Post No. 296: "My Point Of View On," Part 17 — "Self-Love," Or Making Love To Yourself (Masturbation)*

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These blog posts with the 'header' titles, "My Point Of View On," Parts 1 - 26, are originally from my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog, which is my blog with the fewest posts. So, I decided to not group posts in this series with similar topics from that blog (unlike the blog post series with similar topics from my other blogs, which I republished on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog), because I wanted this series of posts in their chronological order, representing the way they were originally published.

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My Point Of View On...
"Self-Love," Or Making Love
To Yourself (Masturbation)

My Point Of View No. 1: The way that I feel about romantic relationships can be summed up in five simple words: "Fall In Love With Yourself!" For, no other being can ever truly know, trust and love you in the way that you can truly know, trust and love yourself! Because relationships with others may come and go, but your relationship with yourself lasts quite literally forever...

My Point Of View No. 2: The way that I feel about healthy stress release can be summed up in two simple words: "Self-Love!" You see, I "Self-Love" since "Self-Loving" really helps to release pent-up energy and it really helps to relieve stress! And, of course, I mean "Self-Loving" only in the most appropriate of ways, such as "Self-Loving" in private before you engage in "The 'Non-Sensual' Times Of Life," such as work, school, or church, etc., so that you are not stressed out during "The 'Non-Sensual' Times Of Life."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing About Falling In Love With Yourself: The way that I feel about romantic relationships can be summed up in five simple words: "Fall In Love With Yourself!" For, no other being can ever truly know, trust and love you in the way that you can truly know, trust and love yourself: because relationships with others may come and go, but your relationship with yourself lasts quite literally forever... –Paul Whiting (written February 14th, 2013, revised November 22nd, 2015 and revised July 21st, 2022)

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My Writing About Healthy Stress Release Through "Self-Love" (Masturbation): The way that I feel about healthy stress release can be summed up in two simple words: "Self-Love!" You see, I "Self-Love," since "Self-Loving" really helps to release pent-up sexual energy and it really helps me to relieve stress! –Paul Whiting (written August 30th, 2014, revised November 22nd, 2015, revised July 21st, 2022 and revised August 23rd, 2022)

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*I think that my blogs are being sabotaged by someone who is very 'tech savvy,' and they may be someone that I know, because I have noticed strange things happening while I have been editing my writing, which includes the font size being way smaller on the blog post 'header' titled, "Post No. 296: 'My Point Of View On,' Part 17 — 'Self-Love,' Or Making Love To Yourself (Masturbation)" on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog. Thus, the font size on this blog post header is smaller than the font sizes on the other blog posts' headers on the aforementioned blog. (Although, I have noticed that the header font size keeps changing back and forth, between the small size and the normal size, as I am editing the post.) And I cannot figure out what is causing this "smaller-blog-post-header-font anomaly" on this particular blog post, but it may be whomever is sabotaging my blogs—as I mentioned above—because they are 'bothered' by this "My Point Of View On...'Self-Love,' Or Making Love To Yourself (Masturbation)" prose that I wrote... –Paul Whiting (written July 21st, 2022, revised July 22nd, 2022 and revised July 29th, 2022)

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: This post originated as two posts from my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog) which are titled, "Fall In Love With Yourself" and "My Philosophy About Healthy Stress Release," respectively.

(Although, the post "Fall In Love With Yourself" is also on my "Small All White in the Forest" blog, because it's a Valentine's Day post for 2013, which I published simultaneously on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs.)

And I combined the two posts "Fall In Love With Yourself" and "My Philosophy About Healthy Stress Release" into one post on my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician," since I feel that the message from those two posts applies to the message I am trying to convey through my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog. Plus, I republished the combined post which is titled, "My Point Of View On...'Self-Love,' Or Making Love To Yourself (Masturbation)" on my new "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog!

And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — Math Magician."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

https://paulwhitingmath.blogspot.com

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"Masturbation" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable one-time donation if they are requesting donations when I am on their website):

"Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 296 was edited on August 11th, 2025.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 240: The Keys To All Happiness

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The Keys To All Happiness:

1. Self-Responsibility: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Self-Responsibility for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'First' Key To All Happiness!"

2. Self-Expression: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Self-Expression for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Second' Key To All Happiness!"

3. Self-Identity: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Self-Identity for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Third' Key To All Happiness!"

4. Self-Care: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Self-Care for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Fourth' Key To All Happiness!"

