Many monks and spiritual aspirants in their search for God attempt to renounce the world. The problem is that they still think about and long for the things that they give up. This is intensified when they attempt to give up biological desires. These desires include the desire for food, air, and sex.
When biological desires are in balance they are not a problem. But like a pendulum, the more you push these desires to one side, the more they want to swing to the other. That’s why when monks give up food they think about and long for food. And when Catholic priests give up sex they think about sex and long for it even more. And that’s why the alleged problems that Catholic priests are having with sex and children. Is this a sign from God that priests should get married? I think that a loving relationship is much closer to God than a priest struggling with repression and indulgence.
With this being said, I should remind you that sages such as Shankara, Buddha, and Christ have said that if you want to find God or your own Self-Nature you have to renounce the world. So if renunciation gives so many people so much trouble, what could they mean by renunciation?
Happiness comes from what you are
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They meant giving up the notion that happiness comes from what you see or what you do. Fortunately this is easy because when you examine your actual experience of happiness you find that happiness comes from what you are.
