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Did you know that there are at
least 86 different human gender identification categories that
we live with every day on planet earth? Further, did you ever
think about the significant learning impact individual gender
identification has on each living soul? We have a mix of
clearly identifiable and vaguely understood genetic
characteristics that truly impact our daily decisions about life
and the way of the world. There is a purpose to these
patterns. They are part of the choices we make when we are
planning an incarnate lifetime on planet earth. Each set of
incarnate characteristics and tools has a very specific
purpose. Part of the challenge is to identify the purpose,
challenges and rewards in an incarnate entity’s total tool kit,
including gender characteristics. These gender qualities are
selected prior to birth as part of the overall incarnation
pattern of opportunity and growth.
One
influencing factor is a set of soul memories. We combine life
goals and tasks with soul memories to determine which challenges
we wish to tackle in an individual lifetime. We select cultural
and economic situations, along with physical and emotional
characteristics. Then we put our combined traits into action in
a living human being on planet earth to experience challenge and
opportunity in our everyday lives. A very important aspect of
this total life tool kit is our individual gender identification
package. It is not random, nor accidental. It is carefully
planned and executed for each lifetime.
Current
societal norms often demean and punish that which is not easily
understood, And just that attitude may be exactly why a soul
would select a gender identification that either emulates or
challenges the norm. Cultural patterns provide significant
challenges and affirmations for selected patterns. Individuals
select environments that will activate and/or test those urges
they imprint prior to birth. Otherwise there would be no
educational purpose to them. Cultural beliefs simply provide
affirmations for various components of the incarnation package.
Many times
the choices are based on immediately past incarnations. When a
soul has spent multiple lifetimes in one gender, it can be
difficult to shift. And that can create great longing for what
society often terms inappropriate urges and behaviors. Also it
can cause jealously, hatred and great fear, depending upon
recent experiences.
Some of the
diverse tools a soul selects include physical traits, family
background and current situations, health issues, disposition
and character traits, etc. The one tool few recognize is gender
identity. With that always comes a full set of genetic and
situational challenges which last throughout a lifetime. The
heterosexual, homosexual and bi-sexual alike have to deal with
fears, resections, successes, techniques, urges and a myriad of
other challenges.
Determining
an identity that will compliment and enhance all of the other
combined traits is a delicate and challenging selection
process. It takes careful planning, not random happenstance.
The rambunctious and outgoing child of the 50's with a
mesmerizing voice, swivel hips and soulful eyes would not likely
have made it into everyone’s heart and home if Elvis had chosen
to be a female or a homosexual. Instead he dealt with his
sexuality and relationship issues from a dominant heterosexual
male perspective that often taxed his soul to the limits. Or a
seductive, introspective and frightened male child of the same
era would not have been able to establish and attack the same
type of life challenges that Marilyn Monroe did.
As you have
likely surmised, there are a wide variety of sexual
characteristics beyond the generally accepted male and female.
The category of each is again resplendent with a verifiable
smorgasbord of options that can be pieced together to set the
stage for learning and challenges. Male and female are actually
identifiers on a gonadal continuum. We recognize genitalia as
markers that are expected to define emotion and behavior. That
is far too limited. There is much more to the picture.
Think of it
as a teeter totter (continuum) on a fulcrum of neutrality with
prominent male characteristics on one end and predominant female
on another. Then think of a sliding bar that could be placed
anywhere on that continuum. You would find strong, dominant
males, and soft feminine females along with gentle males and
domineering females, and every permutation between. You would
even find the androgynous characteristics spanning a narrow band
in the middle that exhibit a nearly equal blend of all aspects.
Some would have you think that androgyny is the ultimate goal of
both genders. That isn’t true. It is simply one range of the
spectrum.
Crossing
this teeter totter at right angles is another continuum. And
that is sexual preference. Again the two polar points are
heterosexual and homosexual, with bisexual landing somewhere
between. An entity is born with certain proclivities and ample
opportunities to make decisions based on those urges as they
interact with pure gender. It is clear when a soul has selected
one of the polar extremes. And it may be fairly clear for the
middle ground, or bi-sexual. The difficulties come for the
mid-ranges. These are entities who may be tempted or frightened
by pre-determined urges that don’t fit the expected norms. A
female may be midrange between middle b-sexual and polar
heterosexual. Vague feelings and curiosities may either
intrigue or terrify her. She has to decide what her own morals
and beliefs are and how they fit in with her behavior. That
helps her define her entire personality in many ways. It is an
integral part of the life entity experience. It is never
happenstance.
Appearance
behavior is on another cross-piece. That has to do with
transvestitism. Does the traditional gender identification fit
that entity’s concept of body showcasing? In modern society,
2omen have far fewer challenges with this issue. Men have the
biggest challenges. In other historical time frames it was just
the opposite. Males could parade themselves in effeminate
trappings while females had very strict boundaries they were
expected to honor. Anyone who crosses those boundaries has a
whole new set of learning opportunities to experience.
The concept
of transsexual yearnings is yet another learning experience some
souls are brave enough to experience. Being born with a brain
chemistry in direct opposition to physical genitalia is a clear
challenge. The degree of dissatisfaction due to placement on
the continuum can lead to all sorts of self-mutilations and
enhancements, not to mention social challenges. No wonder so
few actually take this style of personal challenge in modern
societies.
Asexuality,
hermaphroditism, sexually neuter, and the newly discovered X-Y
chromosome imbalance are still more examples of gender identity
tools that can be utilized for profound learning opportunities.
The lists of possibilities are mind boggling when you think of
it in this way.
Another
influence is the emotional balance of each individual as it
relates to social pressures and gender identity. This, too, is
a sliding scale that can influence individual who are balanced
somewhere between the polar extremes in these various
categories. For a polar male heterosexual, there is absolutely
no temptation toward homosexuality. There is also no
understanding or compassion for others who are increasingly less
polarized and find themselves tempted by social situations. The
social pressures would not have any impact if there weren’t
basic potentials from pre-birth. So it is clear that social
pressures can truly influence and challenge individuals with
less clearly defined positions on each gender continuum. And
since social placement is a soul choice prior to birth, it is
undoubtedly a carefully crafted component of the incarnate
entity’s life profile.
So far I
have identified 86 cross-category combinations that can identify
a soul’s gender identification in an individual lifetime.
HETEROSEXUAL: 7 categories
HOMOSEXUAL: 10 categories
BI-SEXUAL:: 14 categories
ASEXUAL:: 4 categories
TRANSSEXUAL:: 16 categories
TRANSVESTITE: 16 categories
X-Y IMBALANCE: 8 categories
HERMAPHRODITE: 8 categories
NEUTER: 1 category
When you add
that to the other building blocks that set the stage for a
particular lifetime, you can begin to appreciate the enormous
job it must be and how much care it must take to develop a
complex human life. Then you can appreciate the gift of
learning that our own unique gender identification package is.
Since the ultimate goal is to love oneself and select
consistently loving behaviors and attitudes, these trials are
often some of the more demanding. With that comes insight and
acceptance of our own choices and the choices of those sharing
life with us. Isn’t it wondrous? |
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