5. Self-Love: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Self-Love for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Fifth' Key To All Happiness!"

6. Fear Facing: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Fear Facing for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Sixth' Key To All Happiness!"

7. Fulfilling Work: All Souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating Work for Your Own Soul—in context appropriate ways—is "The 'Seventh' Key To All Happiness!"

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing About A Good Work Ethic: A good work ethic equals being happy...and doing work well equals being fulfilled. –Paul Whiting (written approximately on August 1st, 2014, turned into a quote from my notes on July 9th, 2022 and revised August 24th, 2022)

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My Writing About Work Being The Source Of All Happiness: The source of all happiness is doing work! –Paul Whiting (written December 2nd, 2015, revised July 7th, 2022 and revised August 24th, 2022)

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My Writing About Happiness Having To Be Engineered: Happiness has to be engineered, since we are Literally Nothing that is self-aware! And that is why every single, little thing has to be thought into existence by being designed, built through trial and error efforts, tested for workability, verified as effective, implemented as planned and, finally, maintained and repaired. And—if necessary—every single, little thing also has to be rethought, redesigned, rebuilt through trial and error efforts, retested for workability, reverified as effective, reimplemented as planned, and then re-maintained and re-repaired, etc... –Paul Whiting (written March 5th, 2022, revised May 31st, 2022 and revised July 25th, 2022)

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My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love [March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:

This 'March 27th, 2023 Update—Continued Further' is originally from my blog post titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was" on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog, which also appears on some of my blogs as the following: "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love." And what inspired this writing is an idea that—as a philosopher—I have been thinking about for quite some time regarding the steps that one has to take in order to be hard working and honest.

And the idea I had been thinking about—which I was planning to eventually put into writing as grouped into seven subcategories within a larger category, or seven individual steps on a lifelong journey—went something like the following statement:

1) You have to assume risk 2) in order to solve problems 3) through the utilization of trial and error effort 4) since you have to make mistakes 5) and you have to learn from your mistakes 6) so that you can face your fears 7) which is why you can be hard working and honest!

Then, on March 27th, 2023, the day that I wrote this 'update,' I was contemplating the connection between fear (which is negative energy), understanding (which is neutral energy) and love (which is positive energy). And I had also been thinking over some period of time about the direct connection between the facing of fear, which leads to an understanding of that fear by facing it, which then leads to an inversion of that fear into its exact opposite state of love.

Thus, these two different types of thinking about how to be hard working and honest, as well as how to invert your fear into love through understanding of a particular fear by facing that fear, came together in my mind, which is why I created "My Writing About 'The Seven Steps To Happiness,' So To Speak, As They Relate To Fear, Understanding And Love."

Here are "The Seven Steps To Happiness":

Step To Happiness No. 1: You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears so that you are able to invert (or, "convert to the opposite state of energy") your fear—which is negative energy—so that you can solve the many problems in life that are "down-to-earth," so to speak, because they are gravity-based problems (such as access to healthy food, clean water, fresh air, sufficient clothing, adequate personal care products, quality health care, affordable housing, efficient transportation, etc.) and also psychologically-based problems (such as having plenty of satisfying friendships, romance, quality time with family, relaxation, sleep, etc.).

Step To Happiness No. 2: And you sometimes need to create solutions "out of thin air," so to speak, when you are facing your fears, by assuming risk and solving problems through trial and error effort. Thus, solving "down-to-earth" problems is no small task because sometimes the "out-of-thin-air" solutions may be the only thing that you have available in your proverbial took box. And you have test (or, try out) those "out-of-thin-air" solutions to see if they frickin' work in order to solve those "down-to-earth" problems!

Step To Happiness No. 3: Then, while you are testing (or, trying out) the "out-of-thin-air" solutions to your "down-to-earth" problems, through trial and error effort, you have to make mistakes (sometimes, really big mistakes!), so that you can learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes (even the really big mistakes!) and that way you are able to do better in future after having learned from your (sometimes, really big!) mistakes.

Step To Happiness No. 4: Now, because you can do better in future, since you are able to learn from your "trial-and-error" mistakes, that is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, which is why you can be happy!

Step To Happiness No. 5: Thus, you can face your fear (which is negative energy) and invert—or, "convert to the opposite state of energy"—your fear into understanding (which is neutral energy), since you can finally understand exactly why you were fearful! And that is what makes it possible to convert your fear into the opposite state of love (which is positive energy) through your understanding of that particular fear by having faced the fear.

