Individuals and institutions trying to maintain the status quo will fight a continuingly losing battle. They may attempt to tighten their grip and increase rules, legislation and regulation, but this is likely to only be short term.

The academic institutions will struggle to resist the tide of intuitive, creative holistic thinking. They will use the old paradigm to discrete what is not provable. But what the population choose to believe will be unaffected by their proof or disproof. People will start to trust their own knowing.

There will be an increase in creativity and outlets for creativity. We already see this with the abundance of creative writing on blogs (I hope this one counts). Publishing books, creating music is easier and it will become more available to more people. The restrictive channels of the publishing houses and distributors will no longer be a barrier.

Being flexible will be the way forward

Being flexible will be the way to survive. Forget everything you thought was “true” and learn to accept what is without trying to change it.

The ideal outcome will be to find a balance before a decline into total anarchy with a new balance of the ideal masculine and feminine. Although we may overshoot into the darkness of the black whole before we come out into the new light, and that may take a few thousand years.

The ideal will be for the individual to reject external discipline, but developing self discipline. Become balanced within yourself, flexible and strong. As individuals we can only be free when we are constrained by our own boundaries.

The question is

Are you flexible enough to discipline yourself ?

Are you structured enough to allow yourself the freedom to be chaotic?

Until next time

Lisa