Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
LOVE AND SEXUALITY Part 2
Complete Works – Volume 15 P
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Translated from the French Original title: « L’AMOUR ET LA SEXUALITÉ » Part 2
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Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
LOVE AND
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Complete Works – Volume 15
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Readers will better understand certain aspects of the lectures published in the present volume if they bear in mind that Master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov’s teaching was exclusively oral and that the editors have made every effort to respect the flavour and style of each lecture. The Master’s teaching is more than a body of doctrines; it is an organic whole, and his way of presenting it was to approach it from countless different points of view. By treating certain aspects in many different contexts he constantly reveals a new dimension of the whole, and at the same time throws new light on the individual aspects and their vital links with each other.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
A Question of Attitude, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Sun is the Source of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Goal of Love is Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Manifestations of the Masculine and Feminine Principles . . . . . . . . . . . Master or Mistress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vestal Virgins; the New Eve, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . Materialism, Idealism and Sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heart and Mind; the Universal White Brotherhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seek the Soul and the Spirit, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . Restoring Love to its Pristine Purity, Part I and II . . . . Love Transforms Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Love and Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Task of a Disciple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Open Yourself to Others and They Will Love You . . . . Tantra-Yoga, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emptiness and Fullness: the Holy Grail . . . . . . . . . . . .
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18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.
Love is Everywhere, Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Look for Love at its Source, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . Know How to Use Your Powers of Love, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Broader Concept of Marriage, Part IV . . . . . . . . . . It Rises from Earth and Descends from Heaven . . . . The Secret of Happiness is in an Expanded Consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘Whatever you Bind on Earth’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Love God so as to Love Your Neighbour Better . . . . Live Lovingly, Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Only Weapons: Love and Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Stop Loving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Towards a Broader Concept of the Family Part I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter One A QUESTION OF ATTITUDE
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Amongst all the thousands of things human beings have to learn about in life, one of the most important – and one which is almost totally neglected – is the question of attitude: the attitude men and women should have toward Nature and other beings, toward God. This question is vital, for our attitude determines the whole course of our lives, both inwardly and outwardly. The attitude of most people is truly deplorable: instead of turning their faces to the Lord, as the needle of a compass turns towards the North Pole, they turn their back on Him. This is why they encounter such difficulties and tribulations in life. No one has ever taught them to adopt the right attitude. Years ago, when I was still very young, in Bulgaria, I did not have the money to buy myself a radio, so I built a crystal set. When I wanted to listen to a programme, I had to move a tiny needle across the surface of the crystal, until it was on exactly the right spot, and I could hear music or voices. If the needle was not on the right spot I could not hear anything at all. When I reflected on this phenomenon, I understood that if we are incapable of picking up the countless messages and currents that criss-cross the universe, it is because we have not yet tuned our crystal sets to the right wavelength. So, this is what we must try to do every day: tune in to the Transmitter, that is to say, adopt the proper attitude, turn toward that Polar Star whom we call God. Only if we do this shall we obtain His blessings: light, love, joy and health.
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As long as men persist in their usual crass, disrespectful attitude, they will never make any progress. Oh, of course, their work in intellectual, industrial and mechanical fields does result in progress, but every other area of their lives is empty, mediocre and aimless. This question of attitude is absolutely vital, and I am not referring only to our attitude toward the Lord, but our attitude toward all the creatures of the universe and toward Nature herself. Human beings never think of putting into practice in their spiritual life the laws that apply to the physical plane. Time and again, I have spoken to you about the law of resonance, for example. If you have two pianos perfectly attuned to each other in the same room, and you strike a note on one of them, the other will respond: the same note will vibrate without your having touched it. Our whole evolution depends on our correct understanding of this law. If I keep telling you that you must turn your faces to the greatest, most beautiful, most powerful of all Beings, it is because by doing so you will begin to vibrate in unison with Him. And when you vibrate in unison with this Supreme Being, with this Principle that contains all that is, you begin to receive His qualities and powers. As long as you do not make a deliberate, conscious effort to adopt this attitude, you will be constantly thrown hither and thither by the virulent currents to which, quite unconsciously, you have tuned yourself. Your attitude should be one of respect, of awe, admiration and rapture in the face of this sublime Being who rules and orders the universe. You will object that you have never seen Him, and to that I reply, ‘Yes, you have! You have seen the beauty of nature; you have seen your fellow men and women; but you never think of the Author of all these marvels. For you, He just doesn’t exist!’ Nowhere, today, do people value a sense of the sacred. On the contrary, they try to eradicate it as something useless; they defile and desecrate everything.
