I broke down and did one of those Past Lives sites. I wasn’t expecting much, and of course, garbage in, garbage out. When you take those quizzes, your answers depend on your mood.
I have taken a number of BDSM tests, and each time I take one, a lot depends on the partner I am with. I am most always 100% submissive. That never changes.
So when I was told I was a geisha in a past life, I wasn’t really surprised. I did learn a thing or two, though. When we think of Giesha, we do think sex and submission, but it is not really that. I kept coming to this word devotion.
The other word is hostess, and my mother would be pleased with that comparison. She was always the real host in the family. We were just along for the ride, kicking and screaming mostly.
But I love the idea of being devoted to someone. Someone specific. But there is also an element of being devoted to art and culture that comes with the role of a geisha. There is something in the ritual of submission and the history of BDSM that I would love to be able to preserve. The idea that rituals are a part of being devoted to the craft of BDSM.
That way of life is very appealing.
Lisa Gray 