Hi Incognito,
What I say obviously will only be my opinion here, but has been touched on earlier in the thread and elsewhere. TBH, I’m fleshing these ideas out as I speak -- in my own life still. No, I am not trans – but I mean as far as approaching life as wholistically (I almost hate that word as it’s been "taken over" by New Agers, etc.) as possible. This is a “general discussion” section, but as mentioned below, maybe an extra forum section is needed for clarity/confusion on any appropriate topic
To me, life is a multi-layered and inter-related experience. How taking a wholistic approach ‘might’ relate here:
Spiritual – Did one decide before coming into this world on the experience they would have? In this case, did you take on this challenge for your sake, and for those around you for some higher purpose, an example is being a "male" in a "female body" and what does that look like whether surgery happens or not? Or conversely, is there a past/relative universe life as a male that either ‘made sense’ to you so much or even that you can’t let go of because of any negative experiences, so in that case it could be a previous trauma that needs to be healed before accepting the life you have right now?
Psychological – Related to the spiritual, but what feelings are you actually feeling and why [sitting with it and see what happens]. What does your inner identity/purpose say it is before being ‘fleshed out’ in your body. Is our psyche really male or female? What does male or female mean? Can we be both somehow? Have we [unfortunately] allowed other views to shape us in our experience, in ways that are “unhealthy” (whatever that is)? Were we affected in the womb with outside influences, just as there have been babies musically/scientifically taught during that time?
Physical – There is the big pharma issue for sure, as mentioned before in this thread. But also, how are things coded into our cells with the spiritual and psych. issues, childhood experiences, etc. Can recoding be done and how? Quantum physics – if a particle can exist in more than one place at the same time (double-slit experiment), then the story of our body or mind’s cells are somehow fleshing out our experiences. Not just the law of attraction of wishing something into existence (I hate that teaching too, sorry), but the energy of our cells are co-creating with God into our very experiences?
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I think possibly, there could be a ‘wholistic’ forum section for the purposes of seeing things from a more complete perspective, even if all the answers aren’t known yet.
E.g. I have heard that when one heals from various physical ailments, that many psych. issues can be cleared up as well, or vice-versa (Dr. Christianne Northup has some examples in her medical practice); in my former Christian experience (I'm not Christian now, FYI), a doctor had reminded me of an example in scripture about God trying the ‘reins’, Jer. 17:10 (reins is “kidney” in the original language, and you will see that word on certain supplements in the health food store); and in Chinese medicine, the kidneys symbolize the “will” and “beliefs”. Further in Chinese medicine, there is the body clock (http://pathways4health.org/2010/03/04/the-chinese-body-clock-energy-patterns-through-24-hours/ )– where at certain times of day, there will be an emphasis on certain organs – e.g. if you wake up at the same time every night, it is possible that either a physical organ/system is going through something, needing some extra support AND/OR what that organ symbolizes can give a clue as to what is going on too. Another Bible example – “bowels of compassion”, where I used to work, we had found that many many people had intestinal issues; is it no wonder why there is so much war going on in the world [the golden rule being missed]? Another look at relatedness is Dr. Bernard Jensen’s graphics on the eye (http://joedubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Iridology-Simplified-Bernard-Jensen.pdf )and colon (http://www.naturalhealth365.com/images/intestines-chart.pdf )with the corresponding organs. I’ve also seen charts for teeth as well . . .
We tend to separate the various parts to our lives, and to some degree that is necessary for our minds to grasp a concept. However, if we are one being, whatever that means – then maybe, just maybe, we can look at something from what seems to be a different perspective, and yet it’s tackling the exact issue we want to address but from a different angle. So, how it relates to you, only you can figure the answer out, whatever it is, and it will feel right (even if the truth comes in bits at a time).
To me from a physical perspective – I am fairly confident that pharma is a huge problem, playing with all of our hormones! And it’s almost like, we need people with ‘abnormal’ hormonal issues to make and enforce the related laws [i.e. “big pharma, get the hell out of treating us like lab rats”] to deal with this, ha. I am half-joking here, but I am also serious – meaning, that your experience is valid and further, should be studied from a completely open, compassionate, and even logical approach because no-one knows the whole truth by him/herself and we need each other. If one part hurts, then the whole hurts, literally and figuratively. Also, we need the best of the best [including those who are just
willing to think in their areas of expertise] of spirituality, science, philosophy, psychology, etc. to come together saying, i.e. “This is what we think is happening from this perspective – what does your group have to say that can confirm/deny this”. The discussion has to start somewhere, but if the concept is true that there is wholeness, then sooner or later, there will be a consensus that we can just see as truth being confirmed everywhere and without any preconceived agenda going into the quest – do we dare?
Like Haich said, and I agree, this specific topic is coming more to the fore as of late. Obviously, there are big agendas at play, e.g. the issues of hormones & feminism happening at the same time. In the health world, we would always ask the client – if you are experiencing a symptom, then how long has it been, and what was happening at the time prior which may have contributed to it (physically, foods, emotionally, familial/other relations, environmentally, etc. etc.).
It may take a bit of a miracle for something to happen, or 100th monkey syndrome where a revolution of sorts will happen (in my lifetime, who knows), but more along the lines of . . . “we just don’t need ‘this system of me-good and you-bad’ anymore because we are tired of it” and then we’ll just drop all of our weapons accordingly. I’ll quickly say, I am not matriarchal or patriarchal – and truly feel that the world if it will continue, will move into a meld of the two and we just don’t have a clue what that is going to look like yet. We need BOTH, in my humble opinion.
The micro and the macro is the
same thing IMO – we just can’t see it yet . . . it’s as detailed or complex as you want it to be, but always works as a whole.
Sorry for being SO wordy, I hope I said something useful and understandable. I hope you find peace through your struggle.