In past chapters we have talked a great deal of philosophy and science but little of practical value. The next few chapters will deal with the day-to-day practical application of what has been written heretofore.
Let us place ourselves in God's shoes. You desire to bring about a perfect world that is inhabited with beings who, of their own free will, discover the "rightness" of your creative endeavor and who are not only willing to assist you in the perfecting of this world but who are eager to do so. Now, if this is the plan of the Godhead, and we believe it is, why is the world in such a state of confusion, abuse and violence? The answer is simple. God's human creations, as mentioned above, have been given free will and it is in the exercise of this free will that they have, in all too many instances, misused and misinterpreted God's various bountiful gifts so as to create all things in the world that are not lovely, productive or uplifting. God freely gave us all the tools to build a Heaven on Earth; we have built a hell. Why is this so? Because mankind, as a whole, is not willing to accept the responsibilities of His gifts along with the privileges and pleasures.
This desire to have one's cake and eat it too was the motivation behind the "original sin" and is the basis behind all known sins of mankind. The original sin was an attempt by early man to avoid the natural consequence of the sexual union (progeny) while still enjoying the pleasures (rewards for obedience to the edict to multiply and replenish the earth) so much a part of this act. The original sin was therefore the "casting of the seed upon the ground," that is, an attempt to prevent conception by performing the sex act in such a manner that the "seed" was not deposited in the wife's (Eve's) vagina. This was the beginning of all sexual perversions and the beginning of all human suffering, suffering that continues unabated to this day for one simple reason: Men are not willing to conform to the Divine Laws but, in defiance to these Laws, insists that they, not the All Wise Creator, know best.
Until men learn that they cannot ignore or attempt to circumvent the Divine Laws of their being with impunity, the suffering and sorrow will continue. The Laws of man's being are immutable. All efforts to change or circumvent them are doomed to failure by the inherent nature of these Laws.
One has only to examine the sexual organs of the man and the woman to answer much of this question. As described in previous chapters, these organs are designed for three main purposes and every act that helps promote these purposes is good and every act that helps to thwart these purposes (with certain exceptions concerning procreation) is destructive.
The First Law, therefore, is: There must be an unimpeded
exchange of the husband's and wife's sexual fluids in the vagina.
Any act or device that prevents this God ordained exchange is
not only counter to the Laws of human sexuality but is destructive
to the physical, mental and moral structure of both parties involved.(1)
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(1) In the early days of mankind there was a great need for the
Earth to be populated. Therefore, any effort to restrict the production
of children was frowned upon by the Creator. This same situation
no longer exists today. There are more than enough individuals
in the world now to make good use of all its resources. What is
needed today is more good individuals. That is, bodies that souls
of a higher and more advanced state will be willing to inhabit.
(See Chapters 10 and 11) In other words, we now need quality,
not, alone, quantity. Contraception, that still allows for the
uninhibited and unimpeded exchange of the sexual fluids, is not
a sin today bet is the wise decision if it allows the parents
to so plan their family t give each and every child the best opportunities
for physical, mental and spiritual growth and development. (See
Chapter 6.)
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The Second Law is: Love (true love and respect) must exist between a husband and a wife during the sexual embrace or the sexual fluid exchange, which is otherwise beneficial, can become a poison to both. This law is a Law as those who attempt to circumvent it will find to their disadvantage. Love enshrines the sexual exchange with the key to Heaven; when it is absent, the doors of hell may well be cast open for both.
The Third Law is: The sexual embrace must be engaged in for a useful and productive purpose. Lust is not such a purpose. As mentioned previously, there are three legitimate purposes for the sexual embrace: Procreation, Regeneration and Spiritualization. One or more of these holy endeavors must always be in the heart of the participants in the sexual embrace for it to be God-ordained. One or more of these holy endeavors must always be in the heart of the participants in the sexual embrace for it to be beneficial to the couple. One or more of these holy endeavors must always be in the heart of the participants in the sexual embrace for it to be productive and constructive. One or more of these holy endeavors must always be in the heart of the participants in the sexual embrace for it to truly be a One Flesh union.
I learned early in life that if you desire to accomplish
anything, you must first have an ideal goal in mind. It is rare
that anyone will ever accomplish more than their highest ideal.
Therefore, to accomplish the best and attain to the highest, your
ideal must be the most exalted you can imagine.
In this spirit we will describe the perfect couple and the perfect
sexual union. While this ideal sexual goal may not be obtainable
for many readers due to a number of reasons that cannot be changed
in this life, such an ideal will give them something to strive
for in as many ways as possible.
