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The Psychology of Enlightenment
eventually feel the need for someone with whom to share it—someone who will bring to the experience an energy of a different, but compatible, nature. Male and female are like two complementary electrical currents. Each has its unique, inborn quality and each serves the cause of human evolution, the cause of perfection. We must endeavor to discover and develop the real feminine and masculine natures without distorting them with concepts borrowed from the outside world.
Many teachers would not have you meditate on the second center because they feel that generally people mistakenly believe that the sole purpose of this energy is to enhance sexual pleasure. If that were true, then meditating on this center would only stimulate your appetite for sex. I am teaching you about the second center because I believe that ultimately you must go beyond such a limited view of this powerful force in order to embrace the creative wholeness of life.
When you meditate on the second center, you are refining your energy. Just as crude oil must go through several stages of purification before it becomes a substance fine enough to fuel a jet engine, so we also must remove any dross, any gross elements, before our energy can take us upward. Our energy must be refined if we are to enjoy a life free of turmoil--a life of bliss, peace, and clarity of perception.
The universal law is that we are free to be whatever we like. Why, then, are a few people dynamic, positive, and balanced while the majority seem to be hampered by feelings of inadequacy? Why do we so often see our problems
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