Okay, so I'm pretty sick today but will try and finish what I started yesterday. The fact that monogamy is a good thing begins with a simple truth. Women are the vessel and the man is the content. If men are going to run around spreading their seed, which is never their real motivation to begin with, they will be picking up from every woman, her feelings and who she has had sex with before. That particular man will pass that on to the next woman he has sex with and then all these women are going to feel all the stuff being passed on to them but not really know that's what it is. They will get their period and during that time of purification they will be miserable and bitchy and wonder why. This may a bit of my opinion but this was even spoken about in an Albert Brooks film, "Defending Your Life." He speaks of this exact thing, filling one another up with other peoples stuff. I guess I should say shit. It is shit and dirt and it's not healthy for the spirit.
So that's one reason it is good to keep to one partner. More of an inner aspect. The outer aspect is clear. Bar using protection, which many people in the heat of passion, don't bother with it and they pass on STD's. It is still a rampant problem within the younger set. I know, I have 3 grown college aged kids. My own 19 year old daughter has contracted something I don't even want to discuss. It breaks my heart. But who am I to judge or point the finger. I was a hippie in the free-love era and had more partners than I want to admit. I was in a clinic twice for the clap. Nothing to be proud of and being a groupie back in the late 60's had it's good and bad points and the multiple partners was a disaster waiting to happen.
So, there's at least 2-3 reasons to try and be faithful to one person and that's not even the issue. The real problem is that we are fed by the film industry a plate load of stories that display couples going off after as little as a conversation at a bar, to have sex with one another. There is rarely story line continuing with the concequence of their actions. And there will always be consequences...It is a spiritual issue more than anything. Just think about the fact, you don't really consummate a marriage unless you have sex. So you are actually spiritually marrying somene when you have sex with them. Then you go thru all these mini-divorces afterwards and wonder why you are unhappy and feeling shame. As I have said before, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Our souls are eternal. I heard my spiritual leader Bapak speak of the importance of keeping your heart and soul clean for the time we leave our fleshy envelope. Well, I could go on and on about this. It is a personal crusade of mine but I will leave it for each person to find their own truth concerning monogamy.
I found this quote today and I love it: "Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world agrees with it." -Maimonedes
So I only pray that what I have heard, experienced and appropriate to my life will work for me and find me in a good place when I do check out. Wishing you all the best, Pilar
I feel that there is a part of you that is trying to reconcile your actions when young with who you are and what you know now. If that is indeed the case, don't worry about it, for as your blog has told us, all is One, and nothing God has given us, including the ability to make mistakes, can separate us from the love of God. Yes, it is important to be ready to slip off the mortal coil in the right way, in the right state... so, just ask - How would you have me be when I leave this life? What must I do to get there? The enormous love our Creator has for us is without measure or comprehension.
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