Rope and Spirituality by Tatu What is Spirituality? Spirtuality is not Theology. Theology literally means, "thinking about god". Spirtuality is thinking about self. It is not religion or religious dogma. I did some research on the Internet and came up with the following definitions of Spirituality:
In our western civilization, we place great value on being very active and goal oriented. We probably know more about everything, and what we don't know is instantly available to us in an Internet environment. We know about everything, but probably know less about self than ever before in civilization. Spirituality is knowing self so we can truly love self. The D/s encounter is a vehicle to help us truly know and love self. Our role play helps us focual on who we are and what we as human being are really about. Bondage helps us be still or struggle as the case may be, challenging us to process in our bodies what is being inflicted upon us. Corporal Discipline challenges the limits of pain and pleasure. Spirituality that leads us to love ourselves is something that leads us to live with unconditional love, use safe sex, forgive our enemies, be honest, be non-judgmental, care for community members, volunteer to teach mentor some aspect of safe, sane and consentual play, or simply grow in our core values. It is being truly transparent with ourselve and our partners. It is honest communication, healing and just finding meaning for what we are about. We will use ritual to find this type of spirituality. The Way of Rope in my own experience is a beautiful ritual that leads the submissive to know herself. I use things like ritual bathing, candles, flower, art, music, her ritualisticall unpacking the ropes and preparing the space. The mutual bows is a moment of spirituality, acknowledging the beautiful empowered soul of the other. Ritual can be seen in the process of putting on a collar and making a transition from the vanilla world to your D/s space at home. Things like positioning, presentation, crawling, and wearing certain clothing like kimono or slave dress all work to help the submissive know herself and love herself and the role she plays in the power exchange. A rich protocol helps some find a space of comfort and things familiar. Spirituality can be seen on certain rituals attached to body modifications, such as wearing the kanji for slave tattooed on the body, or a ritual branding, or wearing a special piercing. The D/s energy helps us cycle life and have the appropriate "down times" to rebalance the the soul. The BDSM scene itself is often seen as a spirtual moment, when the body produces those pleasure endorphins and the submissive is released to fly. A search of personal experience and some Internet research, I found the following as some of the ways people describe the scene journey.
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