THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF
SEX
by Mary Elizabeth (Leach) Raines
©M. E. Raines, 2018
Promiscuity, casual sex, and even adultery are mainstream fare in our society. It is time, however, to take a second look at it.
It is possible that some of the early religions on our planet understood this when they put prohibitions on sex outside of sanctioned unions. Unfortunately, these once-wise recommendations evolved into pursed-lips restrictions against which many still rebel.
Here's the scoop: When you have sex with someone, your spirits enter into a sacred contract, whether you are consciously aware of this or not. You take not just part of their physical essence into your body; you also take their energy, their emotions, and their patterns into your very soul, for we are wide open and vulnerable during this act. Intimate emotional and spiritual blending take place. There is a merger of souls into one being.
It is possible that some of the early religions on our planet understood this when they put prohibitions on sex outside of sanctioned unions. Unfortunately, these once-wise recommendations evolved into pursed-lips restrictions against which many still rebel.
Here's the scoop: When you have sex with someone, your spirits enter into a sacred contract, whether you are consciously aware of this or not. You take not just part of their physical essence into your body; you also take their energy, their emotions, and their patterns into your very soul, for we are wide open and vulnerable during this act. Intimate emotional and spiritual blending take place. There is a merger of souls into one being.
Because we take on the essence of those with whom we have intercourse (or other such acts),
casual sexual union without love can wreak havoc and create much misery. The
imprints it leaves are long-lasting, perhaps even life-long. One spiritual
teacher puts it this way: “Do not have sex with anyone you wouldn’t want to be.”
In partnership, this contract extends even further. You share
the spiritual destiny of the other. Another broad term for this is karma. If one partner has karma that necessitates being
robbed, both will experience the robbery. If, on the other hand, one of the
couple receives honor and recognition, the other partner will also benefit from
this. Our souls, in the intimacy and passion of sex, do not differentiate
between incidental or promiscuous sexual behavior, and that which is accompanied
by deep love and commitment. It doesn’t sort out our sexual acts and put one
group into isolation, while allowing the other group to be open to the larger
implications of intimacy.
Another law, then, might be: “Do not have sex with anyone
whose karma you do not want to share.”
