Circle of Good Will - The World Teacher Trust

we meet challenges with ourselves. When the alignmenthappens, then we can move deeper and thereby higherin our consciousness, and we can see it better. Thenour comprehension improves. That is a step towards aclean life.Purpose of SexAnother step towards a clean life is to understand thepurpose of sex and to have rhythm, regularity andhygiene about it. You know that the energy of sex isnothing but the energy of your awareness. When itmoves downwards, it reproduces. When it movesupwards, it creates. Creativity comes when the energyis more utilized for its upward flow. When it movesdownwards, man cannot be creative. Man cannot bea good thinker. He would live with the mediocrity,almost like an animal, only feeling the appetite of thebody, but not the appetite of the soul. For this reasonone has to regulate one’s own sex activity.When you understand the purpose of sex andreasonably fulfil it, then you have two possibilities, tomove the energies either upwards or downwards. Justlike the energies move downwards out of an orificenear Muladhara, the energies also move out from abovethrough another orifice near Sahasrara. The energiesmove out of Sahasrara in a subtle manner. Many peopledo not know that there is an orifice in the crown.When the energies move out through Muladhara, theyappropriate reproduction. When the energies moveout of Sahasrara, it is not reproduction, it is creationof oneself and one is born in light instead of flesh andblood. One can exactly reproduce one’s form differentfrom the physical form that one has.That is how Yoga helps to turn the direction ofthe energies. The path of discipleship is the path ofreturn; the return of the prodigal son. When there isthe downward movement of energies, man tends to bemore and more in objectivity. It is a state of watersflowing out. This movement is seen as horizontalmovement. When you decide to move into higherstates of awareness, you need to reverse the direction,from horizontal movements to vertical movement. Manhas the facility to move horizontally into objectivityand vertically into subjectivity. Animals do not havethis facility. They only move horizontally. Note thatanimals have a vertebra horizontal to earth. Man has avertebra vertical to earth. When man does not utilizethe facility of verticality, he remains a beast.In the effort of return, regulation of sex activitiesbecomes an important aspect. It is regulation but notsuppression. As humanity suppressed it in the past,it now comes back with vengeance. The indulgenceinto sex is due to suppression of sex by the religions.38 39