Can a promiscuous person be truly spiritual? I ask because a guy I know claims to be both. He doesn't believe in marriage or want to settle down, and considers sex to be merely a release of energy.
One of his life goals is to have sex with many women of different races and nationalities - at least 1000! What do you think?
Jay
Astrea:
Many people don't believe in marriage, but they don't feel that gives them license to be irresponsible with others' health and safety. The person you're asking about has a perverted sense of values. He must have very low self-esteem to think that sex is simply a release of energy without any emotional element.
That is NOT human nature; he has the spirituality of an ashtray! Spiritual individuals seek others of similar vibration, not people to bonk so they can put another notch in their belts.
This person is a sick degenerate who deserves to get what he puts out into the world. Wanting to have sex with 1000 women with these idiotic qualifications is NOT spiritual, it's unbalanced. He is so out of touch with God and the God in him that he may never achieve any kind of Enlightenment in this life.
He is probably here as a One-Timer anyway, so future incarnations won't be bothered with him. While most people have had some kind of Before Times and Past Lives, Fate allows random individuals to enter our lives too. This guy is one of them.
Don't concern yourself with him. He won't be around for very long anyway. Germs and viruses will get him before the unhappy women he's using do. Though he probably says he is invincible, he's far from right about that.
There is no way to protect a person from the unhealthy effects of having sex with that many people. SOMEONE is going to get sick and die. Since this person thinks he has the right to be with 1000 different women, he is probably careless to the point of stupidity.
There are many other diseases of the body and mind that will attack promiscuous people besides HIV. With this unhealthy attitude, he's dangerous to himself and to others. This would even be considered criminal activity in some places.
I can see how someone who talks the way this man does could be fascinating to listen to. David Koresh, Warren Jeffers, Jim Jones and Charles Manson come to mind. Those guys claimed to be spiritual too, but they used their spirituality
to abuse underage boys and girls in the name of religion. In Charlie's case, he even used it to con others into becoming murderers!
Take yourself away from this guy as far as possible. Let the women around you of other races and nationalities
know what this nut case is up to, and convince them to stay away too.
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Susyn:
You pose a fascinating question. Though we've evolved considerably since the dark ages and again since Puritanical morality, there is a vast difference between being a spiritual person and one who discounts the power and importance of intimate connections.
When a man has so little regard for himself and others as to make one of his life goals
to have enough sexual encounters to get him listed in The Guinness Book of World Records, he's entirely missed the boat when it comes to spirituality.
Throughout the centuries, morals and spirituality have gone hand in hand. Early religious groups claimed that in order to access and operate in the highest spiritual states, celibacy was required. Everyone from Catholic priests to Buddhist monks claimed this was the path to enlightenment. Early Puritans called for monogamy. As was portrayed in the book The Scarlet Letter, any sexual activity outside of marriage was considered cause for condemnation.
Today we live in a world that promotes pseudo-freedom on all levels, which has eaten into the fabric of our spirits. It seems we've gone from one extreme to the other, and both men and women are exploring not only their sexual but spiritual autonomy with abandon. The result? Many people feel empty, lost and completely disconnected from the Divine.
The sex act is not simply a release of energy.
It can manifest powerful emotions and repercussions, and if two people aren't honest with each other, lots of hurt and pain. As with everything else in our lives, there is always the universal law of cause and effect. I'd bet someone who claims that the act of sex has no effect one way or another is very immature and lacking in awareness of himself and others.
The true path to spirituality has to do with an inner searching and the ability to honor higher truths. As we travel through our lives, our beliefs and experiences continue to uncover and expand our truths so they are ever changing, not static. People can be intimate or form relationships with more than one person and still be considered spiritual; it simply depends on how they approach these connections and how they handle them.
While a spiritual person can have more than one sexual partner, I think the fact that your friend is only in pursuit of his own personal gratification clearly answers your question.
Astrea:
Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.
Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!
While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!
I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!
As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.
I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.
You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!
Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.
A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.
You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.