Martinus: Livets Bog, vol. 4, sect. 1137

1137. How can it then be that "man" and "woman", who have specific "organs for caressing", which are the absolutely only way through which they can attain a climax through "caressing", nonetheless begin to "caress" with other parts of the organism than precisely the "organs of caressing" specifically intended for this? Indeed, is it not so that this "method of caressing" without using the "organs of caressing" is going from strength to strength and developing more and more? This thus means that the terrestrial human being, albeit unconsciously, seeks "sexual satisfaction" through a larger and larger area of the organism. For the purely "male being" and purely "female being" this "act of caressing" through organs other than the specific "organs of caressing" almost never occurs. For the high-intellectual, advanced human being, on the other hand, it occurs extraordinarily often. And this new way of caressing is the reason why we say that an individual is a "loving being". And is it not also this way of caressing that the greatest religions and the greatest wise people claim is the goal for all human endeavour? Has it not been said that "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself"? And is this not cited as "the fulfilment of all the law"? Marital love is thus not "the fulfilment of all the law". Loving or demonstrating love can of course occur only in the form of "caressing". One's way of acting must be beneficial to one's "neighbour". But if it is beneficial in nature, it will create a feeling of pleasure in this being. This feeling of pleasure will in turn act on the senses as "a feeling of sensual pleasure". A feeling of sensual pleasure or a pleasurable sensation is in principle "sexuality". The advanced terrestrial human being thus emerges with a far greater and more comprehensive "sexuality" than any other being on Earth. It caresses not merely with the "organs for caressing" that are specifically intended for this purpose, but it also caresses more and more with all the other parts of its organism. Indeed, the advanced human being cannot do without or live without releasing this increased experience of pleasure or "sexuality". It is precisely this manifestation of sympathetic feelings that we call "humaneness". The modern terrestrial human being – even though happily married – cannot be happy without this manifestation of increased sympathetic feelings or neighbourly love. One cannot of course deny that the terrestrial human being's wars are due exclusively to a lack of humaneness or neighbourly love in its culture. This neighbourly love is thus the result of sexual evolution, which in turn is stimulated or promoted by the principle of world redemption; it is promoted by the world's greatest idealists, prophets, wise men and world redeemers; it is promoted by every being who is "loving" and who preaches "neighbourly love" as the highest ideal.