Reminders

  There is something to be said about reminders, wether they be gentle or firm, they are something that is needed for a slave to, remain in her place, to understand it at times when otherwise she may not really understand. A reminder can be anything from the task of writing down ones thoughts, to the gift of being able to eat from a Masters hand, or being made to eat from a bowl upon the ground, and even worse, whippings or other forms of punishment such as the belt could be brought about as a reminder. Many things, many reasons, for simple reminders all the way to firm punishments, these reminders can be found in an every day life of any sort of D/s relationship from Dominant and submissive to Master and slave.

  To begin, I would like to quote a wonderful quote, one that I personally tend to find as my favorite in the entire John Norman “Gor” series. In this quote it speaks about knowing ones slave, and in knowing ones slave some tasks are assigned that will allow the Master to get to know more about his slave with ease, from small tasks to even larger.

“… it is not uncommon for masters to pride themselves on the depth with which they know their slave girls; this depth is far greater in my opinion than that with which the average husband of Earth knows his wife; the slave girl is not simply someone with whom the man lives; she is very special to him; she is a treasured possession; he owns her; he wants to know, profoundly and deeply, the background, history, the mind, the intelligence, the appetites, the nature and the dispositions of his lovely article of property; …
… For example, it is common for a master to force his girl to speak at length and in detail to him of the secret sides of her nature, explaining and elaborating on her fantasies; if she is literate, she may be forced, naked, collared, on her knees at a small table, sometimes with her ankles shackled, to write them out; this supplies the master, of course, with abundant materials which may be used by him to make her further and more helplessly his; sometimes the girl attempts to deceive the master; it is not difficult to detect inauthenticity in such matters; she is then beaten; too, she may at times be ordered to invent fantasies, sometimes of a certain type; these, too, after she has invented them, are, to an astute master, instructive; these intellectual, emotional exercises, performed by the girl under a condition of slavery, particularly if coupled with an enforced exercise regime, posing under male surveillance, and such, can do much to sensitize her to her collar; they awaken her body and, of equal importance for the Gorean, though not for the Earthling, who sees sex with the perception of a hippopotamus, as a matter of body rubbings, her fantastic imagination and mind; she becomes curious, soon, about the deeper implications of what she is, a mere article of her master’s property; then, with authority, with assurance and power, to the depth and height of her mind and imagination she is taught; the slave girl experiences a paradox of freedom; the free woman is physically free, but miserable, fighting to be what she is not; the slave girl, physically in bondage, even to the collar, sometimes chains, is given no choice by men but to be totally and precisely what she is, slave; such women, the slave girls, interestingly, are almost always joyful and vital; they are, paradoxically, in their feelings and emotions, liberated; they are not pinched, not psychologically restrained; why this should be I do not know; to see such women, their heads high, their eyes bright, their bodies, their movements, beautiful, as no Earth woman would dare to be, is quite pleasurable …
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  It is within this quote that we may read and understand a little more about what is taking place in the aspect of a Master to a slave, and well since I am a slave writing this I will from this point forth look to it and refer to it from Master to slave.  I was told to write this essay because of an interesting conversation, I made a comment about eating, and then my Master made a comment about how it may be out of His hand when I am there, and this was the start of a beautiful conversation that defiantly began to go into a pleasant place. The conversation continued, and I made a comment about how I felt it reminded me of the first scene from “Beauty” by Anne Rice. I also made a comment that such made me swoon and that’s when he asked me why I swooned, my reply of course, that it was a slight reminder, with mild humiliation, and because it is such a simple act... so very very simple... and yet it shows, the beauty of a submissive or slave... submitting even their ability to eat like humans, but rather.. animals. property.

  This of course gained his attention and he said he had never looked at it this way, and I continued on about how its.... those simple reminders... feeding... the act of being groomed... to even more simple tasks, something so simple as a ritual... a way something is done, all... wonderful reminders of ones servitude... in such a manner that keeps the fires of a slave burning. Then that is where this conversation turned into a task, one of those simple reminders, his seeking to know more of what is going on in the mind of His slave. So that is where I will begin, from where the conversation pretty much left off. To continue and elaborate on the feelings that these reminders have to offer.

  It seems, at times, when I most needed to know, or as I used to be a Domme, my slave most needed to know, that these simple reminders... something, from the most simple to the more extreme, could easily snap back a slave from the thoughts that she was having, from the actions she was doing. How easy is it for a woman to forget her place? Pretty easy at times in all honesty, it is human nature to want to... fight for things you believe in. Even- if you are a slave and you are not allowed to it is still within the primal nature of mammals to fight for their rights, their ways to think freely and be as they are.

  Yet, as a slave, we must remember, that we are not at liberty to fight for what we desire, what we want, it is not our choice and that is where the reminders come in. Take for instance, a slave is caught with jealous thoughts as she sees her Master tending business with another slave, somewhere... and the slave girl begins to grow cold, towards her Master, this of course is not pleasing, now of course the reminder can be a firm tone or even a simple look, but that is only the beginning. The slave could simply be commanded to go bathe, to wash away the jealousy that has covered her form, to purify her thoughts. Now of course, a slave being sent to go wash for this reason would be taken back, “Wash away my jealousy?” she might ask herself, and yet as she went to go wash, her Masters words would more then likely burn inside of her, not only has she been sent from His presence, but with a task, and with an implanted thought in her mind which would be hard to get rid of as she washed. Then, upon returning to her Master she would truly, be a bit more clean of those thoughts, for more then likely during her silent time, she found some very interesting thoughts in her own mind.

  Thoughts, that is where reminders begin to really take place. It is during these reminders that a slave is allowed to think, as she is knelt upon the floor upon elbows and knees like an animal, a beast, a piece of property allowed to eat from a bowl. As that tongue and those lips snake out the grab morsels of food, her thoughts would wander... “Why have I been placed in this position?” she might ask herself, “How can I avoid being put into this place again?” or “Have I been found displeasing? If so how can I make it up?” As time continues and the task remains at hand, the simple movement of eating, the silence during the meal if silence is allowed and even if not the thought still lingers in her mind, “Is he enjoying this?”

  Now not only do we have a thoughtful slave, but a slave who is beginning to grow slightly excited. Now of course the tasks and situations that I have mentioned are not absolute, for being absolute on anything would be, well kinda silly especially in such a lifestyle where an open mind is truly key along with a few other keys. So as we have this slave, who is now, being reminded her place, this reminder making her think, and not only does it make her think but it excites her to a degree that causes her to need... to desire... and with that need and desire, and those thoughts that have already been lingering, it causes that fire to burn, that desire to be found pleasing, to not have to be reminded, and that is where the beauty of a slave is shown, knowing her place, her belly burning, her desire to please apparent. In my eyes, this... is what a reminder is, this is why a reminder is there and what it is for.