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there will be always plenty of people who will continue the race.
Certainly, the Yogi has no contempt or aversion for human na-
ture; he understands it and the place given to each of its activi-
ties with a clear and calm regard. Also, if an action can be done
with self-control without desire under the direction of a higher
consciousness, that is the better way and it can sometimes be
followed for the fulfilment of the divine will in things that would
not otherwise be undertaken by the Yogin, such as war and the
destruction which accompanies war. But a too light resort to
such a rule might easily be converted into a pretext for indulging
the ordinary human nature.
CWSA 31: 485-86

Sex and Ananda
Sex is a degradation or distortion of the Ananda Force.
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It is true that the sex-centre and its reactions can be trans-
formed and that an Ananda from above can come down to re-
place the animal sex-reaction. The sex-impulse is a degradation
of this Ananda. But to receive this Ananda before the physical
(including the physical vital) consciousness is transformed, can
be dangerous; for other and lower things can take advantage
and mix in it and that would disturb the whole being and might
lead into a wrong road by the impression that these lower things
are part of the sadhana and sanctioned from above or simply
by the lower elements overpowering the true experience. In the
last case the Ananda would cease and the sex-centre be pos-
sessed by the lower reactions.
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The sadhak has to turn away entirely from the invasion of the
vital and the physical by the sex-impulse — for, if he does not
conquer the sex-impulse, there can be no settling in the body of
the divine consciousness and the divine Ananda.
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