Transgender - Spiritual Pillars of Humanity
Within the tapestry of existence, souls weave threads of genderless spirits, embodying harmony beyond earthly realms.
Though eunuchs and transgenders can be used interchangeably, my focus will be more on transgender people who have the ability to master their feminine and masculine energies within their causal bodies. Many pagan and indigenous cultures, including my own, place great importance on transgender individuals, seeing them as essential for human growth.
What makes them so revered by ancient saints?
Is it their dualism that makes them special considering them to be a gift to humanity?
On my spiritual journey, I have been mesmerised by transgender also known as “trutiyapanthi” in my culture. I have always loved to believe that they can experience spirituality more profoundly than others due to the merging of masculine and feminine energies within them. Many light workers, healers, and spiritualists I know confirm that the higher realms have no distinction between masculine and feminine energies, since both of them are consumed and worked equally. Perhaps this is why higher beings, beyond our current understanding, feel humans cannot yet match their consciousness.
I have also been deeply influenced by Carl Jung, a psychologist who integrated spirituality and psychology, showing how they can coexist harmoniously. Jung’s theories such as Hero’s Journey helped me explore the tarot in much more profound way - the craft that I had been working for a long time. Through him I understood the shadow and through him I learnt about Anima and Animus. Anima being the personification of all female tendencies in a man while animus being the male psychological tendencies in a female. It proved that we can have this polarised form only in physicality but inside we manifest both the energies.
There have been real examples of transgender who have inspired me beyond the spirituality. Gauri Sawant embodies motherhood and compassion, helping me connect with my divine mother energy. Manabi Bandopadhyay, a professor and also a principal to an educational institutes helped me understand how to be authentic as well as knowledgeable, teaching me the value of liberation. Naaz Joshi, trans model showed me that beauty can be found in unexpected places. It doesn’t end here. Sushant Divgikar who became my personal favourite, a singer who can perform in both male and female voices, represented the perfect blend between of divine masculine and divine feminine energies.
Historically, transgender people have also played important roles in society. In the Mughal empire, infamously in Ottoman empire men were castrated to guard the women of royal courts; but their significance dates back even further. They were also revered in ancient times, serving as political advisors, generals and administrators.
I remember a story being told in Ramayana capturing their essence. Lord Rama was being asked to leave royal court and banished for 14 years instructed his followers - men and women to return the city. However the transgender community didnt bound to the directions and chose to stay with their lord due to which Ram blessed them with power to confer blessings on people during auspicious occasions. Native Americans have their two spirit theory — a name given to transgenders indeed valuing them for their roles as healers, mid-wives, leaders in spiritual communities.
This duality not only makes them great spiritually but also paves a dense and transformative path. While the internal focus is to balance, they live a life overwhelming with challenges on the physical level. Continually challenging societal norms, they transform themselves and the world around them. They do so by simply existing - by being truthful to themselves.
In my country, they also value profound connection between teacher and disciple — as seen in ancient Gurukul system. Amidst their journeys, they achieve success but also give back to their communities, sharing the compassion and love they have cultivated despite being treated as a dirt. Their ability to operate with innate divine wisdom and offer kindness to others, even after enduring immense hardship, is profoundly inspiring to me.
They do help us understand the complexity of human existence, power of duality and boundless potential in human spirit. Acting as a living testament to harmonious blend of masculine and feminine, they challenge the close-mindedness of societal norms. We can open ourselves to at-least acknowledge their presence rather than denying their individuality because they are different than us. Divine can manifest in countless, wondrous form - and they are the perfect example.
