On YouTube
How to Embrace and Accept Homosexual Desires in Daily Life? || Acharya Prashant (2024)
159.7K views
1 year ago
Sexuality
Homosexuality
Desire
Body-identification
Fulfillment
Spirituality
Prakriti
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question about homosexual desires by stating that from a spiritual perspective, it does not matter whether one is homosexual or heterosexual. In either case, one is still body-identified and running after a body, be it male or female. The fundamental issue is the lust for the body itself. He remarks that it is not about running after one particular "hole" in the body compared to another, as "holes are holes." The aim is not to escape the body but to establish a life that transcends carnal interests. He explains that homosexual desires are simply desires, much like a man's lust for a woman. While heterosexual activity might lead to having a child, he questions whether that child ever brings ultimate fulfillment. Similarly, homosexual activity does not result in a child, leaving one unfulfilled. However, he emphasizes that one remains unfulfilled in heterosexual activity as well, concluding that no form of sexual activity can provide lasting fulfillment. The superior being is the one who has seen the body for what it is—a biological entity—and has stopped running after it. Acharya Prashant critiques the societal obsession with defining people by their sexual preferences, asking, "Are you gay, are you lesbian, are you straight?" He suggests there are better ways to view a person, such as inquiring if they read, dance, love, or care. He posits that being overly sexual prevents one from being good even at sex, as it becomes a mania. He introduces the concepts of a "spiritual periphery from a sexual center" versus a "sexual periphery from a spiritual center," advocating for the latter. When the center of one's life is spiritual, the periphery, including sexuality, is rightly placed. He urges the questioner to focus on the bigger things in life, such as creation, exploration, inquiry, science, and arts, rather than on such trivial questions.