WORLD PEACE THRU AWESOME SEX

Maggie Rast

1. Introduction to the inquiry

A life of expecting miracles has led me to believe that with the World connected through technology and travel, the next step to World Peace is thru a paradigm shift allowing connection and acceptance of all people. Throwing out “political correctness,” which silences and sugar coats,and taking on authentic communication, respect and contribution will allow us to celebrate the varied and unique kaleidoscope of human thought and expression. How better to access this paradigm than to explore, play and create in the area where we are most human – sexual expression. If we could connect fully in this area, speak freely from no make wrong, respect that people have differences we may or may not want to explore, be in the conversation to find and honor our voice, free ourselves of resignation brought on by scarcity and fear, and finally to be “out here” where we can make a difference in real time for ourselves and others, World Peace will surely follow.

This report from the field is based on a series of 50 weekly inquiry calls throughout 2016 on the topic of “World Peace thru Awesome Sex”. Participant demographics: 55 separate individuals (many on multiple calls), 98% calling from mainlandUnited States, 32% men and 68% women, age range 23 to 84, average 6.4 persons per call, predominantly heterosexual, varied status (monogamous, married, dating, celibate, open and multiple partners).

2. World Peace & Awesome Sex - identical conversations

Identical conversations form a bridge orARCbetween Awesome Sex and World Peace:

  • Authentic communication: open and vulnerable communication (both verbal and non-verbal) saying what is there to be said. By nature, we humans are separate and apart never really knowing or experiencing the other.Therefore communication is critical. It also requires being fully present and listening to get the communication.
  • Respect(for self and other): which includes trust, providing a safe space to be authentic, explore, be vulnerable and play, to honor and cherish, to provide generous listening and to be a “stand” for growth however messy it may look.
  • Contribution: to be there not just for oneself but for the other, to give and receive, and in receiving give, holding the space that allowspeopleto grow, develop, heal, and know themselves as powerful both within themselves and in the relationship.

3. Awesome Sex - accessing the paradigm shift

To be human is to be sexual. (Bonobo monkeys, nearest to humans on the evolutionary scale, are a peaceful, free love, matriarchal society that uses sex as social glue). When humans began to live in close knit communities, sex and sexual relations became no longer about human communication and connection but became about property, control, scarcity, guilt, and shame (i.e., cult of virginity). Being connected to our sexuality became dangerous and sinful. As a species we shut down that most vital part of us, that part that makes us truly human, whole and complete.

Speaking openly and unashamedly about sex and creating “awesome”. This is where we take back our humanity, identify resignation, uncollapse love and sex, develop our voice as powerful, start teaching children that there is so much more to sex than mechanics, etc. It is the paradigm shift from scarcity to abundance.

4. World Peace - arising organically, grass roots

When did you hear of someone having a truly great sexual experience and then getting up and shooting someone? Creating Awesome Sex (whatever that looks like to you) is a grassroots movement created through authentic communication, respect and contribution. These identical conversations then expand to inform interactions with family, neighborhood, community, region, country and the World. The ultimate goal: one World where we respect and celebrate differences, creativity, connection, and workability.

Discovering ourvoice, especially in an area of life that is so vital and sometimes hard to speak about, gives rise to conversations around other areas of society difficult to speak about. Taking on this practice of being authentic and respectful,of making a contribution, leads to trust (self and other), connection, seeing and appreciating different views and needs. We are then connected fundamentally to what it is to be human. When we begin to understand this we connect to the whole of ourselves. Through authenticity, respect, and contribution, we become present and start to see what is missing; we become connected to the essence of who we are – both individually and collectively.

Shifting the conversation around sex can open conversations to look beneath psycho-social issues that keep us stuck. Beyond outmoded “truths” and judgements we can beginto see and grasp what lays hidden from our view. Sharing, learning and working together, we can achieve…World Peace thru Awesome Sex!

5. Join the next phase -

  • “Summer of Love 2.0” tour (50 years later)
  • Research/Conversations/Outreach/Website/Resources
  • Evolving inquiry call series around the world

Journal of the 2017 Conference for Global Transformation, Volume 17, No. 1