The ideal couple would meet while they were still quite young and their sexual potentials just beginning to blossom. It is interesting to note that literature's image of the ideal young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, were in their middle teens.
Our ideal couple would each be virgins so that there would be no previous conflicting sexual fluids absorbed into their bodies to produce later adverse effects. "Purity is the price of sexual power." - P.B. Randolph.
While love at first sight is not a requirement of such an ideal couple, it is not impossible since the two may be drawn together from past earthly travels. Usually, their love will develop as they have an opportunity to get to know one another and find that they have similar desires and goals for their future lives. This love also presupposes that they find each other physically attractive. It matters little whether the world at large agrees with their view of this attractiveness; they alone must be contented. In fact long experience has clearly shown that there can be many problems in a union where one or the other of the partners is considered to be very attractive and desirable by the rest of the world. We cannot go into the reasons for these difficulties here, but a moment's reflection will allow the reader to fill in the details.
As the couple's love grows they will begin to talk of a permanent union. While the desire for a completion of their love feelings will grow, they will heed the instructions of Prospero in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, as he addressed his daughter and her intended just prior to their marriage:
Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition
Worthily purchased, take my daughter: but
If thou dost break her virgin-knot(2) before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may
With full and holy rite be minister'd
No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
To make this contract grow; but barren hate,
Sour-eyed disdain and discord shall bestrew
The union of your bed with weeds so loathly
That you shall hate it both; therefore take heed,
As hymen's lamp shall light you.
The Tempest, Act IV, Scene I.
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(2) Virgin-knot - A sacred girdle worn by maidens in classical
times as the symbol and safeguard of chastity before marriage.
This girdle was untied by the husband at the wedding.
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Modern cynics may well assert that these words of warning
are only the attempt by a father to protect the honor of his daughter.
But, when we realize Shakespeare's familiarity with the teachings
of the Philosophical Initiates of his day and of Prospero's position
as a Magi, we feel certain that the bard was setting into immortal
verse, through the lips of one of his most respected characters,
the philosophical view of the most advanced wisdom on this matter.
In truth, even in this day of so called "sexual freedom,"
the One Flesh philosophy is still in complete harmony with the
words of Prospero.
"But," you reply, "why all this concern for the
‘virgin-knot'? Isn't this a rather ancient concept that has
little relevance today? Surely, Prospero exaggerated the consequences
of premarital sex."
Actually, we are in a better position today to validate Prospero's admonition than they were in the days when it was first penned. In the last few centuries, mankind has explored the human mind and heart intensively and can far better foretell the consequences of thoughts and actions than was possible in the days of the Globe Theater. To an honorable man there is nothing higher or more important than his integrity. He knows that under the Laws of God, and of man, he has no right to remove his intended's "virgin-knot" until, as Prospero says, "All sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite be minister'd." Should he do so, he creates a breach of his integrity that he can never forget. This transgression will fester in his mind and heart (because this breach is on the soul level) and cause him to do many things he would never be guilty of otherwise. One of the most common is to attempt to project this guilt onto his wife in a vain effort to extricate himself from his own conscience. Such attempts frequently produce exactly the type of "sour-eyed disdain and discord" mentioned by the Magi Prospero.
Interestingly, the finer and more sensitive the inherent quality of the man, the more this breach is likely to affect him. The boor, or the man governed only by his carnal appetites, is not likely to be much affected by this breach due to his basic crudeness, but then what refined young lady wants to be married to such a man?
Another common consequence of premarital sex is pregnancy. This frequently occurs with couples who have been "living together." In these days of efficient and effective contraception, this event is often a conscious or unconscious attempt on the part of the woman to force her mate to commit himself. The psychological problems here should be obvious. Should the man do the "right thing" and marry the woman, she will never know if he would have married her if she had not been "with child." He will never know whether she "let" herself become pregnant to "rope him in" or not. It is easy to see how such a marriage bed could soon become bestrewed "with weeds so loathly that you shall hate it both."
Once they marry, they are ready to take upon their shoulders the responsibility for the consequences of the sexual union. To this end they carry out the marital rite "a la natural" (eschewing all forms of perversion as the devil is said to eschew Holy Water), desiring God to bless the union with progeny so that they are able to bring into the world advanced waiting souls by offering them a healthy body, a stable mind and a loving home environment.