Step To Happiness No. 6: To clarify though, facing your fear is no small task, since fear can be abjectly terrifying! So, when I talk about facing fears, I mean the really big fears, like having everything go horribly wrong and having to pick up the pieces of your world that may very well have completely shattered. However, that doesn't mean that all fear facing is nearly that intense, but it sure can be, depending upon the circumstances in which you are facing your fears and the types of fears that you are facing.

Step To Happiness No. 7: Therefore, you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy! So, facing fears is inverting the negative energy of fear into the neutral energy of understanding, which is what makes the positive energy of love possible, since you understand why you were fearful. That is why facing your fears is no small task, because fear can be abjectly terrifying, hence the need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk.

So, in summary "The Seven Steps To Happiness" are accomplished by doing the following:

1) You need to assume calculated risk in order to face your fears by
2) creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, and by
3) making mistakes, then learning from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, since
4) learning from your "trial-and-error" mistakes is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, thereby making it possible for you to
5) invert your fear into understanding first and then into love second; however,
6) facing your fears is no small task because fear can be abjectly terrifying, therefore,
7) you need to have a healthy respect for assuming calculated risk, in order to face your fears by creating solutions to problems through trial and error effort, because you sometimes have to make really big mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, so that you can do better in future, which is what makes it possible for you to be hard working and honest, and that is why you can be happy!

–Paul Whiting (written March 27th, 2023, revised March 28th, 2023, revised March 29th, 2023, revised May 24th, 2023, revised May 30th, 2023, revised June 8th, 2023 and revised August 28th, 2023)

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: All souls began as Literally Nothing, so creating self-responsibility, self-expression, self-identity, self-care, self-love, fear facing and fulfilling work for your own soul—in context appropriate ways—are the keys to all happiness! Thus, happiness has to be engineered, since we are Literally Nothing that is self-aware! And that is why every single, little thing has to be thought into existence by being designed, built through trial and error efforts, tested for workability, verified as effective, implemented as planned and, finally, maintained and repaired. And—if necessary—every single, little thing also has to be rethought, redesigned, rebuilt through trial and error efforts, retested for workability, reverified as effective, reimplemented as planned, and then re-maintained and re-repaired, etc...

And this prose was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 240 was edited on May 3rd, 2024.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 183: My Philosophy About Healthy Stress Release (Masturbation)

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My Philosophy About Healthy
Stress Release (Masturbation)

The way that I feel about healthy stress release can be summed up in two simple words: "Self-Love!" (And by that I mean masturbation.) You see, I "Self-Love" since "Self-Loving" really helps to release pent-up sexual energy and it really helps me to relieve stress! (And by "Self-Love" I am referring to masturbation.)

And, of course, I mean "Self-Loving" only in the most appropriate of ways, such as "Self-Loving" in private before you engage in "The 'Non-Sensual' Times Of Life," such as work, school, or church, etc., so that you are not stressed out during "The 'Non-Sensual' Times Of Life."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing About Healthy Stress Release Through "Self-Love" (Masturbation): The way that I feel about healthy stress release can be summed up in two simple words: "Self-Love!" You see, I "Self-Love," since "Self-Loving" really helps to release pent-up sexual energy and it really helps me to relieve stress! –Paul Whiting (written August 30th, 2014, revised November 22nd, 2015, revised July 21st, 2022 and revised August 23rd, 2022)

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: The way that I feel about healthy stress release can be summed up in two simple words: "Self-Love!" (And by "Self-Love" I am referring to masturbation.)

And this prose was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."

This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

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"Masturbation" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable one-time donation if they are requesting donations when I am on their website):

"Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 183 was edited on August 11th, 2025.

"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 151: The 'Cure' for Self-Love: "Doesn't Play Well with Others!" The 'Cure' for Self-Phobia: "Plays Well with Self!"

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The 'Cure' for Self-Love:
"Doesn't Play Well with Others!"
The 'Cure' for Self-Phobia:
"Plays Well with Self!"

The "cure" for homosexuality
is the "cure" for Self-Love;
The "disease" of homosexuality
is the "disease" of Self-Love.

People who hate homosexuals
actually just hate themselves!

Thus, those who are "Self-Phobic"
hate those who love themselves,
because "Self-Loathers" do not
know how to be "Self-Loving..."

