Fw: PRASNOTTARI 2

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"...You may note that they said "lust", not a loving sexual

relationship with one's partner/spouse.

 

Also there are many paths. Each Saint speaks from Their

perspective and background..."

 

Dear Surya - Here is a different wisdom, a different teaching from a

divine source to consider. With good wishes, Cynthia

 

In the arena of knowledge

of our sexual selves

there is great opportunity

to witness

our love made physical

for here too

like every other aspect of our lives

our beliefs

our trust

and our surrender to beauty

become the energy that transforms

our experiences

and our desires

 

Legend speaks

of the day

when innocence

was taken away

from man

and from woman

and in their nakedness

they first came to know

shame

 

And in this moment

the parts of the body

that represent great pleasure

and the ability

to co-create

new life

were hidden

beneath the garb of decency

mystery

and self-blame

 

With the hiding

came the price of confusion

and as with all repressed power

the danger of distortion

for we cannot deny

these aspects of our birthright

as they wait

they struggle

and they fight

to be named

 

Is it possible

that in choosing

such denial

from the outset

mankind elected

to step away

from a source of potent delight

freedom

and self-healing

and by so doing

create a tragic imbalance

for which we have paid

century after century

through broken hearts

broken bodies

and a legacy

of the cruelest shame?

 

What if

instead of all the destructive emotions

we have come to associate

with our sexual bodies

our sexual selves

we instead

viewed them

as sources of primal creativity

profound beauty

and life-giving power

that not only enhances

but gives meaning

to every aspect

of our lives

from birth

until the day

we die?

 

What if

a man's sexual power

were allowed to speak itself fully

until he found no need

to reconstruct

what has been denied

through aggressive acts

of compensation

for what he is afraid

that he lacks?

 

What if

a woman were to understand

that between her legs

lives the miraculous

and that her abundant

glorious

and seductive form

is intended to be

an expression of her own power

in every aspect

in every variation

always a manifestation

of the creative goddess

who has birthed life

from the core of the planet

to the exploding heavens above?

 

How can we live

and be whole

with such dynamic

and extraordinary potency

buried unseen?

Where do we

pretend to keep it?

Where does it go

when we think it is lost

when it is so perfectly

denied?

 

One of the imbalances

that has occurred

is the almost universal

separation

between heart and groin

experienced culturally

in the compartmentalizing

of sexuality

as permissible

only within societal controls

or within the bounds

of acceptable reproductive intent

 

Sexual behaviour

is allowed

if

it is in the right place

if

it is with the right person

if

it is within the boundaries

of the shame already experienced

by the community

as a whole

for our fear

of sexual power is so pervasive

that no single body

is without the scars

of so many attempts

to prevent

it living free

 

And so

when we ask our bodies

to live in health

and in joy

we wonder why

we do not respond

to the simple pleasure

of a caress

of a kiss

of a connection with a loving heart

that wishes to share

our desires

 

We wonder why

it seems so difficult

to love these aspects of ourselves

these luxurious

complex organs and glands

that long

for the touch

for the heat

of a lovers hand

in the very places

where we have held our fear

kept our darkness

buried our shame

for so long

 

We fear

that we will be seen

and exposed

We fear

that we will be misunderstood

and rejected

or controlled

We fear

that our shame

will be witnessed

and this is a far greater fear

than the demons

we manage to keep

in private

where no one

but our own judge

can see

 

All around us

denied sexual power

leaks out

the forbidden becoming blatant

the inaccessible

becoming banal

as we pretend

and pretend

and pretend

that nothing is wrong

and that we can make our own gods

thank you very much

in an apparently godless

world

 

And yet

there is no shortcut

to be found

to the paradise

we all remember

somewhere

some distant sense

that every aspect

of our bodies

and our hearts

are given for a reason

and that when they are allowed

to speak in concert

then the most exquisite communication

may be heard

 

It must begin

for each of us

when we are ready

to stand naked

not just before a lover

not just before god

but before ourselves

and in this way

see the wholeness

of our nudity

for the first time

like a child

like an explorer

who first lays eyes

upon an undiscovered ocean

an unexpected mountain

a forest full

of scented trees

 

This has nothing to do

with an idealized beauty

of youth

though the eye instinctively longs

for the unpicked peach

and the unblemished pear

This is only

the chance to observe

the completeness

of the human body

and its inherent perfection

for yes

we walk

we eat

we breathe

we excrete

and we are made

to interconnect

in an experience of bliss

and thereafter

feed our offspring

from the milk

of our own flesh

 

In all of these

is found joy

In all of these

is found astonishing perfection

and when we are ready

to live

every aspect

of our physical selves

then we will be ready

to live every aspect

of our spirit

as it has chosen

to reside

upon the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

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