Sex

Kama sutra. In the native tongue of India, Kama means sex/love, and yama means death. The French call orgasm ‘la petite morte’, because of the physical symptoms being like death; spasming, violent gasping and expulsion of breath, sometimes even loss of consciousness.

Many women detach during physical sex. Women often developed the capacity to detach, unplug, because they weren’t originally engaged and are just dumped on by the male ego. Sex should be likened to an ancient religious ritual, much passion and focus, showing respect for the moment and space.

Sex is all too common in virtual worlds like Second Life. It’s not very well thought out, and not actually considered or created, just re-visited. This is why it manifests as addiction. It’s like pounding your hand with a hammer believing that will make it stop hurting. In the long run it will, because it will be destroyed. This is why sex can seem degrading. It’s depth and substance are not understood or are ignored.

There is a mechanism behind it. A way and process. A purpose. The taboo notion arises from the limited shallow view of it.

“Sex ran in him like the sea” John Masefield (British poet, 1878-1967)