The first point you made is very difficult to honestly agree with. One could always say that something is being debated in esoteric circles and think it is some valid point against someone's choices. Unfortunately esoteric circles in general are not less biased than any other circle of humans. There are strong pre-assumptions which might be mirrored from the astral realms to strengthen the feeling of being right. More time and more observation is needed.Gangleri wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:09 pm In some esoteric circles it has been debated that feeling oneself to be of a different sex than one's corporeal form results from that one has been incarnating into that "inner sex" for long periods of incarnations and thus one has developed internally the qualities of that particular sex. With modern technology one can again relatively easily become that sex that one has developed and incarnated for a long time. This is of course only esoteric speculation but it does resonate with me.
Personally I think that one should consider first examining and developing the internal and psychological side profoundly before thinking about cosmetic surgery and changing the outer form. One can well be a masculine woman or a feminine man without it necessarily leading into an outer bodily change. The corporeal form after all also incarnates an archetype and is no co-incidence. Sex change and cosmetic surgery are such huge operations done to the body and mind that I personally would like to see that the possibility (and the relentless propaganda attached to it nowadays) would be denied by law from non-adults, since children and teens are not mature enough to make that kind of life-changing decisions, and the studies done also shows many regret the operation afterwards. Just because something is possible doesn't mean it is a good thing.
The other problem is the supposition that transsexual people have not made such self-reflections that you propose to be done before the surgery. I believe many have spent years thinking and contemplating on it and most will be happy with the results. Yet there might be some that feel they have done wrong but it is not a point against all.
In cases where the person having gone through the process feels that now things are closer to how they are supposed to be, it serves as the proof that it was the right thing to do. It is the best we have and there is not much credible possibilities of bringing up differing opinions from outside. Religion and esotericism should not be used against the freedom of others. Even if some people do wrong to themselves I tend to think that it will be corrected under suitable karmic situation later. Also our idea of what is wrong and what is right is often very limited when discussing issues that don't fall under black and white solutions.
I do not think that anything that feels good is always right. There are lot of problematic identity movements that always include people who are doing things due to wrong reasons and wrong ideas. Mostly I think it's only about the pendulum movements of the world and I have fallen victim to it few times taking turns to right and left. Sometimes I have underlying feelings against people who don't fit my categories of how sexes should be lived with. It might take time to fully understand what it is about but to take it as an indication of some esoteric truth behind it, would be too quick a judgement. Because it is relatively new issue in our society, the gut feeling might be caused by opinions that have been learned from people much less understanding than what our possibilities of understanding today are.
My opinion about the topic in general:
Consciousness creates the world but in this physical world it happens in time, which involves something we can view as historical and social processes. Our present day view of sexes and how they are created are affected by this time driven process. As historical processes also affect how the material world appears today, some people who in spirit are somewhere between sexes, might be born into wrong bodies because the world is as much collective creation as it is individual. Thus our bodies are not "perfect" but are born into certain karmic situation (perfect is very relational here, one could say that everything is perfect as it is and should be accepted, but in this case it should also be accepted that when something is changed it is still equally perfect). To some it will be possible to experience a change that today is enabled by surgery. Because it is possible it can be good, bad or something else depending on the individual situation which I know very little about.