In the balance of our inner divine masculine and divine feminine, lies the profound question: Who are we, if not both the storm and the calm?
Hello Beautiful Souls, I’m glad you are here.
Often throughout history the masculine and feminine have been seen as separate and sometimes in opposition of one another. As gender roles and gender identity shift it is important to reflect on how these divine energies are impacting our inner worlds.
It’s important to note when discussing divine masculine and divine feminine I am not speaking about gender, it is different to male and female. Each energy lies within all of us – just as all things in nature have a duality so do we.
I have written this article as it’s important to reflect and be aware of the balance of energy we have. If we can learn to balance and embrace both divine energies, this empowers us to feel inner peace and strengthen our confidence and authenticity, by being more in touch with our true selves. It also gives us the power to improve our interactions and relationships with others. It even has a collective impact on the world around us.
- Redefine Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Energies
- Historical and Modern Perspective
- Recognising Imbalances in Energies
- Strategies for Harmonizing Divine Energies
- Healing Blockages in Divine Feminine Energy
- Healing Blockages in Divine Masculine Energy
- Benefits of Balancing your Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Energies
- The Collective Impact of Harmonizing Divine Energies.
- Final Thoughts
Redefine Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Energies
When we each hear the words masculine and feminine I’m sure we each have our own understanding and beliefs around these words. The definition of these words might mean different things because of culture, family or societal impacts on us as we form these opinions.
In this context, divine masculine and divine feminine actually refers to representations of different aspects of human experience and consciousness, like different qualities, traits and characteristics. These experiences lie outside of gender, how we were born and how we identify.
Divine Masculine Energy
- Strength
- Logic
- Purpose Driven
- Focused
- Action
- Protection
- Controlled
- Confident and self-assured
Divine Feminine Energy
- Nurturing
- Intuitive
- Compassion
- Empathy
- Receptivity
- Creativity
- Vulnerability
- Confident and self-assured
Historical And Modern Perspectives
Throughout history, the concepts of divine masculine and divine feminine energies have been present in cultural narratives, spiritual traditions and philosophical theories across the world. Ancient civilizations honoured the balance between these energies, embodying them in their deities, myths and societal roles, illustrating a deep understanding of their significance in maintaining harmony within the individual and the community.
Over the centuries, shifts in cultural patterns have led to an imbalance, with divine masculine qualities being overly emphasised in many societies. This imbalance has led to a disconnection from nurturing, intuitive and creative aspects.
Currently, we are witnessing a rebalancing of these energies again. It’s not only about gender equality and understanding gender identity in a new, open way. But it’s also increased knowledge and understanding of the need for each of us to have a more balanced energy.
Example: we have seen a shift in attitudes towards traditional gender roles. Men are now more accepted in nurturing and empathic roles, taking on more domestic responsibilities, and the harmful “boys don’t cry” mentality is being challenged.
Additionally, there is a growing recognition of women’s need for balance in their work and family lives, less pressure to become mothers, and more encouragement to be independent and strong.
Recognising Imbalance in Energies
Divine Masculine Imbalance
- Suppression of emotions
- Aggression and violence
- Hyper-independence
- Relationships become transactional
- Low self-esteem and confidence
- Avoid any perceived vulnerability
- Lack of empathy and compassion
- Obsessed with achievement
Divine Feminine Imbalance
- Over-giving (people-pleasing)
- Self-neglect (prioritising others)
- Emotional overwhelm
- Overactive – can’t just ‘be’
- Neediness due to feeling unworthy
- Self-doubt
- Victim mentality
- Lacking assertiveness
Strategies for Harmonizing Divine Energies
Unblocking and healing our divine masculine and divine feminine energies is so important. But, how do we balance these divine energies?
Meditation – Regular mindful meditation allows you to connect with yourself and reflect on the balance between the two energies and how they are impacting you.
For additional assistance try a heart-opening ceremony using ceremonial cacao.
Journaling – Reflective journaling can help you discover and monitor any blockages in energy and notice how this is impacting you, your relationships and your life.
Movement – engaging in movement can be helpful. A mix of calming and connective movements like yoga or tai chi, helps embrace the smooth and nurturing feminine energy, and strength and weight training, to connect with assertive and powerful masculine energy.
Goal Setting and Visualisation – This is a great activity for balancing energy as it allows the intuitive and reflective feminine energy to create the goals and the structured and assertive masculine energy to work together.
Healing Blockages in Divine Feminine Energy
If you specifically feel you have a blockage in Divine Feminine Energy, you can also try:
Expressing yourself creatively – writing, painting, craft, movement, poetry…the list is endless.
Practising empathy in a healthy way – don’t people please! – You can empathise with someone without getting caught up in their issues or going out of your way to please or help them…leading to the next point.
Setting boundaries and protecting your energy – ensuring you have clear boundaries and you know what you will and won’t put up with or how far you will go to help. Check out my other article on protecting your energy for more tips.
Claim your space – As discussed above, feminine energy has had a more negative connotation within many cultures. This has often led to women feeling they need to dim their light and be apologetic for these feminine traits. Claim your space. Take up space. Be unapologetically YOU!
Healing Blockages in Divine Masculine Energy
If you specifically feel you have a blockage in Divine Feminine Energy, you can also try:
Become comfortable in your skin – Get connected to your body. Do mindful body scans, take care of your skin, and do a bit of self-care and pampering (no one has to know).
