Is sex an obstacle in liberation?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Questioner (Q1): Acharya Ji, do you sex as obstacle or a useful tool in Liberation?

Acharya Prashant (AP): Sex is for the body, sex is not for you. Sex is neither helpful towards Liberation, nor is it a distraction.

There is a fire burning in the kitchen of the neighbour, is it helpful for your dinner or is it blocking your dinner? It is neither helpful nor a problem. It is in the neighbour’s house, it is not in your house.

Sex is the body’s concern, not yours. But you start talking a lot about sex when you become the body.

Q1: Acharya Ji, I asked this question because I have a book by Osho, ‘From Sex to Superconsciousness’. In that book he has said, “Sex is life energy, and one has to channelise that energy.” Do you agree or disagree with that?

AP: It is not the question of agreeing or disagreeing. Isn’t it obvious? When you say, “Sex is life-force, sex is just that which carries forward prakriti’s (nature’s) game of procreation. Why are you so bothered about sex? Let prakriti be bothered. She is very interested in running and continuously running the cycle of birth and death.