Whenever I see frothy waves wash over a sandy beach, often crossing one another to form beautiful patterns, I imagine a woman's lacy lingerie. After all, the ocean is commonly viewed as a powerful embodiment of feminine energy: flowing, wild, uncontrollable and shapeshifting. Its tides are associated with the moon, another feminine symbol. Lace garments both reveal and conceal, embodying the fact that the feminine principle of paradox is a hallmark of all true spirituality. Religious fundamentalism attempts dividing up all of life into dualistic opposites: absolute right and wrong, true and untrue, saved and lost, scriptural and unscriptural. Mature spirituality, by contrast, always involves a both/and approach that ferrets out the truth contained within each seeming opposite.
Photo: Waves and sea stacks at Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, WA; July 26, 2013
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