{"id":55332,"date":"2023-01-21T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/169579327551"},"modified":"2023-01-21T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:13:21","slug":"can-sexuality-be-spiritualprinciples-of-freedom-by-rukmini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=55332","title":{"rendered":"Can Sexuality Be Spiritual?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-fS01p_-ka6I\/WldukPZmVtI\/AAAAAAAAhgA\/McnrlB8Lc5IHff7xGXTPc2_pFOnIMc8vgCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-01-11_15-01-58.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\n<!--<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_p2e9r7MY331sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"686\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Can Sexuality Be Spiritual?<br \/>\nPrinciples of Freedom - By Rukmini Devi Dasi.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s the big deal about sex?\u201d asked a student, \u201cWhy does religion demonize what seems to be a natural human expression? How can we expect the world to imbibe such a restrictive philosophy? Is it not harmful to our physical and psychological development if we exert such repression? Is sex not a spiritual experience?\u201d A Bhakti Yoga session at university can sometimes feel like a battlefield. Our theme for the month, \u201cSpirituality and Sexuality\u201d had really stirred the arsenal. Honesty is usually the best ammunition yielding a thoughtful approach towards sacred texts and a broader vision of the world and ourselves. With this in mind, we approach the last principle of freedom: avoiding destructive sexual activity. Does spirituality deny sexuality?<br \/>\nTo read the entire article click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/66LUXA\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/66LUXA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\"<!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/080d43a304c97153c552fae19d5a8757\/tumblr_p2e9r7MY331sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Can Sexuality Be Spiritual?<br \/>\nPrinciples of Freedom &#8211; By Rukmini Devi Dasi.<br \/>\n&ldquo;What&rsquo;s the big deal about sex?&rdquo; asked a student, &ldquo;Why does religion demonize what seems to be a natural human expression? How can we expect the world to imbibe such a restrictive philosophy? Is it not harmful to our physical and psychological development if we exert such repression? Is sex not a spiritual experience?&rdquo; A Bhakti Yoga session at university can sometimes feel like a battlefield. Our theme for the month, &ldquo;Spirituality and Sexuality&rdquo; had really stirred the arsenal. Honesty is usually the best ammunition yielding a thoughtful approach towards sacred texts and a broader vision of the world and ourselves. With this in mind, we approach the last principle of freedom: avoiding destructive sexual activity. Does spirituality deny sexuality?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-55332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55332"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105559,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332\/revisions\/105559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}