Sex – Are we thinking straight?

This has been bugging me for quite sometime now.. What is sex?

In Hinduism Kama (materialistic living which includes sex) is one among the four paths suggested in Hinduism to merge with Brahman or to escape from rebirth (Moksha). Most olden temples contain figures depecting postures or some sexual content. The Kings who built this temple mighty well know the purpose of the temple and the sacredness attached to it. I am also convinced that most of them would have undergone the gurukula kind of education where they would have read the scriptures and other vedas. Given all this if they had to build such figures..then isnt there something wrong with our vision of sex?

Incidentally when I was visiting the Konark Sun temple, I was amazed at the amount of sexual content presen out there in the form of sculptures. It is said that the king had all postures described in the Kamasutra depicted via those sculptures. By the way, what about Kamasutra..  the word Sutra means – The source or Origin of Dharma – the source of the teachings, the source of the practise & the source of meaning or significance. It is said that Shiva’s gatekeeper Nandi (the Bull) overheard sex lessons ( sorry for trivialsing the whole thing) given by Shiva to parvati and lo and behold Kamasutra was born. If there was a culture which allowed such a thing then why is it a taboo to talk about sex..

Taking the argument further.. we all know that every king had his own “andhapuram”. Often high socials such as kings and royal concords had concubines and houses called “Andhapuram” or “Harem” as in middle-east (Islam). In hindu societies concubines is the norm; in muslim societies more than one wives is the norm; and in christian societies, massage clubs and escorts are the norms. So where did we pick up this concept of Sex being a wrong thing to talk about or discuss or even undertake?… Stretching the argument, I would say that Sex was an art form just like dancing, singing et al. The kings encouraged the art form and there were people who perfected the art form.

India is considered as the birthplace of Hinduism and once upon a time there was such an open view of sex in this culture and now… Fashion shows are booed.. Sex movies are sold under some lame pretext and most ironically.. prostitution(come on its not a bad word..) is illegal!!! Man… have we actually grown up or to use the right word… EVOLVED?  Haven t we lost the plot somewhere along the line?  If yes, how many of our rights and wrongs are actually founded? At a more basic level.. what is right and what is wrong? Think..and I think that sex helps your though process!!

Note:

1. Disclaimer: The above post is based on a few google searches and hence exactness of the information (not the thought) is questionable.

2. How many of had alteast a tinge of negative thought when you read the heading? That actually answers how SCREWED up our thought process is…

3. The last sentence is an untested hypothesis