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Nudity and Religion

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I believe that the separation of the mind and the flesh is responsible for the general aversion toward nudity in society. Such separation is physically impossible if you consider what we are in context to other living things. To separate mind and body you would have to separate the brain so that it could not receive signals, and that means, for all intents and purposes, dead.

The dualistic notion of separation of mind and flesh has a long history and is embedded in religion. Religion teaches people to deny their physical nature and in so doing creates people who believe that they are sinners. This negative view of the self is probably at the core of misdeeds, because a negative attitude toward the self probably can not create positive interactions with others.

Religion teaches that man has dominion over all other things, including women. The feminist movement was intended to engender respect of women as people rather than things. As to nature, only recently has the human race began to respect, begrudgingly, the land, forests, rocks, the environment, etc. Of course, this has been from a self-preservation perspective, a realization that we can not rape and plunder the planet indefinitely, rather than a true respect for the existence of things. Some of the pagan religions had a better environmental scorecard.

To reject the dualistic concept of mind versus body is to accept our existence as natural and a part of the world, a living thing existing along with all other things, animate and inanimate. We survive as we can and in the end we become dust, like everything else. We have feelings, urges, passions, that we have to recognize, accept, and deal with rather than suppress them. What we suppress is bound to come to the fore in unpredictable ways. A true respect for others will prevent us from doing things that will hurt others. We accept things as they are and we enjoy our time here as much as we can.
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  1. pagevalleynude -
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    Well, it is about a healthy mind...
  2. David77 -
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    I loudly applaud your refreshing comments and I certainly agree with you almost totally.
  3. tikihut10 -
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    I also agree and understand
  4. bernardc -
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    It is possible to seperate thoughts from actual actions.There is also a discilpine of mind matters.One can discpline the mind over certain things,and exerscise controle,but one canot in act seperate the mind and thoughts.The mind functions on thoughts.But discipline is a training method to the mind.You can change tyour thoughts on issues.I used to be very self concious as a child,but through controling my mind,and getting to the root of my disgust with nudity,took a lot of effort.But through much inforcing,I could swing my mind.You must WANT to redefine your mind,it must be an issue of commitment.I had to tell myself that itwas okay to be naked,and it was okay to accept my body,and love it.And to go and stand in front of a mirror and study every area of my body,and begin to appreciate it.
    You see,you must know who you are,and what you like,and not allow ohers to swing you.We are not true to ourselves,and have no trust in ourselves,if we yield to others dissaproval of nudity.There are borders that you set,and one of those borders are...I will not allow any person to break down the person I like to be,am,and want to be.