> I mean, if one realizes Self, and has > achieved unity with God, then isn't > masturbation pretty much the ultimate > form of "using the body as it pleases > God?" > > :-) >
And remember, if he didn't want us doing that, he wouldn't have made our arms so long! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <buttercookie61@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > To use only one sutra as an example (this translation by Barbara > > > > Stoler Miller): > > > > > > > > Aversion to one's body and avoidance of contact > > > > with others comes from bodily purification. (40) > > > > > > I think aversion to the body and avoidance of contact with > > > others as an ideal or goal contains misunderstanding; I > > > sense something anti-embodiment there. > > > > The idea is raise the awareness above body consciousness to > > achieve Unity with God/soul and then only to use the body as > > it pleases God. > > Billy, are you making a case here for > masturbation as a spiritual path? > > I mean, if one realizes Self, and has > achieved unity with God, then isn't > masturbation pretty much the ultimate > form of "using the body as it pleases > God?" > > :-) >
