Pure pursuits

Bye Bye Blogger

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Thank you for visiting my blog!.

Due to problems I am facing with blogger, I have decided to move on to wordpress, however since most of my blog buddies are with blogger, I am retaining this account for comments purpose.

If you are reading me and have bookmarks/links/readers/feed readers, Please update them with my new URL's, I am extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused.

If you were not aware of my old blog, I guess I must have reached you by mistake, please ignore the mail.

My new blog address are.

http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/

http://purepursuits.wordpress.com

Trust and Gender.

2007-10-20T20:24:00.000+05:30

In today's world hardly anyone trusts anyone else, but we are not talking about hard cruel world, its that small bit of old glory still left in most of us, we are talking about. We still have the reluctant trust sometime, and in some cases the blind trust which we develop towards people. We are talking about gender and trust.

One of the significant changes which I have been through recently includes the amount of trust I have on people, from a point where I did not trust anyone, to a point where I want to trust all people, it was a great journey. Now I can say, I kind of trust most of the people, and even cases where people have betrayed my trust, I am kind of inclined towards giving them a second chance. Even though it sounds logically stupid, its something which I think will definitely help me in the long run as an individual.

Given a close group of friends whom would I trust, I guess its kind of equal, as I do have very small group of friends, I guess I would trust a male as much as a female friend, actually don't see much of gender when it comes to friends, unfortunately its extremely difficult to develop pure friendship with the opposite sex, am fortunate enough to have couple of good ones, I still try though. Anyways coming back to trust, I really think gender has nothing to do with trust.

My thought wandered out to strangers, what about strangers, one who have no idea about whom would you trust more?, I guess I would be honest to admit it would be females more than
males, somehow males have been known to be competitive, dangerous, crime-full, and always with hidden agendas, women on the other hand are supposed to be more sober. I know this is a
generalization, and many women to have had decent amount of crime, and are as competitive as
men, not sure its me or all men, somehow women seem to be more trustful, or rather not much
harmful compared to men. If given a life and death situation with a stranger, I am sure I would chose to trust a woman more than a man.

So is it do with opposite sex?, do we trust opposite sex more than the our own?, not sure, lets think about it from a women's perspective, rather my perception of what woman's perspective might be, I guess woman too may trust woman more than men, what say you people
out there?

I have a notion that even within close group of friends, women might trust women more. Just a feeling may be someone out there will confirm/contradict my belief.

So look at what this is heading to, looks like all in all, women seem to be more trustworthy than men, just ask a person with a broken heart he will rubbish me in a second, but then you got to leave love out of the equation, I am not talking about love and relationship, I am talking human to human relation, human to human trust.

What say people? whats your take on this?.

Attraction and Age

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Suddenly, when I was sitting with couple of my close friends, one remarked "You always have had a liking for older women, don't you?", Even though the circumstances in which this remark came out was very funny, and I kinda knew she was trying to pull my leg, the remark kinda struck me, one of those sentences you here and forget, only to remember it when you are alone and mull over, trying to think about it.

Continuing the earlier topic of attraction, and age being all over mind in couple of weeks or so, it made me think now, does age affect attraction?. Does a feeling of getting attracted to grow with age and diminish along with it?, do old people feel less attracted to others?. How about age within the attraction, I mean whom do you get attracted to, same age, older woman, young nymphs so on.

There is an old belief that when a guy is around 18, even a female donkey looks attractive, in other words it tends to indicate that around 18, a man is at his hormonal peak, and kind of blinded by it, he probably feels attracted to as unattractive thing as a female donkey. Sso does it mean as we grow older does people feel less attracted, hmm not really sure, not aware much about this topic, and being taboo not much discussed either. But from what I have observed I guess people become more sensible as we grow older, and kind of know the difference between plain lust and pure attraction, sounds too idealistic?

I do interact with a some middle aged people, and I kind of felt shocked at their behavior, they do get attracted to people a lot more than what I do, and not only do they have the sense of that this is nothing but a visual attraction, still they kind of give into their attraction, which I guess is very short lived.

Older people, sorry have no clue, wish I could speak to some old person how they felt. Also the same with young woman/middle aged woman/old woman/

I have a feeling that women to have peaks of attraction around 14/15 when they are totally visually driven, with see and get attracted kind of phase, as they get older they tend to get attracted to more maturity in people, and when they get still older come back to the old visual attraction. May be I am shooting an arrow in the dark here.

Coming back to age difference within the relation. Many people advocate relationship with couples have a considerable age difference something like 2-7 years, Probably the Idea here is to make sure there is an emotional and decision making upper hand with one of them. Though traditionally it has been older man, a slightly younger woman, its kind of into acceptance now with younger man and slightly older woman.

