The Dalai Lama's Amazing Proclamation to Women!

His Holiness the Dalai Lama made a proclamation that stunned the crowd at the recent Peace Summit in Vancouver: "The world will be saved by the western woman." And at Maria Shriver's Women's Conference where I will be speaking again this year, they sold an astounding 14,000 tickets in the first 20 minutes after registration opened. The theme is "Women, the Architects of Change." Something big is stirring among women. And if you're a guy reading this right now, keep reading! We need you, too, and you all have women you work with or are connected to in some fashion.

Most people I meet have a new fear--the fear of not being relevant, the fear of not making a difference, the fear of working on things that don't really matter in the important times of transition we live in. We're hungry to be part of making things better. We want to create, we want to do what we love again and find our voice. We sense intuitively that we have a critical role to play in shaping the future of our world. And yet, so many of us give in to excuses of not being good enough, young enough, smart enough, wealthy enough, creative enough. We still play small, still give in to the "victim" archetype. We still buy into what society's beliefs are and put them right above our own.

Bu we don't really have time for these fears. If I could create a vaccine, instead of the flu one, I'd create one against fear. It's what holds us back, every one of us, in every area of our life. And, while we're holding back, time just moves on faster than ever. We are at a critical time in the evolution of our planet, a time where each one of us is waking up. We feel it. Our intuition is growing more acute. Our inner microphone, as I like to call it, is getting harder and harder to turn off, so that we can't just go along with our normal day. There's a rise in consciousness where we feel more connected to others, a part of something bigger going on, where we each have a role to play. The most important thing isn't to get the promotion, or stay in the marriage, or lose those 10 pounds. The most important thing is for us to remember who we are--why we are here--to do the inner work and find what are our "spiritual" reasons for being on the planet. Yes we do have something great to accomplish. Now. At any age. Wherever we are.

I am passionate about having us all take back our power, whether it be from our spouses, our jobs, our kids, our parents, our weight, whatever or whomever we lent it to. Ask yourself: To whom have I given my power?

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Comments

[Joellen Raderstorf - Huffpost Blogger]

I totally connect with your piece and I urge all reading this post to make way for all voices: women, children, men, even uninformed folks who state thoughts as facts. I work to empower mothers to advocate for the world's children. I'll become a fan to see if there is room for collaboration.

[PorkyDomesticus]

Western women commit most of the child abuse, even when you compare single moms to single dads. American women make up between 18 and 33 % of Americas serial killers, and a gay woman is as likely to beat up her partner as a straight man. Alll this despite the fact that women are from child hood taught to be the nurturing, non violent sex.If this si the group of people that the world has to depend upon for its salvation we may as well let the environment kill us now!

[lamarguerite]

RoseMerry, I do care, even tweeted about this post . . . here:

Can't help but loving this: RT @DalaiLamaCenter "The world will be saved by the western woman." The Dalai Lama. http://bit.ly/rFYgf :)

women, men, we are all in this. I think what the Dalai Lama is referring to is really emergence of the feminine, and how feminine values will save the world. https://twitter.com/MindDeep

[RoseMerry]

Does no one else care about this? 36 hours and just my two comments?

[RoseMerry]

"The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now."
— Joss Whedon

[BuddhaDharma1]

This does not surprise me at all. His Holiness has said that he is a feminist at several public talks. He has also said that the next Dalai Lama might be a women. This last statement has been quoted in several books. He has also said he will NOT reincarnate in Tibet while it is still being oppressed by China. So who knows? Perhaps he will reincarnate in the west and lead women back to their spiritual home. (Most people who study theology without being drawn into religious dogma will tell you that in the distant past most religions were run by women).,

He has done a lot to equalize the education of Buddhist nuns so that they have the same opportunities as the monks. There is a famous story about the Buddhist Goddes Tara who is highly revered in Tibet. She was a most promising student of Buddhism and highly realized. The monks told her she should come back as a man so that she could reincarnate and finish her spiritual journey and become a Buddha. She responded that male/female has no meaning since spiritual beings have perfectly balance aspects of both and in reality can incarnate as either gender. She made a resolution to always come back as woman.