Fructose - very sweet sugar, that occur in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient.
Sorbitol- found in various berries and fruits or prepared synthetically and used as a flavoring agent, a sugar substitute for people with diabetes, and a moisturizer in cosmetics and other products.
Inositol - preventing the collection of fats in the liver, as well as promoting healthy hair growth. It is also can be considered brain food, as the nutrient is necessary to properly nourish the brain.
Proteins and Amino Acids:
Glutathione - involved in detoxification—it binds to toxins, such as heavy metals, solvents, and pesticides, and transforms them into a form that can be excreted in urine or bile. Glutathione is also an important antioxidant. In preliminary research, dietary glutathione intake from fruit and raw vegetables has been associated with protection against some forms of cancer.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) - nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms
Creatine - supplies energy for muscle contraction. Athletes need creatine supplements to make their muscles strong.
Minerals:
Phosphorus – helps the body absorb calcium to make the bones stronger.
Magnesium – helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis
Calcium – makes the bones strong
Potassium - is essential for the normal growth of the body and for the replacement of worn-out tissues which depend upon the presence of this mineral.
Zinc - is involved in numerous aspects of cellular metabolism. It is required for the catalytic activity of approximately 100 enzymes and it plays a role in immune function, protein synthesis, and wound healing
Vitamins:
Vitamin C - can help a person look younger and more beautiful. It encourages growth of the protein chains in collagen, which is the main ingredient in all fibrous tissue. Fibrous tissue is your bone matrix, cartilage, tooth dentin (right under the enamel), skin, tendons, ligaments, and all other connective tissue. Collagen is what keeps your cells bound together.
Vitamin B12 – energy booster.
Choline – helps promote sharpened focus and concentration.
Hormones:
Testosterone - promote sexual function and promote sex drive.
Prostaglandins - participate in a wide range of body functions such as the contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle, the dilation and constriction of blood vessels, control of blood pressure, and modulation of inflammation.
Nitrogen – balance of nitrogen helps the muscle grow.
7/25/2012 2:35:46 PM
Jealousy is ego pain...
An archaic alarm system
♄ard wired within, compelling us away from hazards of loss and thus toward self preservation. Most of the time in this modern day, there is no actual threat to our well being, yet we allow this tiny flame to feed and grow into a roaring blaze... roasting us alive.
This out-dated alarm system going off with such hair trigger sensitivity is no more beneficial to us then a fire alarm that screeches deafening shrills every time we attempt sitting cozy by the fireplace, dine by candle light, or make a nice cup of tea on the stove. The solution:
Feel and recognize
the unpleasant sensation and dismiss it as having no greater significance than the sore feet earned from a long walk or jog. It is a natural sensation to be addressed with the same compassion that we would use to reassure and comfort a frightened puppy.
No need to attach
any story or thoughts onto this sensation, the pain and fear is ego suffering, not any actual threat to our essential being, just a natural assault to this rigid prideful false ego self. Celebrate and allow the ego to suffer and die, without identifying it as our true actual death. This ego is a figment of the mind, a ghost who's desperate insistence of it's own selfish importance does not tolerate the spontaneity of the present moment and is gravely offended by it's lack of omnipotent control over outside things, perceiving life through the terrified lens of resisting it's own impermanence.
Embrace impermanence...
Without the impermanence of what once was, we would never have been born in the first place. All things impermanent rise and fall, coming in and out of existence like delicate threads of silk woven into a fine tapestry. Our ego-centric narcissistic self worship is no more sane than that of every pixel in a pointillist print competing against every other pixel for recognition, resisting the venerability of "losing oneself" while ironically neutralizing it's true colours.
Only in surrender
of this false ego idol we worship and serve, can we transcend hell and attain the glorious freedom of simply being... being part of a magnificent masterpiece that we are unable to see from our vantage point. Be whatever pixel you are, without effort to become like the other pixels... or else the canvas will become a portrait of shit. Get the point?
Even as I write this I feel the pain of impermanence burning in my belly... without needing a story to attach to it or an outside event to trigger it. It is there all the time, whether or not I acknowledge it. I choose to willingly embrace it and pull it close to my tender heart so that it may be merged with love and strength. Whenever I should find myself unwillingly overcome by this suffering, it will continue to be also infused with love and life, rather than in isolation caused by condemnation.
Give the medicine
to the sickness so that when in sickness medicine will be abundant.
But...
Don't wait until it's raining to go and fix the roof. Do your work with the sun on your head.
Darkness is not
the opposite of light, it is the absence of light. Shine light into the darkness when you are glowing, and in the darkest hour, be sure to appreciate the rising sun racing over the horizon to enlighten and illuminate your sky.
Enlightenment occurs daily.
Do you even notice? Who is so busy doing all this egoistic striving to attain it? Open your eyes, it's happening right now. Did "you" see it?
Wait, ♄ere it comes again!
Stop.
♥
11/19/2010 9:59:58 AM
Give to me with no expectation of anything in return. It's the most refreshing sentiment. It's the best kept secret.
It's the key to dominance and the key to submission. It's the key to Mastery and surrender.
Give to me not as a bargaining chip for receiving something.
What we've learned about winning and turning a profit can't help us here. Selfish self interest can only cause us to hold back from giving and receiving our gifts fully. Self preservation builds walls between us.
It's this most subtile yet profound shift of focus, who's benefits are limitless.
We are all focussed on controlling... but we can never really control another person... even as a Master. It's the hardest lesson for Doms and subs alike.
There is no stink worse than selfish motives. There is no sweeter fragrance then selfless giving.
