William Burroughs – My Lunch is Naked – So What? (21.2.2023)

For instance, William Burroughs (in his masterpiece ‘Naked Lunch’) argues that male homosexuality is a product of Matriarchy – whereby women ‘influence’ men (through a sort of cultural ‘osmosis’) to take on a female sexual orientation. Women deny they are doing this, of course, whilst perpetuating the camouflaging myth that they are the ones being oppressed by male ‘Patriarchy’ – the very attribute combined womanhood is destroying through this ongoing effeminate re-programming of men. The Bourgeois State accepts this female-concocted surface argument as a means to avoid acknowledging the real causes of Gayness, or the further suggested idea by William Burroughs that much of what passes as ‘deviant’ sexual behaviour in a post-industrial society (as decreed by the Bourgeois State and enforced by reactionary elements of the working class) – exist because those participating in such activities find them enjoyable and fulfilling.

On Why I Am Not Afraid of Death

That is pain, which seems to be a very important issue for human beings. As for myself, I am certainly not immune to pain, but am not interested in it. Yes pain happens from time to time, but as it is passing, I am aware that it is not permanent. In this respect I am lucky because many people suffer all the time and never have a break from the experience. I would say that life is mostly a neutral experience with outbreaks of pleasure and pain from time to time.

The Desire Mechanism

For those living in ordinary society but wishing to practice the Dharma, the Buddha advocated that the desire mechanism be controlled rather than transcended. This ‘control’ centres around applying an appropriate sexual manifestation in society that is not excessive or that violates the social codes of the time. This is the practice of appropriate sexual discipline that allows the desiring mechanism to function through strictly defined parameters.