Well firstly I do not think that a lot of animals do not really have any interest in sex, the majority of them probably do it almost everyday without you knowing, it is just that they do not need to worry about the consequences as much as human beings do.

As for why human beings enjoy sex, yes one of the reasons probably is that most people think that they would feel good while doing the deed.. but it may also be because sex is a "luxury" good to most people in today's society and is something that is perceived as hard to get and only to be done with your loved ones most of the time.

Just like society has conditioned you into thinking that you might enjoy owning a Ferrari or Lamborgini, maybe society has also conditioned us in such a way that we think that sex is something of very great value to us, which is why we enjoy it. Society has also associated too much negative connotations to the deed, such as maybe abortion is a sin or that even having pre-marital sex can send you to Hell in certain religions.

The reason I say this because is that I believe if most people have sex with the same person every day, they would still eventually get bored of it, just like most other things in life.

Well written, yet the source of our sexual orientation lies within our sexual organs. Desire is a twofold process beginning from an objective (sexual organs) then attracting attention (brain activity). Organs are constantly at work and most often it's activities are undetected by our senses. By the time we recognize the desire for sex, our sexual organs have produced enough semen and/or ovulation to procreate. Courtship is the process of sexual selection that differs from individuals and species, although most activities found in one species can be found in another. There are over 6.5 billion people in the world today, speaking 5000 to 6000 languages and an uncertain amount of societies. Mankind does not follow one pattern of courtship nor do we think alike. Monogamy (a long term dedicated partnership) is a preference selected by it's constituents and as with all preferences, monogamy bares benefits. Along with benefits comes disadvantages, which is the basis for decision making. Last, but not least is emotion. Our moral obligation to each other is our emotional obligation. "Am I my brothers keeper?" Cain.

From "The Light of Egypt" Volume 1

Sex is a sacred law. When the 2 halves, male and female, of the same Divine Ego meet, love is the natural consequence, not the physical sensation. Discordant unions are the harbinger of sorrow, crime and disease. Celibacy in itself is not a natural state; it is purely artificial, because it ignores one of the principle elements of our being. Therefore, there is great spiritual danger in a celibate life, and 9/10th of the mystical manias and spiritual saturnalia of past history have originated amongst celibates. Without sex there cannot be external life, and to absorb or destroy these principles in the human organism brings about divorce between man and his divinity, and thus robs conscious humanity of its deathless immortality.

gender is a part of the cycle
of our beingness, at one time
not there and then for awhile
it is again as we learn that
part of being human.

it will not always be so
as it is now, that desires
of the form sway our will
yet it is required that
we know before moving on

Why do people like to have sex??

Why do Tibetan Monks abstain from sex? Why do Christian Monks abstain from sex? And yet these people live wondrous, glorious happy lives full of love!!...their lives are full of abundance!!

On the other end of the scale why do prostitutes (Female and Male) or sex addicts have so much sex?.....is it because their lives are so full of abundance? No, it’s because their lives are empty/loveless/drug addicts/emotionless/gave up on themselves!!.......Strippers use $$$ex as a tool to get money!

Midway through the scale, ask any guy who came out of a divorce and he’ll tell you how sex was used as a “tool” to get him to sign on the dotted line for marriage…..after a year of marriage, sex drops off to next to nothing. (For the guys reading this, you know what I’m talking about)

The media really pushes sex! Because sex $$$ells!! And everybody, especially the younger generation, who are horny toads, “believe” the media!

Take for example a boy and girl who grew up on a farm who had no connection with the media, and compare them to a boy and girl who grew up in the city being completely influenced by the media. Not only would they “look” different…..their outlook/opinion on sex would be “COMPLETELY” different. ….(I can really see the city kids saying to the farm kids “go on! Give in to your desires!)

….so sex is a lure? A tool? A momentary sensation? A status? An Addiction?? a way to feel love? A way to get popular?.......sounds like animals??

