“It is not only woman who gives birth. Woman gives birth physically, while man can give birth in soul, so to speak. The same laws governing physical birth hold true for spiritual birth, for lack of a better expression. According to the health of his soul, the births taking place will be healthy or abortive.

QUESTION: “What exactly is meant by this that man gives spiritual birth?”
ANSWER: “Man, in his real creative self, can give birth to beautiful and constructive ideas which can become useful and workable on all realms, not only in the physical world. Ideas, thoughts are alive. You have often heard the expression, but you take this as a figure of speech. In reality, the process of the birth of an idea takes place according to the same principles as physical birth. Since woman is also creative, she too can give spiritual birth — and she does. It is only the female side in an entity’s nature which is capable of giving birth. In woman, the female side is mostly and foremostly turned outwardly on the “disc” so that physical birth manifests. However, this does not prevent her from also giving mental and spiritual births at other times when this facet may slide inwardly. (I realize this is hard to express, and therefore my words may often appear oversimplified when it comes to such matters.) Man, on the other hand, has the female, birth-giving side of his nature turned inwardly at all times. It is almost impossible to find the right words to explain these things to you, but it may open new vistas for you to broaden your understanding and perception even though my words are limited at best.” (PL #62)