The male/female, yin-yang, two sides of forgiveness

I have been repeating a mantra lately, one that just came to me through my work on getting to the real, true, me. It goes: I forgive, I accept, I release.

Many moons ago, in 2005 I attended a workshop in which women were being taught how to self defend in case of an assault. The teacher, an alpha male, was committed to helping women learn how to stop an intrusion, assault, or rape attempt. His heart guided by statistics that show that an enormous number of women are assaulted (and worst), by men every year in every part of the world, including the so called developed country we live in.

At the beginning of this particular class within the workshop, he addressed the women of the room and said: In the name of all males, I would like to apologize to all females for what we have done to you.

At that moment, the majority of the women in the room started to cry, me included. It was deeply healing to hear this man say those sweet words.

3 years later I find myself pondering about the other side of it. Am I willing to forgive the "masculine" energy of the world?.

Yes, we can argue that this energy when not properly canalized is what is taking us into unconscious wars and collapsing our economy in spasms of greed, and I am not suggesting we let it get away with stupidity, but can I start with where we are?. Can I forgive?

Furthermore, can I accept the masculine energy in the men around me, the real ones that I see everyday? can I let them be, well, who they are? while keeping my healthy boundaries around me, can I still know when it is OK to let them in, be who they are, and appreciate them for it, and more, enjoy their company?

Can I accept males as beautiful and whole as they are? and can I let go of my ideas of how they should be?, and can I embrace my fellow men-earth-links.

I am working on it.