Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, issue 12, 1 June 2020 | Page 20

moment of no-mind, a moment when you temporarily merge with Oneness
and lose your limited ego.
You can also use your sexual energy to fuel your inner work and infuse your
path with intensity (especially if you decide to remain celibate). Ancient
Hindu philosophy calls this the path of Bhakti or devotional longing. We can
see this almost erotic love affair with the Divine within figures such as Sufi
poet Rumi, Christian saints such as Teresa of Avila, and Hindu mystics such
as Anandamayi Ma.
How to Practice Sexual Transmutation
When motivated by sexual desire, we develop a vaster imagination, deeper
courage, firmer willpower, more tenacious persistence, and flourishing
creativity that we weren’t even aware of.
If the sexual energy within humanity can become so strong that it moves us
to hurt others or risk imprisonment to satiate it, imagine what could happen
if we harnessed this energy and directed it toward a greater purpose?
Before I delve into how to practice sexual transmutation, I want to put a
disclaimer here: