Sex and Death

Q: What is the relationship between sex and death?

According to Osho, sex and death are two poles of the same process. Because birth arises from sex, death is built into sexual life; without sex, as in amoeba’s division, there is no death. Traditions chasing immortality thus repress sex. Existentially, deep orgasm is a brief death of the ego—control drops, the non-voluntary takes over—revealing why both remain taboo and feared.

Sex and Death

In Osho's view, sex and death intertwine as two facets of existence, where the ecstasy of orgasm momentarily dissolves the ego, revealing the profound connection between life's vitality and its inevitable end, both shrouded in societal taboo.

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"Sex and death are two poles of the same process; in the ecstasy of deep orgasm, the ego dies momentarily, revealing the sacredness of both."

Sex starts life, so an ending is built in; in real sex your ‘me’ disappears for a moment like a tiny death, which is why we fear and hide both.

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