PR Straight Talk

Today is Mother’s Day.  It’s about honoring the person who gave us life and unconditional love.  Mothers everywhere, whether human or animal, are God and Nature’s expression of nurturance, kindness and comfort.  They epitomize that which every living being on this planet cherishes - the need for love, the need for acceptance and the certain knowledge that there is someone in the world who makes us feel truly valued. 

The fact that mothers exist is a universal statement that God and Nature affirms Life, and the sacredness of Life.  Mothers are an affirmation of Life, and of the Feminine Principle that embraces Life.   Through so much of human history, this Feminine Principle has been in decline, and the Masculine Principle has been dominant.  For sure, the masculine ethos is vital in creation and building - but when it predominates to the exclusion of the feminine factor, we have a recipe for power struggles and war.

The majority of the Earth’s surface is water - a feminine element.  There is no subtle hint here that God and Nature designed a world that expresses the Feminine as the preeminent energy.  It is time for us on this planet to come together embracing the Feminine principles of love, tolerance, sharing, and of dialogue and understanding.  The Masculine principle complements the Feminine, but must not be overshadowed by it.  We must learn to live with both, and to move forward as technology, a masculine force, allows the Heart to combine in a fulsome way with it - so as to create true Peace on Earth. 

The great actor Spencer Tracy played Thomas Edison in a movie about the great inventor’s life.  At the end of the movie, a great Testimonial dinner was given to the inventor of the phonograph and the electric lightbulb.  In his acknowledgement, Tracy as Edison made a plea.  His exhortation was that we not allow technology to overshadow the human Heart - for that would be a recipe for catastrophe.  That was well before World War II and the rise of Nazism.

In other words, we must not allow the Masculine Principle to overshadow the Feminine Principle.  Advice from a great intellect - but also wisdom from a great sage.  Advice to be honored on Mother’s Day.