The Green Light District

Service

Over the weekend I attended a retreat for an inner work group of which I feel indescribable gratitude to be a part.

United States President-Elect Obama has invited citizens to attend to service to the community (however that is defined — local, national, world) today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States.

At one point during the retreat, as the above was mentioned, we were invited to speak about what we perceived to be any specific service we performed in the world.

I said that I wrote about sexuality and aimed to do so with consciousness, as I aim to do everything, and that whether it was ostensibly about the overlap of sexuality and spirituality (which sometimes it is) or not, the aim in me is to bring consciousness to a subject that seems to have been victim of particular distortion and unconsciousness in the collective/societally. Thus I aim to consciously offer respect and reverence to sexuality as a beautiful and inherent part of us and of life.

This is how I have approached all work in the sex industry and all erotica writing I have done, as well as all that I continue to do.

And I truly consider that a service. This post is not about me and any accolade for what I do — it is about recognizing the service of appreciating sexuality. Sex/sexuality is not a frivolous indulgence separate from the rest of life that may be engaged in or attended to when “important” things are not going on or needing attention — it is one of those things.

I offer it deep reverence, gratitude, and recognition of its utter sacredness as such.

Love,
Emerald

“You wrap your legs around me, all I can do to try and breathe, let me breathe so that I, so we can go together…love will lead us, all right, love will lead us, she will lead us, can you hear the dolphin’s cry?, see the road rise up to meet us, it’s in the air we breathe tonight, love will lead us, she will lead us…”
-LIVE “The Dolphin’s Cry”

Posted by Emerald | Filed under: Sex+ Spirituality, Sex+ Work, Sex+ Writing: Mine|