The power of the meek is true power—to absorb, receive, convert, and send back into the world as love. To believe otherwise is to take on an idea of power that is not a feminine version of power and not what woman is here to bring.
The masculine version of power is useful when held in the context of others who will take on the mantle of their version of power. He does not have the power to stop true power. No one does. But as one who is currently holding power, he feels the responsibility to not release the baton until it is clear that others will step up to hold power.
Picketing and demonstrations are outward displays of unintegrated power. For women, the real work is to develop the capacity to hold and bring power into the world. To do this she must drive anger and outrage in such a way that it gets converted into the capacity to affect change by bringing the power she is here to bring.
There is a stroke-by-stroke experience of dismantling the lack of power in herself, and asking real questions, such as, "How might I benefit from feeling powerless?" One benefit is she does not have to cultivate, pro- liferate, and educate the world on the Erotic truths that lie within her, such as the truths of intuition, call, and the communication that happens between nervous systems.
She has used these to her benefit but has done so secretly or even unconsciously, with the excuse that others would think she is crazy or burn her at the stake. Is she willing to reveal herself and train others to see, instead of continuing to say she is invisible? Is she willing to forego her allowance while she learns to become self-sufficient so she can offer something rather than demand or beg for scraps? Is she willing to forego approval?
Is she willing to forego shelter and protection while she builds her own? Is she willing to go into the wilds of conscious- ness for herself and carve out what the path of feminine consciousness looks like? How it welcomes and how it is distinct? Is she willing to bring her specific gifts to the table and develop the bodies and minds necessary to carry those gifts rather than conform to the images that get her bene- fits?
Is she willing to stop with the one-downmanship-as-power game that has evolved among marginalized people, where she gets points for being the worst off, and instead, focus on the specific and unique contribution to a larger consciousness that only she can bring? Are women willing to develop a whole sphere of woman where they "put each other on each other's albums" so that each gets to be a star but becomes so by making sure that everyone is heard?
Most importantly, is she willing to take hold of, learn, and wrestle with power itself, with sexuality, and build it from the ground up as a power source for all? Is she willing to stop merely accepting, tolerating, or feeling harmed by it, but instead claim, own, and run it? To not cry about how she got hurt by it, but to have such masterful skill with it that she bends it for the healing of herself, each other, and the world? Is she willing to take that level of responsibility for power?
Can she allow power to course through her so she recognizes her unique value? To stand up with the backbone of one who can both bend and stand straight. To build a world beautiful and resilient enough to hold and welcome all. To give men a break from always claiming the adult position and allow them to admit they didn't know any better. Is she willing to show them the better way, how a woman does it, with love?
When she does this, she has taken on the mantle of feminine power. She will stand emanating a light that shifts the consciousness of any who encounter it, because that is what a woman can do. She does not need or want a hammer. She will welcome all who are willing to do the work to make it to her—and it will require work, on their part and hers. They will be tired and hungry for what she has not brought forth for so long, for the power that radiates from her, like electricity—the missing food of the soul.
True power in woman is the willingness and ability to turn and face herself and the projections placed on her. To turn toward all that has been labeled as dangerous, evil, and too much, and to face these projections on her terms. What do these qualities look like from the inside out, rather than the outside in? When a woman is willing to turn toward the original concept of woman as evil and no longer contort herself in relationship to it, but reclaim it and discover that what has been called evil has not had enough love, she can then embody the full Erotic expression of woman.
Woman's power lies in her capacity to draw forth and receive. She must know, recognize, and accept this and then cultivate her power. So many in the world walk around stuffed with this backlog of love or they've thrown it in a place where it cannot be truly received. So much of the world feels rejected, or that their love is not important. But, with her power, she can draw forth and receive the best of love from others, to have them feel the outflow from the depths of who they are, so they feel the impact of their love. To feel this transforms, expands, and resets what is possible.
The only domain where this capacity is recognized is in having a child and then experiencing how she is capable of loving more than she thought possible. If we want people to be empathic and intelligent, there is no more potent way than to make ourselves the vessel to receive their love so they can see the power of it. Someone who does not know the power of their love does not know their impact, and someone who does not know their impact can cause harm without thinking it matters.
It is not until she knows how deeply important she is—how who she is affects and influences others—that she will be able to direct power for its receptive capacity. She does not know this until she has a feedback loop that lets her feel how she moves others.
This is what a woman's reception can do; it can show people their true power.
