DG Farnsworth
"It is time to return to the ancient wisdom of worshipping life rather than death."-Psychology Today
Sexual Union Is a Sacred Spiritual Union Toward Transcendence
Sexual union remains a sacred spiritual union. Our minds can wrap around that concept. All the media reflects an American society obsessed with sex. Sex is a dance that celebrates the great force of life. I'd like to help bring it out of the dark and end its attachment to the neurotic. There is a longing for meaning and substance today--a spiritual hunger that's racing through America. Celebrity news regularly focuses on Madonna and other celebrities and their attachment to the Kabbalah. One must bring the two together--spiritual and sexual. Anne Wells says in the "Valley of the Dolls," "'You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls."
It's not a new concept. The sacred route in Eastern philosophy for centuries has been ritual sex. What about the sacred sex called Tantra practiced by the Buddhists and Hindus? The union of the male and female principles--yin and yang--remains the road to enlightenment: Godly bliss through prayer, sexual positions, visualization, breath control and complicated sounds. The problem with traditional Tantra rests in American culture's idea of genital orgasm that is simultaneous. It's hard to sell the American people the idea of the need to hold onto sexual energy inside--and the concentration required for men not to release. Yikes! It's difficult to restrain one's sexual fever--not allowing it to flow out and down--instead turning it inward and upward. That appears too contrived--not normal to the everyday American. If human orgasm release feels so good, why on Earth would one give it up (pass on it) for the possible benefit of an unfamiliar ecstasy?
What it's all about: learning to shift all that pent-up sexual energy around inside. Avoiding the strong concentration, attention or energy on "semen retention" reigns paramount. The possibility exists of whole-body orgasm. (Yeah, that's right -- whole body orgasm!) One learns the pleasure of eliminating the release--or delaying it--when one explores a lot of the other components of sacred sex. Sexual union can result in transcendence. Although it's not dogmatic or religious, the approach (in essence) stays spiritual. Being playful also proves important--especially laughter. All this encompasses a loving fabric that's woven with lust. But it's not just about what goes on in the bedroom: trust and love play a paramount role in the relationship. Basically, spiritual growth and personal awareness are the result of the relationship. Submission or loss of one's self is not surrender one understands. What results proves to be a thing far greater than one's self--an expansion of loving.
There is a discipline of body and mind, just like a path that is spiritual. A person becomes healthier as result when concentrating and focusing on the body and mind. The stability of emotions is one of the first benefits. In reality, one begins to see the body as a tangible symbol signifying approval: an award. It is only then one truly views the body as a "temple of the soul."
It's not a new concept. The sacred route in Eastern philosophy for centuries has been ritual sex. What about the sacred sex called Tantra practiced by the Buddhists and Hindus? The union of the male and female principles--yin and yang--remains the road to enlightenment: Godly bliss through prayer, sexual positions, visualization, breath control and complicated sounds. The problem with traditional Tantra rests in American culture's idea of genital orgasm that is simultaneous. It's hard to sell the American people the idea of the need to hold onto sexual energy inside--and the concentration required for men not to release. Yikes! It's difficult to restrain one's sexual fever--not allowing it to flow out and down--instead turning it inward and upward. That appears too contrived--not normal to the everyday American. If human orgasm release feels so good, why on Earth would one give it up (pass on it) for the possible benefit of an unfamiliar ecstasy?
What it's all about: learning to shift all that pent-up sexual energy around inside. Avoiding the strong concentration, attention or energy on "semen retention" reigns paramount. The possibility exists of whole-body orgasm. (Yeah, that's right -- whole body orgasm!) One learns the pleasure of eliminating the release--or delaying it--when one explores a lot of the other components of sacred sex. Sexual union can result in transcendence. Although it's not dogmatic or religious, the approach (in essence) stays spiritual. Being playful also proves important--especially laughter. All this encompasses a loving fabric that's woven with lust. But it's not just about what goes on in the bedroom: trust and love play a paramount role in the relationship. Basically, spiritual growth and personal awareness are the result of the relationship. Submission or loss of one's self is not surrender one understands. What results proves to be a thing far greater than one's self--an expansion of loving.
There is a discipline of body and mind, just like a path that is spiritual. A person becomes healthier as result when concentrating and focusing on the body and mind. The stability of emotions is one of the first benefits. In reality, one begins to see the body as a tangible symbol signifying approval: an award. It is only then one truly views the body as a "temple of the soul."
Deepak Chopra shares the following insights on sex and spirituality in his book Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra by Deepak Chopra
"Sexual energy is the primal and creative energy of the universe. All things that are alive come from sexual energy. In animals and other life forms, sexual energy expresses itself as biological creativity. In humans, sexual energy can be creative at all levels — physical, emotional and spiritual. In any situation — where we feel attraction, arousal, awakening, alertness, passion, interest, inspiration, excitement, creativity, enthusiasm — in each of these situations, sexual energy is at work. Whenever we feel these states of awareness, we must put our attention on the energy that we are experiencing, nourishing it with our attention, experiencing it with joy and keeping it alive in our awareness.
