MasterCard....Please, Don't Leave Home Without It!

The question that constantly is asked is "Are you REAL?"This is a question that is asked of slaves all the time. For the most part I think that most people are wanting to submit but they don't know how. Also there is something to be said about a society that puts such a high price on macho ism. When it views people, especially men, as being weak and cowardly if they are submissive, then it is a climate that breeds deception. Mostly though the deception is to ourselves. The slave. I don't consider myself weak or with out courage just because I am submissive. I have the courage to counter this question with the same question to a Master. "Are you REAL?". Most will say yes but like the slave they aren't really sure what that means. Just buying a leather pair of pants or a vest or a leather arm band doesn't make you a Master. Any more than a twenty year old can be a Master without any experience. What makes a REAL Master? You see, being a Master is work and it is education. A Master has to have the knowledge to know when a slave has reached their limit. How intense they should go with their discipline. That begs the question " How does one gain that knowledge? I have taken a pool with allot of Doms and Masters in several different chat rooms and have they have come to the census that there are only two ways to do that. One is by starting off as a slave before being a Master. The knowledge of what you are putting a slave through because you have been through it yourself is invaluable. You can empathize and see what it is the slave is feeling and what is running through their mind. This concept isn't new. It was the system that has been refered to as the "Old Guard" system. From the Masters that I spoken with, it was a system by which you earned your leathers. Particularly you collar if you were a slave. it was a system by which you could move up the ladder to be a Master by starting at the bottom as a slave. This makes perfect sense to me and I have no doubt that any Master that once was a slave would be a better Master than one that wasn't. How can someone understand what you are going through if they haven't been through it themselves? A Master of this sort would be more apt to get inside a slaves head and make the relationship dynamic more and stronger. This is what I would call a REAL Master. According to the Masters (REAL ones) that I talked with, there is another way. That is by having a Master take one under their wing. For one to have a Mentor that will help guide them to being a real Master and know the intricacies that is takes to be real. A Master who will invite you into a play session and explain what they are doing and why. How to match the intensity of play with the slaves experience and training they have had thus far. I have to tell of someone that I know that met a Master and at some point he went to far. He slapped them on the side of the head on the ear hard enough that my friend said he was deaf in it for hours afterwards. That it rang for the rest of the evening. This is what I am talking about by education. it was later learned that the Master in question had never been taught by anyone nor had they ever been a slave. so in essence he wasn't really a Master! As a slave you have to be careful of running into someone that has bought the leather and put it on thinking it will automatically make them a Master. Of course, there are natural born Masters just as there are natural born slaves, but like the slave they are extremely rare. Some people will agree with me and some won't but that is what I think it takes to be a REAL Master. As I said some will disagree with me but the truth of the matter is, like a credit card, you have to qualify and have the education. Well I will leave you now and hope that everyone has a great leather experience. As usual, if you have any comments or questions or maybe another topic you would like to see discussed e-mail me at raven15@consolidated.net Bye and Have a great day!