Subtle Energetic Interchange, Sexual Relations and the Inner Consciousness

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Human interactions.
Human relationships have both a

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surface meaning and a subtle,
hidden, energetic action.

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One of the most powerful vital
energies in human life is sexual

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relations.
By examining how this force

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operates both overtly and on the
occult levels, we can quickly

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see the mechanism that takes
place with all vital forces at

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work.
In human affairs.

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The sexual energy is alluring to
most human beings.

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It is surrounded by a host of
taboos, which makes it even more

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tempting to people who try to
figure it out in their lives

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while trying to address the
mixed signals they get from the

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society.
For some, the ostensible purpose

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of sexual relations is purely
for the purpose of bringing

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children into the world.
It is, however, a fact that

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sexual activity takes place for
many reasons not associated with

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childbearing.
There are other values

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associated with sex that go
beyond the reproductive

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necessity.
This brings us to review a

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spectrum of hidden meanings
behind the sexual activity that

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takes place.
On the one extreme, some use it

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to establish dominance, to
humiliate and control others, or

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to enslave someone to their
will.

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Sexual violence has nothing to
do with sex per SE.

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It is rather A use of the sexual
act to control, dominate, and in

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most cases to make up for a
sense of inferiority that the

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perpetrator feels about himself.
He seeks to aggrandize himself

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by making other subservient to
himself and by humiliating them

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to make himself feel superior.
This is, however, and extreme,

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and there are other ways to
approach the sexual energy.

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For instance, there are
individuals who understand that

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the sexual energy should be
controlled and redirected,

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repurposed, sublimated, to build
up other higher energetic powers

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in the being.
Many yogic practitioners

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describe the conversion of the
basic sexual force retus into a

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foundational and
transformational force, ojas,

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that sends the energy upwards
from the first chakra to

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successively higher energy
centers in the being and their

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characteristic powers and
expression, and which leads to

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eventual liberation.
We see Western psychologists

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describing the transformation of
the basic sexual impulse into a

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creative force once controlled
and directed.

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As a corollary to this view, the
sexual energy need not be

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carried out in overt physical
acts in order to be felt and

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responded to.
We can observe the sexual

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tension that arises when an
individual focuses attention on

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another with a powerful sexual
urge, and when the other person

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is able to vibrate to the same
force, a reciprocating response

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occurs.
Western science describes the

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action of pheromones that
automatically activate the

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sexual response in people, but
it goes further than this, to an

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actual vital vibratory pattern
that can be received, accepted

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and responded to by creation of
a sympathetic vibration in the

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other person.
Even at a distance beyond the

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range of the pheromones.
Much of modern cinema works to

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create sexual tension in the
viewers as our modern society is

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increasingly fixated on
sexuality, its allure and

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exploring the taboos that have
arisen in the society through

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millennia of attempts to control
this powerful vital force.

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For most people, however,
engaged in relationships with

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others on an interpersonal
basis, there are many more

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messages sent through sexual
relations than just the overt

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physical act, or even the overt
enjoyment or sensory stimulation

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that may occur.
There can be feelings

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communicated of caring,
intimacy, support, love,

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goodwill, and a sense of growing
closer, sharing life energies

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and joining forces to create a
strong power of common action in

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the world.
When there is mutuality in the

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relationship, a deep mutual
bonding can result in such

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cases.
When the relationship is not

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completely mutual, there can be
a sense of draining or drawing

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away of the other party's
energy, or a communication of

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feelings of sadness, depression
or despair.

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Anything active in one person
can be communicated by this

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close linkage to the other
person involved.

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For the yogic practitioner
living in the world, it becomes

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important to be aware of the
forces at work both overtly and

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covertly, and be able to choose
how and in what manner to have

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such a relationship and what the
boundaries can and should be in

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any such relation.
As with every force in the

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world, the seeker will recognize
the place and right use of the

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sexual energy and determine at
some point how to uplift,

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transform and develop the
evolutionary next step in human

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interactions.
Sri Aurobindo writes Quote There

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is always a drawing of vital
forces from one to another in

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all human social mixture that
takes place automatically.

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Lovemaking is one of the most
powerful ways of each drawing

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upon the other's vital force, or
of one drawing the others, which

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also often happens in A1 sided
way to the great detriment of

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the other.
In the passage come many things.

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Good and bad, elation, feeling
of strength and support,

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infiltration of good or bad
qualities, interchange of

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psychological moods, States and
movements, depressions,

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exhaustion, the whole gamut.
People don't know it, which is a

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mercy of God upon them.
But when one gets into a certain

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yogic consciousness, one becomes
very much aware and sensitive to

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all this interchange and action
and reaction.

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But also one can build a wall
against reject, et cetera, et

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cetera.
It is a wall of consciousness

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that one has to build.
Consciousness is not something

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abstract.
It is like existence itself, or

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ananda or mind or prana,
something very concrete.

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If one becomes aware of the
inner consciousness, one can do

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all sorts of things with it.
Send it out as a stream of

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force, erect a circle or wall of
consciousness around oneself.

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Direct an idea so that it shall
enter somebody's head in

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America, etcetera, et cetera.
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo

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and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, Chapter One,

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Life Through the Eyes of the
Yogin, pages 16 to 17.