Be more accountable and take ownership – An imbalanced masculine energy can get pretty stubborn. To keep it balanced it can be healthy to reflect when you might be digging your heels in and take accountability for actions taken, words said.
Develop self-trust and intuition – Often divine masculine energy can disconnect us from our intuition and our ability to trust our gut instincts. Try to take more time when needing to make decisions and listen to what your body is telling you. Learn to trust yourself again.
Tune into your emotions – Emotional detachment can be hard to overcome because it can be easier and comfortable not to feel negative emotions. but tuning in, allowing yourself to feel the emotion in your body and finding healthy ways to express your emotion (through talking, exercise, writing or scream into a pillow if needed).
Benefits of Balancing your Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine Energies
It is so important to be aware of and work on balancing the yin and yang energies within us for so many reasons. One of the most important reasons is it provides you with the best chance at being the best version of yourself, balanced, authentic and calm.
Embrace Wholeness
Imagine being able to be your true self, without judgment from yourself or worry of other’s opinions. Having a positive and healthy balance between these energies allows us to be our authentic selves, as we accept and love who we are. The good and the bad, we are present and integrated.
Enhancing Relationships
When we love and respect ourselves it also gives us the ability to, more deeply, love and respect others. This understanding and acceptance provides a safe space for those within the relationship to express themselves and receive understanding.
Strengthen Manifestations
Divine feminine energy helps us to explore our inner world and be more in touch with spiritual connections, needs and desires. For this reason, using our feminine energy to manifest and visualise our desired outcomes can strengthen the manifestation process. Divine masculine energy being more about movement and action is the part of us that then takes steps towards bringing these manifestations to fruition.
Balance of Emotions
This kind of seems like an obvious one but with the divine masculine and divine feminine being emotional counterparts it would make sense that embracing both would provide a sense of balance. Divine feminine beings about processing and expressing our emotions. Whilst divine masculine is about stablilty and logic. The two of these together create a beautiful balance.
Flow and Creativity
Similar to strengthening our manifestations when masculine and feminine energy are in flow we are in flow and able to tap into our more creative side. Feminine energy is about creativity and inspiration, whereas, masculine energy is structured and focused. This allows us to have creative ideas and the ability to follow through.
Balanced in Decision Making
When these two energies are working in harmony within us it can make it easier to make decisions. As pointed out above, it provides us with a balance of emotional energy which can be harnessed to make the best decisions for us. Feminine energy provides us with intuition that helps us reflect on what we need and empathy to consider others when needed. Masculine energy helps to analyse and consider the consequences of decisions.
The Collective Impact of Harmonizing Divine Energies.
Achieving balance between divine masculine and divine feminine energies can lead to a society that values empathy, creativity, and cooperation over judgment, competition, and conformity. Harmonizing our inner energies can create a more compassionate, creative, and connected community, from personal to professional interactions. It is a collective evolution towards a more balanced and inclusive world, empowering everyone to find their true power and potential.
Final Thoughts
Balancing our divine masculine and divine feminine energies can empower our lives, create flow within us and improve our relationships. Embracing these aspects of ourselves fosters balance, authenticity, and unlocks our potential, empowering us to thrive individually and collectively.
Take the journey towards inner harmony. Explore practices like meditation, journaling, movement, and setting goals for yourself. Embrace your divine energies to unleash your full power and contribute to a more compassionate world.
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Resources
Masculine and Feminine Energy Balance: How to Find True Inner Union (myspiritualshenanigans.blog)
The Collective Consciousness of Divine Masculine and Feminine Energies (linkedin.com)
Such a refreshing and informative article. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Glad you found it helpful 🙂
Such a great article. I am so happy that we are becoming more aware of these gender roles and are now working to improve the imbalance that has been so engrained in us. Thank you for this!
I am too, its such a better way to live if we can all just be and do what comes naturally. Thanks Katie.
This is such an interesting and helpful article! I love expanding our way of thinking about gender roles.
This is such a beautiful post! I loved learning more about energies and how to heal blockages.
Thanks Catherine. I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it informative.
Thanks Christine, I’m glad you found it interesting.
Interesting and informative post, balancing is important in our lives. This helps people learn about feminie and masculine if they are confused. Great post!
Thanks. Balance is important for everyone, especially to recognise the duality and abilities we all have inside of ourselves.
Great post! I’ve been digging more about this particular topic and this was super helpful to understand even more in depth.
I’m so happy you found it helpful. Its a very interesting topic to explore. Thanks Selene.
Your blog post has been a topic for many but you covered it so well. You are right… it’s all about balance. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Thank you Pauline that’s nice of you to say.
Such an interesting and helpful article! Thank you for talking about how it’s important to balance both masculine and feminine energies inside us. Your ideas are really helpful.
Thanks Ambra. That’s lovely. I hope you got something out of it.
This is such an amazing topic to discuss. Can’t believe I have never thought about this before. You have given me a lot of food for thought.
It is such an interesting topic and not often discussed. I’m happy you found it thought provoking.
What an interesting and informative post. I like that we are looking at traditional gender roles and are questioning those. At the end of the day it’s all about balance I guess. I will continue to ponder the points you have brought up in this post 🙂
That’s great you found it interesting. Its important to look at gender roles and balance.