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About Self-Love Being A Difficult Thing To Create: Self-Love is a difficult thing to create, because it is not something that you can just imitate. –Paul Whiting (written January 4th, 2012, revised August 23rd, 2022 and revised August 24th, 2022)

My Writing About Self-Love Being The Greatest Problem And The Greatest Solution: I believe that "The Greatest Problem In Life" is Creating Self-Love. And I believe, as well, that Creating Self-Love is also "The Greatest Solution In Life." –Paul Whiting (written July 19th, 2012 and revised August 24th, 2022)

My Writing About Self-Loving and Self-Loathing: Self-Love is the Pinnacle Of Love and all other forms of love stem from Self-Love! And, in contrast, Self-Loathing is the Pinnacle Of Loathing and all other forms of loathing stem from Self-Loathing. –Paul Whiting (written August 21st, 2012, revised April 14th, 2015 and revised August 24th, 2022)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "People who hate homosexuals actually just hate themselves! Thus, those who are 'Self-Phobic' hate those who love themselves, because 'Self-Loathers' do not know how to be 'Self-Loving.'"

And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 151 was edited on January 31st, 2023.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 134: For, "You Once Were An Apprentice..."

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You Once Were An Apprentice
And I Gave You Mastery
(Or, "You Are 'The Alpha And The Omega!'")

You were thirsty and I gave you water.
You were hungry and I gave you food.
You were bare and I gave you clothing.
You were exposed and I gave you shelter.
You were exhausted and I gave you rest.
You were weak and I gave you strength.
You were confused and I gave you clarity.
You were ignorant and I gave you knowledge.
You were an Apprentice and I gave you Mastery.
You were a Beta and I made you a Master Beta.
You were a Master Beta and I made you an Alpha.
For, an Alpha, My Son is really a Master Beta.
So now, My Son, go and find yourself an Omega.
And while you are searching, be a Master Beta.
For, all "Betas" become their own "Master Betas."
And all "Master Betas" become their own "Alphas."
And all "Alphas" become as their own "Omegas."
Then all "The Alphas" can attract "The Omegas."
Therefore, you are "The Alpha And The Omega!"

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing About How You Are "The Alpha And The Omega": You were thirsty and I gave you water. You were hungry and I gave you food. You were bare and I gave you clothing. You were exposed and I gave you shelter. You were exhausted and I gave you rest. You were weak and I gave you strength. You were confused and I gave you clarity. You were ignorant and I gave you knowledge. You were an Apprentice and I gave you Mastery. You were a Beta and I made you a Master Beta. You were a Master Beta and I made you an Alpha. For, an Alpha, My Son is really a Master Beta. So now, My Son, go and find yourself an Omega. And while you are searching, be a Master Beta. For, all "Betas" become their own "Master Betas." And all "Master Betas" become their own "Alphas." And all "Alphas" become as their own "Omegas." Then all "The Alphas" can attract "The Omegas." Therefore, you are "The Alpha And The Omega!" –Paul Whiting (written approximately on June 27th, 2010 and turned into 'my writing' on August 5th, 2022)

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My Writing About The Alpha And The Omega In The Beginning And In The End: In the beginning—The Alpha—there was Literally Nothing. And there was a vibration, at the very center of Literally Nothing, which was created by the pressure right in the middle of Nothing. And the center vibration—that was created under pressure—was Self-Aware. And that Self-Aware Vibration, created under pressure at the very center of Literally Nothing, asked itself "What Am I?" And, as it was created under pressure, that Self-Aware Center Vibration asked itself "What Am I?" for literally an eternity, since it did not know what it was, because it was Literally Nothing. And when that Self-Aware Nothing had finally reached the "critical mass," so to speak, of not knowing what it was—since it was Literally Nothing—it decided to try to do something about not knowing what it was in order to escape the Living Hell of not knowing what it was. And in the end—The Omega—this Self-Aware Nothing had successfully transformed itself out of Literally Nothing—through the process of evolution—by turning itself into Everything That Exists. And Literally Nothing, which was Self-Aware, could finally answer that eternal question of "What Am I?" And the answer was: "I Am God." –Paul Whiting (written October 15th, 2016, revised October 16th, 2016, revised March 14th, 2018, revised July 25th, 2022, revised July 26th, 2022, revised August 5th, 2022 and revised September 16th, 2022)

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem is a metaphor about an Alpha Male Father talking to His Beta-To-Alpha-Male Son about becoming a "Master Beta" (pun intended) until The Son can find himself an Omega Female Lover. And the Alpha Male Father explains to His Beta-To-Alpha-Male Son that The Son must become His Own Female Omega Lover, so to speak, in order to attract an Omega Female Lover! And the Alpha Male Father explains to His Beta-To-Alpha-Male Son that The Son has to love Himself first as a "Master Beta," which is how The Son, as an Alpha Male, will know how all of the Omega Females think, for they are also their own self-lovers! And that is why The Son Of The Father, who is a Beta-To-Alpha-Male—and who is also a Master Beta—is both the Alpha (Male) and the Omega (Female).

