In this age of gender diffusion, the science of mind brings forth the ancient wisdom that Cosmic Consciousness consists of both genders, he and she. The cognitive principle is identified as “he” and the operative principle as “she”.
This super-existential dual entity—cognition and the operative principle—has been depicted as “half man, half woman”. This image, or concept emerged in India a couple of thousand years ago. Shrii Sarkar reflects:
Ashdei-San, DeviantArt.com
I saw the figure of the half female, half male Shiva in one of the 108 temples on the Burdwan-Guskara Road to the west of Burdwan town. The half man, half woman deity is a personification of a philosophical idea: that cognition and creative force – knowledge and energy – work in harmony. Energy is a blind force. A little child may die of electrocution, because electricity is merely a form of energy devoid of consciousness; being a blind force, it never stops to think that it is killing an innocent child. Thus, there should be proper coordination between energy and cognition. This energy, unless guided and controlled by consciousness, may indulge in destructive activities. Thus, all the actional expressions of the qualifying principle are performed only on the vast body of Supreme Consciousness. If energy takes one step away from the body of consciousness, it may be harmful. So, the half man, half woman deity is a symbolic form of this creation by consciousness and energy. Consciousness is only working as a witnessing entity and controlling the movements of energy with His characteristic firmness, simplicity, and love for creation.[1]
Thus, if anybody wonders whether the Great is he or she or anything else, the rational thing is to say that the Great is something greater than gender and comprises both masculine and feminine principles. The goal of Ananda Marga meditation is to transcend both the mundane and the supra-mundane and merge with the Supreme.
