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Welcome to the penis society | Kristian Stephan-Martin | TEDxUniMelb


welcome to the penis society where our
Western world values these five PS in
the highest actually no let me rephrase
that our Western world is deeply
obsessed with these five piece
performance productivity progression
profit and pace performance how good are
you we need you to be the best
productivity how much can you get done
in the shortest amount of time
progression we really want you to create
something new like something that’s
never been done before profit can you
create something that’s never been done
before and make a couple of billion for
us and pace could you do all that
yesterday so what’s wrong with this is
there anything wrong with this the
answer is yes and no inherently valuing
these things there’s nothing wrong with
that
these are part of what’s called the
masculine the masculine sake the
masculine mentality the masculine way of
doing things and herein lies the problem
we’ve disconnected from the feminine so
before I go any further this is a more
spiritually inclined talk I’m talking
about masculine and feminine I’m talking
about man and woman I’m talking about
it’s like each of us is a cocktail and
the two main ingredients are masculine
and feminine they look differently they
taste differently they’ve got a
different texture whether you’re a man
or a woman boy or a child no matter what
age I believe you have this masculine
and feminine energy in essence to you
it’s like yin and yang so let’s explain
this a little more the masculine is
goal-oriented task focused it wants to
achieve it once out comes once to do
things build things it’s about structure
rigidity it’s about taking off your
to-do list
it’s action it’s it’s stepping forward
the masculine can be symbolized by the
penis it’s erect and it penetrates it
really can see that going out into the
world with purpose and mission and
precision for a cause the feminine the
feminine is about feeling the feminine
is about being it’s about flow and
radiance the juice is here the juice of
life that’s what the feminine is the
feminine is about just feeling what’s
here or not doing anything about it it’s
why the stereotypical joke is men want a
solution and women just want to be heard
the masculine wants a solution the
feminine wants to be held nourished
nurtured understood the feminine in each
of us is deep connection deep connection
to ourself other and the web of life and
it’s receiving the masculine is going
out and making things happen the
feminine is receiving and attracting and
so if if the masculine can be symbolized
by the penis the feminine can be
symbolized by the vagina and just to
really reiterate this has nothing to do
with your biology this is energetics the
vagina receives its warm I know some
some of you would have just gone oh he
said
there’s juice like that’s what it is
it’s its life and juice it’s a feminine
juice so the problem is the problem is
that were connected to the masculine and
disconnected to the feminine how does
that show up individually and as a
society individually we get burnt out
overworked we become overweight but
undernourished there’s a lack of
intimacy in our relationships lack of
love lack of connection we’re
disconnected from enjoyment all our
doing or action can’t get no
satisfaction it’s like no matter how
much you achieve it’s empty and your
creativity actually dries up on a
societal level we have what I call
mindless manufacturing it’s kind of like
what are we doing that for we’re just
like literally we’re in a penis race of
erecting just constant thinks that not
all of them are serving us to the
highest value our systems our structures
our way of living empty doing conflict
and war power plays and money for only a
small percentage of the world and not
widespread lack of empathy lack of
listening and capped creativity and
solutions so can we have the feminine
without the masculine the answer is yes
of course but that’s not where the
majority of society is at right now
however for relevance it would look like
getting lost in an ocean of emotion
being scattered not being able to go out
and do things and just being dictated by
your feelings as I said it’s not as
common so what would a healthy balance
look like a healthy balance is kind of
like a healthy relationship between two
people both parties are heard both are
welcomed by everyone’s wishes their
honors how they feel what they want to
do who they want to be that’s welcome
here that’s accepted instead of like a
healthy relationship is not one person
has all the control all the say not in
my opinion any way you can
see that’s what it’s like but in you and
it might look like let’s push less
struggle less grand hustle more and more
more and more ease more flow but better
results put your hand up if you would
like better results with mores if you
didn’t put your hand up
it could be crazy it would look like
more fulfilled doing your action does
get you satisfaction to me it’s a fuller
and more sustainable way of living it’s
kind of like changing from our current
what cars as they are to Tesla suppose
that a sense of deep connection and work
that doesn’t wipe you out it replenishes
you so imagine coming home from your
nine-to-five instead of just like I’m
feeling great like how good was work
today I was doing something that I loved
and I was in flow the whole time work
that reinvigorates you so this is a
balance between being and doing feminine
and masculine so right now I’m hoping
that most of you have gone oh this is a
pretty good option maybe I should try
connecting to my feminine so that’s what
we’re gonna do and it’s gonna be really
scary it’s gonna be it’s so simple but
it’s gonna scare all of you most of you
because it’s not taught in high school
it’s not taught in your masters it’s not
taught in the boardroom our culture does
not teach this stop and listen to
yourself so I’m gonna guide us through a
breathing exercise to really learn to
connect to our body so I’m gonna I’m
gonna guide all of you we’re gonna
breathe together and then at some point
