Friday, 13 May 2011

Wisdom of the Week – Sex, Drugs and Religion. Part 1 Sex

Lucian Eyers © 2011
A friend once asked me what the angels thought of us when we masturbate. After smiling I explained the angels do not judge but understand us. I could then sense the angels were also smiling at what my friend had said and it reminded me how angels love laughter and are often amused at how seriously we take ourselves.
We are all at different stages of spiritual development, all learning complex lessons. Controlling our emotions and finding balance are where the demands of our body can teach us to grow.
Each of us has a feminine and masculine element. However, when we incarnate into a physical body, we have to choose one or the other. Angels are androgynous as their sexuality is in perfect balance. They can reveal themselves in either the feminine or masculine form. It is this balance that we are learning to develop.
 

What about homosexuality? 
When we choose our life's lessons, our higher selves decide whether these lessons would be better learnt in a male or female body.  The past lives of a soul may have been more familiar with the opposite gender. There can be a longing for what was once earlier understood, choosing to express their sexuality as they had in the past. There are also very challenging tests as a homosexual due to the obvious prejudice of many. In much darker times, homosexuals were treated very badly and would have suppressed their feelings. We are now seeing a great number who wish to be born at a time where they can be more accepted and fulfil their life’s lessons. Long ago when the planet was at a higher frequency, homosexuals were loved and honoured in the same way heterosexuals were. A clear benchmark of how advanced any society is, can be measured by how the majority treat those in the minority. 
So how is sex for pleasure viewed by the Universe opposed to sex for reproduction? 
It is important to remember that it is not the act itself that makes sex beautiful or barbaric, but the intention. If sex is entered into with two willing people with love and is not at the detriment to another, then this is a divine expression. If however a person is unconsenting, below the legal age and is violated in some way, then the perpetrator will accrue karma that will have to be repaid. For those who violate children or the elderly, the karmic burden is heavy indeed. We often hear of such cases where people have been abused and ask why this was allowed to happen. There are many reasons why someone will be abused. It could be that the abused person has undertaken an ‘initiation,’ in order to show others how we must learn to honour each other. If this person can forgive the abuser, the reward for spiritual growth is immense. It may also be the case that the person who is being abused is repaying karma from a past life. By forgiving those who violate us, the vicious circle is broken and the karmic debt is repaid. The act of forgiveness is so powerful as a means of removing karma, because humans at this level find it so very difficult to do. You can help to master this by remembering that none of us are perfect. 
So does God punish us when we do something wrong?
No – God is love. We are all forgiven for our failings. However, we cannot change the laws under which the Universe governs us. Our higher selves would not wish for us to be treated differently from any other soul. Therefore, at a higher soul level, we will agree to settle our debts.

So what is the divine purpose for sex?

It was originally meant as a means of expressing love to the one we cherish. It was the means of bringing new life into the world and sharing in a commitment to fully experience unconditional love and to strengthen a relationship.
This changed as it was then used in a way that had not been intended by the spiritual realms. The church then used sex as a means of control and instilling guilt, forcing people to believe it was wrong for a child to be born out of wedlock. Those seeking power and wealth used it as a lucrative means for substituting love. Others through a lack of self-worth used it to gratify themselves through lust rather than through love.

So how do the angelic realms view marriage with someone of the same sex?

In the same way they view a heterosexual marriage. When two people commit themselves to each other through love, then this is considered to be a divine undertaking. Marriage is a contract sealed by two people and not by God. The angels do not judge us based on the gender of those committed to marriage, but are dedicated to helping any couple in their time together.
Marriage provides us with the opportunity to learn a sense of commitment. It gives us support if we feel vulnerable. It develops unconditional love and our capacity to forgive. Lessons are always more difficult to learn when it concerns someone you truly care for.

Do we need to learn celibacy to become spiritually advanced?

Some religious groups such as the Buddhist faith and the Catholic Church adopt celibacy as part of their order, however, this is very hard to achieve
and especially for men. If any challenge is forced upon us before we are ready, then this can lead to frustration, anger and in some cases abuse. Some souls will choose a life of celibacy to develop, but like all of us, if they fail, then they are given the opportunity again in another life.
From a higher spiritual level, sex is of course an expression of love. Through love there is life. Therefore, the act of sex is the catalyst of life and on which I would like to conclude this subject.

‘A baby girl who was said to be ‘clinically dead’ by doctors has amazed her family by recovering from meningitis. Lillie-Mai’s parents were told it would be best if her life-support machine was switched off.
But Belinda Little and Rupert Jackson refused to give up on their child and knew she was pulling through when the little battler started responding to noise. Mr Jackson, 31, said: ‘I noticed that every time someone closed the door and it banged there would be a small response. It wasn’t much but I could see her reacting.’
Lillie-Mai was 14 weeks old when she contracted the killer virus on January 11. Two days later she suffered a heart attack in hospital.
Although she pulled through, the girl’s body was horribly swollen and her parents were told she had two hours to live. Miss Little, 22, said: ‘They said if she had another cardiac arrest they would not intervene. It was as though I was stuck in a nightmare.’
Lillie-Mai had 11 major operations while doctors fought to save her and has lost both her legs and an arm to the disease.
Her parents, of Maryport in Cumbria, are now raising the £20,000 needed to pay for bionic legs with flexible knees.’1 






This article was published this year on May 11th. Lillie-Mai contracted the virus this year on January 11th. Lillie-Mai also had eleven major operations. Numbers are significant. The spiritual world uses them to show us that these events are not just random coincidences, but opportunities for learning. Lillie-Mai demonstrated to us the importance of life and even when all seemed to be against her, she was determined to survive. Eleven is a number often associated with bad events, but from a spiritual perspective eleven is the beginning of something significant and wonderful at a higher level. In Lillie-Mai’s case, she has shown us that life is truly precious and not to be taken for granted, denigrated or taken from us prematurely by another.
This is so often not the case, as many are confused believing it is acceptable to take another’s life under certain circumstances. However, karma will be accrued whatever the circumstances.
We are born out of love and so as we came into this world, this is how we should leave. Ready to continue on our spiritual journey of growth and understanding; the journey of life. 
A friend came to me one day and said his wife was experiencing post-natal depression. I asked the angels for some guidance and the result was a poem I wrote called, ‘The Joy of Life.’ This poem is taken from my book, ‘The Angel Book of Hours.’ My illustration for the poem is above. I presented my friend with the poem and he told me later that he had handed it to his wife one morning while she was in bed with her baby. When he returned a few minutes later she was crying. I would like to think that perhaps her tears – were out of joy.

The Joy of Life 

The baby lay within her arms,
And knew his mother’s tears
Were shed not out of love for him,
But fell from all her fears.

He asked his guardian angel,
“Can you make my Mummy smile?”
And he was told that patience
Will reveal this in a while.

The infant was determined,
And insisted, “Help her now.”
The angel said, “Great courage
You will need, so this is how.

You know not where you are,
Or if the food upon your lips
Will cease to last, but now I ask,
You trust her then with this.

I ask you so to smile,
And know your mother loves you much.
But fear and her exhaustion
Brings a sadness that is such.

One day you’ll be a parent
Understanding how she feels,
So in her weary arms, my child,
The joy of life – reveal.”


‘The Joy of Life’ taken from ‘The Angel Book of Hours,’ by Lucian Eyers © 2011

1. METRO Newspaper 11th May 2011 ‘‘Our baby refused to die”

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