It’s Cosmasmic!

11 Feb 2014 Leave a comment

by Camille in My Thoughts Exactly Tags: , , , , , , ,

Music Muse of the Day – Blues on Purpose by Nina Simone

Link to music – http://youtu.be/xm7v62dRq4U (no lyrics on this one)

No lyrics on this today, and none are needed. Today is about sitting back, relaxing, being chill, just being.  We have been through the grime and the muck for the last few weeks together, and we have danced naked in our own beauty and worth.  So, today I am reminded to just be – on purpose!

When we are on our “spiritual path” and discovering those “ah-hah!” moments, we get so caught up in the I’m so spiritual paradigm that we forget to just experience.  It’s not all seriousness and holier than thou-ness.  We gotta break it up, turn it on, and have some fun, people!  We gotta sit back and listen and play and explore.  We gotta enjoy pleasure for pure pleasure, and that includes bringing lust and love back together as partners.

In a discussion I’ve entered on Facebook, the question was asked when love and lust became separated and when did having sex become so obliterated by the sex is dirty crowd.  When did physical pleasure become so bad?  As Courtney Walsh said, we know about patriarchy and matriarchy and all of that story, and we, as “spiritual people” are so quick to talk about energy and energy exchange with the wrong person and blah, blah, blah.  We all know this and understand it, but the question is why is it so wrong to purely enjoy a physical pleasure just for the sake of enjoyment.

Don’t get me wrong.  I’m not saying to be promiscuous or engage in affairs or indiscriminate sex, unless that is what is mutually consensual for you and your partner.  What I am saying is to get the sex is dirty-ness out of the bedroom or whichever room you choose, and really Be with your partner.  Lust after your partner – open yourselves up to the pure, raw emotion of two beings that honor and love each other.  Allow yourself and allow your partner to see the beauty of joining together for the pleasure of uniting – the pleasure of lusting.

In the discussion thread started by Courtney A. Walsh, she states, “We’re so used to porn or preachers on this topic that we do not even explore or discover what feels good for us in this arena. That’s the greatest self-inflicted violence perpetrated by both MEN AND WOMEN” (Walsh, 2014).  There no truer words than these.  Love and Lust belong together and should be a part of pleasure between two partners.  As Walsh stated, “It is about energy, not technique” (Walsh, 2014).  That is what is so lost now.

We need to bring love and lust back together as partners.  Energy exchange and communication between partners. Exploration and mutual enjoyment. Opening to all possibilities. Stretching limits. Loving ourselves. Honoring ourselves. It’s all a part of it.  It is all a part of Dancing Naked together – whole and complete and having that cosmasmic experience with someone we recognize as part of our whole and our connection to the Cosmic Source.

So, maybe instead of Blues on Purpose, it should be Lust on Purpose?  Ya think?

Resource:

Walsh, C. A.  (2014, Feb. 10).  LUST and LOVE discussion thread.  Facebook.  Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/loonybus/posts/10152172128550490?comment_id=31632358&notif_t=comment_mention

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International Women’s Day

08 Mar 2013 Leave a comment

by Camille in All About Me Tags: , , ,

Today has been selected to celebrate women on a global level through International Women’s Day.  I was asked a question a few days ago how I was going to celebrate, and I honestly could not answer.  That we have selected one day to celebrate has been considered by some asking why just one day.  And shouldn’t it be everyday?  While there is some truth in that, I want to take a moment to really consider what this really means to me.  After all, I have lived my entire life as a woman, so I should have some insight, right?

I do believe that it is important to take a day to really call into mind just what a woman is.  We all know the Betty Crockers, June Cleavers, and the little woman in the kitchen baking cookies for her family with a smile and pearls dressed to go out on the town.  We know the Betty Friedans, Gloria Steinems, Helen Reddys, and those women who fought so hard for equality in the workforce and for an equal voice in life.   And I completely love and respect all of these women.  But, what I want to ask is – What is being a woman to YOU!

Here is what it means to me.  I am an equal partner to my husband.  I can be tough as nails when I need to be or soft as feathers when I need be.  There is no shame in taking care of my family, and there is no shame in pursuing those things that make my heart sing.  I can be proud of the sisterhood of woman even though often it seems as if we tear each other apart with our jealousies and envies.  I can be proud of those women who have stood strong all over the world to make a real difference.  And I can be proud of those men who have stood with them as they embraced their own strength through “their women.”  Even the phrase, “their women,” sounds a bit anti-feminist, doesn’t it.  We do not belong to anyone, and yet, when we acknowledge that we have a partnership in our life, there is a true connection that gives some ownership of the partner.  So, being a woman also means that I honor the man with whom I have shared my adult life, and frankly, I don’t mind being “his” woman because he is “my” man.

That is the most important piece of this for me.  Being a woman that is strong, independent, empowered, and attempting to be authentic in this life is about relationships – with myself and with “my” man, my daughters, my grandsons, my son-in-law.  I can be exactly the woman I want to be anytime.  I can choose to make my heart sing.  I can choose to change careers and live my life as I see fit.  And no amount of legislature, societal rules, or cultural norms can change that in me.

What does being a woman mean to me?  Freedom to choose to love, honor, and be myself.  So, in honor of International Women’s Day, I absolutely love being a woman!  How about you?