I have a feeling that age difference kind of strengthens the attraction, and my feeling is solely based on the fact that age difference brings in levels of maturity in a relationship, and more difference in interests, perspectives, patience levels, and even ideas about love. Thus whatever it is that you get attracted to with your partner, you tend to see the difference in him/her and over the years develop respect, and with respect the attraction will never diminish, if not increase.

I think my slightly drunk friend was speaking absolute truth, I guess I do get attracted to slightly older woman. Its mainly because the respect they command, and the things which attract me which I have said in previous post, their composure, their patience, and I am one of the people who loves to be told whats to be done, and the command is easily visible in older woman.

When people are off the same age, key thing in a relationship would be diversity, as diverse the taste, stronger will stay the attraction, this is just my theory, I have had no experience of any kind of relationship, so whatever I say here might be just a theory or a perception. I have seen lots of these attraction during college, when I have been attracted to a certain person, or its a friend who is attracted, in most of those cases, it would have been really just an hormonal urge at a person, a physical attraction, which I agree that is very common, and natural.

So is the attraction more between the same aged couples as to couples with age difference, I want to say, no they are the same, somehow I have the feeling that latter its more in the latter case.

Any insights people?

Attraction, a first look

2007-09-30T21:44:00.000+05:30

Attraction, a thought which keeps baffling me day in and day out. what it about attraction which makes it hard to define?, why is it that we get attracted to few people and not to others, what makes them stand out in crowd to us. Something which might be as subjective as it can get.

I have always stood by my belief that I get attracted to personalities rather then people. I think its true to very large extent, When you talk to a person, there are so many things that talk to you, so many things in you develop conversations of their own sub consciously, and that's where the attraction begins for me. But this is something which is when you are mind is thinking, when you are making a conscious decision, you are always in control of what you want, and begin to see if its present, so get drawn to it.

Some people really can come across and talk what they have in mind, some don't, for example when I hear Lara Dutta, the ex miss world, I just listen, she has some poise and makes sense, I still remember the miss world pageant and the way she answered, I have never seen some one so bold, and level headed as her, its a shame that she chose a career like bollywood, to waste her talents on.

So you might say she is extremely beautiful, so its obvious that I got attracted and then found a way to defend my attraction. Then the same should go with people like Aishwarya Rai, Jeniffer Anniston, Angelina Jolie, Pamela Anderson and so on, all of them very beautiful, many of them have hardly left any beauty left to be imagined. But no, they don't strike a chord with me, may be with someone else they do.

Again, keeping all these intellectual attraction aside, there must be still something which I am missing out here. When you are at a mall, or a movie theatre, or even when you are at work, amidst crowd there is always someone or the other which makes your heads turn, I would be lying if I say they don't. What about these, you haven't spoken to them, no you haven't even heard them, so what attracted you to them?

Obvious reason which comes to my mind, or anybody other's for that matter, is of course their body, the physical attraction, the lust. But again I have been proven wrong here many times. Its age old belief, that men get drawn to the big sizes, the swaying hips and what not, and women on the other hand have always known to fantasize tall, dark, handsome, bulging muscles and so on.
Honestly guys try to remember, how many times you have turned your heads for such features,
and how many times you have just smitten by people who are not many of those, no I am not talking about plane jane fantasy, somebody who is perfectly normal, not even wearing something provocative, just plain attraction.

There is always something that stands out, in my case in most of the cases its their choice of clothes and colors, whites and peaches are always in, blacks and greys are okay if they really chose the right things to wear. One other thing is smell, I have an acute sense of smell, so anybody who has put on the right perfume, I get easily drawn. I am generally very happy to see smiling people, even though I not always in good mood, it kind of puts me into it, so there you go another attraction, happy smiling people.

Once I asked someone do people really notice/care about what one wears, and I am shocked to find the answer in myself, people do, may not be directly the personal style one carries forms a big part of the person's aura.

The next thing I notice is public behavior, if you really out spoken, or extremely friendly with people, I am a big admirer, but would never get attracted, the person should, I guess, leave a nice spell of curiosity, and want to hear more kind of impression, shyness, the tone, the voice, and of course a little secrecy all adds to the attraction.

But all said and done, this is just to turn people's heads, but the real attraction again I would like to argue does not come bodily, it has to be the mind.

Planning to continue this soon, next stop attraction and age..

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P.S Guys I am hoping to get more of you to write on this topic "Attraction", let me know if any of you want to share your opinion on this.
please send me a mail at rambler1981@gmail.com

Care to know me a little more...

