Taken from the wall of Rishabh Kumar Whenever someone has asked me to get in touch with my feminine side I have often found myself how much more effeminate do they want me to become, given the level of emasculation and male shaming in the human society today. I have asked such people to get in touch with their masculine side. When questioned if thats even a thing and asked for evidence, I have asked them to visit a Gurudwara and see some Sikh women there. Sikhs had many things right. Why is the answer to equality be the emasculation of men? A community or our society can celebrate masculinity and be just as equal. Sikhism is the living evidence of that. And it throws sand in the face of all modern feminist dogma. Picture those old Sikh men and sometimes women in the battlefield, flying with their swords and shields.... unstoppable. Affable, honourable and happy people in their personal lives, but come threat to the existence of their or any larger community they are part of, ready like lions to not just act out in anger for the sake of self defense, but technically prepared to give any attacker a sound beating. The origins of the feminine side comes from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung whose work had a lasting effect not only on psychiatry but philosophy as well. He propounded that in both Men and Women, there exists a female inner consciousness (anima) and a male inner consciousness (animus). The outward physiological appearance and functions of both genders represses the anima in men and animus in women, since both consciousnesses are possessed by both genders. So where did all the talk of women getting in touch with their masculine side in pop culture disappear? Ill give you a hint *cough* 60s feminism *cough*. The Sikh faith, and culture is a celebration of the animus, and epitomizes all that is good in masculinity. It embraces masculinity in its totality. The beards, the long flowing manes, self-defensive and technical combat skills that teach more about honour, justice and sensitivity than violence. This is is why picking up the sword is the last resort in Sikhism. And when it is taken up, it is emphasized that your mind should exercise any restraint from committing injustice. Rather one should fight against injustice. Both on the battlefield and at a spiritual level. Few sights are more comforting that a smiling Sikh friend. Unfortunately the bad bits of feminism have also reached them. In this emasculated clean shaven, pedicured, hyperfeminized male, the modern Sikh youth is under immense pressure. Those that are strong willed last through a phase that starts from childhood and and ends at the threshold of manhood. Others dont. What happened? We cherished these qualities in men once upon a time. Since when did we start mocking men for merely existing? Dear Sikh friends considering losing their hair, please reconsider. You are the only faith in the world that celebrates masculinity as it should be. At the same time it pushes for a gender neutral society. No matter how he world looks at you in changing times, your resolve remains unshaken. Thats a quality worth dying for. That is why the Gurus would much rather lose their heads than their hair. In the video below are the martial artists of Anandpur Sahib school of Gatka, which is associated with the Gatka Federation of India. If the Gatka done for sport is so intimidating, imagine how grand it would have seemed on the battlefield. These beautiful young men of Gatka Federation have kept an old tradition alive. Anandpur Sahib Akhara produces the best Gatka martial artists anywhere in the world.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:01:06 +0000
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