Heard of cats having 9 lives? Well, as per ancient Vedic literature we have 9 emotional personalities (google 'rasas') . Now it's up to us to figure out the one or two rasas that dominate our persona.

1. Eros





2. Gelos

I couldn't find anything that compares with one of
our well known member's picture:
the blue eyed one bubbling with laughter

so we will settle for this.



3. Ira: Anger





4. Phobos



not quite right
as i didn't have a picture where the face pales, and something inside the stomach constricts, we will go along with this one


5. Disgust (or aversion)




6. Wonder (Amazement)


there were some Lucy's pictures on the net: but then it looked
exaggerated, so settling for this one



7. Compassion (Sorrow + )
with the refugee crisis, i thought we will settle for this.





8. Heroism
Heroism is misleading emotion to me, an epitome of foolishness.
So this their guy - our guy picture

their guy:


our guy:


of course if you prefer guns to the pen: switch pictures


and finally
9. Shanthi (Peace)
Not exactly an emotion - rather freedom from emotions

again a member's picture comes to mind, but as we need to stay
with the topic, we will settle for this one.


although i'll admit to being ruled by first 3 emotive, like rest of guys 9 is whom i want to date.
but the moment she finds out 'who am i' she goes into state 5.
or worse, state 4..

"is that a pistol in your pocket or are you happy to see me.."

Mae West 1893-1980
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/funny-jokes/mae-west/

Hello Lukinfolov, I understand your point but as our discussions are on celibacy for a limited period of time, somewhat comparable to say what fasting is to prayers, request your indulgence.

I also agree what Sassy has pointed out in one of the references: "..it is preferable for people in their middle years."
So Cb is not for every one.

and thanks Sassy for sharing your experiences. Some phrases used sound like mantras: "..periods of celibacy enhancing prayers.."


and also for giving us an over-view which seems to imply that it does not matter what religion we subscribe to or even whether we understand "Creation"; Cb and prayers together have the greater influence on us. I suppose this would also appear as 'common sense' for the more religious among us.

Now if we are past the thought about Cb as a 'virtue or vice' then I would like to forward to the
"implied co-relations between Cb and emotional states."
Ah, the water gets murkier so if you have the patience..
Reasons for expanding this topic is stated towards end-of- post.

1. Emotional Centers:
When we undertake or slip into Cb a whole baggage of emotions seems to get shrugged off. Emotions like anger, fear and even sorrow seems to appear distant.

Recently, Mr. Malcolm Myatt of England, 68, said, “I no longer feel sadness after suffering a stroke in 2004”.


As we know on brain research, scientists have already mapped out the top layer, the cortex; in zones that specialize in activity skills like math or language although it is not certain that for emotions, believed to reside below the cortex, on the amygdala layer whether we have zones or centers specific to sorrow or anger; although plausible.
(is this correct?)

Yet, from our personal experiences i believe that few of us are capable of multiple emotions at any-one-time. In other words, our mind may be enveloped generally by only one emotion at a time.

And from the article in The Telegraph an interpretation could be that Mr. Myatt is not exactly able to switch off his laughter.
In other words the injured cortex area is not able to filter off his laughter impulses. This leads us to point 2.

2. Emotional Switches:
A hall mark of maturity seems to be slower emotions or impulsive reactions. Perhaps by aging but more likely that we have gained some degree of control including the choice on whether to get emotional at all. It's as if we now have emotional switches that we could turn on and off. (Sassy has mentioned TM which further enhances this sort of control, may be)

3. Emotional Amplifications:
Does amplification happen? By this I mean, there is this religious tradition, where a group of people taking Cb as part of en-mass ritual. This approach may create a church like environment within minds(?) and the holy chants changes tone - from merely mechanical to something more rejuvenating / healing perhaps?

We all have at some time surrendered to music but with hymns, any exhilaration could be viewed as a form of hallucinations or brainwashing; not?

Now for reasons for requesting comments: You see there is an annual tradition in South India where men take vows of celibacy for 40 days; trek over hills to a temple in a forested area. This tradition is now under threat since women's rights activists have demanded access to the temple and matter is now in court.

