There are passages in various theologies of higher entities that succumbed to lust, at a higher price usually. Sumerian and Hebrew theologies immediately come to mind.
Maybe the higher the kingdom, the more difficult it is to properly channel that energy?
The entities were perhaps not so much higher. The accounts of gods throughout the world have many examples of behaviour that humans would not consider moral.
That's because the creative force didn't. This is simply man's justification to control people through their sexuality.
It is certainly true that in some human traditions there is a strong emphasis on control of the sexual expression of other humans.
This has various benefits for the controllers, one of which is that a suppressed biological urge may frequently be experienced as an external temptation. External temptations can be demonised and then offers of human help and divine salvation provided in exchange for financial offerings and voluntary services.
But what if humans are not the only intelligent beings in existence? Could another group have an interest in human sexuality.
Examples of other groups having interest occur frequently in ancient traditions (fairies & gods) and modern traditions (ufo) where reported events have humans and non-humans involved in sexual activity and sometimes reproduction.
There might be other agendas too. For example, if Spirit does exist in humans there may be built-in means for direct experience of and manifestation of Spirit. Sexual activity with its long tradition of cosmic associations - e.g. the Earth moving - might be one such means.
If so, which groups (human and other) might find human use of sexuality as a link to Spirit to be a threat or an opportunity?
If so, which groups (human and other) might find human use of sexuality as a link to Spirit to be a threat or an opportunity?
Interesting and relevant proposition for me Paul.
Some facts for you Paul:-
1. I remember as a child thinking one day that I would make money as a writer. Just one of those odd stray but strong memories.
2. Life has forced me into a position where I do have to write to try to earn a living.
3. I started to write at the turn of the millennium, about the place of the human race at this point in time. First book took me 5 years to write.
4. Only got round to publishing in Jan 2010. Very few sales until last month. Still only a small number but last month I sold more books than in the whole first 6 months of this year, and this month I have already sold more than last month. Still not enough income to live off, but the trend is in the right direction.
OK now to my point:-
Sex sells. I can write to the cows come home about human evolution, life lessons, finding your way through life, etc, but it doesn't really sell. Until you put it in sex books.
Ok there is a bit of a national difference to consider. In the UK my autobiographical words sell best, while in America it is my kinky quickies, but the trend is clear. Albeit admittedly on a small sample.
Now, what I have written over the past few months has literally just flowed out of me. I haven't had to think much about it (mind you it is sex) and that sells far better than what I stewed my noodle with for 5 years.
So I don't know about who else, but I certainly see my erotica as a means to provide a bit of money for my family while educating others (on things like facing fears/life lessons/progressing through life/evolving humanity a little).
As a side note, as I was discussing with some of my wife's old female friends, I am able to put my mind inside a woman's mind quite easily. One of her friends was quite shocked that a man had written some of what she was reading.
At the moment I am finishing off an erotic crime quickie, so we will see if that sells soon.
Personally I think that while I may be stifled a bit "down here" some "up there" may be supporting my efforts to earn a living while serving and helping humanity evolve.
The acid test will be if having shifted my books up to being able to afford coffee I can move them up a further step to actually paying the bills. At the moment, this month (sales that I know of) I am making a little more than 1.5 sales a day globally, across Amazon, Nook, Apple, Paperbacks etc. Not exactly life shattering, but heaps better than one every six months.
Remember being a bit dyslexic writing is very difficult for me, so I have had to grow a lot myself just to enable me to do it.
If anyone who downloaded my books when they were free has any more positive criticism for me then please let me know so that I can improve further.
Personally I think that I have support from upon high for what I am doing.
Last Edit: Aug 16, 2012 16:27:51 GMT 9.5 by stewartedwards
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Post by stewartedwards on Aug 16, 2012 21:15:57 GMT 9.5
As I had an inspirational moment that it could be a good way to teach life lessons. Difficult to really explain. it just seems "right" at a time of evolving humanity.
Clearly though I could be bonkers!
A Simple Man, who tried and failed to reilluminate this planet.
Slogging Scotsman Ma’at Ankh Re
Who am I trying to kid for I can’t even resolve family darkness. Whoever is next to step up, please do.
the task at hand or skirt LOL is to safely raise our energy level to a new harmonic,
Indeed very wise Foxfires. Human evolution by raising the human race out of puberty.
and any tool that works is fair game
Personally I have never succumb to the end justifies the means. It causes too much destruction and the law of unintended consequences can be a bugger. Slowly slowly catch the monkey through inspirational leadership, transparency, fair play, and touching hearts.
Also it is not "them" and presumably "us" foxfires for as my current government would say "we are all in it together."
A Simple Man, who tried and failed to reilluminate this planet.
Slogging Scotsman Ma’at Ankh Re
Who am I trying to kid for I can’t even resolve family darkness. Whoever is next to step up, please do.
24 At a lodging-place on the way, Adonai met Moshe and would have killed him, 25 had not Tzipporah taken a flintstone and cut off the foreskin of her son. She threw it at his feet, saying, “What a bloody bridegroom you are for me!” 26 But then, God let Moshe be. She added, “A bloody bridegroom because of the circumcision!”
I am thinking that erotica is only engaging the three base chakras, the Red, the Orange and the Yellow rays.
Erotica as visually presented is perhaps mainly directed at the sacral chakra (orange).
The base chakra (red) seems to me mainly to be activated in genuine 3rd degree initiates and women who have had children.
The solar plexus chakra (yellow) supports emotional relationships - sometimes stimulated by sexual activity.
It is perhaps worth considering the nature of the elements (earth, water, fire, air) in erotica. For example erotic images often include water and erotic dance movements may be sylph-like
Post by stewartedwards on Aug 17, 2012 16:08:40 GMT 9.5
Well in my erotica I use the base human nature as a means of teaching life lessons. The aim is simply to earn a better living while helping humanity move up a step.
Does it work? I don't know, but I do know that my more kinky quickies do sell. My hot romance ones less so, sadly as I enjoy writing romance more than I do kinky sex. Sometimes my teachings are much more subtle than others, depending on the story. (I have actually been working around as many kinks as I can bear writing about - some I just can't, and it is interesting to see which ones do sell best)
Lorr remember that some of the worst human behaviour that I have experienced has come from the hands of masons so I am far from convinced that the masonic world is all that effective having turned into a worthy social club in some quarters. I mean no disrespect to the many masons that I do know work very hard on core freemasonry, but if humanity has to wait on the masonc world leading the way I think that we will all be extinct first. Sadly.
In England for example, about a decade ago a popular womans magazine hunted down a mason who iirc cheated on and deserted his wife. He was in two issues of the magazine, one on the front cover I think from memory in full regalia. Apparently a well regarded mason through the chair etc. Now for him to treat his wife so badly that she managed to motivate a popular womans magazine to hunt him down, which they did, such is the power of motivated women, speaks volumes.
Last Edit: Aug 17, 2012 18:59:02 GMT 9.5 by stewartedwards
A Simple Man, who tried and failed to reilluminate this planet.
Slogging Scotsman Ma’at Ankh Re
Who am I trying to kid for I can’t even resolve family darkness. Whoever is next to step up, please do.
In England for example, about a decade ago a popular womans magazine hunted down a mason who iirc cheated on and deserted his wife. He was in two issues of the magazine, one on the front cover I think form memory in full regalia. Apparently a well regarded mason through the chair etc. Now for him to treat his wife so badly that she managed to motivate a popular womans magazine to hunt him down, which they did, such is the power of motivated women, speaks volumes.
Obviously not a mason and obviously not a lady...
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth