Theos-Talk Archives (February 2004 Message tt00221)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@s...> wrote:
> They say that awakening the higher polarity, the spiritual 
> consciousness, also activates the lower polarity, sexual awareness.

This is a reference to the fact that kundalini, which at its source 
is sexual energy, is transmuted as it ascends the chakras 
and "nourishes" the highest chakras, thereby "awakening the higher 
polarity."

> They also say that this is the rock upon which is wrecked many a 
fine 
> movement. What can we do to safely navigate this danger?

Years ago I read a book ny Karel Werner (cannot remember the title) 
in which he descrived the precept peoscribing inappropriate sexual 
activity. His comments were a synopsis of what ancient commentators 
have said. In effect, sex is not a generator of bad karma so long as 
it is consensual, but the kicker is that the consenting partner must 
be competent to give consent. Someone who is feeble minded, mentally 
ill, underaged, married, betrothed, or incapacitated by drugs or 
alcohol is not competent to give sonsent and sex with such a person 
is therefore a form of rape. Sex with a non consenting partner (i.e. 
an explicit act of rape) is also bad karma. Other scenarios do not 
violate the precept. Monks supposedly practice celibacy to eliminate 
any chance of violating the precept, but nobody really believed monks 
are delibate. Proclaiming oneself to be a celibate priest and then 
atteniding orgies at the bishop's palace, which takes place in this 
country, violates the precept against lying, but it is the dishonesty 
and not the sex which is the problem here. Leadbeater therefore 
violated this precept by pretending to be celibate and violated the 
precept against inappropriate sex by assaulting children.

Miss Leonard violated the precept by having an affaur with a married 
man (Mohini) but she could easily have sought an appropriate outlet 
somewhere else. Leaving Mohini alone would not have condemned her to 
a life of sterile frustration.

There is also an issue for those who practice certain systems of 
esoteric development and that is that kundalini is sexual energy. It 
is said to be transmuted as it ascends the chakras, but immoderate 
sexual activity of the usual sort can deplete the energy and leave 
not enough for occult purposes. Some yogis deal with this by 
restricting sexual activity as much as possible, and others by using 
special practices with their partners so that the energy is not 
dissipated. It is highly questionable whether this need concern 
anyone who is not engaged in practical work using the energy, which 
is quite real as any yogi can tell you. When one works with it 
internally it is experienced as intense heat and not as sexual energy 
at all unless it is concentrated in the lower chakras for some reason.