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From the perspective of an outside observer lets begin with what is the reasoning behind wanting a Priest to be celibate? Just because of sex or in spite of sex?

I think in terms of the uniting of the body with god, which if done, results in a celibate lifestyle be you female or male, Priest or not. Ancient teachings and the teachers, whatever they were called, prophets, priests, you name it, were celibate as a result of the absolute union with the one. Spiritually with this union nothing else was a temptation, if in fact you were absolute.

So many instances of corruption in Ashrams and other supposedly spiritual retreats are the result of the inability of man, most men to adhere to a celibate lifestyle, which is of course difficult, and easier said than done. Problem is that when a man is totally open and sensitive to the needs of others he is totally vulnerable to the desires of others, especially females, being that females are totally open to love and is what they want in their lives or life, and when they meet a man who meets that want, spiritual teaching is going by the wayside without strict discipline on the part of the teacher, or Priest, perhaps both, though that is not meant at all to imply the consent of a woman in those circumstances, because the fact of the matter is the woman is so vulnerable at the time, the man may think incorrectly that she is consenting, only though if he is not truly a Spiritual teacher or Priest, etc. Some women have come out of those situations wondering how and what happened, without knowing the why, and in truth there ought not be a why in the situation.

I personally think of it this way, in a Spiritual setting if we truly know what absolute love is and do not share it with all of life then we actually do not know what we think we know of love. In other words love, absolute love has nothing to do with sex, it is only love and sees no bounds or hoops to jump through, and to share that kind of love celibacy is a prerequisite, it actually would not and is not a question, it just is. Which is why again so many get in trouble with the sex, no discipline or will, they give in to the desire to want to make someone feel better physically, which usually in the case of a woman is the reason she is seeking some kind of spiritual comfort from a man, and a Priest or Spiritual teacher is meant to be a haven of tender loving care without the obscurity of some of the idiocy of sex, which takes advantage of the emotional state of the woman.

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