2007-09-23T00:11:00.000+05:30

My blogger friend paisley who writes had put up this post some days back about her interview,
as per the meme she asked people if they were interested she would interview them with a set of 5 questions. Just knowing how good she writes, I was sure she would come up with awesome questions, so just left a comment saying I would be interested.

so here it goes instructions what to do next
1. Leave me a comment saying "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the
questions.
3. You will update your blog with a post containing your answers to the
questions. And a link to my profile or blog as your interviewer.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone
else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five
questions.

So anybody interested guys?
please leave me a comment .

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Paisley sent me a set of questions couple of days back, I couldn't answer them right away, they needed a little bit of thinking before I answer them. So here it goes her set of questions and my attempts at answering them

1. due to the fact that we exist on two different continents,, and our cultural differences are vast,, i feel compelled to first ask you a question or two about your culture... i was first really "introduced" to you, when you asked me if i would submit a guest post to your series on body and soul....it was there i first became impressed with the extreme differences in the societal norms in India and here in the states... if you had your choice,, abounding freedom,, or cultural constraints,, which would you choose??? and why?? and no,, your parents aren't going to read this so please be frank......

This question kind of puts the whole "body or soul" series on a point blank question, so what do I choose. I have thought long and hard on this, its been a lot of confusion and I think I would have to go with the soul. Knowing Indian culture and my conservative upbringing, this may look an easy and obvious choice, but, to be honest it was not, my view on this had drifted far away from the soul, and very much towards the body. I guess the hormones, the temptation and the natural attraction was something which I was accepting with both arms.

The series that I hosted changed my views drastically, seeing many people opting for body and many others for soul, the kind of reasons that came out, especially the kind of myths it broke about women and sensuality and their mindset made me realize there is nothing wrong about accepting the body and its needs, that made me think beyond just the body and when would my body get the maximum pleasure, and I had to deduce it has to be soul, without which body alone can never attain the level of pleasure. So I am sure it would have to be soul for me, body would just blend in.

so to answer this question in short, I chose soul, because I think without that I would never be able to satisfy the body fully.
[Again having no experience with body nor soul, the decision is purely based on things that went inside my head, it may become stronger or change later as I experience new stuff.]

2. you mentioned to me on more than one occasion,, that sex is, in your opinion, reserved for married people,, and you maintain that belief in your own life... tell me,, as a young man in your prime,, what keeps you celibate,,, really,, i mean what force from inside yourself dictates your celibacy until you are forever betrothed????

Actually I may have not put it across properly before, but its not marriage but the total commitment which is must for a bodily relationship, and In most cultures marriage is that commitment so I guess sex should be something which needs to be limited to marriage.

Seeing the rate at which the marriages are being broken, I don't think this alone will really serve the purpose, it has to be a mixture of a good marriage, total commitment, understanding, sacrifices which is a must before you enter into something involving so much of emotional intimacy as sex. I am not leaving the physical pleasure out of it, but thats something which you may enjoy for minutes, to make it last for a long long time, you got to be enjoying every moment of the togetherness, not just those eleven minutes.

In short, what keeps me celibate, I guess my extreme confidence in my belief that you can really achieve satisfaction mentally and physically, its just that extra wait, which is totally worth.

May be lack of choice is the reason for celibacy in India in most cases, but in most cases now-a-days its definitely by choice.

3. i would assume,, although you have never stated this,, that as a young celibate male,, you are in the market for a wife,, if for no other reason that to get to have sex sometime in the near future,, tell me... what qualities do you feel you are looking for in a wife??? and are these qualities things you genuinely feel are of high importance or are they culturally stipulated???

Actually you are not right on this one, I am not in market for a wife, at least not yet. I would some day may be for for a lot of other reasons than sex.
What would I look for in a wife, as my friend calls it, my view of a my perfect women.
I think I summed that up in my post sometime back titled "she"

One thing which I wont expect out of the relationship though would be perfection, I like the relationship to be very natural, and something which will grow along the way, one of my another stupid theories that any relationship needs space to grow, not good if it starts at a very high point, it always has only one direction to go thats downwards.

I don't think they are culturally stipulated, in fact so many ideas of mine wrt a relationship is totally against norm. probably you may have not noticed because they are not that big of a deal in the states.

4. where do you see yourself in 20 years?? do you have a built in set of goals and guidelines that you follow in your life... and if so ,, what are they???

This is a really interesting question, 20 years is too big a long time, I have this problem with expectations, that may be too much evident in the personal posts I write, so actually working hard to get rid of it. So I would like to keep this simple and not expect many things.
May be a decent family, with whom I can share and pass down the immensely treasured values which I got from my parents and society,
A decent job, which pays for a good life of us.
Developing at least one very good and passionate hobby that lasts the life time.
Keeping in touch with some extremely important people in life, and may be the same level of closeness and support to each other.
Guidelines, may be form them as I go along, and hopefully not hurt people around.

