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Mary: Either for comment today or in the [[future]] relating to the [[topic]] we discussed about [[gender]], I have been reflecting for some months on [[roles]], trying to understand myself, my roles, and [[Part 3|our planet's history]] of devaluating what it sees as [[female]] traits and overvaluating traditional [[male]] traits. I realize we each have the full [[spectrum]] of [[potentials]], leaving it to us as to which we express. I'd like to hear more comment on the [[discovery]] of oneself. I'd like to not fall back solely on [[emulating]] those I admire, self-[[discovery]] without confusion with societal [[values]] or being overshadowed by others' personalities.

Mary: Either for comment today or in the [[future]] relating to the [[topic]] we discussed about [[gender]], I have been reflecting for some months on [[roles]], trying to understand myself, my roles, and [[Part 3|our planet's history]] of devaluating what it sees as [[female]] traits and overvaluating traditional [[male]] traits. I realize we each have the full [[spectrum]] of [[potentials]], leaving it to us as to which we express. I'd like to hear more comment on the [[discovery]] of oneself. I'd like to not fall back solely on [[emulating]] those I admire, self-[[discovery]] without confusion with societal [[values]] or being overshadowed by others' personalities.

Elyon: I will make a comment today and will make [[effort]] to [[prepare]] lessons for the [[future]] on this topic as it is broad and quite involved, for to those of you who have yet to be released from your first form of life, your [[bodies]], it can be [[emotional]]. Once you have been [[resurrected]] in a [[morontial]] form, some of the discussion about your [[gender]] will become unnecessary. But since you all lack this [[experience]] as yet, we must [[explain]] more. Reflect one moment on the [[fact]] that every one of you exists, though different in gender from the opposite sex, has each been created by both. You are the [[merger]] of these two forms of your [[species]]. You apparently [[express]] one of these two. However, you are in [[reality]] a combination of both. You might say it is like one who is right-handed and one who is left-handed. All the [[functions]] of handness are present no matter the [[configuration]] of the digits and the palm. Each of you can equally [[express]] the qualities of both sexes. Some of the [[transitions]] going on in your [[society]] today regarding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation sexual orientation] is expressive of the [[reality]] that you all contain the qualities of your [[parental]] origin. On a world that is [[maternal]] in orientation [[wars]] are less prevalent. However, oftentimes the wars that have taken place are to eliminate or greatly reduce the numbers of the [[aggressive]], lesser sex, the males, in order to [[attain]] [[peace]]. On this world aggression attains rulership; on other worlds [[aggression]] has been forcefully restrained. Yet, you see in both the application of a [[technique]], that being war, in order to effect different ends.

Elyon: I will make a comment today and will make [[effort]] to [[prepare]] lessons for the [[future]] on this topic as it is broad and quite involved, for to those of you who have yet to be released from your first form of life, your [[bodies]], it can be [[emotional]]. Once you have been [[resurrected]] in a [[morontial]] form, some of the discussion about your [[gender]] will become unnecessary. But since you all lack this [[experience]] as yet, we must [[explain]] more. Reflect one moment on the [[fact]] that every one of you exists, though different in gender from the opposite sex, has each been created by both. You are the [[merger]] of these two forms of your [[species]]. You apparently [[express]] one of these two. However, you are in [[reality]] a combination of both. You might say it is like one who is right-handed and one who is left-handed. All the [[functions]] of handness are present no matter the [[configuration]] of the digits and the palm. Each of you can equally [[express]] the qualities of both sexes. Some of the [[transitions]] going on in your [[society]] today regarding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation sexual orientation] is expressive of the [[reality]] that you all contain the qualities of your [[parental]] origin. On a world that is [[maternal]] in orientation [[wars]] are less prevalent. However, oftentimes the wars that have taken place are to eliminate or greatly reduce the numbers of the [[aggressive]], lesser sex, the males, in order to [[attain]] [[peace]]. On this world aggression attains rulership; on other worlds [[aggression]] has been forcefully restrained. Yet, you see in both the application of a [[technique]], that being war, in order to effect different ends.

I will pause in my comments here and return to this [[topic]] at another time.

I will pause in my comments here and return to this [[topic]] at another time.