09-05-2008, 12:00 AM
Hi Bob and others. I reposted your post to start a new thread on this subject.
Sex is energy that can be used. Don Juan said it should not be wasted. So did my teacher and many other teachers.
Celebacy that is forced on someone leads to all kinds of problems in my opinion. I blame that man made rule for a lot of the problems in the Catholic church. Their priests are victims of this forced law and the children then become victims of the priests. This rule of celebacy is man made. It only came into used about 400 years after Jesus was here.
Paul said, "better to remain single than marry, better to marry than burn." But he also said that not every man could recieve this teaching. He is showing three types of people here. Or rather three ways of looking at life.
Some have spiritual progression as their main purpose in life and would transmute this "Creative Energy" by certain practices. They would go far because they are using this creative energy for fuel and transmuting it.
A married person can also transmute this sexual energy because it is used during a loving act. The sexual act in marriage can teach us a lot about Union with God, though on a much lower level.
Someone who is "burning" is not making use of the sexual energy, but is stiffling it. Just as with siffling anything there can be problems.
"I am celibate. I gave up. It's fate. Let the Spirit decide."
I also have gone through periods of celebacy. Both voluntary and involuntary. Both during marriage and while single. It is not fate. It is a choice.
But it is not some virtuous thing and it does no good unless you find certain practices which help you to transmute the energy.
My opinions only.
(edited to make this post not stretch the width of the thread. subsequent edits are for the same reason)
Sex is energy that can be used. Don Juan said it should not be wasted. So did my teacher and many other teachers.
Celebacy that is forced on someone leads to all kinds of problems in my opinion. I blame that man made rule for a lot of the problems in the Catholic church. Their priests are victims of this forced law and the children then become victims of the priests. This rule of celebacy is man made. It only came into used about 400 years after Jesus was here.
Paul said, "better to remain single than marry, better to marry than burn." But he also said that not every man could recieve this teaching. He is showing three types of people here. Or rather three ways of looking at life.
Some have spiritual progression as their main purpose in life and would transmute this "Creative Energy" by certain practices. They would go far because they are using this creative energy for fuel and transmuting it.
A married person can also transmute this sexual energy because it is used during a loving act. The sexual act in marriage can teach us a lot about Union with God, though on a much lower level.
Someone who is "burning" is not making use of the sexual energy, but is stiffling it. Just as with siffling anything there can be problems.
"I am celibate. I gave up. It's fate. Let the Spirit decide."
I also have gone through periods of celebacy. Both voluntary and involuntary. Both during marriage and while single. It is not fate. It is a choice.
But it is not some virtuous thing and it does no good unless you find certain practices which help you to transmute the energy.
My opinions only.
(edited to make this post not stretch the width of the thread. subsequent edits are for the same reason)