Diane Musho Hamilton is a gifted mediator, facilitator and tea

We all  have shadows, or disowned, repressed, dissociated parts of ourselves, and as we grow and develop from one stage to the next, and even as we grow into higher s

Enlightenment knows no differences—no man, no woman, no gender, no sex, no self, and no other. In this context, the question “What is the Integral Feminine?” evokes immediately the sound of a Zen master shouting “Mu!” and the image of a female adept dropping suddenly to her knees in a gesture of spontaneous realization and gratitude.

Any conversation about the Feminine Principle is going to come down to wrestling with the fact that we have a valuing of language that has come from a masculine perspective, whether it is expressed by a man or woman. Masculine means penetrative, functional—“Do something about it!” Whereas the Feminine Principle is being itself—literally the nourishment force of existence, because it is existence itself. Right now, there is a preference for masculine forms of information, and we are trying to break into that with a feminine sensibility.

Spirituality is a complex, confusing, and polarizing force in the world. With so many different definitions of the word, we can barely even begin to start the conversation. Some equate spirituality with mysticism as described by the great philosophers; but with the infiltration of New Age concepts of spirituality, many are not sure what the word means anymore. Some don’t distinguish spirituality from religion, while others identify themselves as spiritual but not religious.