Must it be paired with love to make it positive?
Standing alone is it a negative?
2007-09-14 18:45:32 · 5 answers · asked by Praire Crone 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Lust is BOTH, As an emotion, it is the mutual exchange of desire for each other that can either be a realease of pent up energies OR the beginning of another emotion, Love. As an energy it is the passion and external display of our sexual needs and desires.
Now to the Judeo-Christian-Islamists, it is the sinful expression of sexual selfishness, and if it is just left at that then they may possibly be correct. However, among us Pagans, it is a LOT more than that. Yes it IS the expression of our sexual passions, but it is also a mutual thing whereby we give of ourselves in it's entirety, out of love and desire, not only to please ourselves but also to please the other. In that respect it is an unselfish act and oftern results in the Next level of emotion, Love, to sprout and grow and mature. Lust CAN be a selfish act but it is not necessarily restricted to just a selfish act. Unlike the judeo-christian-islamic outlook, we witches do NOT see things as ONLY black and white. We are able to see the entire rainbow of morality and KNOW that it becomes only what we make it become. WE make our decisions and accept the rresponsibility for thsoe decisions and do NOT try to mitigate them by placing blame on temptation, a devil or anything else. We accept our OWN actions and accept back what we have put out, and that includes emotions and their accompanying energies like lust, love, anger and hatred. They are an integral part of being human on the Earth and recognize that ALL of the emotions are BOTH emotions AND energies. No emotion is of necessity a Negative, not even hatred. they ALL serve a useful purpose when harnessed for good and moral intentions.
BB,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-09-14 23:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lust, to me, is always a positive, whether paired with love or if it stands alone. If you have this feeling, which I believe we all experience at some point in our lives, and probably more than most admit, then it is only because it is a normal human behavior or feeling. We don't always "act" on our emotions, but none the less we have them.
2007-09-14 18:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by heart&soul 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lust is simply an emotional energy.
In other words, desire; an illusion.
2007-09-14 19:58:36 · answer #3 · answered by Temple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop dreaming. Lust is instinct. It helps keep us breeding.
2007-09-14 18:55:05 · answer #4 · answered by That Guy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Feel it, in your body, in your mind, then you'll know what it is. It's only what you choose to make it.
2007-09-14 18:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