Spiritual BDSM

From: http://www.powerotics.com

Picture a broad, calm river. That can be a a very tranquil, beautiful sight. Intens even. Calming. Soothing. Relaxing. Now, in your mind, travel upstream. The closer you get to the origin of the river, the more power and violence you will find. Waterfalls, whirling white water and eventually wells pushing their way up from deep under the soil, through the rocks. The history of most loving relationships is much like that. It is vibrant, steamy and filled with new energy in the beginning and over times transforms into a calm, peaceful situation.

Spiritual BDSM is about turning the waterfall back on

In Oriental philosophy this will be explained in terms of Yin and Yang. Life energy (Ki in Japanese, Chi in Chinese of Prana in Sanskrit) flows between Yin and Yang. Much in the way you need a plus and minus pole of a battery of a magnet. The balance between Yin and Yang requires constant disturbance in order to allow for energy to flow. Not "just" disturbance of course, but controlled and meaningful actions to move from Yin to Yang and back. The waterfall must be there to feed the river.

BDSM is about "disturbing the peace". Is about looking for new impulses, boundaries, options and input. Exploring the edges of your mind, the deepest corners of your fantasy. Not going for the obvious or a comforting knowledge of what already is, but "to baldly go where no one has gone before". Being into BDSM is being Columbus in your own universe.

It is your world

When it comes to love and relationships there are as many different realities (dimensions if you like) as there are people. Each relationship is its own universe, different form all others, shaped and formed along its own norms and values, wants and needs. All stars look alike, yet - when observed closely -they are very different from each other.

Step into BDSM and you'll instanty turn into an explorer. Of your own universe as well as that of others. Your main objective: to learn, experience and find new impulses. Explorers usually find treasures of all kinds. New lands, new medicine, new plans, new animals and new people. They do so through taking risks and facing dangers while venturing into the unknown. That is exactly what BDSM is about.

Set your own trail. Prepare yourself for spectacular waterfalls as well as for a few sharks, lions and a few bruises. Explore, learn and keep what is of value in your own reality.