On Chastity Vows and Life
Miškiniai, Lithuania
This is the third part of a three-part talk exploring why sexual thoughts, fantasies, and dreams can continue to arise even after someone has taken a lifelong vow of celibacy. The perspective presented here is meditative rather than repressive. Sexuality, it suggests, does not need to be denied; its energy can be transformed into creation. A musician turns force into music, a dancer into dance, an...