Difference between Masculine and Feminine Energies
Our feminine energy is our capacity for intuition, emotional expression and the state of being; while our masculine energy is our capacity for structure, assertiveness and state of doing.
Our masculine energy likes to create structures and follow rules. It is disciplined, determined, goal-oriented, ambitious, direct, logical, and thinks in a linear mode. The feminine energy on the other hand, is dynamic, flowing, flexible, free spirited, open, thinks in a cyclical mode and meanders around structures to find possibilities.
The masculine energy is active but protective or guarding. The feminine energy is passive but nurturing.
The masculine energy relates by competing and dominating; while the feminine energy relates by collaborating and sharing.
The masculine is like the rain; it is penetrative, objective and designed to give. The feminine is like the earth, it is cooperative inclusive collective and designed to receive.
The masculine energy’s greatest power is his assertiveness, physical strength, and logical reasoning while the feminine energy’s greatest power is in her sensuality, intuitiveness and creativity.
The masculine goes outside himself to understand the world within; The feminine goes inside herself to understand the world without.
The masculine is hard, dry, guarding and forceful: The feminine is soft, wet, open, and gentle.
The masculine is coarse, intrusive, and victorious: The feminine is graceful, easy-going and able to surrender.
The masculine connects by stretching his rod (e.g., a handshake) The feminine connects by opening up (e.g., an embrace)
The masculine is result oriented, the feminine is more about the journey.
The masculine is the active (fire) and intellectual (air) energy within us, while the feminine embodies our emotional (water) and material (earth) nature.
Our left brain is said to hold our capacity for reasoning, logic, linear thinking and understanding (masculine) while our right brain is believed to hold our capacity for language, emotions and relationships (feminine).