Our Intent
This blog is an effort to create a surrogate space. Surrogate for the ideal world where we can express our fears, confusions, desires, questions and insecurities without being judged. A place which is geared towards listening with receptivity, where we can learn by other’s struggles and victories, where inspiration comes from the simplest truths and honesty helps heal and build bridges. Philosophically it may sound like an attempt at a virtual reality of sorts. But since technology has gifted us a virtual universe through cyber space. Why not?
So why just sex? Needless to say our sexual ‘self’ is the least understood, examined, healed or ‘cool’ part of our being. It is unarguably the centre point of our self-expression and desire. More importantly the divide between where sex begins (or ends) and what defines our sexuality, especially intimacy, is the foggiest area of understanding. And that confusion straddles all cultures/ages/classes/gender. Hence the terse but ambivalent question –‘Is It About Sex?’
We hope the blog will gift the modern mind a space to reflect and connect on this oceanic self that we all view with both fascination and fear. Where we are quick to understand the word sex we are completely at sea with the word ‘sexuality’. For it is truly like the relationship between ‘word’ and language. While words, our facility or lack thereof with them, are the source of our desire and ability to express, it is indeed our language that helps us build or destroy bridges with others. For language carries many, many things. It includes our tone, intonation, facial expressions and even body language, it reflects our wisdom or lack thereof and in essence acts like the river that flows from our consciousness. It is a small wonder that many, unlettered, unschooled beings have the most mesmerizing language of self-expression. Their words have the power to transform those who hear. Sex and sexuality are mirrors in exactly the same way, where sex is merely the word and sexuality the entire language of our ‘self’. Our sexuality is the larger picture with many, many colours and hues of our being.
South Asia, specifically India, is amidst an unprecedented social/cultural/economic transformation. Media has let down its hair and suddenly the sexual omnibus feels like rapid transit. The young and the impressionable are hooked and parents feel trapped in the maelstrom of technology and mass media. There are many questions and even more conflicts but few spaces where we can sit and truly search for answers.
For now it carries our wish list of open debate, sensitive and expansive perspectives, courage and vision and lots of lightness and fun too. This land mass carries great depth and science in its spiritual heritage. The sexual centre has been the core of spiritual awakening in Vedic thought. And yet modernity wonders where Khajuraho and Kama Sutra actually figure in a nation, now rife with stifling rules and mores. Or is it?
The blog like its subject has infinite potential. As a centre dedicated to healing, we hope this will turn into a collective adventure of infinite possibilities. Even though we have chosen a group of writers as triggers who bring their experience/wisdom/ideas for all to debate, we see the blog growing to include many more contributors. For, each of you who post and share your thoughts will sculpt and fashion the road this blog will take.
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criscommented ( 2:10 PM Monday 28 April 2008) onThe myth of virginity:
HOW TRUE IS IT? -
vijaya rajagopalcommented ( 2:20 PM Sunday 16 March 2008) on
how you see the it depends on that the spirituality would like to know more about this subject -
Miekecommented ( 4:57 PM Monday 10 March 2008) on
Dear Aachi, Thanks, found the book but haven't any idea how to order it from them, because it is only ... -
Harbcommented ( 4:00 PM Monday 10 March 2008) on
Aachi, please write at the following email address: harb_singh@yahoo.com -
Aachicommented (12:18 PM Monday 10 March 2008) on
Dear Mieke, Harb, Lots of love to you.:) The book is in the Young Adult Fiction category of wisdomtree. Harb, ... -
Miekecommented ( 5:17 PM Saturday 08 March 2008) on
Hi Harb, I have been reading the blog just now. This one on one conversation is very straightforward and I ... -
Miekecommented ( 5:15 PM Saturday 08 March 2008) on
Dear Aachi, This is certainly a wonderful verse, straight from the heartphone :) Life, in all it's simplicity mostly offers ...
