LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2024 (India West, by Preity Upala): One of the most pertinent issues of our time is equality, specifically, gender parity and women’s rights. Despite enjoying more freedom and rights than ever before in the history of human existence, women today are struggling to fully embody and express their true feminine nature. Suffice it to say, feminism today has a Branding problem! It doesn’t consider that men and women are different, that they are not supposed to be the same; that each has their own spiritual purpose and that one marries perfectly into the other. In this pursuit of “Equality of Outcome”, we are finding a reversal of the gender balance where the women are becoming harder, the men softer and almost ashamed of their masculine power. I have a completely different perspective on the topic of feminism and female empowerment. Are men and women equal? Do we honor the feminine? Do we value our women? Are our women empowered? You see, in Sanatana Dharma, this is not even a question that will arise. These seem to be questions that haunt the west and in contrast are not prevalent within Hinduism.

When looking at the Goddess energy, we see that there are so many faces to it. The benevolent Lakshmi, the fierce Kali, the powerful Durga, the compassionate Parvati, the sensual Quan Yin, the playful Radha, the wise Saraswati among others. We have all these different elements of the Goddess within us. Hinduism teaches us to embrace it all and not give up our essence to be something in the world. Sanatana Dharma is as timeless as it is contemporary. The answers that the world is searching for lies in wisdom tradition. The Hindu scriptures say: “In woman, is the form of all things, of all that lives and moves in the world. There is no jewel rarer than woman, no condition superior to that of a woman.” For me personally, Shakti has played a great role in shaping me into the kind of woman I am in the world today. It has taught me the balance of Yin and Yang, to receive and exert. It has taught me to find my power in charm, softness, vulnerability and love rather than force.

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