Sexual desire is sacred and chaste. The suppression of sexual energy is false, ugly and unchaste.
During sexual union, there is union between flesh and spirit.
Bliss, carefreeness and playfulness are the essence of sex.
To improve your sexual experiences, get rid of your expectations. Expectations are primarily in three areas: 1) Performance, exemplified in the question, “How am I doing?” 2) Feeling, exemplified in the question, “How am I feeling?” 3) Security, exemplified in the question, “Do you love me?”
In sex, as in all areas of life, resistance is born of fear. All resistance is mental. It implies judgment against what is being felt. Sex becomes a problem when it gets mixed with hidden emotions such as shame, guilt and anger.
Sexual intimacy is the road to the taste or experience of true freedom, because it is the one area of life in which we can become completely uninhibited and free.
Sexual fulfillment occurs when the experience comes from playfulness instead of need. Frequently people bring their conflicts and needs into the sexual experience. When sex is used to fulfill needs, it leads to addiction. When sex comes from playfulness, the result is ecstasy.
All problems related to sex, neurosis, deviancy, sexual misbehavior, violence, abuse, can be traced to resistance, suppression and repression — not to the sexual urges themselves. If we are allowed to discover our urges, desires and emotions, without outside inhibition, they won’t go to extremes. Extremism, in any form, is a reaction to repression, inhibition and suppression. Aggression and violence are the shadow energies of fear and impotence.
Sex is a means of escaping our little self or ego. It is many peoples’ only experience of meditation.
Meaningful sex has to be value based. Values are personal. Each situation that has sexual energy in it, involves the whole human being and their entire value system. My values may be different from yours, and I have no right to be the moral judge of anyone’s values. It is important, however, to have core values, and respect them. Without values, we become spiritually bankrupt. Sexual experience will never cause problems and will always be joyful, if lovers share the same values.
True intimacy is union between flesh and flesh, between subtle body and subtle body, between soul and soul. Sexual energy is sacred energy. When we have restored the sexual experience to the realm of the sacred, our world will be chaste and divine, holy and healed."
"Sexual energy is the primal and creative energy of the universe. All things that are alive come from sexual energy. In animals and other life forms, sexual energy expresses itself as biological creativity. In humans, sexual energy can be creative at all levels — physical, emotional and spiritual. In any situation — where we feel attraction, arousal, awakening, alertness, passion, interest, inspiration, excitement, creativity, enthusiasm — in each of these situations, sexual energy is at work. Whenever we feel these states of awareness, we must put our attention on the energy that we are experiencing, nourishing it with our attention, experiencing it with joy and keeping it alive in our awareness.
Sexual desire is sacred and chaste. The suppression of sexual energy is false, ugly and unchaste.
During sexual union, there is union between flesh and spirit.
Bliss, carefreeness and playfulness are the essence of sex.
To improve your sexual experiences, get rid of your expectations. Expectations are primarily in three areas: 1) Performance, exemplified in the question, “How am I doing?” 2) Feeling, exemplified in the question, “How am I feeling?” 3) Security, exemplified in the question, “Do you love me?”
In sex, as in all areas of life, resistance is born of fear. All resistance is mental. It implies judgment against what is being felt. Sex becomes a problem when it gets mixed with hidden emotions such as shame, guilt and anger.
Sexual intimacy is the road to the taste or experience of true freedom, because it is the one area of life in which we can become completely uninhibited and free.
Sexual fulfillment occurs when the experience comes from playfulness instead of need. Frequently people bring their conflicts and needs into the sexual experience. When sex is used to fulfill needs, it leads to addiction. When sex comes from playfulness, the result is ecstasy.
All problems related to sex, neurosis, deviancy, sexual misbehavior, violence, abuse, can be traced to resistance, suppression and repression — not to the sexual urges themselves. If we are allowed to discover our urges, desires and emotions, without outside inhibition, they won’t go to extremes. Extremism, in any form, is a reaction to repression, inhibition and suppression. Aggression and violence are the shadow energies of fear and impotence.
Sex is a means of escaping our little self or ego. It is many peoples’ only experience of meditation.
Meaningful sex has to be value based. Values are personal. Each situation that has sexual energy in it, involves the whole human being and their entire value system. My values may be different from yours, and I have no right to be the moral judge of anyone’s values. It is important, however, to have core values, and respect them. Without values, we become spiritually bankrupt. Sexual experience will never cause problems and will always be joyful, if lovers share the same values.
True intimacy is union between flesh and flesh, between subtle body and subtle body, between soul and soul. Sexual energy is sacred energy. When we have restored the sexual experience to the realm of the sacred, our world will be chaste and divine, holy and healed."
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