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Beyond passion

The gospelof the flesh

Even t ough passion is something lodged in our inds,it is also strongly linked to our physical body. he sen-s tion of the drugs r s es t rough on ’s blood nd thes ductive inuence of alco ol. he closeness s swe tybodies er e. H avy br thing, pounding hearts nd

spas odic org sms.W en we u ns wer divine, our bodies wer

the tools of the soul. hey wer strong, be utiful ndwe had the ability to tr nsform t e . One d y wemig t b women, not er d y we would be en,one d y sexl ss, not er d y both n nd wom n.

rough our will power we could nipul t ourormones nd reweave our DNA, c s sex org ns

to r gr ss, c se cartila e nd scl s to s iftand s ape s into the appear nc we d sir d. Wwer compl te nd perfect. ow our bodies renothing ore t an pri itive ac ines whic wek p alive by stu ing ourselves with ood whicwe disc ar e s stinking excr ment. W a e, wegrow weaker, for ev ry passing year, nd old a epulls s down into a inal contemptuo s exis-tence until our s ells inally peris . For ny,the bodies we re cast in l wrong or inade-qu te. W try to r mould ourselves. W cl veour tongues, cut of our nippl s, dye our hair,have our genitalia odied, take ormones,or scr tc , ta too nd aim ourselves. ll of itto experience c an e nd a d sper te d sirto discov r w o w r lly re.

The chastenedpassion

roug out history, our jailors have soug t to curb ourdesir . hey have t ug t s t t it is wrong, sinful nd th twe only can rel se it under strict, constituted rul s suc sm trimony betwe n n nd wom n. Our view of th vari-o s gender rol s has blinded s – aybe t is w s t e Demi-

ur e’s gr test guil , dividing s into two sexes nd providingon of the with God-given rig ts to gov rn the ot er. Whave foug t nd kill d or trivial things suc s ow en ndwom n oug t to be ave, ow t ey s ould dr ss nd wh trig ts nd oblig tions t ey s ould have. L r e parts of u n-ity r still blinded by t es lies nd in fan tical yearning tocurry favour with the God we subjec li tl girls nd boys togenital util tion, stone t os w o have had extr arital sexand be t o osexuals nd ot er d viants to d th.

Now t e stric rul s have begun to collapse in ny partsof the world, but we r ev r blinded by Tiphareth’s principl .he ne d or be uty, valid tion nd the super ici l nd b nal has

c s d s to s rink ourselves. W believe ourselves to b fr butour passion has become a d sir for owning trivial things suc sclot es of the l test fas ion, the newest p one, decor of distincdesign, ake s l speci l nd important. W r so insecureth t we st build a perfec world w er we can b good-look-ing, slim, t, uni e nd perfec nd conquer ot er perfect, ndin our blindness, succ ssful peopl . his pursuit nd ear of beingoutsid society nd its dem nds on ow one s ould look nd be,old ny of s in its gr sp. ife styl ag zines have becom our

new Bibl s nd odels nd cel brities our new saints nd gods. Wcov t the , w nt to b like the , but it is a false d sir . Diluted ndcow rdly.

. ,lose co ntrol nd b e tr nsported to a pl ac whic e xcl s ively revol ves roundpl sure. Passio n is not lo ve, r t er sels dri ve cr ving s tisf action whic isth e orig in of our v ry existence. I contr ols ev ryth ing w e do nd e v ryt hing weare. I w s no s ecret until we w er jail d in to r lity. W en we w er gods, ourde sir s knew no li its. W d vour d ev rything w e ca e cross nd c uckedout the l f tov r s. Pain nd pl sur wer o ne n d the sa e. W wer eac ot er’s rul rs, we w er eac ot er ’s slav es. One o men t we allowe d ou rselvesto b skinn ed a live in ecs a sy, o nly to b r born into a new bod y to contin ueou r livin g out. W wer be utiful nd co mpl te – n ot he avy with ling s ofguilt, esit tion or symp th y. Ou r s runken nd captive s n ses n ow c se

s to ea r the drive s t t onc emb odied s nd we ind it hard to ccep tand unders and the . In co ntr st to d th whic is a lie, adne ss whic is an tempt to esca pe n d our dr s w hic re n expr ssion of o ur co r ,sexuality is gr ter t an s. Pass ion is t e s a est nd also th e o st d n er-o s exit into tr e r lity. I can retu rn to s a s ard of ou r lost divin ity n dr mind s o f wh t we onc wer , but re ui r s ajor sacri i c s.

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