INNER DIVINITY,
SELF-KNOWLEDGE,
AND THE PATH OF THE TAO
The Road to Perfection
Sex is not only an act whereby bodies find each other with a greater or
lesser degree of surrender and satisfaction. It isn't a dirty word either. It
is the starting point of life. We need to become friends with the powerful sexual energy that modifies all things.
Oftentimes we behave as if body and sex were our enemies. The
perception of our sexuality, whether complete, normal, or unexplored,
is a true reflection of our lives.
When well understood, sexuality holds the key that opens the door
to the knowledge of being and our inner self. It doesn't matter if we
still have issues pending on this subject; we always have the opportunity
to achieve deep knowledge on how to develop our sexual energy
through various physical exercises, seeking out those that best fit our
lifestyle and personality and are compatible with the people with whom
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we relate sexually and emotionally. When the body and the spirit are in
balance, you start the journey to total and complete love.
Tantra's Erotic Rituals
We can develop our sexual energy alone or as a couple through various
techniques: active meditations, visualizations, rituals, and through the
knowledge of various symbols, such as internal colors and energy centers, or chakras.
This attitude endows the relationship with many advantages. We
grow closer to our beloved with the respect and devotion he or she deserves, and by so doing, we evoke in him or her, and therefore in ourselves, a higher dimension. Every human weakness we see on a daily
basis in the other person disappears, at least during this sacred and devotional act we perform. The love relationship turns into mutual stimulation for the awakening of consciousness.
When lovers manage to reserve a space to see each other and themselves as higher beings, a type of energy is created that is quite helpful
in their daily life together.
Sexual energy is increased when stimulated by the erotic ritual. This
is the basis for the process of Tantric transformation.
Sacred Space and Body
Partners who have been living together for a long time usually place
too much emphasis on the human defects of the other partner. Even
when they love each other, if they have partially lost their passion, they
must arrive at the mutual decision to understand each other and feel
again the intensity of the first period of their relationship. The force of
sexual ritual helps them achieve this.
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The first thing a couple needs to do is to enter a sacred space-time,
which is a lot more important than simply setting aside time and having a bedroom with flowers and decorations. It also entails entering a
unique space-time—an inner place where there is no past or future, a
place where everything converges. This magic place is created in the
mind, in the awareness that something extraordinary is going to take
place.
Explained in simpler terms, it is like entering a space where a ritual
will be held, while remaining aware that we are passing into a magic
place where the here and now prevail—where we have left behind our
problems and concerns and any memory of the past.
In this space we'll approach the body of our lover as we would sacred soil. The body must be washed, purified, and perfumed in acknowledgment of its beauty and its transcendental dimension. Both
bodies and both lovers are the expression of divinity. By loving each
other, they rejoice in life, and energy is awakened.