The Feminine is expressed in multiple ways. From Buddhism we have the Tara Bodhisattva, who takes on many forms herself, the two most well-known to the West being Green and White Tara. " The White and Green Taras with their contrasting symbols of the full-blown and closed lotus, are said to symbolize between them the unending compassion of the deity who labours both day and night to relieve suffering. Under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism the different forms of Tara multiplied to a traditional 108. Tibetan temple banners frequently show 21 different Taras, coloured white, red, and yellow, grouped around a central Green Tara. " https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tara-Buddhist-goddess I have heard the Taras discussed in many ways, but here I wish to focus on the idea of two essences of a woman: the fresh green of youth and the whiteness of the elder. In my own heart, I have both quite alive in me, but my relationship to each has cha...