Sexual promiscuity and karma

[mrgorth]

OK. Full disclosure, I was raised Catholic. Moving on, I'm very sexual and don't have many hang ups. When I'm with someone I'm all out there and will try a lot. Anyway, I still have a lot of Catholic guilt. But, it's not about regular sex with a committed partner. However, I will feel guilty if I do things that, I guess, somewhere inside I think aren't very right, let's say. Frequent masturbation will bring this feeling about. Now, I've always been curious, turned on by the idea of group sex but have never done it. The other day a girl I dated a few times asked me into a 3-way with her and her BF. Now, assuming no homosexuality, because I'm not, assuming everyone is healthy, and not questioning the "morality", do you see karmic debt with this? I'm not saying, old school, that God will see me do this and condemn me to hell or purgatory but there is a part of me that says that by crossing this line, which is maybe in my head, I am incurring karmic debt. I'm not sure how else to explain it but would like feedback on this, and not even just this specific situation. Say it was an orgy or something. Thanks.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Have you read any of the Seth books?

They were really popular in the 70s and 80s. At one time I had them all and read them; since then they've gotten away from me. But Seth talks of sex as being something natural, and didn't make that big a deal out of it.

For me, personally, I see sex as an activity that can be a stepping stone to more knowledge of Self if one looks at it this way.

[I Have A Dream]

2. Personally, I feel that as long as nobody gets hurt and everyone...

agrees to the rules, there's no negative karma associated with any sexual acts between consenting adults.

I do, however, feel that sexuality tends to tie us to each other beyond the act itself, so I personally would hesitate to have sex with someone with whom I wouldn't want to have such a tie. However, this isn't a karmic issue.

[elleng]

3. Sounds like

you think/feel you'd regret it; given your background, you probably would.

Some feel 'nature' is all; others not so much. Go with your gut.