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

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"Masturbator" from Wiktionary, the free dictionary—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I donate through a totally affordable monthly donation to Wikimedia):

Etymology

masturbate + -or

Noun

masturbator (plural masturbators)

1. (sometimes derogatory) Someone who masturbates.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/masturbator#English

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 134 was edited on July 2nd, 2026.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 121: For Valentine's Day, Part 10 — Your One True Love Is You!

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Your One True Love Is You!
(Or, "Be The True Love Within Yourself")

The phrase "You Need To Find

True Love" is a fairytale fantasy!

And seeking external validation is an

outer locus of control or, as I call it,

"Outside-Of-Yourselfness." Therefore,

you cannot find "True Love" outside of

yourself, since there is nothing outside

of yourself except for yourself. For, you

are independent in a void forever,

because you are the energy of a void

as a soul, which is why you can only

"Be The True Love Within Yourself."

-Paul Whiting

(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)

"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About Finding True Love Within Yourself, Version No. 1: The phrase "You Need To Find True Love" is a fairytale fantasy! For, you cannot find "True Love" outside of yourself (which is an outer locus of control or, as I call it, "Outside-Of-Yourselfness"), since there is nothing outside of yourself except for yourself (that is, we are independent in a void forever, because we are the energy of a void as souls), which is why you can only "Be The True Love Within Yourself." –Paul Whiting (written January 11th, 2012, revised March 20th, 2015, revised February 14th, 2022, revised August 23rd, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing About Finding True Love Within Yourself, Version No. 2: The phrase "You Need To Find True Love" is a fairytale fantasy! And seeking external validation is an outer locus of control or, as I call it, "Outside-Of-Yourselfness." Therefore, you cannot find "True Love" outside of yourself, since there is nothing outside of yourself except for yourself. For, you are independent in a void forever, because you are the energy of a void as a soul, which is why you can only "Be The True Love Within Yourself." –Paul Whiting (written January 11th, 2012, revised March 20th, 2015, revised February 14th, 2022, revised August 23rd, 2022 and revised May 24th, 2023)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "You cannot find 'True Love' outside of yourself, since there is nothing outside of yourself except for yourself, which is why you can only 'Be The True Love Within Yourself.'"

And this poem is based upon a quote from "My Posting Sabbatical, Part 1" that was originally published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I decided to publish some of "My Posting Sabbatical Writing" as blog posts when I republished my old blog posts on my new "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog, which I created in order to have "a place to place all of my best writing in one place!"

And this poem was only published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog.

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 121 was edited on April 13th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 120: For Valentine's Day, Part 9 — The Most Important Relationship in Life!

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The Most Important
Relationship in Life!

The First—And Most Important—
Relationship That You Have In Life Is The
Relationship That You Have With Yourself!

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About The Most Important Relationship In Life: The most important relationship in life is the relationship that you have with yourself! For, relationships with others may come and go, but your relationship with yourself is eternal. –Paul Whiting (written September 26th, 2012 and revised July 31st, 2022)

My Writing About The Relationship That You Have With Yourself: The first—and most important—relationship that you have in life is the relationship that you have with yourself! –Paul Whiting (written June 27th, 2014 and revised August 1st, 2022)

My Writing About The Only Truly Lasting Relationship That You Have In Life: The only truly lasting relationship that you have in life is the relationship that you have with yourself! –Paul Whiting (July 31st, 2022)

My Writing About The Importance Of What Is Across From You: It is not what is across from you that is important in life: it is you! For, whatever is across from you—paradoxically—is you in physics. –Paul Whiting (written September 25th, 2014, revised July 31st, 2022 and revised August 1st, 2022)

My Writing About The Importance Of The Relationship That Is Across From You: The most important relationship in life is not the relationship that is across from you; it's the relationship with you, because that is what's across from you. –Paul Whiting (written April 4th, 2015 and revised July 31st, 2022)

My Writing About Someone Who Is Really Important In Your Life: There is someone who is really important in your life: that someone is you! –Paul Whiting (written May 10th, 2016 and revised July 31st, 2022)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: The first—and most important—relationship that you have in life is the relationship that you have with yourself!

