Article March 14, 1994 Issue

Sensuality yielding to spirituality

Spirituality may seem beyond your reach, but it's not.

Julio C. Rivas T.

Our Master, Christ Jesus, tells a parable about a merchant who finds a pearl of great price and sells all that he has to buy it (see Matt. 13:45, 46). The merchant sells all, not just those things he no longer needs or those that are inconvenient for him to keep. The parable suggests both the great value of true spirituality, of the kingdom of heaven, and what it requires of us.

But until we know what a glorious prize the understanding of spiritual Truth really is, we may feel it's not worth giving up what appears to be the pleasures of materialism, including sensuality. And sensuality seems to take such a mental hold of us that it makes spirituality's rewards appear transcendental and unsure. Even if we think spirituality is what we want, its demands may seem more than we can meet.

What often tips the balance to the side of spiritual pursuits is experiencing the disappointments and pains of sensuality. Sensuality is actually hell in disguise. The illusion of pleasure with which it entices and deceives eventually turns on us and produces great suffering. Then we are ready to be shown the joys of spirituality.

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