what's turns you on?

I pose the age old question of "what turns you on?", after watching Vickie Christina Barcelona. In the movie Christina has no idea what she wants or what turns her on... when pressed she cannot reply... all she know is what she doesn't want.

I pondered on this as I watched through the eyes of the Movie columnist that I "should" have been. How easy it is for us to focus on what we don't want, giving soooooo much power to that...

I want a simple life, with simple pleasures... a completely sensual existence.. with delicious smells, sounds, sights, feelings... SENSUAL... not to be confused with SEXUAL. Don't get me wrong that too, has a place in the ideal, but sex is easy. But to be stimulated on many different levels is rather challenging.

My turn ons are :
great light
great wine
even a mediocre massage
a man's cologne... (careful guys don't over do this one)
intellect
a man who is well read
a man who can and DOES cook
openness to the whole concept of faith and serendipity
kindness
skin
appreciation of the arts
travelling
confidence without cockiness
good oral hygiene
waking up early
eating fresh foods
preserving the world around us... even just a bit
the perfect vodka martini
palindromes
ect ect ect ect

everyone's list is different, but be perfectly clear in what you do want, not just what you don't. I believe that Eckhart Tolle is right in that the Universe is receptive to your energy and that it does not understand the "negative intention"... in other words you can't go around thinking "I don't want to be fat", or "I do not want to date idiots"... or you will foster fatness and idiots...because the whole negative is disregarded. You reap what you sow.

God told Adam to "sow, cultivate and protect"... how much of this do we do intrinsically?

So I am writing this blog as a reminder of what I do want.... please let him show up before I am too old to enjoy it!

Namaste!