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This won’t do, my dear brothers and sisters! You must adopt the right attitude toward the Lord and get into the habit of thinking of Him with respect, awe and love. This is the only way to learn to vibrate in unison with Him and with all the wealth that is His, the only way to become capable of receiving the flood of beauty, light and love that is waiting to flow into you, the only way to participate in His own joy, happiness and freedom. 1 Those who love each other experience the same sensations because they vibrate on the same wavelength: this is a law of physics. Just as you have sentiments of wonder and delight at the sound of music or the song of birds, or at the sight of flowers or a beautiful woman, similarly, you must cultivate a sense of sacredness in respect to this Being who has created all that exists with such awe-inspiring intelligence. You are full of admiration for a pretty pebble, a butterfly... How can you possibly not be full of admiration for Him who created them? It is He, and He alone, that deserves your admiration, and yet it is He that you ignore and banish from your scheme of things. This is why you are always unhappy, weak and vulnerable. You will say, ‘I’ll read a lot of books; I’ll go and learn from So-and-so. I’ll be all right!’ Never! What you can get from books and human beings is nothing compared to what the quintessence of Cosmic Intelligence can give you. Human beings try to show how capable and intelligent they are by displaying their diplomas, trophies and medals. But these things are no proof of intelligence: the criteria by which I judge whether someone is intelligent or not are very different. I have just received a letter from someone who has a university degree and is very well-read. Amongst other things, she says, ‘I often think of something you told us, years ago, after your trip to Turkey. You said you had been looking out of your bedroom window in the hotel, in Istanbul, and seen a little old man, who looked like a beggar, go into a garden nearby. As you watched him, he unrolled the carpet that he was carrying and knelt down
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and said his prayers. You said that you had been so struck by his attitude of respect and adoration that you had hurried downstairs with the intention of giving him some money. But by the time you reached the garden, you were very disappointed to find that he had already gone.’ Isn’t it extraordinary how people remember little details? Then my correspondent goes on to say that she was writing this to me because she was incapable of praying, and that had made her think of the Turk who unrolled his carpet and prayed. But I shall tell her, ‘Don’t worry! You will begin to pray, one day. If you love that little old man who prayed, you will certainly learn to pray, too.’ Yes, even if you have the impression that you are not receiving anything, you must keep on praying, because prayer activates man’s spiritual centres; and when the Chakras, the Lotuses, are activated and begin to vibrate, they trigger extraordinary transformations. Blessed be those who accept what I am saying, and who start, at once, to cultivate the right attitude. It is not easy: I know that. Sometimes you have to search for a long time – just as I used to keep twiddling the knobs of my crystal set – with no success, and then, all of a sudden, you hear something: you are on the right wavelength! You have to persevere; you have to insist; you have to threaten, even! Yes, threaten Heaven with love, and one day you will find yourself on the right wavelength. Words cannot describe the sensations you will experience when this happens. And just as I watched that Turk praying on his prayer rug, when we pray there is always someone who is watching and ready to help us. You have no idea how many beings watch you and take pity on you when you pray! The Almighty is very busy and very far away! But hosts of other entities hurry to help you, and bring you consolation, peace and happiness. I was not quick enough when I went down to give that beggar the money that would have helped him, but the entities of the invisible world are never too slow, and never make a mistake! You receive their gifts instantly.