5. when you first became active in the cyber world,, i would imagine a whole new world opened up to you,, as you were exposed to many people,, much like myself,, that have openly engaged in and feel free sharing things that are far deviant from the ideals with which you have been raised... do you think it heightened your curiosities??? or were your beliefs strengthened when you looked on candidly at our more open attitudes toward, love, sex, drugs, passion etc?????

They didn't heighten my curiosities, instead they broke my myths, and gave me a lot of knowledge and new perspective, increased my tolerance levels. And I loved all of it.
I have always loved discussions and arguments, and my belief that there is no right or wrong, and everything is right in its own view, makes it easier to accept new things.
To tell you the truth I haven't come across any of those topics wide in the open, may be a blog here or there, may be someone could help me with the links here.
Some how I have been more curious about people than anything else.

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An afterthought

2007-09-08T13:54:00.000+05:30

Last time I thought about this, I ended up all in questions and confusions. This does happen in most of the other topics too, but this time I had something deep up my mind, the result being, me still thinking about it, and these afterthoughts I have had had.

The last question I asked myself, in the post was should we talk about it, I have for years and years believed, no, we should not. There are things meant to be private and this topped the list. I think one of the changes I went through, changed this as well, I felt there is nothing to be ashamed in telling people what you think, I know what should be my limitation, and what I should be telling people, and this did not find a place in the list anymore.
People who visit my blog thought otherwise I guess, not many wanted to say what they feel about this, I know the mental block and I totally respect that. I would just like to remind, that if identity is the issue here, then we do allow anonymous comments, even if you don't want to say, just think about the topic, I am sure you will surprise yourself with a thought or two.

The relationship between body and soul in intriguing, as much you think about the topic, you tend to discover newer aspects about this relationship. I started with a theory, a very idealistic one, body being a slave of the soul. I have had so many days, when I am down with a bad fever, or even a severe cold with nose blocks, still have concentrated like never before on my work, or something as silly as an episode of my favorite TV show, or even a sporting event. My will power, or my mind or the soul, whatever you want to call it it, had been such a powerful master that my body had to become its slave. There has been many a days when your body wanted something very much like rest due to tiredness and you just dismiss its request, it has to do what your mind wants it to do. I am sure you can relate the same to other bodily needs. I might be with no experience in this matter, but I can bet that there would have been days when your body was in no mood for it, but the emotions ran so strong that, your body ended being a slave for it. A great gesture by your mate, a deep moment between the two, a mere act of understanding or the ever illusionary love, anything might have slaved your body, in dire situations to respond to your mind.

Just this idealistic thought about the relationship, and my mind begins to wonder, how converse of this is as much true. There have been days when I have not be able to concentrate even a bit on what I am doing, because of a tiny prick in my feet, or a little nail that has come out, or even as simple as bad smell my nose is picking up. I would be honest to admit, cases when an attractive female who passes by has made me lose concentration, now in most cases I do have weird rules of attraction, like what she says, what she thinks and whats her opinion, but then there have been occasions where it is none of those, its just the sight, the look and body, body does find a natural attraction to the other. How cheap it might sound, but it is true and lust I think is as natural as love. So is not my mind slave of my body here?, aren't we ignoring the logic in our mind, our principles in life, and even our thought process, for something as trivial as bodily lust?.

So I decide, they must be having a discrete relationship, totally disjoint from one another. No one is slave of the other, each work on their own. They just co exist. Like the time someone experiences acute pain in their stomach, for a second all they can think is the body and its pain, just a minute later, you tend to worry about what happened to the score in the game last night. At a point when you know that you have a body and it has its needs and problems, you just accept its existence, and get on with your life. Let the body take care of itself, and the soul take care of itself. It reminds me of a scene from the movie The Notebook, where the lead actor, as he waits for his love to come back just spends his nights with a widow, knowing purely it is his body which she is servicing not his mind. He wants the both to coexist with his love, without the two getting in way of the other. Personally I feel this is most difficult to achieve, and still I have a lot of doubt if this is indeed correct. But none the less, this still is a relationship between the two.

So If I don't want them to be that way, the only left relationship is when both the mind and the body both are masters, both have their interests vested, they both want the same thing, body
aiding the mind, and the mind taking care of the body. This sounds so ideal right?, I mean no separate existence for any one of them. As ideal it may sound, I think it's not. There is something missing in this too, say you are throughly depressed due to something that happened at work, or may be suffered a big loss, your mind is all over the place, may be at this point, you need something totally disconnected from your mind to give you a breather, something which gives you immense pleasure and takes your mind away from worldly matters, and makes you feel a little out of world, isn't this where a body could help?

