Reaching For A Dream

"Lust is an interesting thing Like anger, it is a powerful impulse. Anger can give you strength, keep you warm, drive you, and allow you to push aside pain. But if one surrenders to their anger completely, then they are made blind and stupid, ignoring danger in favor of lashing out against the source of their anger. Humans are seen to think that lust is something to be ashamed of you hide it so desperately as if it were some terrible secret. But lust too can be used, both your own and that of others. Inspire the lust of others and their thoughts will be clouded, their minds show and clumsy as their own desires constantly interfere with their thinking. Know your own lust and learn to use it and this cannot be used against you. There is neither shame nor betrayal in lusting after the bodies of others as long as your soul remains devoted. To succumb to lust completely and becoming a rapist shows shameful weakness of spirit, but to able to act on your desires without forcing yourself on others is a strength. To take every step in confidence without feeling shame in your own nature is a strength that very few humans ever achieve. Demons so easily give in to their impulses, becoming mindless monsters and humans repress them, becoming weak-willed sheep. To stand in the middle, taking strength from your nature, but using it instead of being used by it, that is a great power, the mastery of the self.

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