I’m just gonna let you go and I’ll keep
guiding you but instead of it being
forced it being like okay now I’m ready
now exhale you’re just gonna you’re just
gonna go we’re gonna get a little bit
weird you paid some money you were
invited to open your mind at
start of this if you could change your
life in five minutes or you could have a
practice that you do daily that changes
your life would you want to do that yeah
baby say all together breathing in and
out in and out and now this one take a
longer exhale in and out now make some
sound oh just let a little bit of sound
out so just a sigh oh they don’t go like
this oh and again some more we’re all
weird we just pretend we’re not
breathing like let’s really let it out
again again again oh yeah just bringing
your attention back to me about staying
your body staying your body there’s
nothing you have to learn here you
already know how to breathe how do you
feel right now just tuned in how do you
feel just listening softening into your
body there’s no right or wrong answer
maybe you feel enormous stillness and
groundedness keep your eyes closed if
you want if your blissing out right now
maybe you feel like oh what is this
power that I’ve never connected to
before maybe you feel a little bit of
shame maybe feel none of that maybe just
feel it’s okay that’s all okay there’s
no goal here right that’s the masculine
goals what am I getting from this so
feminine right here it’s like it feels
great wherever you’re at right now just
welcome that it’s no wrong or right
there’s nothing to do and that’s
important there’s nothing to do so how
comfortable are we with our feminine
each of you how comfortable are you with
your feminine
how comfortable are we as a society as
individuals how comfortable you stop in
right we think there’s something wrong
with this
when we procrastinate well I’m
procrastinating I need to do more uni
assignments to-do lists how comfortable
are we with feeling feeling into our
body sexual shame body shame abounds the
whole world right now we’re a culture
afraid to stop
more and more we’re trying to get ahead
without using our heart just like we’re
going to say that again we’re trying to
get ahead without using our heart I
believe we can’t give what we what we
don’t have we can’t teach what we don’t
know if we don’t embody it ourselves if
it’s not within us we can’t give it we
can’t transmit it we can’t pass it on if
we’re so burnt out so fatigued our
spirit has gone our creativity and like
some of you probably my spirits good
I guarantee connecting to the feminine
there’s more there’s always more so
whether you’re fully burnt out chronic
fatigue or you’re feeling great there’s
always more but if if you are
disconnected as most people are from the
feminine because there’s it’s not taught
it’s not taught how to connect to it if
you are disconnected from the feminine
which is life itself writes why we call
it Mother Earth it provides all of her
life everything comes from a mother how
can we expect our dreams our visions our
goals all the things that we have like
the problems we want to solve how can we
expect to put life into that to actually
bring that to life if we don’t have life
in us how can we expect that this is
going to become a physical reality if
there’s no life in us to channel and
pass on to something else it’s body
I believe it connects us to that which
is greater than us great that which is
greater than the mind and the eye than
the ego whether you want to call that
God’s source the universe divine
intelligence whatever I believe that
that is that’s here like in their lack
in the very yes a satirical sense and
that’s right here like that is us
and that connecting to this body is a
portal for that when we cut ourselves it
heals we don’t all right white blood
cells do your thing with platelets get
down there – we don’t chew food and well
hopefully you do – food but we don’t
like esophagus sin that sin that puppy
down stomach pump up the city yes a
little more sever 7.17 point where I do
that it just happens for us what if
there actually is the chance that no
matter what you want to create the first
place was to go was listening to your
body that’s possible I know that’s
possible I want to explain this in the
metaphor of dance I dance salsa and
bachata two forms of Latin dancing with
a partner and when I’m like when I’m
thinking about the moves I’m thinking
that oh is this girl like you should
board is she having a good time and when
I’m in my mind they are dancing but
there’s like this very mechanical
element doesn’t like flow doesn’t feel
as good as it could I might look good to
someone standing why but I know and that
person knows yeah there’s an element of
consciousness or robotic Ness and in
music music goes in rhythms the five PS
they take us out of that rhythm our
natural creativity our natural flow and
when I’m dancing all I have to do is
stop and surrender and I when I let the
music fill me up and move my body and
then pass that on to someone else
communicate that was the person I’m
dancing with we do moves that neither of
us know that’s the wisdom that’s the
magic that’s possible when we let life
move through us without the feminine
we’re just masturbating
it might feel good and just as a side
note if anytime I mentioned sex you had
like it like this is like that’s what
I’m talkin about that’s why me because
this culture is disconnected from our
body without the feminine we’re just
masturbating when the feminine is
flowing through us we’re making sweet
sweet love we’re letting life make love
through us into our creative projects
into our relationships into our life
when I take my partner’s hand I don’t
have the whole dance scripted I go
moment by moment by moment
letting the letting music move me and so
I believe that when we all do this we
were all dance we’re all create we will
all live we will all love we’ll create
more value will do it’s more ease
there’ll be more equality for all and
we’ll do it in a way that is so
beautiful it’s far more powerful and far
more magical then our mind could have
ever scripted alone
[Applause]
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