the ‘touch’ of sound vibrations. All sensory perception is mediated through
some form of physical touch; even light touches the retina in order to
transmit its many messages. Therefore, the very first conscious sex-organ and
lifelong mediator or messenger of trust and sexual pleasure is touch sensitive
organ system within human skin, a sophisticated facing that envelops the
entire body and has especially developed mechanisms within the folds of its
layers that hold the sexual organs, all of which are derived from the
ectoderm^59 of the developing leech-like
embryo (seen at right).
Though the infant is a far cry from an
erotic sex-symbol, its conscious
sexualization at birth begins via the sense
of touch through the skin. It is through
the skin that we assimilate and affirm our
inborn covenant of trust in Allah, which
is the ultimate virtue of transcendent
certitude that leads to sexual bliss and
ecstasy, the pinnacle of human intimacy.
Only Fana exceeds this experience according to Muslim Metaphysical
speculators, a claim which this writer seriously doubts as legitimately Islamic.
Sexuality is but one of the skin’s many functions as women go to exceeding
lengths to maintain its texture and allure. The gentle caring caresses of both
parents are absolutely necessary for the child’s maturation as master of self
and sexuality. Though the babe is a far cry from having erotic consciousness,
the intimacy engendered by the mother’s soft caresses and skin-to-skin
contact along with her continuum of gentle and playful fondling actually
mimics the act of tender sexual touch. These pristine experiences teach the
babe to trust human touch and take ‘guiltless’ pleasure in its undefiled
sensuality as a provision from Allah. When left to natural instinct, this occurs
autonomously between mother and child. Even after the inglorious pains of
childbirth the virtuous mother instantaneously forgets her suffering and
begins to caress the babe, being loathe to give-it-up.
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The outer layer of cells in the embryo, after establishment of the three primary germ layers
(ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm), the germ layer in contact with the amniotic cavity.