Theos-Talk Archives (October 1999 Message tt00094)

Oct 20th

Dear Randy:

The purpose of sex is reproduction when man and woman agree to support
and cherish children together.

The "child" is a returning immoral Ego which has a connection with the
parents.  There has to be on the invisible planes of "space", a Karmic
agreement with the Egos of man and woman. Thus only can conception
take place (that is, without artificial preventatives).  The needs of
an incoming Ego ought to be a primary consideration of man and woman
who agree to form a family.  If, apart from being lovers they are good
and firm friends, it helps getting over the bumps and trials of life.

Sex  is not for having "fun, and to hell with the consequences" --
which the woman seems largely to be subjected to -- and the man goes
airily on his selfish, careless way.

If we were NOT immortals, and if KARMA never acted, and if we could do
ANYTHING and escape free from the consequences, then our present
society would have validity.  But a few minutes careful reflection
will show that that is not so.  Why then, do we HIDE our evil acts,
and choose darkness and seclusion for their performance?

There is a moral (I mean a deep ETHICAL -- not a customary morality of
the moment, or, of the sect or society) aspect to any partnership, and
this is what our society has forgotten, or never learned.  It is also
something that most religions talk about, but cannot explain well.

Sex is serious, for these reasons and, as the old Hindu Laws suggest.
And these, without being so clearly expressed seem to be implied in
many other old customs and scriptures.

Anything else is making light of a long-term responsibility.  If we
are careless of our deep and important responsibilities Karma acts to
correct us.  And that callous indifference precipitates new and
terrible diseases on us.  I would say that CANCER and AIDS are
examples of such.  The source of all disease is on the astral and not
solely on the physical plane.  They do not arise solely in this life
but may come from past lives as well -- a kind of Karmic "balance"
that has to be settled.

Note well that Theosophy does not believe in (or enforce) any kind of
coercion or outside "moral policing."  Each one is a chooser.  Each
one determines his own future.  And as we usually act together in many
things, some Karma is distributive and "family, community, national
and racial Karma" draws many who are consubstantial together.  Some of
the effects are vast and include many people, and others are so small
as to involve a single family or an individual.  Nature plays no
favorites.  The Law is uniform for all.  It is not designed to be
punitive, but rather, to bring back to each individual the exact
results of the force (good or bad) which he imposed by free choice
earlier.

DO NO EVIL to anything or anyone, whether you are observed or not.  In
any case Nature does that "observing" and therefore we never escape
the consequences of our choices, whether they are desires, thoughts or
physical acts.


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This in a very condensed way, is to me the statement that Theosophy
draws our attention to.

Of course many explanations are to be attached to these bald
statements to make them comprehensible -- hence the quotations.

I am quite sure that many will object to this.

Dal

Dallas
dalval@nwc.net 


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Dallas--would love for you to condense the excellent thoughts on sex
into a
few synopsis sentences.  Randy

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