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67Fire animates man; a sexual fire reproduces him. These two fires are one at their source. Man can either drain this fire for his pleasure, or he can sublimate it into a divine force…
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Osho on the difference between normal- and tantric sex
Question : What’s the difference between Normal sex & Tantric sex ?
Osho : Your sex act and the tantric sex act are basically different. Your sex act is to relieve; it is just like sneezing out a good sneeze. The energy is thrown out and you are unburdened. It is destructive, it is not creative. It is good — therapeutic. It helps you to be relaxed, but nothing more. The tantric sex act is basically, diametrically opposite and different. It is not to relieve, it is not to throw energy out. It is to remain in the act without ejaculation, without throwing energy out; to remain in the act merged — just at the beginning part of the act, not the end part.
This changes the quality; the complete quality is different then. Try to understand two things. There are two types of climaxes, two types of orgasm. One type of orgasm is known. You reach to a peak of excitement, then you cannot go further: the end has come. The excitement reaches to a point where it becomes non-voluntary. The
energy jumps into you and goes out. You are relieved of it, unburdened. The load is thrown; you can relax and sleep. You are using it like a tranquilizer.
It is a natural tranquilizer: a good sleep will follow — if your mind is not burdened by religion. Otherwise even the tranquilizer is destroyed. If your mind is not burdened by religion, only then can sex be a tranquilizing thing. If you feel guilt, even your sleep will be disturbed. You will feel depression, you will start condemning yourself and you will begin to take oaths that now you won’t indulge anymore. Then your sleep will become a nightmare afterwards.
If you are a natural being not too much burdened by religion and morality, only then can sex be used as a tranquilizer. This is one type of orgasm — coming to the peak of excitement. Tantra is centered on another type of orgasm. If we call the first kind a peak orgasm, you can call the tantric orgasm a valley orgasm. In it you are not coming to the peak of excitement, but to the very deepest valley of relaxation. Excitement has to be used for both in the beginning. That is why I say that in the beginning both are the same, but the ends are totally different.
Excitement has to be used for both: either you are going toward the peak of excitement or to the valley of relaxation.For the first, excitement has to be intense — more and more intense. You have to grow in it; you have to help it to grow towards the peak. In the second, excitement is just a beginning. And once the man has entered, both lover and beloved can relax. No movement is needed. They can relax in a loving embrace.
When the man feels or the woman feels that the erection is going to be lost, only then is a little movement and excitement required. But then again relax. You can prolong this deep embrace for hours with no ejaculation, and then both can fall into deep sleep together. This — THIS — is a valley orgasm. Both are relaxed, and they meet as two relaxed beings. In the ordinary sexual orgasm you meet as two excited beings — tense, full of excitement, trying to unburden yourselves. The ordinary sexual orgasm looks like madness; the tantric orgasm is a deep, relaxing meditation.
You may not be aware of it, but this is a fact of biology, of bio-energy, that man and woman are opposite forces. Negative-positive, yin-yang, or whatsoever you call them, they are challenging to each other. And when they both meet in a deep relaxation, they revitalize each other. They both revitalize each other, they both become generators, they both feel livelier, they both become radiant with new energy, and nothing is lost. Just by meeting with the opposite pole energy is renewed.
The tantric love act can be done as much as you like. The ordinary sex act cannot be done as much as you likebecause you are losing energy in it, and your body will have to wait to regain it. And when you regain it, you will only lose it again. This looks absurd. The whole life is spent in gaining and losing, regaining and losing: it is just like an obsession. The second thing to be remembered: you may or may not have observed that when you look at animals you can never see them enjoying sex. In intercourse, they are not enjoying themselves.
Look at baboons, monkeys, dogs or any kind of animals. In their sex act you cannot see that they are feeling blissful or enjoying it — you cannot! It seems to be just a mechanical act, a natural force pushing them towards it. If you have seen monkeys in intercourse, after the intercourse they will separate. Look at their faces: there is no ecstasy in them, it is as if nothing has happened. When the energy forces itself, when the energy is too much, they throw it. The ordinary sex act is just like this, but moralists have been saying quite the contrary.
They say, “Do not indulge, do not `enjoy’.” They say, “This is as animals do.” This is wrong! Animals never enjoy; only man can enjoy. And the deeper you can enjoy, the higher is the kind of humanity that is born. And if your sex act can become meditative, ecstatic, the highest is touched. But remember tantra: it is a valley orgasm, it is not a peak experience. It is a valley experience!
In the West, Abraham Maslow has made this term “peak experience” very famous. You go into excitement towards the peak, and then you fall. That is why, after every sex act, you feel a fall. And it is natural: you are falling from a peak. You will never feel that after a tantric sex experience. Then you are not falling. You cannot fall any further because you have been in the valley. Rather, you are rising.
When you come back after a tantric sex act, you have risen, not fallen. You feel filled with energy, more vital, more alive, radiant. And that ecstasy will last for hours, even for days. It depends on how deeply you were in it. If you move into it, sooner or later you will realize that ejaculation is wastage of energy. No need of it — unless you need children. And with a tantric sex experience, you will feel a deep relaxation the whole day.
