HNT - The World, The Flesh and The Devil.

"Sex takes us deep into the body, deep into the emotions of love and desire, and deep into the entanglements of relationship. Because of this inward and downward movement, sex has been regarded as temptation against higher human aspirations and has been relegated to a dark trinity of values known as the world, the flesh and the devil.

From that place in us where we imagine a life of virtue, orderliness, and social responsibility, sex may appear as a threat or an obstacle. In imagination it is often placed low, as though it were a weight holding us down from our more exalted concerns.

From an archetypal point of view, where we try to find a place for all human inclinations and fantasies,it is valuable and necessary to be pulled down by our sexuality. We need depth as much as we need higher vision. We need the shallow side of all life, and sex offers plenty of opportunity to experience the shadow. We also become persons of character by dealing courageously with the many challenges sex offers during the course of a life.

But there is another aspect to sexuality that can easily be lost in the dark and downward emphasis on the sensuous life. Sex also has a role in the upper regions, where the spirit is dominant. Sex can lift our attention upward and offer a visionary experience of life based in love and passion that is the equal of any abstract philosophy or highly spiritual form of contemplation. Sex is not only earthy, it is also sublime."

From Thomas Moore - The Soul Of Sex - Cultivating Life as an Act of Love 

How would it be if we valued sex and sexuality like this,  like a life enhancing precious thing?


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