Sacred Sexuality, Introduction Post;

The Line people draw (Religious or otherwise) between sexuality and spirituality; dividing them... is something that will always baffle me! Sex is something that is supposed to be beautiful and sacred and when we draw these lines, taking it into a separate place, away from spirit...then we diminish both Spirituality and Sexuality!

This post proceeds a series of posts I intend to Post on the topic of Sacred Sexuality at a later time. I intend to talk about Love, Relationships, Mythos, Religion, and Sexuality in many of its glorious and profane forms. We now can see from our global society what happens when you take Spirit out of Sex; it isn't good. So let's try Putting Spirit back in and see what happens. 

“Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is cruel as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a most vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.”

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Songs of Solomon (Song of Songs) 8:6 Taken From The Songs of Solomon; “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine. His fruit was sweet to my taste. His left hand is under my head. and his right hand doth embrace me. Behold, thou art fair, my love. Behold, thou art fair. Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, Thine eyes are as doves behind the veil, and comely is thy mouth. Thy two breasts are like fawns feeding among the lilies. Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies. Let thy breasts be as clusters on the vine, and thy mouth like the best wine. Open to me my dove, for my head is filled with the drops of the night. Come my beloved. Let us see the vine flourishes and the tender grapes appear and the pomegranates bud forth.”

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”

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Songs of Solomon 6:3 1 Corinthians 13 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking (Rude-wanting), it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues,they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when Wholeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childishness behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.                                               ~ Love, Sex, Sensuality, and yes even Religion are all part Spirituality; to take away any of these components leaves one's spirituality lacking, unless one has been called to holy chastity and most have not.  (Holy Chastity is not an easy burden to bare. for those called to it...I suggest to you now that you may still have sexual needs and desires and there is nothing wrong that or with self-pleasuring even for the chaste ones!) So if you are a religious person...stop turning sex into something less than it is...Beautiful and Sacred...and a gift from The Divine unto us.  Are you someone who feels ashamed because you have sexual feelings, thoughts, and desires? Well I am here to tell you, that you were Created a sexual being and you need to let go of all that shame, and fear, and anger, and envy, and confusion.  Sexuality is a gift and a blessing. Celebrate that gift and enjoy it, in whatever way is for your best!  While you are celebrating your sexuality, take a moment...take a few moments and remember to stop and thank the creator for giving us that great gift. Remember to LIVE EVERY DAY as if it were your last; and be thankful and meditate on what it all means.  Remember The Real Power                 of Love!  Go Forth and Love one another; as Christ Loved us, So to should we Love one another with Truth, Friendship, and Passion!