Something that’s happening right now in the world is what I call the Sophia Century – the century when women will take their rightful role in equal partnership with men. There’s a wonderful prophecy from the Native American people called the prophecy of the eagle. It says that, for many centuries, the bird of humanity has been primarily flying with one wing, and that wing is the male wing. The female wing has not been fully extended; it’s been held back and not been fully expressed, while the male wing, in order to keep the bird of humanity afloat, has gotten overdeveloped and has actually become violent, and the bird of humanity has been flying in circles as a result. This is the century when the female wing of humanity, or feminine expression, will fully extend itself. When it does so, the male wing will be able to relax and the bird of humanity will soar, rather than fly in circles. That metaphor is so moving, because it doesn’t make men wrong. I feel that in myself; when I’m fully expressed in both the energy of the masculine and feminine parts of who I am, I soar. I soar as a leader; I soar as a follower; I soar as a human being. When I’m withheld or stymied or feel oppressed or weak as a woman and try to compensate by using my male energy too much, I fly in circles.