The Ontological War

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Entries from March 2010

Ann: You can’t possibly trust him. He’s perverted.

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Movies · Ontological Friendship · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Is a Realself Event · Sex Lies and Videotape · The Transition

Cynthia is aroused after filming

March 20th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: Ontological Friendship · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Is a Realself Event · Sex Lies and Videotape

Ann: Graham, this is just so …

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Ontological Friendship · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Lies and Videotape

Ann and Graham: Sexual only when alone

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

As with all increasing realself people, Ann and Graham in Sex, Lies, and Videotape express their current ontological thoughts and emotions through their sex lives. One example of their doing this is when they each say they are the most sexual when they are by themselves.
Ann tells her therapist:
Ann: I mean, I’m sure he probably [...]

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Tags: FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Movies · Ontological Fear · Ontological Friendship · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Is a Realself Event · Sex Lies and Videotape · The Transition

Ann: I think that sex is overrated

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s very common for people who are increasing their degrees of realself to take a step forward, learn something new, and then use that new knowledge to examine other aspects of their lives. Ann does this in Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and these post about her will do the same.
Going back to the time when [...]

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Tags: FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Movies · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Is a Realself Event · Sex Lies and Videotape · Socialself-to-Socialself · The Transition

Ann’s asked: Did you masturbate?

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments

In Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ann is talking with her therapist, and she mentions that her husband has not been having as much sex with her as in the past. She continues:
Ann: I mean, I’m sure he probably wishes that I would initiate things once in a while, and I would, except for it just [...]

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Tags: FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Movies · Ontological Love · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · Sex Is a Realself Event · Sex Lies and Videotape · The Transition

Sex Is a Realself Event

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Quite a few people think sex is “just biological,” or “just physical,” or even “just chemical.” But as men and women increase their degrees of realself, they see that sex is actually linked inextricably to the realself.
Why is this? The main reason is probably that even though we can become alienated ontologically—we can fool ourselves [...]

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Tags: DECREASING DEGREES OF BEING · FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE · Good Alienation · Hating One's Inner Self · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Ontological Fear · Ontological Friendship · RELIGION · Realself-to-Realself · SEXUALITY · Sex · THE ONTOLOGICAL WAR · The Culture War · The Transition