Excellent essay on slavery

[catalina_francisco]

Dang Catalina, I come back from a weekend of really "finding" my place in my slavery, decide to return to this forum because I can't find anywhere else where people even somewhat understand this notion, and you keep bumping up all these thought provoking threads!

Not complaining.

I don't have much to say on this one, but I will say that one of the reasons I never thought that "slave" fit me was because I am a very forward, blunt person sometimes. I am too shy to be a good leader, but I am not one to keep my opinions and expectations under my belt. For a long time, I had trouble balancing who I was with the role I chose to be because in my mind, they didn't really fit.

Once I figured out that my powerful personality is actually what gives me the ability to embrace a powerful role, it all kind of clicked in place. I am proud of the fact that I am able to serve someone and continue to learn to serve someone as completely as I do, and not have that affect or change who I always have been. I'm still Seri, just now I am also so much more. It's like I discovered another part of myself and as Shadows' said, eased into it under the hand of someone who had a better understanding of it than I did myself. Dawnie saw it before I did, and she's the one that will continue to guide me into this role.

One of my most favourite things about being a slave is that trust that someone mentioned. Dawnie trusts me with her passwords, her bank accounts, her credit cards and log ins and privacy. She can ask me to check for something in her email and know I won't abuse that by reading or looking anywhere I wasn't invited. She can trust me to do assignments for her without checking them over as she knows I will have them done right. She can give me an order and not need "proof" that it was done properly unless it entertains her to see the results, but it isn't necessary for trust reasons. I trust her with the same details. That is amazing to me. I would have been uncomfortable with that level of trust with any of my previous partners. With Dawnie, as her slave, it's an enpowering thing. She obviously thinks me to be a very strong, capable, trustworthy person trusting me with such information and knowing that even if for some reason we parted ways, she wouldn't have to worry about changing that information.

I agree that slavery is not a deeper form of submission, it's a different form of submission. For myself, the role takes me to deeper places and affects me in more profound ways, but thats because of the person that brings it out in me, the path that led me here and the training that allows me to stay here...not because of the role itself, if that makes sense. It's such a personal journey that it's kind of absurd to use a title to say something is deeper or better than another. Different strokes for different folks. It's all in the journey.

LOL, well think I have bumped all I am about to tonight.....and as always, it is great to see you here. Have to agree with you, the trust is wonderful.

Catalina

 

[Richard49]

http://edgeliving.blogspot.com/2004_04_11_edgeliving_archive.html


I thought this was interesting and might whet some discussion. Kind of sums up ideas I've held about this whole thing for some time, that seem to be very much minority opinions.

Talk about thought provocking (sp). WoW

 

[Richard49]

Pure, I'm not buying it.

Look at McNamara and Kennedy, McNamara and LBJ, if you want a model of military upper echelons who would do anything in the name of service.

FYI and off topic sort of
McNarmara functioned with LBJ out of fear
not service ... at lest according to McNamara's auto bio

 

[Esclava]

Thought provoking?

Yes ...

Must carefully consider how to say what I know from personal experience. I'll return soon ...

Esclava

 

[MechaBlade]

http://edgeliving.blogspot.com/2004_04_11_edgeliving_archive.html


I thought this was interesting and might whet some discussion. Kind of sums up ideas I've held about this whole thing for some time, that seem to be very much minority opinions.

I got something out of it.

 

[CutieMouse]

Another interesting bump, maybe?