2007.03.25 The Female Orgasm

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  ASISHE SITS AND WAITS.jpg (Size: 75.33 KB / Downloads: 646) Thank you for the attitude of sacredness towards the Priestess. I call this painting "She Sits and Waits"--an idea based upon the Potentiator of Mind, the unconscious--and that concept seemed to have bearing on this thread.

One thing I'd like to bring up as well, the sacred nature of the man when he brings his full Godhood to bear in life and love. Respect must be accorded there. The man who, though tired and overwhelmed, often fearful of disappointing or letting others down, continues to move forward, is quite a wonder to behold. In our society, where so many shows mock "dad," and so many fathers just say "I just can't do it", where so many chose not to have any responsibilities to or for others, a man who choses to be the pillar upon which others can rely is amazing. The disciplined man who puts the needs of others high on his priorities--the man who gets up with the infant at night, goes to work during the day, comes home and helps keep house and then plays with the kids and the dog? Yeah, that guy's a true "Priest"--whether he studies spirituality or not, he lives it and he is "sacred" as well. Afterall, the Priestess, the potentiator, can only act when she is reached for and many men will refuse the call. Women would do well to recognize the Godhood in their mates, and our society sometimes makes this difficult. If every woman is all-women, the Goddess, so too is a man, every man, the God incarnate and love is an act of worship.

This may be a bit off topic (please forgive me, I'll delete this if anyone objects), but this leads me to the thought of support and women's judgment--we have a powerful role to uplift, expect the best, and believe in it in the men we love.

This makes me think of the play Death of a Salesman--the father has all sorts of delusions and problems, but he went to work every day, he loved his family, he tried his best, and at the last, he commits suicide to leave his family with the insurance money. (There's a great movie version with Dustin Hoffman if anyone is interested). At one point, the wife says

"I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person."
Linda, regarding Willy. Act I

Another play, Raisin in the Sun, also offers wisdom about the treatment of people when they are down and how each deserves dignity. This is Mama talking to her daughter about her son:

“Beneatha: Love him? There is nothing left to love.

Mama: There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing. (Looking at her) Have you cried for that boy today? I don't mean for yourself and for the family 'cause we lost the money. I mean for him: what he been through and what it done to him. Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning - because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in hisself 'cause the world done whipped him so! when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.”
― Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

I love teaching literature. So many beautiful lessons lie within.