Moving on to the next question, do men and women think differently about this, I liked the way Jason said, he questions back, "don't two women think differently?". Exactly this is such a personal thought, and feelings can vary from individual. I think the myth that men are for body and women are for soul, was totally busted with the more I read. The more I know the world I feel, its just about what gives you pleasure, some find immense pleasure in following their soul, and if body becomes a part of it so be it, some on the other hand, find immense pleasure in listening to their body, and if soul does not want it, so let it be. And some find immense pleasure in challenges, so if body throws a big challenge to them, curbing the body gives them immense pleasure, on the other hand, if people are sick of the logic, and they don't want it to dictate what they enjoy, they find immense pleasure in being rebel.

It just keeps me on and on, I cant seem to decide what my philosophy is in this regard.
Guys do let me know what you think.

You can read the rest of the series here "Body or Soul" or Pure Pursuits

Bubbles up the vents of my mind - by Jason

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Jason write at Jason's space. I have not known him for long, to be honest have not read much of his work, [Jason I am sorry, I was being totally honest here]. From what I have read so far, he appears to me as a person who has lot of, ideas, waiting to be told, thoughts waiting to be expressed and discussed. Hoping to know more about his ideas, and his thoughts over this series and posts on his blog. Jason writes at http://jasonmonserrate.blogspot.com/
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At the outset, i would like to stay away from generalization or inductive reasoning based on a few examples. Also, every question i have touched upon opens a larger set of questions. Pages and pages could be written about the topic.

You have got me thinking on a lot of areas. I sincerely believe that the mind tends to specialise in an area or areas of importance at any particular point of time. Its specialisation tends to vary with time. What may be important to you as a 18 year old does not hold the same significance in your life when you are 35 or 70. The topics of interest do not always evolve from the more inane to the more focussed, from the general to the precise. It could also degenerate into some entirely insignificant. This is broadly unconnected to your post. So let me leave this out.

The body and the soul - Its hard to separate. Both are controlled by the mind. Which is the control tower. Nothing can be done exclusive of the other. I do believe it is the complete package.

Societal taboos - In a society, just like in a group of people, you exercise a choice. Lets consider a party. It is a group of people. You have a choice to go up to join the conversation, or to start one. You can choose what you will say, and whom you will say it to. Similarly, in the society, you cab choose the way you will act. The consequences of each action will be spelt loud and clear and will be obvious to you.

Religious taboos - Religion is private. Since i am a Christian, i can say that the body is not given secondary treatment in the Bible. This is a much larger debate.

Women and men think differently? I have never been a woman. So i guess i will not be the best person to answer this. But then, don't two men (or two women) think differently from each other?

Should the body and the soul stuff not be talked about? Well... I wonder what the taboo is. Why is it so hard to talk about? Why do you think satisfying the body is sinful? Also, what exactly does 'sinful' imply, is it religiously sinful or just plain bad?

I would like this to proceed in a more specific direction. The more i think about it, the more matter bubbles up in the vents of the mind.

Call me a romantic - by silverneurotic

2007-08-31T10:44:00.000+05:30

silverneurotic as I know her, writes at The Post College Years-Part Two, one of my earliest blog buddies, I can't even remember how I came to know her blog, or was it her who came across my blog the first time around. In way it does not matter I guess.

The thing that drew me to her writing, is the subjects she choses to opine about, I mean there is a wide range of subjects which almost instantly appeal to you as a reader, something which makes you want to think what you think about the same. I admire the professional job she does, not many have the opportunity to serve people like the way she does.

Being a person who is interested in psychology, somewhere she does understand the true feeling in your posts, and provided with really good comments [I hate to use the word comment].

She writes at
http://silverneurotic.wordpress.com/

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Let's Talk About Sex!

Let's talk about sex, baby
Let's talk about you and me
Let's talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be
Let's talk about sex
Let's talk about sex
Let's talk about sex
Let's talk about sex
"Let's Talk About Sex", Salt 'N' Pepa

Hello, my name is Silver and I am a virgin.

I do not make this statement in jest. I do not make this statement to boast and I do not make this statement out of shame or embarrassment. I make this statement as a matter of fact. I am a virgin.

Recently Rambler asked his blog readers to share with him things that we would not discuss on our blogs. Being the smart ass I am, I stated that I would not discuss my sex life, or rather, my lack of sex life. As fate would have it however, here I am doing exactly that. Funny how things work out.

I find being a twenty-something female virgin in the United States to be a challenge. I am constantly being challenged by two different mindsets, the traditional and the modern, both of which are strong forces in my personal life.

