Welcome to Diving Deep with Deepak and
Darrah,
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I want to talk about a taboo topic for
many,
which I personally don't believe should be taboo
because it's such a part
of the life and human experience...
which is sex.
And I honestly don't have a
question for you. My question is simply:
let's talk about sex.
And can you share
some feedback on
the way it's been acculturated,
and what role it plays in
our lives?
Well,
sexual energy is the same thing as
spiritual energy.
It's the creative energy that is present in all living beings.
We wouldn't be alive, we wouldn't be here were it not for sexual energy.
So, anytime people repress that energy,
you have pathology. You're seeing all the
scandals in the Catholic Church,
but it happens almost anywhere where there is
repression, and guilt, and shame...
about sexual experience.
So in my mind, sexual
energy and spiritual energy are the same thing.
They're the creative energies of
the universe present in all living organisms.
Now human beings are very
interesting species.
They have created stories around, you know, sexual experience.
Which is great,
because sexual experience can be part of a romantic relationship.
I don't necessarily... believe...
that...
humans are naturally monogamous...
but it's good. Monogamy as a... as a "social construct".
If you have a family, if you
are raising children, you know,
and there's responsibility.
So it's a very
difficult thing to...
sermonize about.
People should add their own values
regarding that.
Having said that,
when people are in relationships,
then, if sexual experiences are not value based...
and then it ultimately... it falters.
You know if it's sex only for the reason of pleasure
which is fine too.
But it won't be a
lasting,fulfilling experience.
Pleasure has a way of exhausting itself. Any
pleasure has a way of exhausting itself.
And then if you have an addictive
personality then you...
you can't get enough of what you don't want anymore.
So... you know there's always the danger.
If your sexual activity is totally doing it by
pleasure, then you might end up
being...an addict.  And addiction is not good for anyone.
Doesn't matter if it's addiction to sex or
any other sensation,
or to food,
or to control, or to always being perfect, or to melodrama, or to security.
All these addiction's
you know they ultimately result in disease.
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