This week seems to be off to a much better start. Except, this morning, the coffee machine was broken. That’s a bad thing… got the jitters! But, it’s fixed, so all’s well, that ends well!
I just posted a facetious response to another blog. The question was posed “If Jesus was shopping at Amazon.com, what would he buy (‘WWJB’)” My response was that he’d most certainly buy “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and “The Gay Man’s Kama Sutra.”
Okay, maybe he wouldn’t buy the “Gay Man’s Kama Sutra”, but I bet he’d buy some edition of the Kama Sutra.
Some years ago, I became interested in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality. Our society has retained such an odd mix of the old Puritanical revulsion for the latter. Sex sells everything these days, and yet, as a society [America] we have completely divorced it from our view of humanity.
We tend to think of the elements of personal well-being, for example, as being “Emotional”, “Mental”, “Physical”, “Spiritual”… and the like. Seldom do we read a list of human attributes that stipulates the Sexual nature. If we do consider the sexual, we think of it as part of the Physical. I think that’s invalid. (Oh, and by the way, I am quite aware that when I speak of “we” in this regard, there are many who ARE aware of the sexual.)
My first realization of this elemental part of my being didn’t come to my until well into my life. In fact, it’s really only started developing in the past 3 years or so.
But it really hit home one sunny, lazy Saturday afternoon. I had a spiritual experience. My partner and I were engage in slowly, passionately making love when I became aware of that Divine Other present with us. I knew Love at that moment.
I’ve frequently experienced that Other’s Love and presence in the ensuing years.
We are not merely physical or spiritual beings… we are sexual beings, and our sexuality is given us to celebrate our life. Rather than hiding from this, we need to embrace our sexuality. I don’t mean promiscuity, though I don’t judge that, either. We need to live true to ourselves, physically, emotionally… sexually.
In the beginning, God created… and saw that it was good. It wasn’t humanity’s nakedness that created the rift. It was humanity’s turning from God and allowing externals to come between themselves and God… between humanity and Creation.
!Snort!
So. There!
On The Road II 