Osho - Free Your Children Of Inhibitions

OSHO tells us how best to introduce children to the world of sex, so that they can rise above it & transform

The first step to free the world from sexuality is to allow children to remain nude, as much as possible, in the home. As far as it is feasible, it is advisable to allow children, both boys & girls, to play in the nude, so that they become totally acquainted with each other’s bodies. Then, later, there will be no necessity for them to snuggle up to each other in the streets. There will be no need to print nude pictures in books. They will be so familiar with each other’s bodies, that no kind of perverted attraction will be possible in the future. But the way of the world is just the opposite. The people who have covered & concealed the body have unwittingly created so great an attraction for it that, although it has overtaken our minds, we still haven’t felt the full impact. But the disease is already there, and it is increasing. The existence of the disease can be observed in the bulk of obscene literature now being published.

Sex is natural, but sexuality is the product of anti-sex teachings. If these teachings are followed, if the advice given in these unscientific sermons is taken, the soul of man will be totally filled with sexuality. If man understands sex properly, he can rise above it. He should rise above it; it is necessary that he rises above it. All our efforts to date have borne wrong results because we have not befriended sex but have declared war on it; we have used suppression and lack of understanding as ways of dealing with sex problems. The deeper a man’s understanding, the higher he can rise above sex; the less his understanding, the greater his attempts to suppress sex will be. And the results of repression are never fruitful, never pleasing, and never healthy.

Sex is man’s most vibrant energy, but it should not be an end unto itself: sex should lead man to his soul. The goal is from “Lust to Light”. To attain to celibacy, sex must be understood. To know sex is to be free of it, to transcend it; but even after a lifetime of sexual experience, man is not able to detect that intercourse gives him a fleeting experience of samadhi, a peek into super consciousness. That is the great pull of sex; that is the great allure of sex: it is the magnetic attraction of the Supreme. You have to know and to meditate upon this momentary glimpse; you have to focus on it with awareness.

One friend wrote to say that he found my topic very embarrassing. Further, he advised me that such things should not be discussed in public.
 I replied, if a mother is sensible, she will relate her experiences of sex to her daughter in time, before she goes astray.... If a father is sensitive, he must freely discuss the subject with his son and daughter — to warn them against the common pitfalls and to save their lives from possible perversion in the future. But the irony of the situation is that neither the father nor the mother has any deep, conscious experience in the matter. They themselves haven’t risen above the level of physical sex, and so they fear their children may become entangled at the same level as well. But, I ask you, did anybody guide you? You have entangled yourself. And your children will also entangle themselves. And it will be repeated in the second and third generations and so forth. But isn’t it possible if your children are spoken to, if they are taught, if they are allowed to think freely for themselves, that they may save themselves from dissipating their energy? They may conserve their energy. And they may transform it.Osho - Free Your Children Of Inhibitions