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Cashing in on S-Benefits

When the subject is maximizing human potential, society rarely struggles with spirituality, sensitivity and even smarts. Grabbing the other two s-drivers —  ‘sexuality’ and ‘sensuality’ — derails the established s-benefits, according to most religions, Conservatives and many philosophers.

Poets and other artists tend to view the priority order differently, with a warm shout out to the human self-development benefits of vice and sin — lived with meaning and intention, of course.

Wanton debauchery is not our Bible.

When I said enough about the state of my physical health and lifestyle, my s-drivers were silos waiting to be filled with more of their own seeds. Each existed in her own tall and narrow space, appalled at the thought of becoming granola. 

A highly creative person whose selves tend to run together in a fusion stew, I spent years trying to keep my key ingredients separate. Why? Because I had good s-drivers and less desirable ones. No need to contaminate the sterling. Can you guess which was which?

S-Driver Integration Project

My s-drivers existed in conflict with each rather, rather than in harmonic reconciliation and affirmation.

Unlike many women, I did see the sexy woman in the mirror, and I never lost my libido.

Did I hug my sensual self and hold her dear? Quite frankly, I loathed her in ways that stunned me when I unearthed our true feelings for each other.