Buddha Camp

So, I just got back from ten days at a retreat at a Buddhist monastery, a class to fulfill a requirement for my grad program. It was an extremely intense experience, not the least of which was because one of the precepts we followed for the ten days was complete celibacy (even with ourselves). So, I have all kinds of pent up energy.

I have lots to think about and process, and on more than one occasion wished I’d had my computer so I could write blog posts about various topics. I’m glad, though, I had ten screen-free days; I didn’t miss my computer one little bit. That’s an empowering and good realization.

I sat down just now thinking I was going to start writing the first in a series of reflections about the synergies between what I experienced at Buddha Camp and submissive sexuality, but my mind is running wild and can’t focus just now. Eventually I want to talk about celibacy/chastity and the positive use of sexual energy which is stored up over a period of time, bowing, and what I find in common between letting go as a spiritual practice and giving up control as a sexual practice.

Yay for being home!