Impotency: Part 1

Natural, moderate and normal sexual desire is instinctive and a sign of good health. Normal relations for a healthy man and woman imply the sharing of ecstasy once a night until the age of sixty, at least. Macrobiotic persons can enjoy this pleasure until even later in life, possibly to the age of eighty. One of the greatest Buddhist monks of Japan, Rennyo (1415-1499), left a three year old child when he died at the age of eighty-four. He had twenty-seven children in all.

Statistically speaking, longevity belongs to the macrobiotic monk, while restaurateurs and doctors die youngest in Japan. It is indeed strange that those who prepare delicious food and those who take care of our health are not only strangers to the secret of life but are its enemies.

Sexual appetite and the hunger for food are of major importance to man as motivating forces. Without the desire for food no man can live a joyful and happy life; without sexual appetite no animal race can survive on earth.

The healthy man is active and the healthy woman is passive in sexual life for the following reasons: man is yang, active, centripetal and strong (in pathological extremes — violent, destructive and cruel); woman is yin, passive, centrifugal and soft (in pathological extremes — weak, negative, exclusive, antisocial and an escapist). By nature, man and woman are antagonistic yet complementary in their behavior and are thus obliged to play tag permanently. That is why life is so thought-provoking, so interesting and so dramatic. Without sexual desire, life is a desert. Unfortunately, there are many individuals who cannot enjoy sexual love. They are asexual because of a yin nature by birth (caused by the mother’s faulty diet) or a yin nature acquired by taking too much yin food (sugar, fruits, industrial drinks, etc.)

~ excerpt from Zen Macrobiotics by Master George Ohsawa

Don’t miss Part 2 in our next blog post.

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