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Resolving the Exploitation of Women

The unique aspects of Sarkar's views on women's nature and her position in past, present and future societies are based on two main premises. The first is the spiritual premise: the fundamental spiritual equality of all humans. All living beings have a trifarious nature: they function concurrently in the physical, mental and spiritual spheres. In the spiritual domain, the ultimate joyful goal and perfection of human existence may be attained. In this domain there is no question of differences between humans  male or female, black or white, rich or poor  all are equally capable of spiritual realization. The second is the concept of a collective psychology of society. Sarkar's historical analysis shows how the dialectical evolution of society is based principally upon the progressive alternation of dominant collective psychologies. This analysis sheds new light on our understanding of social dynamics and its effect on the gender dialectic and on the historical reasons for the exploitation of women.

BIO PSYCHOLOGY   NATURE OR NURTURE?

In recent times, detailed studies regarding the effect of the male and female hormones on the physiological and psychological structures, show that biological sex may not necessarily be the determining factor of psychological and emotional gender patterns, nor of physical strength and stamina.  In other words, although gender is biologically determined, the way in which gender is expressed is modified by variations in degree of hormonal combinations, and by environmental conditioning.

Although these studies touch on the physical and psychic aspects of human behaviour, none have entered into a discussion of the psycho spiritual reasons behind human hormonal patterns. Today physical sexual traits can be transformed by surgical and medicinal manipulation and psychologists have demonstrated how environment influences the psychology of gender. No one, however, has ventured to explain, how, in order to go beyond the limits of inborn or imposed gender, hormonal activity can be directed by an individual's own psyche towards the development of one's spiritual nature. Sarkar does just this, and, in elevating the gender debate to the psycho spiritual realm, offers a route by which both females and males can liberate themselves from the limitations of biological determinism.  

Sarkar has introduced new concepts of bio psychology - ie the relationship of the glands and hormonal secretions to human physical and psychic states - to explain various physical, mental and spiritual phenomena which make up the human life experience. Sarkar's concepts are based on the ancient science of Tantra Yoga. Tantra has been accepted for thousands of years, predominantly in the East, as a practical system for physical and mental harmony, and spiritual realization. Tantric paradigms for various life phenomena, however, have often been couched in esoteric and mystical terms. Sarkar elucidates these subtle concepts in practical and scientific language.  

Every spiritual realization  from the higher spiritual realm to the comparatively low psycho spiritual realm  comes about through the medium of hormones secreted by the a'jina' cakra and the sahasra'ra cakra. According to some people, women are not entitled to this sort of higher spiritual realization because of certain physical short comings . . . It is true that as there are some differences in the expression of certain vrttis [mental propensities], there will also be differences in the lower glands and sub glands between men and women . . . but we should remember that these differences pertain to only a few crude propensities . . . But in the spiritual, supra mental and psycho spiritual spheres, there are no differences between men and women.