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In the psychology world, transgender has been labeled a disorder. In
the spiritual realm, I see it as a gift from God.
We are all spirits (souls) trapped inside our human shells. Whichever
shell you have been born with, it can be used
as a tool.
Many believe that when we die, our spirit remains intact despite our
bodies decomposition. Others believe in
reincarnation where people come back to this world changing gender
each lifetime. If these theories are true, then
we have no physical gender when we die. We continue to be spirits.
The Gift of Ying/Yang: The belief of the Ying/Yang is where spirits
have balanced both their masculine and feminine
qualities. Since humans are spirit beings, it would be beneficial to
cultivate our Ying/Yang to become ultimate
humans and spiritual beings despite which gender we are.
I believe that Female to Male Transgenders have a benefit over straight
and gays in balancing the Ying/Yang. They
are physically female and live a female lifestyle due to what society
has expected of them while young. Although
many adult transgenders have found that period of their lives extremely
difficult, if looked at diffently, they were
given an opportunity that straights and gays have not been given. Female
to Male Transgenders have the "innate
ability to fully understand the female human being as a whole" even
when they are desiring and transistioning to
become male. The key for an FTM is to cultivate and remember their
ying/yang abilities during all phases of
transistion and not forget your origin.
Love: When a human being falls in love, it is the spirit we fall in
love with, not the persons genitals. Same as when
we die....our spirit remains, but we do not bring our genitals with
us. Thus, love has no gender. For example, gays
and lesbians prefer the same sex. This is what they are attracted to
physically. Straights are attracted to the
opposite sex. This is also their preference physically. I am not saying
preference is a "choice". Indeed, I do not
believe it is. You cannot help who you are attracted to "physically".
And when we are attracted to another human
physically, spend more time with them which helps us see their soul
more, love can develop. However, I do believe
we have the capability of falling in love with any sex despite what
our sexual preferences are. Many, however, feel
it more comfortable falling in love with whomever their preference
is. Others unexpectedly fall in love with someone
outside their preference. This is when love has no gender. The only
complications that may ensue is when the
person cannot get over their "human need" of not having their physical
preference. As human beings, we fight to
balance our spiritual and human side constantly. Feeling "LOVE" for
another human being, despite which gender
they are, is the ultimate feeling one can ever have. So when you question
gender, you are in essence, questioning
you ability to love another spirit.
Sex and Transistioning: Many transgenders prior to their surgeries,
have had hard times with sexual relations.
Some have felt ashamed or uncomfortable with their bodies because that
is not the body they are suppose to have.
Again, I will repeat myself, "we are human shells". The shell can be
used as a tool for many things as well as love
making. During whatever phase of transistion, use your body as a "tool"
for love making. Whatever tool you are at
the time, express yourself in allowing yourself to feel good physically,
emotionally, and spiritually. Enjoy your
experiences in all phases despite the fact you are not where you want
to be in the human sense which is the physical
being you want to be.
The so-called Disorder and Diagnosis: As mentioned earlier, the psychology
field has made transgender a
diagnosis. Society has bashed these people due to ignornance and lack
of knowledge and understanding. Being a
gay or lesbian up until the early 1980's was considered a disorder.
What perplexes me is how was it a disorder 20
plus years ago and it is not today in the year 2001? I find it interesting
how when society opens their minds, what
was a problem before no longer is. Unfortunately, transgenders have
not been freed of their jail sentence by
society. What society hasn't realized is that transgenders are gifted
people who have an advantage over most
straights as well as gays and lesbians with their inborn ability to
easily grasp their Ying/Yang.
The Big Hypocrisy & Contradiction: Society also has a problem with
believing something in which they cannot see.
For instance, does society get hostile about babies who were born with
both sets of genitals? Absolutely not. What it
all comes down to is that society has no problem with someone born
with both physical genders because they can
"see" it. But when it comes to the transgender topic, it is not something
that can be physically so it is immediately
dismissed as unbelievable.
The hypocrisies and contradictions also begin with people who throw
out Bible references about gays, lesbians, and
transgenders. Interesting that they "choose" to see what they cannot
see when it comes to these topics despite the
many contradictions in the Bible. Ever wonder why there are so many
types of Christianity? Why Christianity
stemmed off from Judiasm and why Islam stemmed from Christianity. It
is because people cannot agree on the
writings of the Bible. Unfortunately, there will always be those who
"choose to see what they want to see" in the
Bible, but not see what's in the hearts, minds and souls of the Transgenders.
VLS -- Copyright © 2001 Spiritual Awakenings