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Vidya's avatar

“A man who can’t master himself, can’t love a woman. Because love requires discipline. “ GOLD!

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

🤍🤍

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Frank Patrick Szustak's avatar

You wrote such a beautiful article and fantastically put into perspective importance the meaning of the attacks. Your discernment is a wonderfully intellectual prose with heart and helps healing.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you! 🙏🏼

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Sun-Man's avatar

Sacred intimacy is the most incredible feeling in the world.

I think once men get past lust we appreciate beauty 1000x more. And it opens up the door to deep relationships with women that wouldn’t otherwise exist. It’s most powerful with our wives, of course, but other beautiful women in our lives can be sacred companions as well.

This doesn’t work if there’s lust in your soul. A woman will feel disgusted and betrayed by a man who works himself into her life only to reveal that possessiveness was his motivation all along. And she would be right to feel that way - it’s bad behavior plain and simple.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

This is excellent, so well said

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Sun-Man's avatar

Thanks! Don’t know how I stumbled upon your writing but I enjoyed that greatly.

Subscribed!

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you sm!

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Elizabeth's avatar

I love this and needed to hear it, thank you!

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you🤍🤍

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Murray's avatar

This was beautifully written and made me feel validated.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you🥺🤍

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Daniel koontz's avatar

Ignore the hate ! Ur message is great and will reach the right people.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you!🙏🏻

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Eva's avatar

Very wise words that ring true. Lust is a fraud. It's normalisation is harming us all individually, but also collectively as a society. Mostly because lust is bereft of respect.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Yes, exactly. Thank you!

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Rastimir's avatar

Great read! Lust is desire made ugly.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Yes!

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Soul Script Society's avatar

“To lust after a woman is to devour her with your eyes, but not see her.” You are absolutely spot on

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you!

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Zayyad Tahir's avatar

Men condition themselves in a way that they feel that women are entitled to do as they wish, and as i said in (Human Before Man)

"Domination and love cannot coexist. They are, as Bell Hooks said, antithetical. Love demands equality, vulnerability, and mutual respect. Control crushes all of those." and Lust is basically you letting your sexual desire control you and your emotions. Just focus on yourself, love yourself and the person that'll love you wholeheartedly will spawn, no need for attention.

Beautiful writing btw!❤️

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Perfectly said. Thank you so much!

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yasmin's avatar

this was a healing read ♡ thank you ♡

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

That means a lot 🤍

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Yasmeen's avatar

God I will be saving, reading, re-reading this back thirty times. Thank you for making me feel seen & cherished, my friend

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

🤍🤍🤍

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Abienojie Okojie's avatar

I loved your article. I have a feeling you are a Christian.

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

I am!

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chi 𐙚's avatar

this is such a beautiful and insightful piece that touched on so many of the things that I’ve thought about and have been saying!! thank you!!🌷

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

Thank you love 🤍

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Rule Your Reality's avatar

I'm glad another piece of yours came across my feed and your title and teaser absolutely pulled me in. Great job! You write well, coherent, concise, structured. It's passionate and filled with your essence.

On the subject matter:

Some great points, even if they trail off into not so great points.

Your writing is very, very much about putting our human experience and relational experience in a very, very small, TIGHT BOX.

And we'll, the reason that's problematic is because...

THERE IS NO BOX

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Gabriela C's avatar

Please, don't ever stop writing!!🔥

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Cleopatra 🌺's avatar

🤍🤍

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