Editing Lust (section)

=== Indian spirituality ===

====Brahma Kumaris====
According to [[Brahma Kumaris]], a spiritual organization which is based on [[Karma|Karmic]] [[Hindu philosophy|philosophy]], sexual lust is the greatest enemy to all mankind.<ref>''Through open doors: a view of Asian cultures in Kenya''. Cynthia Salvadori, Andrew Fedders, 1989</ref><ref>''Exploring New Religions''. p. 196, George D. Chryssides, 1999</ref>

For this reason followers do not eat onions, garlic, eggs, or non-vegetarian food, as the "sulphur" in them can excite sexual lust in the body, otherwise bound to celibacy.

The physical act of sex is "impure", leading to body-consciousness and other crimes. This impurity "poisons" the body and leads<ref>Peace & purity: the story of the Brahma Kumaris : a spiritual revolution By [[Liz Hodgkinson]]</ref><ref>''A history of celibacy'', p. 172. Elizabeth Abbott, 2001</ref> to many kinds of "diseases".

The Brahma Kumaris teaches that sexuality is foraging about in a dark sewer. Students at Spiritual University must conquer lust, to prevent sin, and in order to be closer to god.<ref>Peace & purity: the story of the Brahma Kumaris : a spiritual revolution By [[Liz Hodgkinson]]</ref>

They describe the differences between lust and love thus:

<blockquote>In lust there is reliance upon the object of sense and consequent spiritual subordination of the soul to it, but love puts the soul into direct and co-ordinate relation with the reality which is behind the form. Therefore, lust is experienced as being heavy and love is experienced as being light. In lust there is a narrowing down of life and in love there is an expansion in being...If you love the whole world you vicariously live in the whole world, but in lust there is an ebbing down of life and a general sense of hopeless dependence upon a form which is regarded as another. Thus, in lust there is the accentuation of separateness and suffering, but in love there is the feeling of unity and joy...</blockquote>