Session 31 - As a Gay Man, I think Ra's take on Homosexuality is idiotic

[Manjushri]

I will be going over this with quotes but basically in Session 31 when they are talking about sexual polarities they do so within the context of 'male/female energies' and essentially suggest that a male or a female could be more dominant in either male or female energies (they say due to previous lives in alternate bodies) and it is the ENERGY that is responsible for the attraction.

I am confused by this Aion.  If it were an energy based attraction, surely then we would see more people engaging in homosexual relations.  It would be far more common.  I suppose you could argue that people repress their attraction to people of the same sex because of their fears and taboos.  What role then does the body play?  Does the body have its own innate charge or is it completely colored by the spirit (which I'm assuming is where the charge is coming from)?  I have struggled with the concepts of male and female for quite a long time now and don't really know if you can say anything conclusive about either (i.e. x characteristic is male, y characteristic is female) or if it is completely open to interpretation.  What makes someone a man and someone a woman?  I'm really interested to hear what peoples frameworks are for understanding the nature of the sexes.

It seems to me that hostility towards homosexuals is a fear based response.  Something founded on ignorance.  I think it probably has something to do with the questions I have outlined above.  I feel the same fear inside of myself and I can't figure out where it is coming from and which belief or idea is responsible.  I have read that homophobia is a result of people repressing their own homosexual desires, and with the world around us being as a mirror, when those desires are reflected, they lash out in fear.  I don't know how true that is, but it is food for thought. 

Seth has a lot to say about homosexuality and he often talks about 'mans bisexual nature'.  The book 'The Nature of the Psyche' is loaded with stuff about sexuality, although I have not read it myself.  I could post some quotes from it about homosexuality and sexuality in general if anyone is interested.               

Thanks I just bought that book. Always need an excuse to start reading Seth again. For some reason?