Question: There seems to be valid arguments for sex education in the schools,
and it appears that more and more of our schools are including such
instruction in their courses of study. Is this advisable?
Answer: This question is hardly answerable with an arbitrary "yes" or "no".
The problem of sex education, dealing as it does with such a fundamental (and
inadequately understood) part of the complex human nature, involves many
factors which should be considered if it is to be satisfactorily solved.
However, we would say, in partial answer to this question, that, in our
opinion, where the instruction takes place is of much lesser importance
than
the nature of the information given and the manner in which it is imparted.
There is probably no other subject about which humanity in general needs to
be accurately informed and educated. Until people learn that the creative
function is not only a primary biological urge, but is also sacred — a phase of
the Holy Spirit — and that we are destined to transmute the whole of the
creative energy into mental and spiritual channels, they can hardly realize
how serious an error (and how productive of future suffering) is the all- too-prevalent casual and deplorable attitude toward marriage and sex — as
tragically evidenced in many of our movies, radio and television programs,
newspapers, books, and magazines, as well as in the conduct of too numerous
adults and adolescents.
First of all, there should be proper parent education. There is no greater
career than that of parent and homemaker, and the sooner we give this fact due
consideration in arranging the courses of instruction given in our high
school, colleges, and universities, the sooner will we get at the root of
youth delinquency, sex crimes, etc. Fortunately, there is an increasing
recognition of this need, and many of our schools are offering helpful courses
dealing with marriage, parenthood, and home-making.
However, to approach the subject of sex education from the purely biological
angle in these courses is not sufficient. Both parents and children should be
taught that they are divine, made in the spiritual image of their Creator,
God, and that the creative force within them is also of divine origin. Since
children learn chiefly by imitation, it is obvious that they must have
desirable examples set for them if they are to be encouraged to heed the
spiritual urge of the higher self and live the moral life.
Parents who are properly informed concerning the true nature and function of
the creative energy (students of the occult) are in a position to answer in a
reverent way the natural questions a child asks. Unfortunately, many parents
are not equipped with either the necessary information or the proper attitude,
and in such cases it is obviously much better for the child to get wholesome
instruction and imbued with a reverent attitude, a child is fortified to
handle the temptations of puberty and later life with understanding and the
aspiration to follow high moral standards. It is the duty of all parents to
see that their children are given this life preparation, and they themselves
can become better prepared for parental duties by studying such teachings as
the following:
"According to the Bible, mankind was male-female before it was separated
into two distinct sexes as man and woman. We still have with us hermaphrodites
who have this, as we think today, abnormal formation to prove the truth of
this biblical assertion; and physiologically the opposite organ of either sex
is latent in all. During the period when man was thus constituted
fertilization must have occurred within himself, nor is this any stranger than
that many plants are so fertilized today.
"Let us now see from the Bible what was the effect of self-fertilization in
the early days. There are two prime facts that stand out: One is that there
were giants on the Earth in those days; the other that the patriarchs lived
for centuries; and these two characteristics, great growth and longevity, are
possessed by many plants today. The great size of trees and the length of
their life is wonderful; they live centuries where man lives only a few score
years.
"It is well known to horticulturists that plants are stunted in their growth
when they bloom too prolifically. A rose may bloom to such an extent that it
dies; therefore the wise gardener prunes the buds from the plant so that the
strength may go partly into growth instead of the blossom. Thus by keeping the seed within itself it attains the strength required for growth and longevity.
"That the creative essence in the seed is a spiritual substance is evident
when we compare the dauntlessness and impatience at restraint of the stallion
or the bull, with the docility of the steer and the gelding. Moreover, we know
that the confirmed libertine and the degenerate become sterile and emaciated.
When these facts have sunk into our consciousness it will not be difficult to
conceive of the truth of the Bible assertion that the fruit of the flesh,
which brings us under the law of sin and death, is first and foremost
fornication, whereas the fruits of the spirit which make for immortality, as
shown in the same book, are said to be principally continence and chastity.
"Consider also the child and how the creative force used within and for the child itself causes an enormous growth during the early years, but at the age
of puberty the birth of passion commences to check growth; the vital force
then produces seed in order to find growth and expression elsewhere, and
thenceforth growth is stunted. If we continued to grow during life as we grow
during childhood, we should be giants as were the divine hermaphrodites of
long ago.
