Bhakti Ananda Swami
[Bhakti Ananda Swami is a diksa disciple of Srila
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in the Gaudiya Vaishnava line
and sannyasa disciple of H.H. Radhanatha Swami.]
“Humans are masculine and feminine, not just genitally
male and female or XY and XX. For physical, mental, affective/emotional
health and ultimately self-realization, people need to understand
themselves and be understood by others on their own terms,
not indiscriminately lumped-in-together in pastoral care, diagnosis
and treatment. There are so many combinations and variations
of the basic types and relationships that ideally there should
be no categories and every precious soul should be understood
individually. However, since this is not possible, then at
least we can make some effort to understand people a little
better, and to stop impersonally merging them all-in-together
under too general and simplistic labels like ‘homosexual.’ By
daring to leave our comfortable denial to ask the right questions,
we can accept the right answers and finally begin to render
sex and gender justice to all of our sisters, brothers and
others. This means honoring the basic beingness of every person,
and recognizing the primacy of persons over their parts.
“May the servitor Lord, and Sri-Sri Radha-Krishna Who are
always busy serving Each Other, deliver us from the desire
to lord-it-over one another like the wolves and wildebeests!
May
we take the time to understand each other and to lovingly help
everyone to spiritually progress in their own unique incarnations.
“Amen, Aum and Hare Krishna!”
(Quoted from the article, Modern Biology and the Concept of a “Third
Sex”)
More on Bhakti Ananda Swami: GALVA-108.org/Modern Biology
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