each level of the physical body and the psychic body, true tantric union cannot occur. In other words, without having been trained in recognising one's own energy (shakti) and consciousness (shiva) through exploration, healing and resolution of lower desires, this higher purpose of the sexual nature cannot unfold. Female and male union as a meditation is the highest form of sexual activity, in fact it seems not like sexual activity at all. Through certain rituals and techniques, a state of meditation is created within each person which is simultane-ously shared between the two. During coupling, each partner realises and shares the nature of their own Shakti and Shiva components and both experience the revelation of this Goddess and God union. In the world today such sex or love-making between individuals, expressed in the form of worship for the purpose of transcendence, is extremely rare. In our upbringing, never are we inspired, educated nor practically instructed in such activities. For so long, sex has been such a taboo and been seen only in | terms of pleasure and reproduction, that this third and highest level has remained known only to a few devotees of the Eastern esoteric sciences such as Tantra and Taoism. As a way of understanding and enlightening your own sexual motives, consider the following 5 permutations arising from the above 3 categories of sex or love making. Consider which categories you have usually enacted in the past. Then consider which of them you would much rather enact in the future. · Sex intended for pleasure only and not resulting in pregnancy · Sex intended for pleasure only but resulting in accidental pregnancy · Sex intended for reproduction (with accompanying pleasure) · Sex intended for transcendence and pleasure but without reproduction · Sex intended for transcendence and pleasure and reproduction Hopefully the ideas and techniques offered in this book will help you along a path from the mundane, less conscious acts, to a more fulfilling and spiritual expression of your sexuality. |