“The Triumph of Masochism. Intentions.”

I am not presenting ready-made intentions here, but rather a press article from Angora, where each thought can serve as material for a thematic intention.

Technical aspects concerning ideas and sentence construction.
Article: “800 intentions for cleansing” – Link
“Building extensive intentions and prayers. Skype conversation about the technique” – Link
“One-sentence scheme for intentions” – Link

The word (–not) added to a term when working with intentions means that it is worth expressing it together with its opposite, or even independently, finding and speaking any synonyms that come to mind along with their opposites.

Example — being idolaters
it is good to also say it with its opposite:
— being idolaters, not being idolaters

This allows one to activate a given pattern as broadly as possible in different aspects, including its opposite. It is also worth knowing that Souls often think or claim that they do not have such opposing patterns.

Another example:
The soul of a woman standing in light, revealing garments, with flowers in her hair, bearing a moth mark on her shoulder, denies being a prostitute. Adding the negation — not being a prostitute — may help her understand her condition.

Being a prostitute, not being a prostitute —
“Absolutely not, never in my life! These are not my patterns. What I do is my private matter, not prostitution.”
[— the soul says or thinks about itself.]

“The Triumph of Masochism”

Published in Angora, issue no. 9, March 1, 2015
Author: Michał Ogórek

Polish viewers, especially female viewers, were driven into cinemas with a whip. At last, it became clear what must be done to make people flock to culture. The film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey would like to be shocking itself—but according to critics, it did not even manage that. Nevertheless, on its first day it achieved the highest attendance since cinemas have existed in Poland.

The victory is double: not only financial, but also ideological. Grey is a great praise and manifesto of masochism—and what else is watching it, especially in such numbers, if not masochism? It managed to persuade not just one frightened actress, but entire crowds. People are willing to pay a lot to humiliate themselves with this film.

Journalistic commentators eagerly joined the creators: they beat the actors and director with all their might, and those attacked cannot contain their joy. The magazine Polityka gives the film a rating of 1 out of 6 (for a masochist, a delightfully painful blow), while Newsweek skips artistic evaluation and strikes straight to the point.

“Grey is a recipe for unhappiness,” says a sexologist. It seems Polish women want to be beaten, while Polish men do not want to beat them. “Masochism occurs in women four times more often than in men. It is unclear whether this is biological or social,” experts note. Yet these proportions do not resolve the mismatch: a masochist needs a sadist—what use is another masochist?

The number of sadists among men is not provided, but crime reports suggest there are some.

This entire rehabilitation of violence against women—supposedly at their own request—coincides with Poland ratifying a widely debated law on preventing domestic violence. Catholic communities opposing the convention appear, paradoxically, to defend masochists’ “right” to be beaten. Unexpectedly, the Catholic Church forms a kind of alliance with masochists.

Masochism, among all sexual deviations, seems to find the most understanding—and even support—there. Yet practicing it becomes increasingly difficult due to stricter laws. Now, legally, harming someone is only permissible with explicit consent—preferably documented.

Cinema pulls audiences in one direction, while the law moves in another.

For the (likely underestimated) number of masochists, removing violence and prosecuting it may itself feel oppressive—which ironically aligns with their inclinations. This paradox suggests a possible resolution: eliminating violence—but by force.

From Grey emerges an image of the desired man: an insensitive egoist focused only on his own needs.

Meanwhile, statistics show a different imbalance:
“There are 5 million singles in Poland, with men predominating,” reports Wprost. The magazine even presents an example—Kamil Durczok—as an embodiment of the “Grey” archetype.

The article describes controversial media actions, including searches of private spaces and publication of findings, raising questions about journalistic ethics. It resembles a “citizen’s denunciation,” a phenomenon also discussed in Polityka.

People, like journalists, often report others they find suspicious. For example:
“In Bielsko-Biała last year, 89 reports were submitted to the Social Insurance Institution; only four were confirmed.”

Reading such reports can itself be an act of masochism—so much negativity about others, often unverified. Perhaps, unable to fulfill masochistic impulses in private life, people shift them into other domains.

As one sexologist notes:
“What may seem exciting to one person may be unpleasant to another.”

Achieving balance between sadism and masochism is extremely difficult. Observations from film, media, and social behavior suggest another pattern: people take particular satisfaction in watching others being harmed.

Who knows—this may be one of the most common forms of indirect gratification.

Perhaps not everything is lost.
The Catholic weekly Gość Niedzielny offers hope:
“During the Cold War, few believed communism would collapse—and yet it did. The same may happen with the sexual revolution.”

Especially since observing something collapse can itself provide a certain kind of stimulation—even if that is all it offers.

Opublikowano: 26/04/2026
Autor: Sławomir Majda
Kateogrie: Suffering of Body and Soul - Transfigurers of Suffering. Liberating Prayers.

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