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==Heading==
===Topic: ''How to Make the Best of All Situations''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Prolotheos]]===
===TR: [[Valdir Soares]]===
==Session==
*São Carlos — SP, Brazil
===Lesson===
Prolotheos: “[[Sexuality]] and [[spirituality]] are for some religions and religious [[individuals]], things that should be kept [[divorced]] from each other, the former being inherently impure and the latter eminently [[pure]]. However, nothing or nobody is impure of itself, himself or herself. [[Gender]] and sexuality are not qualifiers for spirituality. [[God]] is no respecter of persons. [[Evil]] and [[sin]] appear when a malicious, prejudicial or irreverent [[attitude]] is projected against God, His divine associates, or [[creation]]. Evil is a [[distortion]], [[perversion]] or [[corruption]] of anything and anybody that [[reflects]] or pursues the values of [[goodness]], [[truth]], and [[beauty]]. Sin is a ‘maladaptation’ of the will of God. How does sexuality relate to spirituality?
'''1. Sexuality Conveys Spirituality when it Expresses Love.'''
“Sexuality in animals is [[instinct]] only, but in humans, is an ability to be [[coordinate]] by will or [[choice]]. Instinct is still present in [[human being]]s, a legacy from their former [[animal]] state, before being bestowed with [[Personality]]. However, after receiving the gift of personality, human beings are also [[rational]], [[moral]] and [[spiritual]]. Sexuality, [[practiced]] only as a response to an instinct, may placate a physical urge but doesn't bring lasting [[satisfaction]]. Moral and spiritual satisfaction come when sexuality is a donation of [[the self]] to serve as an instrument of [[happiness]] or satisfaction to a [[partner]], and that needs to be more than a mere urge from the [[libido]], it needs sexuality to be a way to express [[unselfishly]] love.
'''2. Sexuality Inhibits Spirituality when it’s Mixed with Malice.'''
“Spirituality may carry the [[sex]] [[experience]] through the spiritual channels of the Universe if linked to real love and spiritual [[values]]. However, sexuality by itself is not capable of producing spirituality, and when divorced of divine [[values]] it is just a carnal [[expression]] of the self and even less if it is mixed with malicious actions and attitudes like [[violence]], [[abuse]], debasing of the self or others, or corrupting moral values, it becomes a means for evil and sin and represents a hindrance to spirituality itself. [[Sexuality]] (sexual activity) is a [[reproductive]] [[process]] of great importance to human continuation, not a sin or impure by itself, but it also is not a spiritual [[virtue]] or conductor -- when apart from spiritual values.
'''3. Sexuality Exalts Spirituality when it’s Mastered by Respect.'''
“In life, the [[hierarchy]] of [[values]] is: first, [[spirit]], then [[mind]] and lastly, [[matter]] (the physical). The material is over-controlled both by mental (intellectual) and spiritual (divine) injunctions. Sexuality exerts an urge that cries for [[satisfaction]], knows no boundaries, and drives [[behavior]]. [[Libido]] is a powerful force, indeed. However, when sexuality is controlled by mind or/and spirit it exalts this controller. [[Respect]] is a moral value originated in [[Goodness]] which can enable an [[individual]] to [[control]] sexuality (self-control). Self-control is also a fruit of the spiritual influences in human [[personality]]. To master sexuality (and it should be mastered) one needs to let the self be guided by the rational (intellect) and by the spiritual which for [[Urantia]]ns means the control of the Spirit Within, the [[Thought Adjuster]] in each normal individual.
