Why Sex is So Important

Our life is in a turmoil, it is a constant struggle, with nothing original, nothing creative — I am using the word ‘creative’ very carefully. The painter, the architect, the woodcarver, he may say he is creative. The one who bakes bread in the kitchen is said to be creative. And sex, they say, is also creative. So what is it to be creative? You are seeing the expression of creativeness in a painting, in a poem, in prose, in a statue, in music. We have accepted all that as creative because it brings fame, money, position. But is that creativity? Can there be creation, in the most profound sense of that word, so long as there is egotism, so long as there is the demand for success, money and recognition — supplying the market? I say there is a state where there is creation in which there is no shadow of self. Perhaps sex is felt to be creative and has become important because everything around us is circumscribed, the job, the office, going to the church, following some philosopher, some guru. All that has deprived us of freedom and, further, we are not free from our own knowledge; it is always with us, the past. So where there is no freedom, either outwardly or inwardly, specially inwardly, we have only one thing left, and that is called sex. Why do we give it importance? Because that is the easiest thing to handle; other things can only come when you are free. So, we have given this thing (sex) tremendous importance in life. And when you give something, which is only one part of life, tremendous importance, you are destroying yourself.

Source: Economic Times, 12/10/2018