And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 120 was edited on May 5th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 119: For Valentine's Day, Part 8 — You Are The One That You Want!

(Image by Paul Whiting)

You Are The One That You Want!
(Or, "Become Your One, True Love")

Contrary to popular views,
I truly believe that you—and
every other soul out there—are
not, in fact, meant to "Find Your
One, True Love." I truly feel that you
—and every other soul out there—are
meant to "Become Your One, True Love!"

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About Becoming Your One, True Love: Contrary to popular views, I truly believe that you—and every other soul out there—are not, in fact, meant to "find your one, true love." I truly feel that you—and every other soul out there—are meant to "become your one, true love!" –Paul Whiting (written February 14th, 2014, revised September 19th, 2021, revised October 3rd, 2021 and revised August 23rd, 2022)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "I truly feel that you—and every other soul out there—are meant to 'become your one, true love!'"

Also, on my "Small All White in the Forest" blog where this post was originally published, beginning in January 2013, I tried to create a post for virtually every holiday and special occasion of which I was aware, but I realized by September 2014 that I did not have enough time and energy to continue posting for every holiday and special occasion. And I decided to keep the poems in that series which were the most relevant to my "Small All White in the Forest" blog, of which this is one.

And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest."

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 119 was edited on January 31st, 2023.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 118: For Valentine's Day, Part 7 — Fall In Love With Yourself!

(Image by Paul Whiting)

"Fall In Love With Yourself!"

Fall in love with yourself!
For, no other being can ever
truly know, trust and love you
in the way that you can truly
know, trust and love yourself:
because relationships with others
may come and go, but your relationship
with yourself lasts quite literally forever...

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About What Stands Between You And Self-Love: Fall in love with yourself! Because Self-Love is what we are due! For, the only thing that stands between you and Self-Love is you! –Paul Whiting (written approximately on June 26th, 2010 and turned into 'my writing' on August 26th, 2022)

My Writing About Falling In Love With Yourself: The way that I feel about romantic relationships can be summed up in five simple words: "Fall In Love With Yourself!" For, no other being can ever truly know, trust and love you in the way that you can truly know, trust and love yourself: because relationships with others may come and go, but your relationship with yourself lasts quite literally forever... –Paul Whiting (written February 14th, 2013, revised November 22nd, 2015 and revised July 21st, 2022)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: The way that I feel about romantic relationships can be summed up in five simple words: "Fall In Love With Yourself!"

Also, on my "Small All White in the Forest" blog where this post was originally published, beginning in January 2013, I tried to create a post for virtually every holiday and special occasion of which I was aware, but I realized by September 2014 that I did not have enough time and energy to continue posting for every holiday and special occasion. And I decided to keep the poems in that series which were the most relevant to my "Small All White in the Forest" blog, of which this is one.

And this poem was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" and "Small All White in the Forest."

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 118 was edited on April 13th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 117: For Valentine's Day, Part 6 — Self-Loving Romance

(Image by Paul Whiting*)

Self-Loving Romance

(Or, "True Love is Never Free")

I am practicing "Self-Loving Romance"

as part of my philosophy that

"True Love is Never Free" and

should be paid for through

being in touch with your

feelings, a lot of personal

change and hard work to

make an authentic living,

along with emotional

transparency, prudent

compromise and, of

course, honest money.

-Paul Whiting

(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)

"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

My Writing About True Love Never Being Free: True Love is never free! For, All Of Creation is based on an economy. Therefore, you have to pay for everything—including True Love—through being in touch with your feelings, a lot of personal change and hard work to make an authentic living, along with emotional transparency, prudent compromise and, of course, honest money. –Paul Whiting (written January 11th, 2012 and revised August 23rd, 2022)

My Writing About Self-Loving Romance: I am practicing "Self-Loving Romance" (for example, buying myself chocolates for Valentine's Day, then taking myself out for a romantic dinner) as part of my philosophy that "True Love is Never Free" and should be paid for through being in touch with your feelings, a lot of personal change and hard work to make an authentic living, along with emotional transparency, prudent compromise and, of course, honest money. –Paul Whiting (written February 14th, 2012 and revised August 23rd, 2022)

My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "I am practicing 'Self-Loving Romance' (for example, buying myself chocolates for Valentine's Day, then taking myself out for a romantic dinner!) as part of my philosophy that 'True Love is Never Free.'"

