What I have Learnt from Working on Lust - (372)

Introduction

Here are a few things that I can remember that I have learnt from working on the egos of lust and the defect of lust in general.

1.)

Trying to dissolve the ego we learn the truth about the nature of the thing that the ego is a distortion of. For example dissolving lust we learn the truth about sexuality, because lust and its various “I’s” are a distortion of sexuality.

2.)

Sexuality is a major function in us and nearly everything in our life is because of it, depends on it and revolves around it. Therefore working on lust changes our perspective of life and takes us to the vertical to the path.

3.)

The bigger the ego the more ignorant we are about the true nature of which the ego is a distortion of. When we are very lustful we know almost nothing of sexuality.

4.)

When we see sexuality in a cosmic sense, in the wider perspective it takes away some force from lust because lust only sees sexuality as the sexual organs and the sexual act.

5.)

The hypnotic grip of the ego of lust is that of the promise of pleasure. It is a thinking process with the sexual centre intervening, it is a kind of sexual thinking devoid of the advice from the other centres.

6.)

We can have a sexual manifestation and that is fine and natural and if the mind is naturally quite there is no problem at all the manifestation will subside by itself or we can transmute it.

If we put into our understanding that the mind is the one gives the sexual impulse a direction then depending on what is in our mind we have the rise of lust or not. What we have in the mind is the determining factor. If we have nothing then there is no lust.

7)

Lust is a search for love and acceptance, and unity but through another and through the senses, sensations and the sexual act.

8.)

Lust is unhappiness and the loss of peace in us.

9.)

Lust is like a war in us. Mind against sex, or emotion against sex, we disconnect from the sexual force in us. Integration with sex in a conscious and dignifying way fixes this.

10.)

Lust disconnects us from wholeness and oneness, it divides us.

11.)

A function of lust is to always lower our level of Being.

12.)

Lust is linked with all the other egos.

13.)

Working on lust brings us concentration, because we have unity in us.

14.)

Working on lust (diminishing it with comprehension) brings us peace, relaxation, strength, vitality and energy.

15.)

Lust does not equal love.

16.)

Working on lust allows us feelings of altruism and stops selfishness. Lust connects us to our fantasy and desires.

Working on lust connects us to real people. Lust connects us to mental people, images, scenarios and fantasy.

17.)

Some things we think are right to do are not actually done in society or are wrong and we need to learn all these things which are ok and not ok. Working on lust teaches us these things.

18.)

Transmutation is the solution, the magic biological key that channels the sexual drive and energy.

19.)

Don't feed lust, it only gets worse!

20.)

Lust is ultimately dissolved through the work of Alchemy. We can do a lot of work on it being single removing much lustful concepts, images etc. from the mind though ultimately lust finds its end through the transmutation and the artifice that created it (sex).

Conclusion

Some points to think about that I hope of are of some help.

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