Purity, to me, was a bunch a rules, that I had to follow while I was in it ... Beyond just the sexual contact, or any contact for the matter, it meant continually ignoring the body of the person facing me, wich makes it quite difficult, especially when you're becoming a nurse ...
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Purity now, is to be who you really are, do what what you really want to do. Unfortunately, on my mind (and I don't say this to be rude), purity is still linked to the idea of morality, which we all know is to change with people and time. No, I don't think a child molester is pure. But is that because it really is not, or because I was brought up in a certain kind of family, society, or time? Do I think it is impure because I know it is not in my best interest? There are places where having mercy on children is considered being impure. They ought to be beaten, and sometimes unluckily, abused. **** happens. (Not my personal point of view here).
I would like to ask; is becoming karmateet becoming pure as well? Does not having any karma mean that you are totally pure? Loads of souls are born without karma in this world, play their role and experience pain, does that purity do them any good?
From what I have learned from religions, from the moment they require a hold on sexuality, one of the genders usually loses its equity, and it usually means a disturbance in the surrounding relationships. It is as if to be close to God, you had to leave behind your loved ones. There is a need to be saved. If you do the necessary steps, you will be pure enough that something will happen. This bringing henceforth the question; what is pure enough? When is pure enough? I say; what about being pure all through the process? Why the need for a run to an unattainable Grail?
They say; "you are pure when you see purity in everything". That is also something I don't understand. If everything is pure, then I don't need to act on anything. It will either resolve itself, or someone else will do it. I have no responsibility for not acting, or for any action I carry ...
Purity cannot be attained without consciousness. Consciousness requires detachment (or more what I like to call objectivity). People lose objectivity when it comes to the ones they love. How are we supposed to love everyone with just enough objectivity? When do we experience real closeness, true intimacy? How can purity mean to relate to God or others with no mention of the physical realm, when it's beacause of this physical realm that I am able to meet others?