Tommy Metz III

Yep, that's it. And it was part of social reformation, right? That if we are chaste, we can stamp out disease. But the big dog in this particular fight is moral and physical purity, that the idea of chastity is... conflated too often with physical cleanliness and health.

Yep, that's it. And it was part of social reformation, right? That if we are chaste, we can stamp out disease. But the big dog in this particular fight is moral and physical purity, that the idea of chastity is... conflated too often with physical cleanliness and health.

And in the late 1800s, you end up with this increased focus on personal hygiene and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, which is good, and also that The church is levying these, you know, the control mechanisms of being chaste also leads to purity before God. Right. I don't care much for that. I mean, I care for the health. This is the thing, right?

And in the late 1800s, you end up with this increased focus on personal hygiene and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, which is good, and also that The church is levying these, you know, the control mechanisms of being chaste also leads to purity before God. Right. I don't care much for that. I mean, I care for the health. This is the thing, right?

Don't you feel like it's hard to have a conversation about chastity in this year, like of our times? I find like if we're going to have a discussion about, around sex and celibacy, that discussion should not be aligned anymore with dogma. Is that a fair conversation point?

Don't you feel like it's hard to have a conversation about chastity in this year, like of our times? I find like if we're going to have a discussion about, around sex and celibacy, that discussion should not be aligned anymore with dogma. Is that a fair conversation point?

Right. And I feel like any discussion that makes people feel bad about themselves is the wrong discussion to have. Like to say that your sexual feelings are, you know, not moral feelings and that makes you a not good person. You need to strive to have better feelings, cleaner feelings. Then that's not, that doesn't feel like the way to enable people

Right. And I feel like any discussion that makes people feel bad about themselves is the wrong discussion to have. Like to say that your sexual feelings are, you know, not moral feelings and that makes you a not good person. You need to strive to have better feelings, cleaner feelings. Then that's not, that doesn't feel like the way to enable people

um you know young people and old people to feel good about themselves their bodies their relationships with each other sure so that's that's a thing i struggle with and who do you think of when you think of somebody who's just really nailed the right reason to not have sex

um you know young people and old people to feel good about themselves their bodies their relationships with each other sure so that's that's a thing i struggle with and who do you think of when you think of somebody who's just really nailed the right reason to not have sex

Nope.

Nope.

I'll just say that you don't have to put out the red light. Sting. Sting. Don't you think? There's a guy who knows why not to have sex, and that is because of Tantra. And so I decided to go down a little bit of a sidebar on what's Tantra all about anyway?

I'll just say that you don't have to put out the red light. Sting. Sting. Don't you think? There's a guy who knows why not to have sex, and that is because of Tantra. And so I decided to go down a little bit of a sidebar on what's Tantra all about anyway?

Yeah, right. So tantra relates to different approaches to sexual energy, right? So when you look at tantra and chastity, they both involve the management of sexual energy in different ways. So tantra practices on focusing and harnessing and redirecting sexual energy for spiritual purposes, largely. It's another spiritual practice. Oh.

Yeah, right. So tantra relates to different approaches to sexual energy, right? So when you look at tantra and chastity, they both involve the management of sexual energy in different ways. So tantra practices on focusing and harnessing and redirecting sexual energy for spiritual purposes, largely. It's another spiritual practice. Oh.

While chastity involves taking that spiritual energy and swallowing it, right? Stamping it down. Stamping it down, right? And abstaining from activity or sexual release, orgasm, that kind of a thing, right?

While chastity involves taking that spiritual energy and swallowing it, right? Stamping it down. Stamping it down, right? And abstaining from activity or sexual release, orgasm, that kind of a thing, right?

Exactly. Tantra has this aim toward physicals and psychosocial and spiritual growth and enlightenment. That's the idea. And These practices, according to Sting, seeks to unite the physical and the spiritual aspects of being. And chastity, again, especially in religious contexts, aimed for cleanliness and purity. Cleansing all of those feelings and not having a relationship with it.

Exactly. Tantra has this aim toward physicals and psychosocial and spiritual growth and enlightenment. That's the idea. And These practices, according to Sting, seeks to unite the physical and the spiritual aspects of being. And chastity, again, especially in religious contexts, aimed for cleanliness and purity. Cleansing all of those feelings and not having a relationship with it.