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Does a decrease in sexual interest indicate aging or progress towards enlightenment?

Synthesized from Source outcome

"When sexual energy transforms into compassion and communion, it signifies progress; but if it wanes into bitterness and jealousy, it is merely the decay of aging. Embrace each stage of life fully, allowing love to blossom beyond mere desire."

Core Insight:
According to Osho, a fading of sexual drive is progress only when love deepens, softness increases, and you bless others’ joy; then sexual energy transforms into compassion and communion. If sex wanes and you grow dry, critical, and jealous, it’s mere aging. Live each stage fully so, when sex subsides, its energy flowers as mature love, not bitterness.
If your interest in sex drops but your kindness and love grow, it’s spiritual growth; if both drop and you turn grumpy, it’s just getting old.
Why this matters practically
- Use love as the litmus test: is warmth and blessing increasing as sex declines?
- Live each life stage fully so energy can transform into mature love, not frustration.
- Reduces judgment of others’ joy and cultivates compassion and benevolence.
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