Delvin
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Joined: 8/23/2005 From: Texas Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Padriag In other words, neither statement hits on the truth, but instead only gets part of it. It is true, if a submissive doesn't surrender there's no power exchange... but likewise if a dominant doesn't accept that surrender, there is still no power exchange. So where does the "twue power" lie? Contracts are only as good as the people who keep them. Commitments are only as good as the people who keep them. Power exchange lasts only as long as the people who keep it. Doesn't matter if you're a BDSMer, Gorean, Leatherfolk, etc. that fundamental dynamic remains the same. Well said Sir, and I would like to add to parts of your statement, Obedience and honesty really do need to go together, Trust is built over a long period of time and at any moment it can be lost. Master of nothing slave to no one. Both parties must understand that without one the other simply does not exsist. Being free at the moment doesn't take away the core belief and feeling of what you are, but for the dynamic to work each has to offer themselves to the other. As I have explained to my girls over time, it is not like a normal relationship at all, instead of each one offering 50% and at times giving more or less, with this relationship, each one MUST give 100% at all times. A Master in his way and a slave in hers. All the time, all day, every day with no exceptions or excuses. My answer to the post, a slave is required to be willing to see what she is, accept what she is and be willing to live what she is each day whether it is a good or bad day, in the end, she must be a slave. An obedient slave. A smart slave. A Happy slave. D
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