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And do you know that there is a little creature in the forests of Amazonia that lifts its front paws Heavenwards and makes several little bows before going to sleep at night? Those who have filmed it say that it looks exactly as though it were saying its prayers! It is a small, furry animal with a bushy tail; a kind of anteater. Most of the time it is on all fours, but in the evening, before going to sleep, it stands up on its hind legs, lifts its front paws towards the sky and bows down to the ground several times, with its eyes closed. When this little ceremony is over, it stretches out and, with an expression of innocent candour, rests its muzzle on its front paws and goes to sleep! Isn’t that extraordinary? There are so many things on this earth that we still don’t know about; but we are sure to discover them all in the long run! So... there you have a few words about this question of the right attitude. I beg you: take them to heart and get into the habit of practising this attitude of respect for the sacred, if only for a few minutes every day, so as to restore your links with the Lord. The Bonfin,* 4 August 1974 Note 1. See Cosmic Moral Law, Complete Works, vol. 12, chap. 5 : ‘The Law of Affinity : Peace’ and chap. 6 : ‘The Law of Affinity : The True Religion’.
*‘The Bonfin’ is the name of a property near Fréjus on the French Riviera. The members of the Universal White Brotherhood gather here in their hundreds every summer, to study the Teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood, dispensed in the daily lectures of the Master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, and to put it into practice in all their activities as they work, pray, sing and eat together.
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Yesterday, I talked to you about the necessity of having an attitude of sacred awe and respect toward the Lord and His creation, and toward every living thing. But what I said yesterday was very general. I want to talk to you, today, about how that attitude applies in some particular cases in your daily lives, for all the truths that I reveal to you can be applied very concretely in life. Yesterday, I explained why it was important to have this reverential attitude toward the Supreme Being so as to vibrate in harmony with Him and, in that way, be open to receiving Him and all His gifts of radiance, light, joy, power and perfection within our own being. The question is: how, exactly, and in what areas of our lives can we manifest this attitude of reverence, love and admiration for His creations and the beauty that He has poured into the universe? I am going to talk to you, today, about something which many consider highly indecent: the subject of sexuality. Nowadays, human sexuality is constantly under study from every possible point of view, and people claim that they must be free to practise it night and day. But, for my part, I believe that there are just as many disorders and deviations today as in the past, because this so-called freedom is instigated by people who know nothing of the structure of a human being and the correspondences that exist between man and the universe at large; they are not guided by
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the light of Initiatic Science. The heart of the matter is hidden from them; they are groping in the dark. Perhaps they will find the truth, one day, but when I look at the practices of today, I find that they are no better than those of the past. Yes, because until and unless men possess Initiatic philosophy, their experiments will always turn out badly. And now, I think it will help you to understand what I want to tell you, today, if I give you an example. In this way you will see how I look at the question. One day, years ago, a young girl came to see me at Izgrev; she was very pretty and attractive and, judging from her manners, very well brought up. She had been advised to come and see me because no psychoanalyst had been able to cure her of an obsession with the male genitals: whatever she set her eyes on, flowers, fruit, household objects – even the ceiling – the only thing she saw in her imagination was this! She had tried everything she could think of, but to no avail: the image continued to haunt her. She felt terribly guilty and sinful, and thought that she must certainly be damned. This was why somebody had suggested that she come and talk to me. When she explained all this I began to laugh and, naturally, she was very surprised and asked me what I was laughing about. So then I said: ‘Don’t be upset; that is all quite natural and normal; it is the kind of thing that happens to some extent to everybody. I shall show you how to clear up the whole business very quickly, but you must not go on wrestling with it like that. Nature is very powerful; for millions of years, she has organized things in such a way that men and women shall be attracted to each other, and there is not the slightest hope of your changing all that at this stage! Everything that Nature has done is well done, but men and women don’t understand. Images of this kind come into the minds of all human beings; the only difference is that some know how to react and others don’t. Now, this is what you should do: the next time this image comes into your mind, instead of getting all upset, look at it calmly, but from a different point of view. Remember that this organ is something