One one hand I am surrounded by the modern thought that sexuality is a good thing. Television, especially stations such as MTV, flaunt sex and sexuality. Radio shows are dedicated to sexual health, shiny magazines at the cash registers in the super market scream out headlines related to sex. The funniest comedies playing at the movie theater are often sexual based. Every where I turn, sex is screaming out. It is telling us that sex is something to embrace, not something that we need to hide. I find myself agreeing somewhat with this mindset. After all, I consider myself to be a pretty modern, liberal individual.

When it comes to the subject of sex however, I have a more traditional mindset. At least when it comes to myself and my body. While casual, Samantha type sex might be okay for the "Sex and the City" crowd, I am happy to follow the traditionalists. Not the religious traditionalists who do not believe in any kind of sex before marriage, but traditional in the sense that sex is best in a strong relationship, between two people who love and respect each other.

While casual sex might seem okay for some, I can't imagine that it would be very satisfying in the long run. Sure, it might "fill" you temporarily. A way to let off stress. A way to have a little extra fun after a night on the town. But really, in the long run...will it satisfy you in the long run? In one word, no.

And that is why I choose to stay a virgin. Call me a romantic, but I am waiting for Mr. Right.

Still thinking about body or soul

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Photo courtesy Alex

Who's the master - by Throwing roses.

2007-08-27T20:35:00.000+05:30

Throwingroses, as we know him writes at My life as a conscious observer. I am not sure how I came across his blog, or was it him who left a first comment, I guess it does not really matter. From what I have known him through his blogs, he is one deep thinker. Now isn't that something great and rare, he writes less compared to blog crazy people like me, but all his posts are really well thought, precise and insightful. He has introduced me to some of very good music on his site, and his experiences in his cafe are really interesting.
He writes at

http://outthrowingroses.blogspot.com/

http://virb.com/throwingroses

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Much like a dog so is our body. The dog breathes whimpers and cries into the air out of a desperation. All the noise and even the possible tugging of pant legs are to let the master know what it needs. The dog may need to be walked or even just a little hand to head petting, but the master chooses to ignore.

Much like the master to the dog so are we. A message of needs is being communicated but we ignore or we simply misinterpret. We walk the dog when what was actually desired was merely food.

But the master has its own master; it may be culture or possibly religious dogma. But the master’s master may be that cause of the confusion on understanding the cries.

Our body cries out with needs (and desires), but often times it gets ignored. The body may cry out for a needed healing as it’s antibodies are weak in a battle against a foreign virus, but the master of the master may say the aid of medicine is sinful and so are the cries from the body. In this instance the body’s needs are unanswered.

The body is always crying out, we have to learn what each breath, what each whimper and tug on the pants means because the body may be more important than the master of the master.

I believe - by Paisley

2007-08-25T23:43:00.000+05:30

Its the time to post the first entry on "body or soul" series, well I did post one yesterday, today I begin to post what others think on this subject. Before I get to the post, a little information about the author. I have started a new blog called Pure Pursuits which will have all posts of this series. You can post comments on the post, and I would request the original author to answer the comments.

I came to know about Paisley from the poetry blogsite, where I began to tag recently. I came across her blog and was actually dumb founded, the great thing which stands out in her posts is her honesty, not many have the knack to express whatever the mind thinks in a way that gives exactly what information it needs to, and still makes the reader think for days together. I hardly comment on her blog, mainly because it leaves me thinking for many days even after I read them, only after that much time I can form an opinion.. She has an unique perspective to life, rather an unconventional one and its evident in her posts.

After reading many of her posts, I chose to write a comment requesting her to participate in this series, and she not only agreed to post, but has been extremely helpful in coming up with this series.

She writes at following pages.
why Paisley
Just Paisley
The ink pot.
Fragmented Paisley
secret...secret...i've got a secret.... .

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The first human instinct, the only primal instinct that i can identify… is self gratification….

we are born knowing nothing other than comfort and discomfort… in order to turn discomfort into comfort,, we cry,, signifying our displeasure…prompting our caretaker to fill the need by probing thru the small array of needs we may have in infancy… food, warmth, dryness, physical comfort or closeness……..this is the means we have of getting what we want for ourselves,, even though we are unable physically to fulfill the desire….

as we progress thru our young life,,, we gain skills that allow us to obtain those basic needs independently. we are no longer dependent on an other human to hold the bottle or change our diaper or give us a bath... we can become quite proficient at doing whatever has to be done to provide ourselves with what we need…. we crawl.. then we walk then we speak .. we are learning even at that young age how to get what we want for ourselves.. for many early childhood is where they learn the usefulness of lies and deception, begging and intimidation... all in the pursuit of what they want...

