Feminine side of God ? : Sikhism
Sikh Gurus (who have personally met God and have become one with Him) told specifically that God is formless, fearless, ageless, and genderless. One of our Sikh representatives was discussing this topic with some Christians. During the discussion, a Christian lady who was about 65 years old was discussing her spiritual experiences. She said that when her mother was on her deathbed, she saw some light coming out of her body and claimed that she saw her mother’s soul.
The Sikh representative asked her, "Was the soul you saw a male or a female?" Silence for ten minutes, she was unable to answer that question. The Sikh representative said, "If you don't even know that a soul has a gender than how can you say that God has a feminine or a masculine side? Gender exists in human parameters and the world above us is free of gender, race, cast, color and form.
Too often people (including Sikhs) refer to God as a He, but this is not to say that God cannot be a she, for as it is stated, God is genderless. Sikhs use “He” as an expression of identifying and alluding to God in worldly terms. It does not mean that God is male.
ਸਾਚ ਕਤੇਬ ਬਖਾਨੈ ਅਲਹ ਨਾਰਿ ਪਰਖ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਈ ॥
Sĝcẖ kaṯėb bakẖĝnai alhu nĝr purakẖ nahī koī.
Your holy scriptures say that Allah is True, and that he is neither male nor female.
Devotee Kabir
ਨਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਰਖ ਕਹਹ ਕੋਊ ਕੈਸੇ ॥
Nĝr na purakẖ kahhu koū kaisė.
He is not male, and He is not female; how can anyone describe Him?
Guru Nanak Dev
