The Upper And Lower Light The creative prime fire is located in two lights or poles submerged in the human being. The upper pole is the divine genius and has its seat in the brain. Nowadays, this upper pole is preponderantly undeveloped in most human beings. The lower pole is the sexual energy or power and it has its seat in the loins. It is very active and is the source of most of our wishes. Between these two poles there is a lively and significant exchange of energy. The barometer of this exchange is thinking. The more productive the lower pole is, the more it links its energies with the outside and the less energy is delivered to the function of thinking. And, vice versa, the more radically the outflow of sexual energy to the outside is denied, the greater the benefit for the power of thinking. Sexual energy seeks the immortality of the race by means of the propagation of children. The genius in a human being seeks his individual awakening for the purpose of a conscious immortality. And this purpose requires the enormous energies that are stored in the sexual center. Since both the sexual energy and the genius are in a reciprocal relationship towards each other, the attainment of the conscious immortality of the individual depends upon a temporarily ascetic lifestyle. The upper light can only awaken if the lower one lends it its electric energies. That is why you cannot succeed without absolute control of the sexual urge. Natural man lives on the outside, that is, he sees the world through the veil of his own wishes and desires. Spiritual man lives on the inside, that is, he sees the world without desires, but with the eyes of the spirit.
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