{"id":675,"date":"2018-04-14T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=675"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:57:01","slug":"trying-to-still-the-chatter-in-my-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/trying-to-still-the-chatter-in-my-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying To Still The Chatter In My Head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trying to still the chatter in my head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was hard trying to begin today\u2019s post. I found it hard to sit still at the computer and get started. My mind kept racing all over the place. I was making plans for all sorts of activities over the next several months in my head without recording any of these ideas. The time out I gave to myself to sit quiet in meditation helped for a short while, but even that peace began to be drowned out by the constant chatter in my head. Finally, I was able to sit down and begin. My mind, my ego was rushing around doing its best to avoid this sitting down and return to the work of soul healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that I have my ego back under control, I can begin today\u2019s post about respect and about values. Of course, as a naturist, I have learned that society, as a collective, has no respect for naturism, nudism, nude activism or just the simple enjoyment of occasional nude activity.  As a result, there is a growing underground collective of those who want to be naked, nude, au naturel, etc. It is understandable, but it doesn\u2019t solve the problem of having the general population be respectful of a sizable group of citizens who pay their taxes, contribute to their society in various enterprises and work positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respect is a difficult term. For the general society, it really isn\u2019t about respect at all, it is about obeying and conforming, or else. And to back up the \u201cor else,\u201d laws and religious edicts are continually put forth to enforce compliance. And where there are no laws, communities make up unwritten laws in order to ensure that differences are not tolerated. Why? Being different for many is viewed as a negative criticism of the group. In response to one\u2019s being \u201cnot like the others,\u201d a defensive response, the group reacts with demonizing, humiliating and shaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I say this, I want to make sure you understand that I am talking about groups, not individuals. In every group there are some that are more aware than others. And because they are more aware of themselves and others, there is more tolerance and respect. They have already learned that no human is either good or evil, but that every human is a complex blend of conscious and unconscious behaviours and attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I realise that there are so many grey areas here. There are people who, on an individual level have reason to be \u201cnaked wary.\u201d There are too many who have suffered sexual assaults, too many who have been humiliated about their bodies. I respect their position of being extremely discomforted by nudity. I have also seen how nudity has been abused by corporate industry through advertising all the way to hard-core pornography. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That has left even more people unable to separate personal nudity from the evils of a corporate world determined to make addicts of every one of us: addicts of sex, addicts of fear, addicts of whatever it is that they have to sell none of which is good for our heart and soul, and often our very bodies. So how do I show respect for these hurting individuals? Obviously, I don\u2019t become a threat to their well-being by getting into their spaces and getting nude. Do I expect a response of respect back from them? Well, yes I do \u2013 but I don\u2019t expect it or demand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like almost all naturists, I just want to be left in peace, to not have to worry that if I get seen in some peaceful nature setting, or even in my own yard, naked, that I won\u2019t have to deal with the threat of law, or be harassed and bullied. My getting naked is about my feeling good about who I am, it isn\u2019t about trying my hardest to offend or traumatize anyone. My getting naked is about making peace with my body as part of my own journey of healing of soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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