Prof. Miranda Shaw in her book "Passionate enlightenment

Women in Tantric Traditions" says "Some tantric process felt that a celibate"

Margot Anand of "The Art of Sexual Ecstasy and The Art of Sexual magic"

"You have to go into the hell of darkness
You have to get clothes from Christian Dior
You have to taste the best foods
You have to f… your brain out
You have to go into a cave and meditate
You have to do it all"

The deeper you can love yourself, the deeper you can love God, since you are God's Creation, when you experience a great orgasm, you are rejoicing in the joy of connecting with the drive.
Barry Long author of "Making Love".

The cause of most of the unhappiness on the earth is that man and woman have actually forgotten how to make love. This means that only the individual man or woman have any chance of starting to correct it. There can be no mass solution. the problem is too personal and too deep. Everybody has to do it for himself or herself or it can not be done.

Father Thomas Keating
"Ever greater humility and purity of the heart are what were identified by desert fathers and mothers as the goal of celibacy and I think that would be the characterizes my own experience more than anything else- the ever increasing desire of humility any purity of the heart.

Swami Chidananda - spiritual heir to the great Swami Sivananda says " Sex is a process that directs your entire attention upon that part of your physical nature that you share with the entire animal kingdom. This is going to be in any way helpful for attaining cosmic consciousness. Spiritual celibacy conserves vital energy and when this is diverted to the spiritual process of contemplation, philosophical study and reflection, and meditation, it works wonders.

Tantra as practice of sacred sexuality was once upon a time an authentic path but no more. It has become grossly perverted. It is not the authentic path to spirituality. Its seeks to extend the nod duality of the orgasmic movement inta a total experience but this is very temporary .

Celibacy as a life long vow must be taken only if there is inner call. It can not be a decision based on sentiments, emotional euphoria rather it is to be a judgement made through a rational logical appraisal and awareness of life.

Bhanti Hanepola Gunaratna :
Ordained a celibate monk at the age of 12, he is today at 70 a renowned Buddhist scholar and author. " the Buddha taught the as long one is engaged in sexual activity one would not be interested in practicing spiritual life, these two just do not go together . out of lust arises fear, greed, jealously, anger, hatted confusion , How can spirituality blossom if there is still even a hint of these negativities in us?

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