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How spiritual teachings can conflict with human needs

I've been celibate for three years because a guru told me sexual energy blocks spiritual progress, but I'm 28 and lonely and starting to question everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Transcendent ideals may demand the denial of natural impulses in ways that create suffering rather than liberation.

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