Sri Yukteswar
"Conserve your powers. Be like the capacious ocean, absorbing quietly all the tributary rivers of the senses. Daily renewed sense yearnings sap your inner peace; they are like openings in a reservoir that permit vital waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism. The forceful, activating impulse of wrong desire is the greatest enemy to the happiness of man. Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; don't let the frogs of sense weakness kick you around!"
A true devotee is finally freed from all instinctive compulsions. He transforms his need for human affection into aspiration for God alone- a love solitary because omnipresent."
As I read this my mind suddenly takes a turn from sensuality, although often I wonder; am I so much in delusion because physical expression can be such a wonderful expression of kindness and feelings of intimacy and closeness between individuals. I suppose those are the kind of thoughts that often pop up in this duality we experience.
While in duality I we often find inspiration for exercise from the vibrations of our physical desires. Until we are absorbed in the ecstasy of meditation it provides an outlet for staying in shap.
