Is Sexuality & Spirituality Connected?

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Well of course!!  What can I say....?   To refer to the roots of the question the International Encyclopedia of Sexuality notes, "Sexuality and spirituality have always been joined and interwoven from the very beginning of the human race.   It is only in the last 2000 to 3000 years of Western civilization that the two have been separated.   They have not just been separated, but have been seen as antagonistic to each other.   The split between sex and spirit came out of the Greek philosophy of dualism, and a dichotomous view of humans as matter/evil/female and spirit/good/rational/male" 

This split between sex and spirit has had huge implications on the evolution of our culture.   We are suffering from amnesia about the natural flow of our essential force; sexuality and the accompanying energy of erotic pleasure that reveals itself in joyful experiences such as a full moon, the sunlight playing on the water, a warm breeze against your skin.

Erotic energy is not altogether about sexuality, but about sensuality too.   To invite sexuality into your life from this broader perspective is to become fully alive and experience the world through the combined senses.   Sexual energy is life energy.

People who have repressed sexual energy are usually repressing other areas of their life. Sexual energy is the root life force in all of us that  can be translated into love and ecstatic joy for ourselves and all of life.