===Closing===
“Therefore, my [[pupil]], [[sexuality]] may or may not relate to [[spirituality]], but of itself, it is neither a help nor an [[obstacle]]. It doesn't excite spirituality, but spirituality may include the experience of sexuality when it is an [[expression]] of real [[love]] and spiritual values. In association with malice sexuality certainly inhibits or precludes spirituality. However, it may exalt spirituality when [[respect]], from a spiritual [[insight]], over-controls sexuality bringing [[temperance]], [[balance]], and restraint to the whole [[personality]] expression. I am Prolotheos your teacher-tutor on High. Peace to all!”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Prolotheos]]
[[Category: Valdir Soares]]
[[Category: 2018]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''How to Make the Best of All Situations''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Prolotheos]]===
===TR: [[Valdir Soares]]===
==Session==
*São Carlos — SP, Brazil
===Lesson===
Prolotheos: “[[Sexuality]] and [[spirituality]] are for some religions and religious [[individuals]], things that should be kept [[divorced]] from each other, the former being inherently impure and the latter eminently [[pure]]. However, nothing or nobody is impure of itself, himself or herself. [[Gender]] and sexuality are not qualifiers for spirituality. [[God]] is no respecter of persons. [[Evil]] and [[sin]] appear when a malicious, prejudicial or irreverent [[attitude]] is projected against God, His divine associates, or [[creation]]. Evil is a [[distortion]], [[perversion]] or [[corruption]] of anything and anybody that [[reflects]] or pursues the values of [[goodness]], [[truth]], and [[beauty]]. Sin is a ‘maladaptation’ of the will of God. How does sexuality relate to spirituality?
'''1. Sexuality Conveys Spirituality when it Expresses Love.'''
“Sexuality in animals is [[instinct]] only, but in humans, is an ability to be [[coordinate]] by will or [[choice]]. Instinct is still present in [[human being]]s, a legacy from their former [[animal]] state, before being bestowed with [[Personality]]. However, after receiving the gift of personality, human beings are also [[rational]], [[moral]] and [[spiritual]]. Sexuality, [[practiced]] only as a response to an instinct, may placate a physical urge but doesn't bring lasting [[satisfaction]]. Moral and spiritual satisfaction come when sexuality is a donation of [[the self]] to serve as an instrument of [[happiness]] or satisfaction to a [[partner]], and that needs to be more than a mere urge from the [[libido]], it needs sexuality to be a way to express [[unselfishly]] love.
'''2. Sexuality Inhibits Spirituality when it’s Mixed with Malice.'''
“Spirituality may carry the [[sex]] [[experience]] through the spiritual channels of the Universe if linked to real love and spiritual [[values]]. However, sexuality by itself is not capable of producing spirituality, and when divorced of divine [[values]] it is just a carnal [[expression]] of the self and even less if it is mixed with malicious actions and attitudes like [[violence]], [[abuse]], debasing of the self or others, or corrupting moral values, it becomes a means for evil and sin and represents a hindrance to spirituality itself. [[Sexuality]] (sexual activity) is a [[reproductive]] [[process]] of great importance to human continuation, not a sin or impure by itself, but it also is not a spiritual [[virtue]] or conductor -- when apart from spiritual values.
'''3. Sexuality Exalts Spirituality when it’s Mastered by Respect.'''
“In life, the [[hierarchy]] of [[values]] is: first, [[spirit]], then [[mind]] and lastly, [[matter]] (the physical). The material is over-controlled both by mental (intellectual) and spiritual (divine) injunctions. Sexuality exerts an urge that cries for [[satisfaction]], knows no boundaries, and drives [[behavior]]. [[Libido]] is a powerful force, indeed. However, when sexuality is controlled by mind or/and spirit it exalts this controller. [[Respect]] is a moral value originated in [[Goodness]] which can enable an [[individual]] to [[control]] sexuality (self-control). Self-control is also a fruit of the spiritual influences in human [[personality]]. To master sexuality (and it should be mastered) one needs to let the self be guided by the rational (intellect) and by the spiritual which for [[Urantia]]ns means the control of the Spirit Within, the [[Thought Adjuster]] in each normal individual.
===Closing===
“Therefore, my [[pupil]], [[sexuality]] may or may not relate to [[spirituality]], but of itself, it is neither a help nor an [[obstacle]]. It doesn't excite spirituality, but spirituality may include the experience of sexuality when it is an [[expression]] of real [[love]] and spiritual values. In association with malice sexuality certainly inhibits or precludes spirituality. However, it may exalt spirituality when [[respect]], from a spiritual [[insight]], over-controls sexuality bringing [[temperance]], [[balance]], and restraint to the whole [[personality]] expression. I am Prolotheos your teacher-tutor on High. Peace to all!”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Prolotheos]]
[[Category: Valdir Soares]]
[[Category: 2018]]