There is a saying in Taoism: the same energy that creates life also sustains it. This energy, called Jing, is the essence from which our vitality, creativity, and longevity arise. When we speak about the “right use of sperm,” we are really speaking about the right relationship to our generative force — our creative essence. From a Taoist point of view, sex is both the reason you are born and the reason you die. You are born because generative energy (Jing) was concentrated an