Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Sex and the Spiritual Connection ............
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The debate whether sexual desires help one on the spiritual path or distract one from the spiritual path, is an eternal one. But sexual fulfilment can open our hearts and minds in such a way that we feel bliss that is quite similar to the one achieved in a meditative state. It is also an accepted fact that once sexual energies are released instead of suppressed, they can be channelled upwards to rekindle our energy centres known as chakras, which leads to our spiritual evolution. It is when sex is misused in a negative form - as lust, sexual excess, degradation or rape - that it becomes opposed to the spiritual
Sexuality is the bio-energy or life-force, also known in different cultures as prana, chi, ki, orgone or od. We may see it as the innermost aura or feel it as a heat or tingling inside our body. The sex chakra is our strongest bio-energy generator, which provides a stream of energy into the base chakra and then up the spine and into the brain. If this vital force is not nurtured, people themselves become "weak", lacking vitality, and drawing closer to disease and old age.

To cite a real-life example, Jenna and her husband Mike had sex. Nothing remarkable about that, but Jenna experienced something never felt before. She recalls, "I lost my sense of self. It’s hard to explain. It was as though I was transported outside my body and discovered something bigger. I remember lying in Mike’s arms, tears running down my cheeks, suffused with a feeling of love for him and for everything. I had such an intense emotional experience, and it left me feeling incredibly centered, positive and strong."

Many religions endorse the importance of sex. In the Kabbalic tradition dating back to medieval times, sex was seen as a spiritual event, representing the merging of the male and female elements of God within the cosmos. Then, Aboriginal Australians and Persians were known to practise their own versions of tantra. Early Christianity and Islam also contained sexual symbolism.

To quote the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, one can access "the body’s grace" through sex. He says desire is as good a justification for sex as procreation. "To be formed in our humanity by the loving delight of another is an experience whose contours we can identify most clearly and hopefully if we have also learned about being the object of the causeless loving delight of God."

What if we overcame our inhibitions and consciously made sex as much a part of our spiritual journey as of our mundane existence? Viewing it as sacred will not take the fun out of it but certainly make the experience more profound...in Wade's words, "a feeling of being so merged with your partner, you lose your ego boundaries, so you can’t determine who is doing what to whom..."

The Greek word from which the word "ecstasy" (most associated with sex) has come, is ekstasis - meaning "to stand outside". No wonder, in sexual as well as spiritual ecstasy, we feel transported outside our notion of self, or ego...

This kind of abandonment is advisable only in a situation of total trust, usually found in long-term relationships...and marriage often makes this possible.


Here's a piece of advice from Kris Deva: "Bring full focus and attention to the feelings inside yourself and acknowledge your belief in a higher being. Go through your sexual practice with full focus so that you are living in the moment. At the point of orgasm, give your mind to the divine, whatever you perceive the divine to be - a benign God sitting on high, the cosmic universe with all the stars or mother earth..."

There are also many psychologists who would vouch for the fact that being smarter makes for better sex - smarter as in having better EQ, or emotional quotient, which makes one more emotionally intelligent - which, in turn, means being aware of one's emotions, one's strengths and weaknesses (as well as of your partner), instead of blaming one's partner for all sex problems.

A big advantage in letting your brain into the act is that you will never fake it - after all, it will hardly help you or your partner, if you do. The same goes for the spiritual experience: it only works if you are honest with yourself and with God...

Although sex is a must for life to be created - an awe-inspiring, profoundly moving and spiritual phenomenon in itself - our experience would be so much poorer if we viewed sex only as a means of procreation. Sex is an expression of love and a divine gift in itself...so continue on your spiritual journey with sex as a companion...and discover the many rewards...


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