Is cross-dressing part of spiritual development?

I think that everything in our lives offer opportunities for self-development, for spiritual development. I don't try to figure this out. I feel. I try. I enjoy. I accept. I grow.

This sounds an awful lot like my theory of having a part-female soul, Christine. And my goal is to make use of both halves to make me a better person. (I don't know if that involves "reintegrating" or not. I'd hate to lose that je ne sais quoi that makes Amy "Amy" in the process...)

- Amy

Thank you for your wonderful comments - each one with a different and valid perspective - some thinking it worthwhile to think about and others not. So much food for thought!

I thought having read all the posts I would just summarise the things that struck me.
1. For me this is about finding a way to reconcile my cross-dressing with my spiritual development. Coming from a Christian background I am still hampered with thoughts that cross-dressing is somehow wrong - but now I can see that actually it may be an important stepping stone on my path and something more than just a good feeling.
2. Jung's ideas around the anima and the conjunction of male and female as part of the alchemical process related to individual struck a chord - although I am far from working it through.
3. I don't like the idea of unification into an androgyonous person - I still quite like portraying myself as a man sometimes and as a woman at others.
4. As I have accepted my feminine side more and more I have felt more at peace and whole. Allowing my full self to express in this world feels good.
5. For some people the spiritual path is important (however you may define it) and for others it isn't - fair enough (this post is really for people who are intersted in thinking about it).
6. The link to Jack Molay @Crossdreamers looks brilliant - will go back to read more (thanks LilSissyStevie).
7. I was also thinking that there are some who are troubled by their compulsion to cross-dress and I thought that this may help them come to terms iwth it - as it has for me.

So thanks again everyone for all your comments! :)

Christine, while I don't have anything new to add here, I just want to say thanks for posting this. It's giving me something to really think about.

Just realize that I never said it wasn't part of our spiritual package Hon. I define spiritual as knowing who we are, why we are here and where we are going. Embracing who we are is indeed spiritual development of who we are as a person.:)

My only form of spirituality comes from the bottom of a glass I'm afraid (vodka and orange). :heehee:

I have a very techie background (engineering and computers) and I just see all this theorising over spirituality as just that....theory, but given prominence by many as fact. So not for me I'm afraid. I am who I am, plain and simple.......maybe with the emphasis on simple. :o

Rebecca