*By the way, the image illustrating this poem is of organic Lake Champlain Chocolates Valentine's Day bars, which I photographed on February 14th, 2014, and that is approximately one year before I became vegan again (for the second time), which was around the end of March 2015, since one of the bars is milk chocolate!

And this poem is based upon a quote from "My Posting Sabbatical, Part 1" that was originally published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I decided to publish some of "My Posting Sabbatical Writing" as blog posts when I republished my old blog posts on my new "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog, which I created in order to have "a place to place all of my best writing in one place!"

And this poem was only published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog.

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com

This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 117 was edited on April 13th, 2024.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 116: For Valentine's Day, Part 5 — For What Stands In Your Way...

(Image by Paul Whiting)

For What Stands In Your Way
Between You And Self-Love!

Fall in love with yourself! Because Self-Love
is what we are due! For, the only thing that
stands between you and Self-Love is you!

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing About What Stands Between You And Self-Love: Fall in love with yourself! Because Self-Love is what we are due! For, the only thing that stands between you and Self-Love is you! –Paul Whiting (written approximately on June 26th, 2010 and turned into 'my writing' on August 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About The Creation Of Self-Love: What does Literally Nothing become when Nothing falls in love with itself due to the ability of Nothing to become—literally—Everything That Exists? –Paul Whiting (written May 8th, 2014 and revised August 26th, 2022)

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My Writing About How There Is Literally Nothing Else To Do Except Evolve Into Self-Love: Because we are Literally Nothing, there is nothing else to do except evolve into Self-Love. –Paul Whiting (written June 6th, 2016, revised August 23rd, 2016 and revised August 24th, 2022)

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "Self-Love is what we are due! For, the only thing that stands between you and Self-Love is you!"

By the way, this post was originally published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs. And I republished this post on my new "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog as part of that new blog's "For Valentine's Day" series, because I felt like this post had a kind of Valentine's Day message in it that I write about a lot, regarding "falling in love with yourself," which is why—when I republished this post on my new blog—I decided to include it in the Valentine's Day series of posts.

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 116 was edited on July 2nd, 2026.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]

Post No. 091: For Self-Reflection, Part 7 — I Walked The Path

(Image from Jeanette Melian, LLC)

I Walked The Path

I walked the path that I had placed
before me, for I cleared the way
with my thoughts and deeds.

But I came to think this course
was chosen for me, as it was longer
and harder than at first I believed!

I struggled at each turn to stay true
to myself, since I had renounced
my center with lies and stealth.

When I saw this great error, I made
rigorous amends and realized great
changes with my changing intent!

The difficulties ahead leveled out to
a smooth road, going so easy and
peaceful to lead me back home.

Upon my arrival, I found home so
strange: it was just the same as
before, but I had changed!

The journey I had taken—to find out
who I truly was—had circled back
to myself and I truly found love.

-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"

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My Writing Notes:

The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: This poem is a metaphor for dealing with My Karma!

Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how this poem was written when I was editing it on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer," "Small All White in the Forest" and "Three Dark Horses" blogs. So, I wanted to show you how this poem used to be written, before I revised it as above.

And it used to be written like this:

I Walked The Path

I walked the path that I had placed
before me, for I cleared the way
with my thoughts and deeds.

But I came to think this course
was chosen for me, as it was longer
and harder than at first I believed!

I struggled at each turn to stay true
to myself, since I had renounced
my center with lies and stealth.

When I saw this great error, I made
rigorous amends and realized great
changes with my changing intent!

The difficulties ahead leveled out to
a smooth road, so easy going and
peaceful to lead me back home.

Upon my arrival, I found home so
strange: it was just the same as
before—but I had changed!

The journey I had taken, to find out
who I truly was, had circled back
to myself and I truly found love.

Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.

And this poem was also published on my "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Three Dark Horses" and "Small All White in the Forest." Plus, I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message I am trying to convey through my new "The Oneness Of God" spiritual practice!

This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.

-Paulee

https://threedarkhorses.blogspot.com

https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com

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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 091 was edited on July 2nd, 2026.

"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]