The desire. A need?
Difficult to distinguish.
Two persons. Together.
The pleasure of sensual,
of emotional stimulation.
Two bodies. Two hearts.
The joy of intimacy,
of trusting, revealing,
pleasing, becoming one.
No thought of anything beyond,
of anything but each other.
And then the guilt.
Should there be guilt?
If not for Above-I,
would there be guilt?
Is there no god of love?
Mark Sebring (2020)
"Augustine believed that God had condemned humanity to an eternal damnation,
simply because of Adam's one sin. The inherited guilt was passed on to all his
decendents through the sexual act, which was polluted by what Augustine called
'concupiscence'. Concupiscence was the irrational desire to take pleasure in
mere creatures instead of God; it was felt most acutely during the sexual act,
when our rationality is entirely swamped by passion and emotion, when God is
utterly forgotten and creatures revel shamelessly in one another."
Karen Armstrong (A History Of God)
"Of course, not all who accept those old stories
believe in hating those different from them.
In fact, many are pretty good people
who truly want to do what is right.
But they're all letting others think for them,
every believer in some Holy Book.
And they're all taught to follow their leaders,
whether saints or madmen or crooks.
And they all suspend reason to put faith in things
they're convinced and they wish to be true .
And they're following a path that doesn't lead to the truth
about the right and the wrong things to do."
Mark Sebring (Three Days In The Belly Of A Fish)
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
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The desire. A need?
Difficult to distinguish.
Two persons. Together.
The pleasure of sensual,
of emotional stimulation.
Two bodies. Two hearts.
The joy of intimacy,
of trusting, revealing,
pleasing, becoming one.
No thought of anything beyond,
of anything but each other.
And then the guilt.
Should there be guilt?
If not for Above-I,
would there be guilt?
Is there no god of love?
Mark Sebring (2020)
"Augustine believed that God had condemned humanity to an eternal damnation,
simply because of Adam's one sin. The inherited guilt was passed on to all his
decendents through the sexual act, which was polluted by what Augustine called
'concupiscence'. Concupiscence was the irrational desire to take pleasure in
mere creatures instead of God; it was felt most acutely during the sexual act,
when our rationality is entirely swamped by passion and emotion, when God is
utterly forgotten and creatures revel shamelessly in one another."
Karen Armstrong (A History Of God)
"Of course, not all who accept those old stories
believe in hating those different from them.
In fact, many are pretty good people
who truly want to do what is right.
But they're all letting others think for them,
every believer in some Holy Book.
And they're all taught to follow their leaders,
whether saints or madmen or crooks.
And they all suspend reason to put faith in things
they're convinced and they wish to be true .
And they're following a path that doesn't lead to the truth
about the right and the wrong things to do."
Mark Sebring (Three Days In The Belly Of A Fish)