….which brings me to: Recently I have come across information that we have a 2nd brain in our bodies! That’s right! It’s located in our “gut!” Scientists have found that there are millions of brain cells in our gut around/in our Solar Plex. This is our 2nd brain…the animal brain. (I would have just dismissed this information with a laugh)…..but, WAIT A MINUTE?? I have read this somewhere else??...…….in the “Master Key!” (written in 1912)….. This 2nd brain “controls” our primary brain (in our head) by demanding food, liquid, satisfaction for addictions, lust/sex, animal urges!!,……and by letting the 2nd brain control our “desires” we will live unhappy lives…a “hell” to be exact. These Monks I mentioned(for example) have “control” over the 2nd brain and are happy and full of love……and the prostitutes (for example) live by the 2nd brain and are empty, loveless, and mostly addicts of some kind.

….so casual sex sounds the same as casual alcohol, casual drugs, casual junk food…..am I too far off?? Sex is a drug! The smart ones use it as a tool!!

well everything his 2 part; or has a duality. left right, male female, black white, negative positive etc. by uniting those duality you create and understand truth. male and female = kids off springs, black and white= contrast day and night, left brain right brain= creation of though in the cerebral cortex etc.. sex is creation union of 2 opposite how it relate to source? source is the creator and you are made in is image. experience and enjoy.

Everything in moderation. I think SOURCE, being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent made sex in order to continue a species existence. Life is to expand and grow and that which is most pleasurable would be the most important. Source made sex, ecstacy, joy, satisfaction, happiness, love, etc so that species will continue those activities that allow it to grow and expand.

Sex is a fundamental instinct in all animals including Humans.

To perpetuate the species, Otherwise we would go instinct. It's in our DNA and there is nothing we can do about it.

Because human beings have to spend an inordinate amount of time raising their children to adulthood. The pregnancy period alone is longer than for most animals. While many animals can get pregnant/impregnate, give birth, and soon after abandon the offspring to fend for itself in the wild or to become an independent member of its society, human beings cannot. Human babies are completely incapable of surviving on their own and continue on a highly debilitated state for a long time. As such, pair bonding is critical for the well being of children and sex is part of the process of pair bonding. That aside, the other reason is that human beings have a very active imagination, while animals deal mostly with what is in front of them. Another critical factor is death awareness.

The reason infidelity is considered a horrible sin is because in monogamous societies, the husband has a duty to provide for and protect (with his life if necessary) his wife and their children. Most societies are monogamous because otherwise it is very difficult to keep children alive. Through most of history, there was no real "birth control" and no real "paternity test". As such, when a woman betrayed her husband she wasn't just "having sex" with another man, but making her husband liable to support another man's child, usually at great difficulty. Usually this sex would take place while he was working somehow to support her, adding insult to injury. Such a man would feel enslaved and defrauded and while I used to think this was horrible, I now actually understand the reaction of a man catching his wife cheating on him and immediately proceeding to kill both her and the man she was with. Strong sanctions against adultery were absolutely necessary for social cohesion. Remember, paternity tests are less than a hundred years old.

Men betraying their wives was not quite as serious (and was therefore, less frowned upon) but it wasn't harmless either. Women are rarely put in a position of having to raise another woman's child, certainly never unwillingly. They also historically (and in fact, still today) had to deal with a much smaller share of the burden of raising children. If a man had children with another woman he might end up shifting resources (both money and time) away from his wife to his mistress but that was pretty much the only serious consequence for women of male infidelity. Women are hurt because they sense they are losing power over their husband, while men are hurt because they sense they are being taken advantage of. One issue that was (and actually still is) important for both genders was disease.

These days we have a social safety net that has turned the state (or rather, taxpayers) into a kind of husband and we can actually check for paternity. Coupled with a liberalization of abortion and the widespread availability of birth (and STD) control, people now regard infidelity as a much less serious offense and promiscuity (and the expectation of promiscuity) is much more common. However, since this is deeply ingrained within the human psyche it is not likely to just vanish, especially since there are still very real issues with infidelity. It has however, made the issue more gender neutral because the heaviest portion of the "cheated husband" role is now played by all taxpayers (including women).

As a note, interestingly, we are also in a serious demographic decline that is only somewhat manageable because we keep extending life span. So perhaps our current system of promiscuity is completely unnatural and unsustainable and human beings actually need a hard-line sexual fidelity culture to prosper.

That answers the comparison between human beings and most other animals. How does all of this relate to source? I have no idea except to say that perhaps this is symbolic of the spiritual creative process and of the greater creative capacity of human beings.