Any Forums, As you know, humans are composed of two primary opposites: mind, (consciousness, immortal Being, Purusha) & body (matter, mortal Becoming, Prakriti). These opposites trouble us and produce a dynamical, life-long process of spiritual growth. In psychological understanding, this process is directed toward the realization of one's essential person, one's Platonic "higher self.”
The periodic descent back into matter fuels novelty generation and the Individuation process. Your Self is eternal, and this realm is you fishing for more unique experiences that color your true divine identity. The physical plane is a diversion and a test wherein the circumstances are perfectly tuned for challenges that spur growth, novelty, and insight.
Bringing forth the immortal person (often known as Jungian individuation), living a fulfilling life guided by divine providence, and reuniting with your opposite half in a hieros gamos, or holy marriage, is the most noble goal of many of these traditions. It is captured in the alchemists’ description of the Great Work or Magnum Opus of the "Rebis": married in the physical, united once again in spirit.
This process is often characterized by finding a conscious dialogue with your daemon, guardian angel, your other half in spirit, who will guide who towards your destiny, path, dharma. Synchronicities dot the path.
Thus, a primary task of man and woman in this realm of duality is to reign in their serpent - Prakiti, the kundalini force - and become the master of it (and importantly - not suppress it entirely) to achieve balance and harmony between the lightness of Being and density of Becoming in the heart:
“Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”