Created Naked

Due to the recent “updates” and partnership with Spotify for Podcasters and Riverside, and lack of features for mobile producers some previous elements to the podcast are missing. I will try to improve these as I can. In the meantime ponder these thoughts:

“I had to shrug off the urge to snigger when I first encountered a nudist beach (the long-established one at Brighton) because the sense that bare bodies were both absurd and embarrassing had been deeply imbued in me.” —Rowan Pelling, Inside the nudist renaissance - UnHerd

“The sheer act of disrobing can be symbolic of shedding societal expectations. By removing our physical coverings, we can also begin to peel away the layers of mental constructs that have been imposed on us.” —Gary Holden, AANR West - Embracing Naturism for Psychological Liberation, Breaking Mental Barriers

“What naturism does is disentangle nudity from sexuality and psychologically reconditions the brain not to respond sexually to the mere sight of a human being, no matter how attractive they may be.” —Evan Minton, https://cerebralfaith.net/the-case-for-christian-naturism/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0WWrQE36-NuTuD53Wuz17L1sf5_q2ZkOxhhHuCxT2-pH2J891FbYANX5E_aem_O61hMxq4UfOaZDX-5E0cfQ

Ed

“The whole of nature is nude except man. And by your clothes you have become disconnected from nature”, —Bhagwan Shrew Rajneesh

“We’ve become so desensitized to everything, but the one thing that makes us human. We’ve come to accept almost every negative aspect of human nature, yet refuse to condone the most natural state a human being can be — the nude.” —Lauren Martin, https://www.elitedaily.com/life/scientific-reasons-just-always-naked/971796

“Social nudism/naturism is a transformational and healthy way to live. It involves accepting one’s own and others’ bodies, embracing nature without the influence of clothing, and celebrating one’s connection with the environment in a remarkable and unique way.” —William J. Schroer, https://www.planetnude.co/p/why-arent-more-americans-nudists

“Our archaic religious teachings have pitted man’s body and spirit against one another, whereas common sense would suggest that God intended the body, mind, and spirit of man to be in harmony. What strange sort of religion have we evolved, that places the godly part of a man in opposition to the whole of his physical being?” —The Raw Ones

“The enemy sought to split the body from the integrated whole of our being. As such, he could then use it through his lies (about nudity being sinful) to tear down the image of God to satisfy and elevate himself. “ —J.Ewing

“Scripture, tradition, reason, experience: all point to the value of body acceptance, not to the virtue of body shame. Some argue that church tradition doesn’t corroborate the experience of body acceptance. No, the modern church’s tradition certainly doesn’t. But the early church’s rejection of a Gnostic devaluation of the human body says otherwise. Its outdoor nude baptisms say so even louder! To return to the experiential, rational, Biblical, body-friendly viewpoint would indeed be against the modern church’s taboo of body shame, but in full accord with orthodox Christian theology.” — David L. Hatton, “Who Said You Were Naked?” "Who Said You Were Naked?": Reflections on Body Acceptance https://a.co/d/crkC2Xd

“The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.” —Martha Graham

“Apparently it cannot be repeated to often the ideal of the nudist is not a “return to nature,” in the sense of the wholesale scrapping of modern civilization; indeed it is not even an immediate sloughing of all its garments. It is merely the correcting or counteracting of some of civilization’s evils through the laying aside of clothes, not when the latter are useful, but when they are detrimental.” —Frances & Mason Merrill

“When people see lots of naked bodies, they quickly appreciate the great diversity of the human form and judge themselves less harshly.” —Michael Castleman

A note from history: The American Sunbathing Association

“We believe in the essential wholesomeness of the human body and regard it neither as an object of shame nor a subject for degrading exploitation. We believe that sunlight and air are vital to human life and well-being, and that exposure of the entire body to these elements is desirable at such time and at such places as are fitting and proper for the purpose. We believe that we are entitled to enjoy the benefits of such exposure, without interference as long as we do not cause injury to our fellow citizens. Nudism is potentially one of the steps to greater human acceptance and, therefore, human awareness and growth.