The ideal couple will understand that each child must be wanted and brought into the world so as to have the best possible opportunity to have the desired healthy body, normal mind and opportunities to develop its creative potential. To this end our couple will control the births of their children by the use of contraceptive methods in full harmony with God's plan and the One Flesh concept. (See the section on contraception in the Chapter 6.)
Both will realize that, although, procreation is one of the important productive uses of the sexual center, it is only one and it is only possible to fulfill this function a few times in one's lifetime. They will, therefore, direct their sexual union to other purposes during the majority of their sexual life. The second sexual potential function they will explore is that of Regeneration. By the use of the Creative Sexual Center for this purpose once or twice a week they will be able to bring about a state of health and vigor seldom reached by more mundane means.
As they become more and more experienced in the use of the Sexual Creative Center for Regeneration, a new desire will manifest in their hearts. This desire is to explore the third and most holy of the uses of the Sexual Creative Center - Spiritualization via exalted sexuality. As they enter this new plateau of their relationship, they find that they need no longer seek God in the Heavens but that they may find him within their own being - "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" - I Corinthians 3:16.
Thus the ideal couple fulfills God's great plan for man's use of the Sexual Creative Center. There is in their use of this center no sin or injury. They have fulfilled the Law and by such fulfillment will reap the rewards of such obedience. As we have seen, such rewards are given on all three levels of human endeavor, the physical, the mental-emotional and, finally, the spiritual.
As their children and friends see the results of the practices of our couple, they, too, will desire to know how they have been able to be free of the physical and emotional problems that beset so many today. By their example, this ideal couple will be able to help many others to bethink themselves and reverse their own misuse of the Sexual Creative Center. As more and more such reversals take place, the world will be changed and the long looked for, but never previously accomplished, Heaven on Earth will become a reality.
Admittedly, for most of my readers, it is too late to emulate completely the ideal couple, but there is no reason why you cannot come as close to this ideal as possible. In life, you will be judged not so much by where you started out, as by where you end. We find this from the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, "Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die." - Ezekiel 18:27-28.
It is rarely too late to attempt to use the Sexual Creative Center for more creative purposes. This does not mean that the results of past abuses will suddenly go away. No, that is not the nature of life. We must reap that which we have previously sown, but, after reading this book, you have it within your power to refuse to sow destructive and nonproductive sexuality from this point on. As you do so, many of the rich rewards of our ideal couple will become yours in time.
The One Flesh marriage is one of God's greatest gifts to mankind. It is also His most misunderstood endowment. It is difficult to understand, sometimes, just how man could have strayed so far from God's intended banquet. All too often he seems to be satisfied with the scraps thrown to the dogs. He is just not able to see the feast set before him and his beloved mate. Yet, there is in all normal persons a spark of God that yearns for this feast and that creates a persistent unsettled state until they seek and find the true use of the Sexual Creative Center. It is this unsettled state that is the major cause of much of the violence in our world today. Through such violent acts man attempts to quiet his unsettled nature but soon finds that it is only worsened by such behavior.
There is only one cure for all these sorts of ills of mankind:
education as to the true exalted and constructive nature of the
Sexual Creative Center(3). Once this center is understood and
that knowledge applied, the prophesied Heaven on Earth becomes
a real possibility.
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(3) Regarding such education, we were asked recently by a young
man, who had read some of the works of Dr. P.B. Randolph, if we
accepted Dr. Randolph's views on the kiss. We assured him that
we did and then realized that we had left out of our text any
mention of this interesting subject. With this footnote, we look
to correct this oversight.
The lips of the mouth contain
very sensitive nerve endings and as such are able to create very
substantial effects on the nervous system by the stimulation of
these nerve cells. Even more than this, the lips are also one
of the most effective transmitters and receivers of vibratory
energy in the human body.
Dr. Randolph advised that no one allow their lips to touch those of another unless they were willing to take upon themselves the emotional vibrations of that individual. He assured us that the kiss is second only to sexual intercourse in the exchange of human vibratory energy. Therefore, he postulated, it is wise to never kiss anyone on the lips whom you do not want to become a small or a greater part of your own being.
While I realize that this concept may seem ridiculous and
unproven to most pragmatic scientists and those enamored by their
views, those with a more intuitive nature might well find this
concept valid after a little reflection and experimentation. Think
about this concept the next time you kiss someone and then, later,
examine your reactions. With a little effort to evaluate your
experiences, I would not be surprised to find that you discover
more than a little truth in Dr. Randolph's views.
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