The only one I can control is me, and what I choose to give. I can't even control whether you choose to receive what I give... do with it what you will. Attaching my giving to whether or not you will give me what I want or respond how I wish only poisons the well, and cheapens the whole affair.
Selfish attachment is the root of disappointment and disillusionment... resentful thoughts and jaded hearts. It's a loser's path. Be devoted to the winning path, yet detached from the outcome.
Renouncing control, gives you all the control. This is the powerful irony of releasing control to gain Mastery. Consensual surrender is the sweetest reward, for both the conqueror and the conquered.
10/21/2010 11:55:58 AM
"The essence of sadism...
...is the drive for complete and absolute control over a living being... to make of them a helpless object of our will, to become their god, to do with them as one pleases. To humiliate them, to enslave them, are means toward this end, and the most radical aim is to make them suffer, since there is no greater power over another person than that of forcing them to undergo suffering without them being able to defend themselves."
~Erich Fromm (1964)
9/28/2010 3:05:28 PM
Masochistic Personality Traits:
Masochistic Personality, aka Self-defeating Personality is a pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. The person may often avoid or undermine pleasurable experiences, be drawn to situations or relationships in which he or she will suffer, and prevent others from helping him or her, as indicated by at least five of the following:
chooses people and situations that lead to disappointment, failure, or mistreatment even when better options are clearly available
rejects or renders ineffective the attempts of others to help him of her
following positive personal events (e.g., new achievement), responds with depression, guilt, or a behavior that produces pain ( e.g., an accident)
incites angry or rejecting responses from others and then feels hurt, defeated, or humiliated (e.g., makes fun of spouse in public, provoking an angry retort, then feels devastated)
rejects opportunities for pleasure, or is reluctant to acknowledge enjoying himself or herself (despite having adequate social skills and the capacity for pleasure)
fails to accomplish tasks crucial to his or her personal objectives despite demonstrated ability to do so, e.g., helps fellow students write papers , but is unable to write his or her own
is uninterested in or rejects people who consistently treat him or her well, e.g., is unattracted to caring sexual partners
engages in excessive self-sacrifice that is unsolicited by the intended recipients of the sacrifice
8/18/2009 6:49:10 AM
2 questions from my mailbag: 1) I'm just curious how your view on 24/7 fits into the fact that you keep your kinky life discreet. 2) i have never been interested in a 24/7 relationship. I think it would be very difficult as we need to have times alone, shopping, out with friends. How does one keep the D/s emotional connection alive 24/7 Thanks, I think these are great questions. As far as keeping kink discrete, I can't imagine why complete strangers need to know what I'm like in bed, or how that could possibly add to or take away from my experience. In the same way that I don't walk around the city with my dick out, I also don't need to flaunt my sexuality publicly to get attention and somehow validate my identity. My identity is solid, I know who I am and what I'm all about, and anyone who comes into my world will feel that I am running my show. I do what I want, and I get what I want, but I don't feel like I need to rub it in everyone's face constantly. If I'm in a relationship, it has a power exchange dynamic. This never changes. There isn't a time of day, where what I say is disregarded, dismissed, or disobeyed, or that I would tolerate any disrespect of any kind in any form. This has nothing to do with kink, or a scene, this is real life and the way I've always been. In my relationships, submission is based on TRUST and OPENNESS. Trust that I am a leader worthy of being followed, and that I am looking out for her well being and the greater good of the unit that we form. Openness of spirit, where she can let down her guard, and learn to relax in the knowing that she is in good hands. I'm not sure why our dynamic is anyone else's business, especially in this predominantly feminist society. I enjoy the discretion. It's exciting to find creative ways to express this part of us in public and mixed company without anyone even detecting it. Think of it like an invisible MENTAL COLLAR that she wears always. The outside world need only see that we have a strong, loving relationship and that she is a very attentive, cooperative, and accommodating girlfriend. What a delight.
8/17/2009 5:38:57 PM
thoughts on 24/7:
I think the question of living 24/7 lifestyle or not is an interesting one. I would have to say that I most certainly do live this 24/7, though I'm not sure if my views on this concept are the same as many people in "the scene".
The idea that a dominant person has an off switch is pretty baffling to me. That is not to say that I stomp around through life demanding, commanding, and bossing everyone around. Real power and control does not have to be forcefully asserted much, if ever. It's very rare that I am forceful or even have the desire to be so.
I consider myself a class act and conduct myself in a manner that warrants respect and cooperation naturally in most situations. I can't imagine tolerating anything less, and certainly never from a girlfriend or playmate.
Specifically in a D/s relationship, it's the genuine dynamic that turns me on and not the role playing. Vanilla traditional relationships can have all sorts of role playing and kinky stuff, but it's all just an act... a show. Make believe doesn't really interest me, and neither does a dynamic that only exists part time between two people and then reverts back to what... vanilla, mundane, run of the mill interactions? Nothing is more BORING and UNINSPIRING than that.
8/17/2009 5:38:10 PM
thoughts on force:
To me, in any type of relationship, attempting to dominate someone who doesn't wish to submit, is no more productive than a sub attempting to submit to someone who doesn't wish to dominate. What is the point? It's setting yourself up for disappointment and frustration!
An ideal relationship for me consists of being met halfway. Equality to me does not mean bringing the same thing to the table, but bringing the same amount of effort and devotion.
My ideal woman will have passion, purpose, and desire that mirrors my own. Her need to be ruled, is fully met by my need to rule her. There would be nothing for her to rebel against or resist with me because I see to it that all of her needs are met. There is no reason to force her in any way because she trusts my rule and submits enthusiastically and lovingly to my will.
(unless of course, it's the fun kind of force)
