In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a fearsome creature with the body of a lion, the face of a woman, and the wings of an eagle. She guarded the gates of Thebes, posing a deadly riddle to travellers. Fail to answer, and you were devoured. Many tried. Few survived.
In many ways, this myth mirrors our struggle today with sexuality and the sexual instinct. It has become our modern-day riddle. A silent Sphinx crouching at the gates of our lives. And like those ancient travellers, we are answering it poorly, and being consumed in return.
Sexuality, beautiful in its right place, has become a baffling puzzle. How did we arrive here?
For generations, society fed girls the idea that their worth lies in being chosen, through marriage. So they grew up dreaming not of purpose or spirit, but of weddings and rings. Many entered unions not out of love or calling, but out of fear, fear of judgment, fear of being alone.
This is not by accident. Somewhere in history, a shift occurred. A deceptive elevation of the calculating intellect over the guiding voice of inner intuition. Instead of living through the quiet clarity of the spirit, women were urged to reason their way into socially accepted boxes. What followed was a derailment: a lowering of the sacred purpose of womanhood into something transactional and external.
Even motherhood, sacred and powerful as it is, is not the ultimate calling of woman. It is a noble gift, yes, but it is still rooted below the spiritual. Woman’s higher task is spiritual: to ennoble her surroundings, to be a vessel through which light flows into the world. This can only happen through the purity of her intuition. It is woman’s spiritual clarity that holds the key to raising humanity.
But how can this be, when girls are taught to chase fashion over inner beauty, popularity over purity? When the body, designed to be a sacred expression of life is paraded for fleeting validation?
This isn’t empowerment. It’s entrapment. The same old Sphinx, now draped in glitter.
And man? He is not blameless. He clapped when woman stumbled, because her fall fed his lower nature. Rather than lift her, he lured her further down. True manhood would rise above conquest. It would protect and uplift.
Women, hear this: Grace is your power, not seduction, not vanity, but grace. It radiates through speech, silence, and presence. And it grows in purity.
Let us return to the myth. Oedipus met the Sphinx at the crossroads between Thebes and Delphi. She asked, “What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?” Oedipus replied, “Man: as a baby he crawls, as an adult he walks, and in old age he uses a cane.” The Sphinx, defeated, threw herself into the sea.
Can womanhood be the answer to today’s Sphinx? Can we finally solve the riddle of sexuality by returning to truth?
Women and girls, you were created to stand tall in Creation, pure, noble, and free. Not enslaved by trends. Not bound by the fear of being unmarried. The woman who lives only for motherhood misses her higher calling.
Stand in your true role: servant of light. Give the right answer to the Sphinx. Shun toying with men. Stand for truth. Ennoble your surroundings.
And men, reject the urge for conquest. Honour woman. Truly see her: helper, guide, vessel of grace.
Sola Adeyegbe
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