and then somewhere around this point in which puberty sets in.. later surely for others... but we become aware that not only do we have need for the things we used to deem all encompassing... but we have feelings.. something growing inside of you.. making things that never really held all of that much appeal... somehow... become very inviting....as it happens.. what we need has been accentuated by such things as wants and desires, urges, raging hormones and blooming sexuality...

where once we were just becoming proficient at getting what we wanted by ourselves,, for ourselves,, suddenly there comes a facet of life for which we really were not prepared...as certainly we had no real clue that it was to overtake us with the driving force it did...

it is at this precise moment, in the maturation of a human body,, that society, religion, culture, family and the like choose to shut down on you and advise you the only right thing to do is to ignore those inborn, human instincts, and from this moment in your life,, desiring self gratification,, becomes tainted,, evil,, something you should not pursue.. we are taught it is improper to have those urges, to deny that you are having those feelings,, to squelch the natural progression toward sexuality...

this is also the very time,, where the inklings of lying, deception, begging, intimidation, often become something greater.. something more studiously arraigned, more controlling, even more violent... i believe that this is in direct correlation with the addiction that humans have to repress the body’s natural progression.. forcing the repression of the desires of the body,, is a great stumbling block,, and in its own way has become a real drain on society as a whole....

i believe that it is here, at this juncture,, that the interplay between the mind and the body and the spirit is to become an active part of everything that you are to become....

it is my belief that it is here,, that our civilized society fails us....

now.. my insights on this are merely that... my insights. hindsight’s even in some cases.. and they are to be taken as that... and nothing more...

i believe in following the natural progression of life....seeking out which gives you the greatest joy,, “following your heart”,, and if need be doing anything within your power to attain it.. when you are young. and strong and vibrant.. for some of us this is education,, for some of us this is music,, for some of us it is earning money,, but for all of us... the most important thing in your young world will be ... someone to love....

do not confuse this with someone to marry.. as that is not what i am talking about... i am talking about someone to love you,, and hold you,, and kiss you,, and talk to you,, and make love to you,, and explore sexuality with you,, someone whose hand you can hold as you venture into this whole evolution that is growing up...

i believe that who ever or whatever it is that has instructed man and woman kind to withhold the pleasures of the body while they are young and they are full of desire and passion and raging hormones ..... was a fool....

i am sorry .. but this is my absolute belief...

i became sexually active at a young age,, but at the time,, it was a dirty thing.. to be hidden,, to be lied about,, to be covered over, at all expense... there were many pregnancies,, unnecessarily,, as the parents in that day and age had made it a dirty thing,, something only sluts and bad boys engaged in... they had exerted their parental form of control over their offspring... and surely their beloved son or daughter would never be one of "those".... and of course to supply their child with birth control and the intelligence to actually put it into play,, was like giving them a license to have sex.....

i believe that if young adults,, of sufficient age,, who desire sex with members of their own peer group were encouraged to explore their sexuality.. to continue on the most natural road to self gratification,, to become familiar with their own needs,, desires,, likes,, dislikes,, in the area of sex... if they were provided with the right information and accoutrements to perform safe sex.. with dignity,, and respect and love and intervention when asked for,, by loving caring family who was open and understanding and there to guide them thru this difficult transition into manhood,, womanhood what have you...

yes i believe that we would see a vast difference in the sexual climate of the society that adopted those beliefs... if sex wasn’t bad or dirty or repressed.. what would it be instead???

if it wasn’t held back and guarded and used as a threat would there be need to take it violently,, to use it as a form of punishment or control???

if people were able to choose marriage partners that suited them sexually... and they were genuinely attracted to.. and if they had the acceptance and the freedom to experience multiple sexual partners, live in relationships,, trial periods of life together before they were forced to marry.. till death do us part.... how many marriages would be saved... how many more people would grow into old age in happiness and fulfillment,, instead of in spite of all the years they spent in a loveless marriage???

how many couples would co exist in peace and harmony,, if they did not hold the others sexual being against them??? if fidelity was not a two edged sword .. if we were free to give and receive love, without fear of retribution???

i believe with all my heart that the time to explore and find ones sexuality,, is when you are young.. to follow the course that nature has set before you.. to allow your body to coexist in peace and harmony with your mind and heart...

and later.. when your sense of direction turns more to settling down.. when the annuls of time have their way with you and you decide you want more security,, a home,, a family,, one partner,, then do so ... because that is what your body your mind and your soul is telling you to do...

not because traditions have it,, not because the bible says so.. not because your parents cannot bare the fact that you are becoming a mature sexual human being,, thus signifying their ascent into the middle ages... not because of anything… I believe we should accept that very first very primal instinct,, the one that in fact you came to this earth with,, the one that has lead you to this point,, the only voice you have ever seen fit to follow... self gratification.... should in fact be the voice that speaks the loudest,, and the only voice you hear…

that is what i believe.....