False modesty and artificial concepts of morality deny to people the meeting of each other without fear. True modesty can be achieved only when it is possible to totally accept oneself and others with unrestricted openness and honesty. Some of us have finally emerged from the fog that distorted our vision, and we have decided to experiment a little with human reactions to the disclosure of truth and God’s original plan of life.

The reward has been instantaneous and electrifying: spiritual release, physical improvement, moral stamina, social integrity, and human consideration immediately become dominant factors in this program of life. It is so impressive, that we look back with wonder at the stupidity that once victimized us, and is still victimizing others. Deliverance from this bondage is realized by simply believing in the decency and dignity of the human body that God designed, and in being practical about it.”

“we humans are 60% water and come into existence floating in amniotic fluid; so the urge to return can feel overwhelming and the requirement to wear a swimming costume nonsensical.” —Rowan Pelling, Inside the nudist renaissance - UnHerd

[Being] naked out of doors and in the water [restores] my sense of blissful innocence. It takes me back to that place of my almost forgotten childhood, where I got to run around undressed without anyone telling me I had to cover up or be embarrassed.—Elizabeth Rosner

“O to bathe in the swimming-bath, or in a good place along the shore, To splash the water! to walk ankle-deep, or race naked along the shore. —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Generally speaking nudists feel that nudism represents an ideal type of non verbal sex education with resultant wholesome heterosexual attitudes and nonvoyeuristic and nonexhibitionistic tendencies “ —Hartman, Fithian, & Johnson 1970, 1991

“Because naturists don’t think of sex when they undress, because naturists don’t think of sex when they are engaged in wholesome family activities. Because naturists don’t grab a towel for cover, after taking a shower in fear of having others view them in a ‘sex obsessed’ manner? Who are the perverts then?” — unknown

“Naturism is freedom and body positivity carried out to its natural conclusion…The respect and dignity with which it approaches everybody is healthy, wholesome, and even godly.” Phillip Oak, Surprised into Freedom ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share )

“In nakedness I behold the majesty of the essential instead of the trappings of pretension” —Horatio Greenough

“We find that relaxing with clothes off at Elysium Fields [Naturist Resort] is a great tension reliever, for ourselves and our kids, too.”- Actress Lynn Redgrave

“The concept of a body being ’summer ready’ is divisive and really quite disgusting…An important aspect of naturism is acceptance and in an environment where people aren’t wearing their clothes, you quickly learn that what you look like doesn’t matter – there is a whole variety of body shapes – including your own – and they are all ’summer ready’. Just relax and be yourself.” —Andrew Welch

“In a moment when trust is in short supply — not just between individuals in intimate relationships, but on a societal scale — perhaps the desire to curtail nudity stands in for a fear of intimacy, and from the sense that we just can’t tolerate being so vulnerable around people we don’t know well.” —Kat Rosenfield, https://unherd.com/2023/04/the-case-for-getting-naked/

“I am convinced that there is an intimacy that we are missing out on walking around in our clothes. It is an intimacy so deep that we don’t even miss it until you experience it. But it is there buried deep in our core waiting for us to come home…”-Aching for Eden Blog 2/13/21 (Aching for Eden – Longing to restore the innocence…)

“What we try to de-emphasize by pretending to ignore, we actually focus on by avoidance. If our intention is to focus attention away from the genitals and our sexuality, then we are achieving exactly the opposite by demanding they be covered up and denounced.” —Dennis Craig Smith, Naked Fear

“Anyway, because teenagers are the way they are, all we’re really doing by shielding them from nudity is allowing their entire education about the normal range of human anatomy to be dictated by the material they seek out on their own — which is to say, by porn. Needless to say, this is a bad way for kids to form a factually accurate understanding of what normal naked bodies look like, never mind what it teaches them about sex. But it also reinforces the notion that the two can’t ever be separated.” —Kat Rosenfield, https://unherd.com/2023/04/the-case-for-getting-naked/