Introduction
Obviously lust is very dependent on the body, not only in
the way that lust looks at the bodies of others but the way lust relates to
one’s own body. Typically lust works in combination with vanity (physical, even
intellectual and mystical vanity – though this is for another post) in all the
many ways to make it more attractive or appealing to others.
Essentially lust uses the body. It uses it to experience
sensations and emotions, as well as a vehicle to carry out its desires and
ideas. Certainly, as all the other egos do, lust drives the physical body, and
in doing so, it affects it adversely.
When Lust Drives the Body
Lust when driving the physical body besides draining the
centres of their energies through identification with it, lust maltreats the
body and exposes it to many risks. There is the risk of disease etc., there is
the risk of emotional or moral pain, the risk of even being subject to violence
from others. In the end no one feels good after lust has left the human
machine. Lust leaves the human machine low and tired and demoralised or disillusioned
and disappointed.
Lust and Body Parts
We all know quite well that lust looks at and desires particular
body parts. But what about the inversion of this: How does lust use the body
parts of the human machine it is driving?
It uses the sexual centre, it uses legs and it uses the
senses especially the eyes.
It essentially uses the sexual centre to acquire and
increase the sensations according to the various desires it has. It uses the
eyes and the senses to gather information for its intellectual processes, and
it instinctive processes as well. Finally, it uses the legs to get around and
to make real its desires. Without legs lust would not be able to make actual
fact many of its desires, though the processes of lust would still be well and
alive.
That is why, lust is associated with the Mercurial winds
that constantly swirl through the second Dantean circle of the abyss. The constantly
swirling lustful thoughts and desires move the legs of the human machine making
the person to physically move a lot, and to be flighty in the thoughts and emotions
and to be without concentration and peace.
When Lust is Weaker
When lust is weaker the relationship with our body changes, we
become more consciously caring of it and less using of it. We are more
concerned with its well-being than driving it and wearing it down with lust. The
understanding that the body is a very precious gift to be used for our inner
self-realisation is become more prevalent and come more into light, and begins
to govern many of our present and future actions.
Conclusion
The egos really harm the body. They mostly consume the
bodies energies and furthermore block the body’s energies making us to feel
worn out. They can also affect certain organs and even by their actions get a
person into all sorts of manner of trouble, even life-threatening trouble.
This beside the enormous esoteric and psychological advantages,
is enough reason to work on dissolving the egos that we carry within us.
End (681).
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