tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post3878424867942652279..comments2023-08-17T11:04:19.748-04:00Comments on submission & metaphor: The mark of the Beastoatmeal girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842608615972752000noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-18217666769454221572010-09-18T20:21:08.967-04:002010-09-18T20:21:08.967-04:00WHEW~
That just left me shaking.
How lovely to be...WHEW~<br />That just left me shaking.<br /><br />How lovely to be marked.nbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817508431335142670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-41833061247036066642010-09-17T12:35:04.157-04:002010-09-17T12:35:04.157-04:00Brevity does lead to lack of clarity, but I cannot...Brevity does lead to lack of clarity, but I cannot deal with your comments as if I had the number of words allowed a term paper. So - the fiend's courage. Not for "what he did." For continuing, despite the frightening temptations that lie in your sweet self, to engage, to relate, to enjoy, yes, certainly, but also to bring you strength in the process. I'm probably wrong, but I think isolation is easier, for those whose "still, small voice" - (schikses, too, recognize the reference!) - is sometimes drowned out. So, yes. The fiend's courage.<br />As to the sacrifice, or martyrdom, I stick to my original point. It is about faith, you're correct, and it is about obedience, of course.<br />It is also consensual. Deliberate.<br />As is the initial.<br />Of course you will be ok, singularly and collectively.<br />Because it's a choice. - jcnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-36699620938847109502010-09-17T11:46:48.125-04:002010-09-17T11:46:48.125-04:00Well, charlie, I sure it won't be seen by EVER...Well, charlie, I sure it won't be seen by EVERYONE!<br /><br />Paul - thank you. I don't see any signs of actual healing, but it also doesn't seem to be getting infected, so that's to ease the worry I remind myself that it can take many days for even a paper cut to stop hurting!<br /><br />jcn - the fiend's courage... for what he did? I wouldn't call it courage, actually. He doesn't really have control of himself at such times. What we refer to as "the beast" does. It takes possession, this other part of himself, this fatal mix of brain chemicals. I would think it frightening to live with such potential for violen and that... dominant. I think of how my own winter-time chemical imbalance makes me shovel one cookie after another into my mouth as a still, small voice inside (Jews will recognize the reference) whispers "what the hell are you doing? you're not at all hungry" while being incapable of stopping my hand. When the beast takes possession, Daddy's still, small voice is strangled, and nothing can stop his hand.<br /><br />Ah, but Abraham's hand was stopped. A substitute sacrifice was sent. A few years ago I suddenly found a way to understand the story of the sacrifice of Isaac. Understand and embrace it in the context of D/s. Because it is all about faith. Faith and obedience. <br /><br />Note that it is always referred to as the SACRIFICE of Isaac. Not the aborted sacrifice. Because the important thing was Abraham's willingness to obey. The act itself was not needed.<br /><br />I was terrified.<br />I was in pain.<br />But I submitted.<br /><br />And now?<br />I'm shaken.<br />I'm in pain.<br />I am marked.<br />But I will be ok.<br />We will be ok.<br /><br />He is my Lord.<br />My Master.<br />My teacher.<br />My guide.<br />He is my Daddy.<br />And I love him.oatmeal girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842608615972752000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-33688194640898235532010-09-17T11:26:44.389-04:002010-09-17T11:26:44.389-04:00"But really.
When you're Jewish -
when yo..."But really.<br />When you're Jewish -<br />when you have our history -<br />our history of being martyred for being the Other -<br />where did he expect my mind to go?"<br />But, of course, the original martyrdom was Isaac's, and the circumstances were created, deliberately, by both of his Fathers, Abraham and God.<br />And was a choice.<br />As is yours.<br />I am astonished, as always, by both your courage and your directness - and, I guess, by the fiend's, as well. I think you are well-matched. And that's a compliment. Fascinating and thoughtful and, in an odd way, a seminal (no pun intended, honestly!) post. - jcnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-40563985819343940762010-09-17T08:33:06.534-04:002010-09-17T08:33:06.534-04:00OG, congratulations, you are indeed marked for lif...OG, congratulations, you are indeed marked for life.<br />Soon it will heal, and you will start to feel the pleasure.<br />Love and warm hugs,<br />Paul.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790580459962602757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165603762522014470.post-77773643482178430072010-09-17T06:56:11.717-04:002010-09-17T06:56:11.717-04:00It is something to carry his mark of ownership aro...It is something to carry his mark of ownership around in your mind and another to have it on your body for everyone to see the connection. Congratulations!charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283084957562543250noreply@blogger.com