From
within and ‘whitout’ us the
tenant is watching... |
In
this edition of Feminenza Magazine, you will find various
articles referring to these lives
and thus we thought it might be
useful to provide you with some
background information. We can
only provide you with a few
pointers, as we could write a whole
magazine about each of these lives
and all the related areas. In the
articles you will find the four
described as characters, actresses
and lives. They all represent
different aspects of how these
dynamics find an expression in us.
These lives can also be discerned
in the male gender in the form of, ‘
The Male’, ‘The Man’, ‘The
Gentleman’ and ‘The Tenant’,
(the same for both genders).
However their natures will
manifest in different ways.
We will probably come back to
this in later editions.
The Female
She relates to our body and the full potential
that we are born with. The first 12 years
of life are very important for her formation,
but also after this time she will develop further
and go through changes such as puberty
and the menopause. The ‘Female’ in us
has a limited view of the world around her;
you could say that she wears ‘blinkers’. She
likes to focus her attention on one thing
and to give that her full concentration. By
nature she has a strong instinct, which tells
her very clearly what is and is not good for
her. It depends on the development of the
other three lives as to what degree she can
learn to translate these instinctive feelings.
When the ‘Female’ is still young, these
instinctive feelings can often be misread as
obstinate or awkward behaviour, because
she feels something which she wants to respond
to, but does not have the consciousness
yet to know why it is like that.
The Woman
This life comes into ‘action’ during and after
puberty and this is when we start getting to know her. From this time
on we not only
have to deal with the ‘Female’, but we
have the ‘Woman’ as well. Maybe we can
all remember that at the time of puberty
our horizon was broadened dramatically,
we started to look at the world in a very
different way and wanted new adventures.
This all has to do with the budding ‘
Woman’ in us. She is very capable and
has a 360° view - is it not true that children
sometimes have the feeling that their
mothers have eyes in the back of their
heads? She can manage many things at
once and juggles many priorities and tasks.
She fulfils the manager’s role for the four
lives and often organises those around her,
like her family and friends. The ‘Woman’ takes care that
all aspects of her life are
handled well. Further, by nature she radiates
warmth and encouragement, which
everyone feels drawn towards and wants
to be close to. At the same time she can
be very direct, making it clear when things
are not as they should be. Although she is
very capable, the range of things to be
handled can sometimes become too much
for the ‘Woman’. Thus she is the life who
can be quite reactive to stress (and the ‘
Female’ will suffer the physical consequences
of that).
The Lady
She fulfils the central role within the ‘band’ of
the four lives. Although the potential of the ‘Lady’ is
present from the moment of birth, it does not automatically appear,
like
the ‘Female’ and the ‘Woman’. This is a
life which will be developed or not, and the
degree of her development will be determined
by the purposes of a person’s life
and what she learns from her experiences.
She has all round vision but can also ‘climb
higher’ to get an overview of a situation.
The ‘Lady’ represents the wisdom that you
gather in your life and she monitors the
needs of the ‘Female’ and the ‘Woman’ on
the one hand and on the other, she listens
to what the ‘Tenant’ has to say about what
may be the next step on your journey.
You could say that she is a kind of ‘Mistress
of Ceremonies’, who weighs the intricate
balances of the needs of the different lives
in you and tunes them into each other,
so that they can work together to achieve
the goals you have defined. The ‘Lady’ refines
and develops all the time, so as to become better at what she does.
The Tenant
The word ‘Tenant’ comes from the verb ‘
Tenir’ in the French language, which means ‘
to keep’. In both the English and Dutch language the same word
has been adopted from the French root, and in our research
we found a few meanings such as ‘
Occupant’. Also we came across a very
interesting Dutch reference namely, ‘Keeper
of the Shield’. In previous centuries, the ‘
Shield’ represented what a Lord and Lady
of that House stood for. It described with
pictures and colours what they stood
against, what they were connected to and
what their purpose in life was. This gives a
good inroad to begin to understand an
aspect of what the ‘Tenant’ is to do with,
within the context of the four lives. You
could say that she is the keeper of the
deeper motives of your life, it is what you
are cognisant and conscious about and
what you have decided you want to be
connected to. She is the magic carpet rider,
unrestricted in her possibilities and free to
become whatever she chooses. ‘The Tenant’ has
a very refined nature, and thus she asks for continuous development
to become
more sensitive and able in translating the
messages this life has for her. She is not
static, but from every new experience
where she is caused to have new insights
and a greater consciousness, the ‘Tenant’ develops a
bit more. |
