In his work "Inner Experience," Bataille brings to light the power of the erotic as well as the importance of living in the present. (In conversation against asceticism in religion)
The man knowing nothing of eroticism is no less a stranger to the end of the possible than is the man without inner experience. One must choose the arduous, turbulent path--that of the non-mutilated "whole man."
So, basically, to be a "whole person" one must meditate often, and more importantly, indulge in the erotic. Good advice there Bataille, I think I'll take it...
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Nice... I really like that. The dirty ascetic. That to really develop you have to be in it... not just observing it from afar?
You ever read Wild Nights by David Deida? It sounds similar in the idea, the guy used to be a hard core ascetic (abstinence), and became a hard core ascetic of the world(drinking, smoking, fucking, etc).
Was the book good?
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