Gurdjieff believed that the primary reason we do things in the world, is sex. We are looking for sex at the football, at work, at school, at the gym, at the bar, at the temple, the church, the mosque, at the parliament, at the music concert, at the holiday, adventure, and so on... To deny that drive with celibacy is not a bad technique to regain some agency, as well as energy, like with fasting - but it has a dark side. Once sufficient energy has been saved, and we have remembered ourselves, then we can loosen those restrictions of denial. Sex can be celebrated. And by then, it no longer rules our lives.
