Sexual energy is a lower octave of the divine energy. People who accentuate their spiritual growth may be chagrined to realize that their sex drive is accentuated as well.. Some people feel God is "testing" the genuineness of their desire to grow spiritually. This process is normal; when the energy of one octave is opened, the other octaves open through a resonating effect. But to keep from chasing prospective partners down the street, it would be wise to transmute some of the sexual energy into a higher form through meditation, or diffuse throughout the body and then, with mental direction, transmute it into healing, inner strength, creativity, joy, bliss, devotion, or enlightenment. Some people advocate celibacy during Kundalini raising or cleansing as a way of forcing the sexual energy to higher levels; but I think it should be each person's choice, and that choice may change quickly sometimes. 

The energies are intense enough during the Aquarian age that normal sex and growth can occur at the same time. If you find difficulty with whatever choice you have made, you may need to find alternatives. During strong spiritual growth or Kundalini cleansing, past life memories may be close to the surface, resulting in attraction to people to whom you felt sexually close in a previous life. Some people feel that a sexual relationship in a previous life must be continued in this life. Not necessarily so! Be discreet and responsible with your energies; you could wear yourself out or end up in difficult relationships, If this happens to you or your spouse, don't panic! Be aware of the new influences and wait awhile before making major changes to see how the energies settle. 

Affairs that begin during accelerated growth often don't last. They may be very intense, but as the song goes, "it is too hot not to cool down." On the positive side, balancing the polarities of these relationships (sexual or not) can speed growth. Marriages do not have to end because one person is growing and the other does not appear to be; perhaps the other's growth is slower or in a different direction. A good marriage or relationship allows each person the freedom to develop and learn to be on his or her own path. Always practice respect and tenderness for one another. Understanding is nice, too, but some days we don't even understand ourselves. 

The strain of Kundalini experience will often speed the dissolution of a marriage or relationship that is not healthy or meant to be. In this case, the couple should work through a predivorce process, much as we have courtship before marriage; there needs to be loving preparation for divorce, Better to end a relationship on a positive note; you will probably meet the person again in another life! Kundalini can affect the sexual area in a variety of ways. There may be short or prolonged periods of apathy or seeming lack of ability. There may even be frigidity, impotence, or complete lack of enjoyment, With the sexual area has been cleansed, however, the sexual energy may be transmuted and used for further cleansing and healing of the system. Sexual energy can be used for many different purposes beyond the act of sexual union: creativity, greater mental abilities, enlightenment, inner strength and joy of life. No longer a prisoner of sexual urges or blocks, one rediscovers sex as one of life's means of expression. 

During Kundalini cleansing you need to accept yourself as asexual being and recognize that the sexual energy is important to your spiritual development. Homosexuality and lesbianism may appear as Kundalini energy brings about an androgynous state. The Kundalini forces people to deal with both masculine and feminine polarities. The feminine relate to the left side of the body, emotions and intuition, while the masculine relates to the right side of the body, logic and mental pursuits. Joining polarities through androgyny (developing both sides) allows high creative and spiritual forces to flow through the body; a person thus affected may experience homosexual or lesbian states for short periods of time thoughts, feelings, and tendencies but no actions or this state may last for months, years, or a lifetime. There are, of course, reasons for homosexual or lesbian tendencies other than the action of Kundalini.

Many weird or seemingly unexplainable experiences will occur during the Kundalini process. Sometimes it is best to write them in a journal and not worry about them. If they trouble you, you may wish to discuss them with a counsellor or someone familiar with Kundalini. In extreme cases of Kundalini release, a person may fear losing sanity; most of the time such fear is greatly out of proportion. Then there are times when a person really doesn't care

Treating it as a course in basic humanity can help. As you go through the process, give yourself lots of encouragement and pats on the back. All who go through strong Kundalini cleansing will change their whole philosophy of life and how they want to live out that philosophy. It is possible to experience a number of waves of Kundalini, to go through a cleansing and then at a future date experience more release and go through the process again. The first time is the most difficult. Successive cleansings are easier, though the Kundalini waves go much deeper.