There is no doubt that love and sex are the center of gravity of our lives. Yet humanity does not realize that love and sex are also the center of spiritual life, if we know how to live an upright sexual life.
"What is the highest Good? Much talk hath been hereof and high debate: I swear the highest Good is Love. Love is the Lord of All. Even the Trinity Hath been in thrall to Love from all eternity. Love is God's nature. He can do naught else. Wouldst thou be God, then likewise love in every instant's Now. Beauty is born of Love alone. The Countenance Divine Hath all its Loveliness from Love, else it would cease to shine. Love is the measure of the heart's Felicity; The more 'tis filled with Love, the happier thou wilt be. Pass through Love's gate if thou wouldst go the shortest way to God..." —Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
The word sex is derived from the Latin "secare," meaning "to cut off." The roots of the word indicate the androgynous nature of our ancestors as described in all religions, and even by Plato, and is hidden in symbols in every mystical tradition. Sexual cooperation between man and woman only began when the two halves of the androgynous being were "cut off" from one another. Vestiges of this ancient past are readily visible in the physical shadows of the man's inert nipples and the woman's clitoris, which is a shrunken penis. Thus, "sex" refers to the joining of what was separated long ago: male and female. Yet, there are levels and levels of sexual activity, ranging from the simplest forms of sexual union among minerals, plants, and animals, up to the divine sexual acts that create planets, solar systems, and universes. Sex is far more than what modern society thinks it is. In reality, sex is sacred, and a source of incredible, untapped power.
"Sexual energy is divided into three distinct types. First: the energy having to do with the reproduction of the species. Second: the energy having to do with the spheres of thought, feeling and will. Third: the energy that is found related with the world of pure Spirit." - Samael Aun Weor