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MUNDANE SEX DESIRES 7

overrides all logic and sanity and brings even a person of
intelligence down to the level of a dog. As a pig is attracted to a
sow, or a male cockroach to a female, so is the sexual desire of a
man for a woman. It is not even slightly more elevated than that of
the pigs.
There is really nothing special about sex. It is not wonderful, it
is not noble, it is not romantic—it is just a bodily function, a
response to raw gut feeling. If you think about it soberly, the whole
prospect of sex seems rather silly. Still, everybody is doing it. The
president of America is doing it, the bums on the street are doing
it, the cats and dogs are doing it. Only a few great souls are
attempting to conquer over it.
In human society sex desire is expanded into many forms,
under the headings of profit, adoration, and distinction. All the
trappings of so-called civilization—society, friendship, love, house,
cars, clothes, position, power, prestige, money, and so on—are
simply for facilitating and expanding this animal instinct called sex
desire. But despite its external glamour, unless human society
seeks out real beauty, which is Kåñëa, then it has not advanced any
more than the pigs or any other animals.
And despite all their emphasis on it, still, as surveys show,
many karmés are actually bored at the time of sex. Then why don’t
they give it up and take to Kåñëa consciousness, the real nectar of
life? Because they know nothing better, don’t want to change, and
are hoping against hope that sex will make them happy.
Those who are fortunate will take to Kåñëa consciousness for
real advancement of life. Kåñëa consciousness is far above the
perversions of the gross materialists and the fruitless efforts of the
jïänés and yogis. Even a neophyte devotee can be confident of
gradually conquering over lust, because he has got the right
method; that is, to revive his natural, real love—his love for Kåñëa.
If he sticks to the path, then he will in due course of time achieve
full Kåñëa consciousness. Then he will be completely satisfied
forever. Brahmacarya is meant for developing clear,
unsentimental, uncompromising understanding of these points as
the basis for making rapid, determined progress in spiritual life.