'My body's soul!.' or "My soul's body!'

2007-08-25T19:19:00.000+05:30

Guys If you remember some days back I had a request posted here, for people to send me email addresses for a series I was planning. I am so excited and happy to receive the kind of response I actually did. Thanks for all the interest shown and time you guys spared for this one.

Also I would like to apologize for making such a weird request, some of you did not like it, I do understand the concern in sharing the email address, I just want to say sorry yet again.

For the rest of you, if you want to participate, you are welcome, please send me your post, at rambler1981@gmail.com

Coming back to the project, Today I would be kick starting the series with a post by me, which will start the ball rolling, I would be posting a one new post everyday in this series all over next week. You guys can leave comment, I would request the author to reply to your comments.
I am all excited, Here we go!

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There are few inhibitions which take a lot to overcome, and this is one such. I have really thought long and hard if I should be posting this, and finally decided to go ahead. This thought had been on mind for quite some time now, and was in a dilemma whether to post or not. This post is mature in content, at least to me, so others like me, who find it discomforting to read, please do not read further.

Two of the most important aids of our existence and our future is our body, and the other, soul. Each of them really important, and each interdependent. Along with us, they both age, and they both develop, they both have needs, and they both dictate our behavior, our conduct and more importantly the pursuit.

How much importance should we give to our body, and how much to our soul. People are comparatively more vocal when it comes to soul, take me for example my blog is almost 200+ posts old, and I have hardly written anything about the significant half of my existence. Nor seen many people write about it. From ages, body and its needs are considered to be a weakness, and trying to satisfy it, the biggest failure. How true is this?, does a normal person like me really capable of running away from the "body"?, I doubt. Not talking about it, kind of worsens the problem, I mean lesser mortals like me who are confused to pursue the body or the soul or both, are left to continue in the state of confusion.

Growing up, the society has made me believe, its a total taboo, to even consider thinking about body. The gender bias that exists has also added to wrong ideas [which I am discovering off late, that it is wrong]. I was almost made to believe women are asexual beings, and men on the other had are sexual maniacs, I mean men are supposedly big thinkers of sex, and women on the other hand, more into soul aspect of the relation. Sometimes I am shameful of my ignorance, and this happens to be on the top of my list. Sometimes you happen to see something which is so obvious, and makes you looks ridiculous for having thought otherwise, this happens to be one such.

So, is it really wrong to think about your physical needs?, Is it something which is supposed to be fought against?, does victory against these needs signify a great soul? a greater will?, or in plain words is it necessary to not think about it. I have no strong opinion on this. Sometimes I feel its just natural and one needs to go through it as any other thing in life, I feel its not wrong at all to think about such pleasures which are as natural to human beings as breathing or eating. And there is nothing wrong about enjoying such pleasures. On the other hand I feel, just like defeating hunger is a challenge that needs to be taken up, defeating body needs are also things which should be controlled, somewhere I think my idealisms on this front are all goofed up.

Its really strange all these debate over something which is very short lived. What all people do for eleven minutes of pleasure. Somewhere there is something which I missing I think. The missing link was the soul that gets attached to your body.

When it comes to physical needs, its never alone, there is always your emotion which in turn attaches soul to the act. There comes the big debate, should one bring emotions/soul to the table when it comes to the pleasure. Wish I could know more on this. I somehow feel the talk about separating pleasure from emotions is not true. I don't think anyone can ever achieve this. I have a feeling that even people who trade their bodies, too cannot achieve this. I might be totally wrong in this feeling though.

I cant get myself to believe people can distance emotions when it comes to the "act". Leave alone women, men too cannot distance much from emotions. By emotions I am not just limiting to love/romance, jealousy, possessiveness, privacy, protectiveness and so on, you name it people will attach this to the body. Some people are also of the extreme opinion that to enjoy something physical, there should be no emotions attached, Even before I get to think if this is true, possibility of doing such a thing, is somewhat iffy to me.

The greatly talented Greek philosopher Plato once said, "At the beginning of creation, men and women were not as they are now; there was just one being. The Greek gods, however ,were jealous, because this creature with four arms could work harder, Zeus the supreme lord of Olympus, cut the creature in two with a lightning bolt,thus creating man and woman. This disoriented and weakened earth's inhabitants, because now they had to search for their lost half and embrace it and, in that embrace regain their former strength, their ability to avoid betrayal and the stamina to walk for long periods of time and to withstand hard work, The embrace in which the two re-fuse is referred to as the making love."

So do you think it is wrong to think about the body?, is it possible to separate emotions from the self? does men and women look at this differently? is it something which should not be talked about?