"The spiritual force generated from the time of puberty and all through life
may be used for three purposes: generation, degeneration, or regeneration. It
depends upon ourselves which of the three methods we choose; but the choice
that we make will have an important bearing upon our whole life, for the use
of this force is not confined in its effect to the time or occasion upon which
it is thus used. It overshadows every single moment of our existence, and
determines our attitude in each and every single phase of life among our
fellow men; whether we are able to grasp our opportunities or let them slip
by; whether we are healthy or sick; and whether we live our life according to
a satisfactory purpose; all of this depends upon the way we use the vital
force.
"It is the Lucferian taint of passion which has brought sorrow, sin, and
suffering into the world. When the creative power is used for sense
gratification, whether in solitary or associated vice, with or without legal
marriage, that is the sin which cannot be forgiven; it must be expiated.
Humanity as a whole is now suffering for that sin. The debilitated bodies, the
sickness that we see around us has been caused by centuries of abuse, and
until we learn to subdue our passions there can be no true health among the
human race.
"If instead of wasting our substance we live chastely and send the creative
force upward for regeneration, we thereby etherealize and refine our physical
bodies at the same time that we strengthen our soul bodies. In this manner we
may materially lengthen life and so increase our opportunities for soul growth
and advancement upon the path in a very marked degree."
"It is our earnest conviction that the less we read and think about sex the
purer we shall be mentally, and also less liable to danger of morbid habits.
These are often formed by over-study of the sex question, and persons having a
tendency in that direction should be discouraged in attempts to discuss the
matter at all. The effects of continued transgression (mis-use of the creative
force) are with us today; as a matter of actual fact, abuse of sex is in the
most literal sense the primal source of sorrow, disease, and degeneracy under
which the world is groaning."
"The power of passion to degenerate those who indulge in it is illustrated
in the case of the apes, which have been held back and have degenerated into
animal-like forms because of their action in abusing the creative force. Let
us therefore continue steadfastly upon the path of purity. If we are tempted
at any time by unclean thoughts, let us at once turn our minds to another
subject far removed from sensuality. Above all, let us respect the laws of our
country which require the ceremonial of marriage prior to union; for though
the words of the marriage ceremony do not mate people, it is, nevertheless,
meet that we should not offend the common decencies by living together without
wedlock. Those above the law render perfect obedience as Christ did, for when
we comply with all laws without rebellion because it is right to do so, then
we have risen above the law and are no longer in bondage."
Transmutation
Instead of seeking physical gratification when conscious of the surging
impulses of the lower nature, if the individual will focus his or her thoughts
and imagination upon something he or she desires to create — a poem, an
invention, a picture, a musical composition, or some material demonstration
such as a home or a new business venture — he or she will find that a double
purpose is served. The objective demonstration will be accelerated and the
process of transmutation or regeneration within his or her body will, at the
same time, be noticeably stimulated. Physical exercise alone is also of help,
but when accompanied by creative thoughts is more effective.
Meditation upon high and inspiring subjects has power literally to transform
forces impregnating the sexual fluids, for these fluids are really carriers of
etheric force, the true creative agent. An inspiring poem or passage from the
scriptures can be the channel for immediate direction of the thoughts and
creative power into uplifting currents. By consciously directing pure love
currents from the heart into the creative centers of the brain, sexual
activity may be transmuted into activities of mind and spirit, with a
corresponding birth upon the mental and spiritual plane.
Every cell of the body is, or can be made, subject to absolute control of
the Ego by means of the mind. It is possible to raise the body above the
forces of physical passion and to center one's whole being in the currents of
spirit. Patient persistence always succeeds, and the rewards are exceedingly
gratifying: permanently better physical health, increased mental power, purer
desires, unfoldment of the innate spiritual faculties latent in every human
being.
The sex-pervert, or sex-maniac, is a proof of the correctness of the
contention of occultists that one part of the sex-force builds the brain. He
becomes an idiot because of drawing and sending out, not only the negative or
positive part of the sex force (according to whether male or female) which is
normally to be used through the sex-organ for propagation, but in addition to
that, some of the force which should build up the brain, enabling it to
produce thought — hence the mental deficiency.
On the other hand, if the person is given to spiritual thought, the tendency
to use the sex force for propagation is slight, and whatever part of it is not
used in that way may be transmuted into spiritual force.
The Holy Spirit is the creative energy in Nature, and the sex energy is its
reflection in man. Misuse or abuse of that power is the sin that is not
forgiven, but must be expiated in impaired efficiency of the vehicle, in order
thoroughly to teach us the sanctity of the creative force.
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