Discipline...... Making the punishment fit the crime or is it?

I have been dwelling on thoughts of disciplne to apply to my shi.
Discipline is a huge topic, and its not always what we think. It comes in many forms and selecting the appropriate one to fit the required result is a skill that is aquired through practice and observation of the effect. Let me try to expand.
There is a saying "Let the punishment fit the crime". Punishment is just one form of discipline, focused on physical pain, supposed to leave a long lasting impression on the receipient. However, physical punishment is not always that in the BDSM world, it is pleasure to a masochist. There lies the dilema.
Discipline is a training tool to achive a change in behaviour that is long lasting or permenant, and it comes in many forms, of which inflicted pain is one. For disciplne to be effective as a method of training, it should leave a lasting impression on the mind. Its the mind that controls everything we do, or think. Therefore when dealing with a slave, especially one with a high masochistic drive, selecting the right method of discipline and the level at which its is applied is an aquired skill, and it is deeply personal between the trainer and trainee in slavery BDSM. It is the exertion of dominance over a slave's mind that is their Masters chief objective.
It would be true to say that disciple and reward may be the most powerful training tool of all. Hence, whipping a pain slut serves the dual purpose of inflicting memorable pain, which they process as pleasure and hence as a reward. It therefore follows that correctly applied, pain is a powerful discipline tool in BDSM because it delivers the double whammy of pleasure and pain to a masochist, something that is more powerful than a bell to Pavlov's dog.

Engraving

Earlier this year I invested in a 64gig 4th generation iPod Touch. At the time I could have had the stainless steel back engraved with a message such as "Owned by --------------------". I didn't bother, mainly because, in my view, should I need to sell it some time, its value would be reduced. Not only that but I would only have something engraved if it held special value or significance to my life.
In 2012, my shi will be heading across the Atlantic Ocean to completely become what shi has been for a long time. My possession, amongst other things. Unlike my iPod, pretty soon after shi arrives, she will be permanently marked with my symbol of ownership. A cypher, resembling my signed initials will be tattooed on her breast and a little later shi will be tattooed with her slave registration bar code on her lower back.
Unlike other possessions I have or have owned, shi is a prized possession, and will not be sold, traded or passed on to another. Two symbols, a cypher and a bar code, represent the total commitment to the owner/possession relationship and, together with the steel collar that will be permanently sealed around her  neck they will solidify and signify all that we are as one.

I am looking forward to it!!

Woman and the modern version.

Part of being a slave is to become a complete woman. As her blog task tomorrow my shi has been instructed to explain what, as a slave and possession that means and to compare it with the modern interpretation on being female, which I might add comes nowhere close to being a woman and is more of an attempt to take on a masculine role.
This will be interesting!

Documenting her journey.

Shi, my slave, possession, woman has been instructed to complete a daily journal when we are finally together in RL.
In the meantime shi will be posting to her blog on a regular basis while we are apart. Some days it will be from things that shi desires to post, other times, I will be setting a topic for her to write about.
Yesterday was the first time I had set the topic, "Chains of Steel" and I was very please with her post.