In fact, I posted a thread earlier and Igor Frankensteen had presented well balanced insights. But I may have erred since the view then was that of a contest between: Equal Rights and Religious Traditions.

As Cb is the dominant theme in this particular tradition I feel that in the din of 'equal rights' the voice of the pilgrim would be lost. If it interests you, the earlier thread is at: http://mingle2.com/topic/466955.

So thanks for reading and welcome your comments. and if you note some flaws - please do not hesitate.

As a Hindu I am aware of a few religious practices and traditions that attach a great value to Celibacy. It's almost like a celibate person like a monk sees a greater 'truth' and our society over here attaches great value for such 'spiritually uplifted' teachers.

In normal life it is possible that some of us have gone through a period 'without sex' may be due from circumstances like working overseas; a period of mourning; Asian cultural restrictions or from some other situations.

But what we mean by celibacy in this post is by choice or vow ‘in thought, spirit, intents and action’ even if it's for a limited period of time. This is quite different from drifting to absence of sex because we have not met the right woman (or man).

May be rising this topic in a dating site is rather 'naive' (and its okay if some of us are having a belly laugh reading) but my intuition tells me there is much more in this topic. For instance, a prayer appears to be more sincere when we have a mind empty from desires, or something like that. So if any of us have personal experience please share. For all you know, it could be an eye opener.

Takes the cake.

hijabs and long beards..,
yeah Sharia Law may be the way to go.

This chimp experiment seems to hit back in a different context, here's how.

A recent press release from NASA states that astronaut Scott Kelly has completed a year in outer space. 'It's Kelly's 4th mission in the International Space Station and he has accumulated 540 days in space.'

Kelly adds: "I didn’t mark a calendar, just worked up from one milestone to another …", which clearly implies that it's been a long and lonely mission.

So the question is how did Mr. Kelly and his colleagues retain their sanity in space. Okay, so there were a few women astronauts to keep up the morale but with every body being politically correct, it must have been arduous to 'resist natural instincts', unless:

1. They couldn't do it in space – as both participants would have to be belted down
2. The Russians were around, so no privacy
Or
3. They were subject to similar 'conditioning' program as the 5 chimps above (when a female was switched for the ladder)

So there it is the real problem, Kelly has now implied, the one we all avoided in the 'glamour' of space.

and the sweetest kiss, a stolen kiss.


couldn't figure out why 'no 3:' "..Moses turned the River Nile to blood.."

when we know that Lord could very well turned it to wine.

Joined in 2007 and still no picture??

same age, similar face, let's see,
a pair of ear rings to match with your eyes?

Nice to hear the ol'cranky hahahaha..

As NBH says, we are sometimes Stevie Wonder.

Blondey is right. The lady who douses us occasionally and yet we could barely manage without her is our own Soufie.

The 'without glasses picture' is probably the closest resemblance of this lady, who strangely we all adore; if she would take off her glasses, if Eric would let her...

sometimes you know, the most beautiful girl is right next door.

Undisclosed picture of you know who 'without her glasses'

alright, time is running,

clue 5: she's known to throw cold water on some heads.

I bet, Fedex keep their costs down by buying their jets from the seconds market.

already covered by Sassy and it was a 'no'.

Sassy, you are over qualified on this topic.
In fact, all ladies are excused out of 'guessing who'
although welcome to refine clues as Sassy did..

so it's now up to our mighty motor minded buddies
to crank up their flywheels.

24 hours, else thread will remain an incompleted song.

Clue 4: is where you are getting hot.
Clue 1: Blondie, like Blondie Dagwood?

All of us know her, well.

To help you guys (the girls find my threads boring, anyway)
lets filter out the obvious 'top of mind':

1. she's not her


Although there are some similarities, may be its the 'untouchable' factor!

Nope..,


cause although there's a vague match in job description Blondie sometimes lets slip her mind, not quite politically correct.

and let's not get side tracked by:



So who is her?


ok, just one more clue: she's pretty or prettier than:


and she's no softie.