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beautiful, powerful and divine, for it is the organ that transmits life. Reflecting and meditating on this, you will be so moved to admiration at the intelligence and wisdom of the Creator, that you will forget all the rest. You will simply be using the images that come into your mind as a springboard to leap up to your Creator.’ It goes without saying that it is not possible to react like this unless one’s point of view is very different from that of all the religious, highly moral people for whom sex is something shameful, something that must never be mentioned in polite society! But these people should be more logical; they should ask themselves why sexuality is one of the major preoccupations of humanity? Surely it must be obvious to them that human beings are never going to get rid of their genital organs or of their need to use them, so why can’t they recognize this and change their attitude. They must understand that the human sexual organs are sacred; they must learn to treat them with respect and awe and, in doing so, foster their own link with their Creator. But how many men or women realize that their sexual organs are sacred and that they have no right to profane them, but only to use them for a divine purpose? And yet, that is the best, in fact the only attitude to have towards them: an attitude of sacred respect that will help you to advance and become a divinity. As I have already said in another lecture, why are the brain, lungs, liver or stomach, not capable of creating life? If the genitals are the only organs capable of transmitting life, it must mean that they are sacred, divine! Why are they always held up to ridicule? What hypocrisy! People mention them only in dirty jokes; in public, they try to make out that they are not really interested in them, but what they do after that, in secret, is quite another matter! If you despise these organs you should have nothing to do with them; but since you are continually using them, you should have a sacred respect for them. Some of you will protest, ‘But that’s all so remote; it’s beyond us!’ Yes, for animals it is remote, no doubt, but for human beings who want
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to evolve it is not so terribly remote. Those who are too weak or primitive would, perhaps, have done better not to come here at all, for when they realize to what extent they are the slaves of their lower appetites, that realization will be a continual source of suffering for them, and I have no desire to trouble anyone or make them unhappy. Whereas those who are more advanced are enchanted, because vast horizons are being opened before their eyes! It is for them that I have to speak; I have to explain to them that there are other possibilities and other methods, and that, with patience and perseverance, they will eventually achieve their goal. As a matter of fact, many have told me, ‘Master, when you reveal something to us, I have the feeling that I have always known it. I don’t know when or where I learned it before, but I can feel that it is the truth: while you are speaking, it is as though I recognized what you are saying; it wakens an echo within me.’ Yes, but you cannot discover these great truths until you hear them spoken. So, now, my dear brothers and sisters, get used to the idea that you must learn to look at things from a different point of view: from God’s point of view.1 Most of the religious, ascetics and hermits of the past, have bequeathed us a truly disastrous philosophy: they fled from women and hid themselves away in forests or mountain retreats because, in their view, women were creations of the devil. But when the poor wretches ran away from women of flesh and blood, they were pursued and tormented by other women from the astral plane... and from them there was no escape! Yes, you have all heard of the temptations of St Anthony! They should not have run away from women. They should not have looked on her as an incarnation of the Devil! Our philosophy, on the contrary, teaches us to look at women, and to look at them with wonder and admiration, to seek the countenance of the Supreme Mother in them, to say, ‘Oh, Divine Mother, how is it possible to create women and girls who are so beautiful, so full of grace? Each one is different and they are all so lovely! What a wealth...
ʻThere are several possible attitudes towards love. You can eat it, you can drink it, and you can breathe it, but you can also live in it. Those who eat love remain on the physical plane and are never fully satisfied because they are content with pleasures of a lower order. The pleasures of those who drink love are less crude, but they are still confined to the delights and satisfactions of the astral plane. The philosophers, writers and artists who have managed to reach the mental plane are those who breathe love; love is the constant source of their inspiration. Only those who live in love, in the subtle, etheric dimension of love, truly possess it. For them it is light in the mind and warmth in the heart and they can pour out that light and warmth on those around them. Those who live in this love possess all fulness.’ Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
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