Gay Relationships and Spirituality
“Gay Relationships and Spirituality”
By Guest Writer Robben Wainer
Many gay men after 40 are in a spiritual journey, and may be asking questions such as “Who am I?” or “What is the purpose of life? “ or “ am I loved by God for who I am?”
To show gay men are loved by God we may uncover principles that are highly spiritual in nature. Here we will be gazing at the miraculous truths we have learned about GLBT in light of inclusion, diversity and identity. For example, Gay men carry with them many gifts. Gay men form a collective consciousness that is both male and female. Sexual orientation seems to generate in the womb as an identity that cannot be explained or typified. As gay men some of the gifts bestowed upon is that we may be creative, self sacrificing, caring, sensible and interdependent. Because of our uniqueness on diverse masculine and feminine aspects of life in the universe. one expresses itself and liberates itself with love, compassion, and empathy. That this universal concept of sexuality being constructed of both male and female personas, aids gay men in achieving individual gay spirituality, by showing that the differences can be seen as preferences, in how we choose a life that enriched and rewarded by a life.
Every Living being is a sentient being. Buddhism teaches us to vow to save all sentient beings since they are all apart of ourselves and the world we live in. Gay men are experiencing a differentiated view of their past, present and future conditions. The more we understand that gay sexuality is natural, and one that is filled with compassion, warmth and understanding, Gay men can consider their relationships to be worthy of love, spiritual and included in the human experience. The spiritual and dual aspect that brings male affections into harmony in the universe presents us as living both transient and intransient lives. Intransient in that our struggles are based on sexual orientation and transient in that the world of gay men is changing to become something which relates and supports the interest of others and ourselves.
Gay men are called to receive and achieve self forgiveness, self love, love of thy neighbor, and the will to forgive our enemies. This comfort in solitude that gives gay sexual preferences special meaning, dignity and integrity, speaks to the world of the spirit, in a way that causes us to rejoice that the war is over. Gay men can celebrate their relationships with a view that they are sacred considering they give the world hope and inspiration, in regards to what they have been, and what we may choose to become.
In short, homosexual relationships are spiritual by nature. That men accept the men they love in a partnership that is a binding of two hearts and souls in which they experience the pleasure of each other’s company, as they cry out for love, peace, and harmony, is testimony that gay love is a divine love and is filled with a hope and inspiration that binds their love throughout the universe.
In the world we live in today, I believe the LGBT community can be proud that we are experiencing a recovery based on fundamental Christian beliefs. One that is not a choice, but based on the freedom of choice. A minority of sexual preferences whose human condition can bind the universe with the strength, hope and inspiration, to free gay men and women of affliction and self affliction, lastly a Gay pride that makes the spirit of gay men healthy, pleasurable and sustainable of the promise that same sex love will see them through the beginning and end of any crisis, with a spirit of devotion that is offered to each other, to ourselves, and to the universe.
About The Writer
Robben Wainer is a mentor in the field of Health and Education. He is happily married to Alix. He actively supports the LGBT Community at the LGBT Community Center in Greenwich Village, and a member of The Religious Society of Friends.
For additional insights, Follow Robert on twitter @robbenwainer
References and Resources for this Article
- Zachary G. Birch, “Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Spirituality: An Intersectional Identity Study.”
May 2011. Indiana State University, Terre Harte Indiana.
- Criag F. Garfield, Anthony Isacco, Ethan Sakher. “Religion and Spirituality as Important Components of Men’s Health, and Wellness.” Jan-Feb 2013. American Journal of lifestyle Medicine, Vol.7, No.1
- Savitri Hensman. “Journey towards Acceptance: Theologians and Same-Sex Love.”
- www.ekklesia.co.uk/columns/hensman
- Joe Perez. Gay spirituality 101, 2-14. Lulu Publications.
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