Through misguidance by fundamentalist in many religious organizations our society has been lead to hold very dangerous viewpoints towards sex. Parents lie to their children or simply refuse to approach the subject with them and schools do much the same. When an individual or the majority of a society suppress a natural sexual drive, which is part of the basic human condition, then we find many forms of distorted and violent approaches to satisfying an otherwise beautiful and joyous experience. Extremes show up. On one end of the spectrum we find complete abstinence while on the other we find rape and child molestation. Though rape is not a sexual act, but a violent one, it is still a distortion of what is sacred in a naturally developed relationship.
When we look into some of the basic facts of this about our "rape culture" we can easily conclude that there is a problem.
“CDC: Nearly 1 in 5 Women Raped.” “One in Five U.S. Women Has Been Raped: CDC Survey.” These alarming headlines were typical of the coverage of last week’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on sexual and intimate violence in the United States. The CDC study—the second in two years—seems to support a radical feminist narrative that has been gaining mainstream attention recently: that modern America is a “rape culture” saturated with misogynistic violence." ~ http://time.com/3393442/cdc-rape-numbers/
The issue has some very interesting roots and one that I have found in the forefront is self-esteem. It is a known part of history that the oldest occupation known to humankind is prostitution. In the ancient Sumerian culture farmers were allowed to have sex with the "goddesses" through a donation to the temple which was believed to assure a bountiful crop the following year.
"For example, the oldest coin currency that we know is a Sumerian bronze piece dating from before 3000 BC. On one side of the coin is a representation of a sheaf of wheat, and on the other, Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. The Sumerians called it the "Shekel" where "She" meant wheat, "Kel" was a measurement similar to a bushel, hence this coin was a symbol of a value of one bushel of wheat. (The word "shekel" survives in modern Hebrew as Israel's monetary unit.) The original shekel had as its purpose payment for sacred prostitution at the temple of Ishtar, which was the temple of life and death. The temple, as well as being a ritual center, was the storage place for the reserves of wheat that supported the priesthood, and also the community in lean times. So farmers fulfilled their religious and social obligations by bringing their contributions of wheat to the temple, and receiving in exchange a shekel coin, entitling them to a visit with the temple prostitutes at the festival time. All this also must be understood in its cultural context: The sacred prostitutes were representatives of the goddess, and intercourse with them was intercourse with the goddess of fertility herself, nothing to take lightly. At that time fertility was truly a matter of life and death. If the crops failed, there was no alternative, and everyone starved or at least went hungry until next year. And, of course, completing the magic ritual properly insured the fertility in crops, animals and children that was necessary for future prosperity." ~http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/10.1/origins/origins.html
Though I personally feel that the percentage is much higher than this, there is reason to see the correlation between fertility associated with crops and that of human sexuality though that subject is off topic for the point I'm coming to. In today's society I have seen, and felt myself, a lull in self-respect and self-esteem directly influenced by a cultural norm that places value on a man for what is in his wallet, and a woman for what is between her legs. There is so much more to a human-being that this bias totally overlooks and it seems to me that it is actually one of the core issues we face as humanity stands at the brink of extinction.
Imagine what a shift there would be globally if all women began to choose the father of her children, not from the size of his bank account, but from the size of his garden. Imagine if all men began to choose the mother of his children, not from how small her waist is and how large her breasts, but from the size of her heart and prowess. As difficult as this may seem when we have a general dogmatic belief system that places a man at the top of the spiritual hierarchy while leaving women far under as a devilish source of all evil. When we break a belief system down and find that so many are following a path that declares a war at the center of the cosmos between good and evil, between the light and the dark, then it is no challenge to realize that this is why we have had a continuous war somewhere on our planet for so long.
It is known by many wholistic healers that there is a very direct and clear pattern that arrises from a person's intimate relationship that fractals out to the rest of that person's reality.
As one of my teachers said a few years back, "If someone describes their current intimate relationship in honesty to me and what that consists of, then I will know the rest of that person's universe very clearly and the patterns thereof." This is not an exact quote but is the basic foundation that, if someone is willing to share this bit, opens up a pandora's box and allows the healer extreme insights and solutions to the issue or issues that the client showed up to get help handling.
"Here at the close of the 20th century we have the luxury of living
in splendid isolation. Unlike in more "primitive" cultures, most
Americans no longer live as part of a large family or community where we
develop a sense of comfort and safety, a network of people to confide in,
to feel at home with. This, I have come to believe, is what has drawn
many people into cults--the need to feel part of a bonded community,
There is a sense of being at home emotionally as well as physically. Our
culture provides for meeting all other needs, especially the need for
autonomy, but not for intimacy. Within this framework, couples today must
provide for each other more of the emotional needs that a larger
community used to furnish." ~ https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/196912/intimacy-the-art-relationships
The assault on our sexuality is one of the core aspects that form what I call a "failed modality in consciousness" which humanity currently struggles with. I believe I and many others are cracking the code and that this branch of the Tree of Life is beginning to wither and die. There is no little man up in the clouds watching everything we do and hell is a prison that humanity manifested to prove that a hell existed at all. Punishment is a transgression that reflects a resistance to own our own power of compassion and love. Schools are a daycare center where the young are groomed in order to create adults that are only smart enough to run the corporate machine. There is no savior coming to save us. We must become our own heroic Trinity.
The FATHERing thought must humble itself and ask instead of demand. The SUN must be integrated as a spark of divinity shining from within and recognized as the heart of the HOLY SPIRIT which, in all reality is her, our Mother Earth. We must break away the old shell and let it fall away as a new ship sets sail. We must nurture a new EARTH NATION of feeling and emotional men and allow for a wild and free womankind who are empowered as the Goddesses who birthed every god that ever existed. We will leave our fears to Fenrir, the Great Wolf, who is the dream guide and equalizer. Balance will become the new deity and love the only law that ever needed following. We, the Earth Nation, will stand up, look around and fix what we have broken, pick up the pieces and create something better than has ever existed in eternity. We will lead the way in the Galactic Confederacy joining the Great Sacred Hoop of star-children and shine like never before.
YOU ARE THE ONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
~ Four Eagles
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