Lust is omnipresent. As long as you've got a body, it's gonna happen, unless you're tired or past it or hopelessly repressed.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why would an enlightened person become overshadowed by sexual lust? > > In Cosmic Consciousness, the Being supposedly would not be > overshadowed by the influences that normally set off > sexual 'triggers' in an ignorant person. These would be sexual > triggers such as increased heart rate and sex hormones that flood the > blood stream from perceptions given off from the opposite sex, i.e., > hair, butt, tits, eyes, legs, crotch, groin, etc. > > In God Consciousness, in which the finest level of creation is > appreciated, even the celestial gods that are responsible for > exciting partners, i.e., Cupid would not overshadow the Being. > > In Unity Consciousness, all sexual influences would be perceived as > That. All sexual implications regarding the bodily functions and the > mental pictures which trigger these desires would be seen on the > level of Pure Consciousness. The mental pictures associated with > sexual desires would be appreciated as experiences from this life as > well as stemming from past lives in which we were men and women > engaged in countless sexual affairs. For the enlightened, this > influence would not affect them no matter how subtle, like eating, > sleeping, etc. That's how I understand it. >
