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Sacred Sexuality
What is sacred sexuality?
Sacred sexuality is a form of spirituality which sees sex as a means of experiencing or communing with the Divine. Sacred sex harnesses the power of sexuality for the purposes of accelerating personal transformation and enhancing spiritual growth. Sacred sexuality has been practiced throughout recorded history: In India, Tibet and China; and throughout the Middle East and Europe.
Sacred sexuality is an ecstatic path -- its practitioners use sex as a means of inducing an ecstatic trance state which enhances their perception of the Divine and reduces or eliminates their sense of themselves as separate from the Divine.
ADVANTAGES: Increased vitality and health Enhanced perception of the Divine in all aspects of your life Intensification of pleasure, both sexual and otherwise Deeper intimacy, not only in your romantic relationships, and but in all relationships Release of negative conditioning Deeper sense of communion with the Divine
DISADVANTAGES: Potential physical discomfort (sacred sex techniques increase the flow of energy through your body, and can aggravate existing physical conditions). Potential emotional discomfort (sacred sex techniques require a great deal of honesty -- as you begin to explore your sexuality, you will be exploring your entire being -- sexuality touches all areas of the psyche. Negative mental conditioning, repressed emotions, and spiritual weakness will be brought to the surface of your consciousness, where you will be forced to deal with them.)
What is the philosophy behind sacred sexuality?
Sacred sexuality is based on the philosophy of sensualism: The idea that enlightenment is reached not by retreating from the world, but by participating in it fully. Sensualists believe that the spiritual world is not separate from the physical world, but inherent within it -- that the Divine exists right here, right now. Sensualism suggests that we are here in the physical world to learn certain lessons, and that we learn those lessons through our experience of the physical world, which is also the world of the Divine.
Sensualism contrasts with the philosophy of asceticism, which postulates that the spiritual world is separate from the physical world, and that one must turn one's attention away from the physical in order to perceive the spiritual. Most of the world's major religions are primarily ascetic: Christianity, Judaism, Islamic, Buddhism. However, the philosophies of sensualism and asceticism can be seen as complementary: It is possible to incorporate both sensual and ascetic techniques into your spiritual path.
Sensualism also differs from hedonism -- hedonism is a materialistic philosophy which does not recognize the Divinity that is inherent in the material: Hedonism is a philosophy of consumerism, in which the individual is encouraged to indulge in material pleasures simply for the sake of indulgence.
How is sacred sexuality practiced today?
Today there are many different schools of sacred sexuality. Some are based on Tantric teachings, others on Taoist teachings; some combine techniques from both traditions, and others are even more eclectic, drawn from a variety of other traditions and from their founders' personal experience. Sacred sexuality today is taught in a number of ways: As a tool for healing sexual trauma and awakening sensuality, as a way to deepen intimacy and strengthen relationships, as a path to enlightenment and self-transformation, and as a key to communion with the Divine. Sacred sexuality can be used to achieve each of these goals; understanding what you want from sacred sexuality will make it much easier to find sources which will teach you to apply sacred sexual techniques to your goal (or goals).
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