My last post called serendipity a "slut".  It's not a word I use often and then only in jest.  Still the term got me thinking about the many ways that we try to infuse spirituality into our daily lives and the ways we perpetually, even unconsciously, oppose it.  Touch is one of the ways we show love.  If Love is synonymous with God, how can sex be sin?Buddhism's precepts regarding sexuality "do not take wh

at is not freely given" are similar to the Pagan creed to "do no harm".  No condemnation exists on premarital or non-procreative sex.  So why then do monks and other spiritual leaders practice celibacy?  Was it simply a question of focus?Since the days of Adam and Eve shame has shrouded sexuality.  Women particularly have struggled under this oppression.  Being sexually charged was declared at odds with our purity and our divinity.  A great myth was perpetuated upon us dividing the earthly and heavenly, the body from the spirit, the carnal from the zen.Reclaiming our right to give and receive pleasure is the pursuit of sexual consciousness not promiscuity. In places of love and trust, sex and spirit can commune and we can celebrate the goddess within.A quote from Starhawk's ode to the The Great Goddess:Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold --

All acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.