Topic: Sex
Now, I've heard many free-thinkers complain about sexual repression, and about religious indoctrination making people consider sex as shameful or dirty. Well, admittedly that has almost certainly been the case in the past, but I actually think it's exactly the opposite these days: "they" - TPTB, the media or whatever - are programming us to become obsessed with sex.
It's so blatant; television, films and other forms of media are pushing the boundaries in terms of sexually explicit material broadcast to the general population. Last night, there was a programme on TV (which I didn't watch, but heard about from people at school) in which a 26-year-old virgin was filmed being instructed in sexual etiquette by prostitutes in Amsterdam. Apparently, they actually showed this guy having sex with one of the prostitutes at the end, as well as other graphic sex acts. It's just plain voyeurism. Not only that, but the entire premise of the programme gave out the message that being a virgin/not having tons of sex = abnormal. Virginity is not a disease that needs to be "cured", so why is it considered as such? As if there isn't enough pressure on young people to lose it these days!
With that said, young people seem to be most susceptible to this cultural conditioning. I'm disgusted by the way my peers at school behave - they get drunk & sleep around at parties every weekend, openly discuss their masturbation habits, treat every situation as an opportunity for making sexual innuendo, watch graphic films with rape scenes in them and bring in videos on their mobile phones of people having sex with animals. And these are just the people in my year. Kids as young as 14 are going to parties and having sex, just so they can say they've done it. Yep, gossip gets around at my school.
Call me old-fashioned, but whatever happened to meaningful sex? Doing it because you love the other person, not just because you want to get rid of your virginity, fit in with your prurient friends or have a meaningless one-night stand? I disagree with some of the more extreme religious viewpoints which state that sex is inherently sinful, but I do think that it should only happen between two people who genuinely love each other and are committed to each other. In that respect, maybe religions are right to discourage sex before marriage.
I guess if you have a totally materialistic, hedonistic outlook, I can see why you wouldn't place much value in sex. After all, it's just a bit of fun, right? Hmmm. I read something once that said two people who have had sex have ties to each other in the higher dimensions for the rest of their lives, so there may actually be an unseen, ongoing connection long after sex itself has ended.
So, what are your interpretations of this? Why is this sexual obsession being programmed into us? Does it generate loosh? In the longer term, do such physical desires bind us to the earth plane, thereby keeping us trapped in the matrix? I'll be interested to hear your opinions on this. Thanks for reading.