But I will admit I think in strange ways sometimes.
The way you are thinking is forcing me to examine all of my preconceptions. This is a GOOD thing. I do not like to be complacent in my thoughts and conclusions, ever. So keep it up. :)
I am not sure that I understand how one can grow/explore in a "karma-safe" realm.
Perhaps I should try to explain what I mean by this. Whatever we do, own, become, or even are, ties us inextricably deeper into the "warp and woof" of the fabric of existence. So by doing or even just by existing we are drawn further away from the state of repose which (it seems to me) is the origin and destination of all things. (I state this without placing a value judgment on whether it is "good" or "bad" to be deeply embroiled in the warp and woof of reality.)
But it seems to me that real growth and exploration have to happen under whatever state/realm is normative for the individual in question.
Hmm... I think I know what you mean by this... but it seems to me that what causes us to grow, adapt, and change, is being far from our state of equilibrium. This tends to come at a high cost, though. So what I mean by a "karma-safe realm" is that BDSM is a controlled environment that allows us to experience things far from equilibrium in a way that, if done right, involves a lower karmic cost.
A consentual rape scene, for example, does not involve the same karmic cost as an actual rape.
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Date: 2003-05-12 05:55 am (UTC)The way you are thinking is forcing me to examine all of my preconceptions. This is a GOOD thing. I do not like to be complacent in my thoughts and conclusions, ever. So keep it up. :)
I am not sure that I understand how one can grow/explore in a "karma-safe" realm.
Perhaps I should try to explain what I mean by this. Whatever we do, own, become, or even are, ties us inextricably deeper into the "warp and woof" of the fabric of existence. So by doing or even just by existing we are drawn further away from the state of repose which (it seems to me) is the origin and destination of all things. (I state this without placing a value judgment on whether it is "good" or "bad" to be deeply embroiled in the warp and woof of reality.)
But it seems to me that real growth and exploration have to happen under whatever state/realm is normative for the individual in question.
Hmm... I think I know what you mean by this... but it seems to me that what causes us to grow, adapt, and change, is being far from our state of equilibrium. This tends to come at a high cost, though. So what I mean by a "karma-safe realm" is that BDSM is a controlled environment that allows us to experience things far from equilibrium in a way that, if done right, involves a lower karmic cost.
A consentual rape scene, for example, does not involve the same karmic cost as an actual rape.