One tantric sex experience, and even for days you will feel relaxed — at ease, at home, non-violent, nonangry, non-depressed. And this type of person is never a danger to others. If he can, he will help others to be happy. If he cannot, at least he will not make anyone unhappy. Only tantra can create a new man, and this man who can know timelessness, egolessness and deep non-duality with existence will grow.
(Source: sagebreed, via newaeontarot)
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53 Vajrayogini
I am the diamond maiden, the player of games
The yogini is one of my forms
Showing that I am beyond earthly attachment
I am the shining revelation to the ascetic
The women in silk and roses
I am the harlot in black net and leather,
who gives enjoyable punishment
I am the glass bead master,
creating universes of form
And a spark of me is in each bead,
for I dwell in karma.
I am the Trauma Goddess,
the Lady of Pain
In return for devotion
I pull thorns from the heart
In return for obedience
I untie the knots in the belly and the head
I hold the vajra,
which gives and receives
I reshape family karma.
The Trauma Goddess is called for people in painful situations
Where anger and hatred block the path of the soul
I evaluate the benefits of revenge
And give better suggestions for spiritual growth.
I am not suited to polite society
To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions
I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt
I hold up a mirror to the best and worst facets of human life.
The Lady of Trauma is the mirror of pain
I reflect the disastrous ways that human beings interact
Then the reflections are stretched and distorted
With irony, and humor, and sadness
Loosening their grip on the heart
So that the person who seeks freedom
Can get a taste of being free.
My devotees pray:
Lady of Trauma, Lady of Pain
Ascetic and bhairavi and sannyasini and mistress
Pull me from the disaster I have made of my life
Save me from the evil machinations of others.
This is their prayer and I hear it in their hearts
As they chant my mantra.
Savior, Lady, Mother Goddess, bodhisattva,
Love me as I love you
I am desperate and bound
Free me by your grace.
I will give freedom,
but not without realization
Those who have been bound, bind others
Those who have suffered, cause suffering
I let them know how they have been affected
But also how they have affected others.
I do not wear bones because of death
I wear them because they represent what is beneath the surface
The blood that I drink is the evil karma of those that I save
And the karma is then halted and does not pass to others
I appear wrathful as I take on anger, hatred, fury, and the desire to destroy
Which are destroyed within me.
I am a dancer upon the pain of all mankind
I destroy the dark and corrupt
My compassionate side is hidden
But for those whom I love
Who have taken on my dark grace
I open a path of shining light
With pain and sorrow left behind.
(Source: buddhanature.com)
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The objective of Yoga and Alchemy is two-fold, each part dependent on the other. First, after satisfactorily mastering the necessary preliminary purifications, is to unite the solar and lunar currents. Alchemy symbolizes this with images of marriage between the solar king and the lunar queen and, later, by representation of the hermaphrodite, Mercurius. In Tibetan sacred art, it is shown by Yab-Yum, representations of the buddhas and deities in sexual union with their consorts. When positive and negative currents are brought together in an electrical circuit, a bulb may be lit. When the solar and lunar subtle energies are brought into a state of balanced union, the human being can become illumined. The second objective is to bring the vital energy (prana) into the Shushumna channel. This usually only happens in sleep or as death approaches, which is why trance work plays a part in some esoteric practices and why the ancient manuals acquired such names as the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Only by esoteric practice can the vital energy be made to enter the Shushumna outside of sleep or death. When this happens, Kundalini is activated and rises. As it ascends, dualistic states of mind are annulled and realization is achieved. This is the hidden meaning of the sign of infinity-symbol of the Holy Spirit that looks like the number 8 lying on its side.
-The Tower of Alchemy; David Goddard
(Source: ray-a-light)
The Bardo
In Buddhism, there is the concept of the bardo, the intermediate state of consciousness between the death of one life and the rebirth of the next life. The bardo can be compared to the dream state, with the main difference being that while asleep and dreaming, our consciousness is still attached to the physical body, but after death and in the bardo our consciousness permanently loses it’s connection to the physical body. Both the dream body and the bardo body have complete power of all the senses and the experience of the bardo being is very similar to being in a dream - disjointed, disorienting, and strange.
The body of a bardo being has five attributes: 1) the shape is the same as the shape of the bardo being’s next rebirth, which was determined by the karma that ripened at the time of death (which is determined by our state of mind and very last thoughts we have when we die. This is why it is so important to have a peaceful mind at death.) 2) it has complete sense powers; 3) it can see far away and through material objects; 4) it can walk through material objects; and 5) it can see other bardo beings.
Bardo beings are not ghosts. They don’t look like who they were in their recent past life, but like who they will become in their next life, so no one from their previous life would recognize them if they were even able to see them.
(Source: dancingdakini)
Tibetan Dream Yoga
Tibetan dream yoga is the original form of lucid dreaming. It is a philosophical practice created in Tibetan Buddhism at least 1,000 years ago. Just like lucid dreams, the aim of this is to awaken the consciousness in the dream state. However, Buddhist monks have more esoteric goals in mind…
Their aim is to harness the power of the lucid dream state and then complete a number of set tasks to take them to the next level. These tasks include:
- Practice sadhana (a spiritual discipline)
- Receive initiations, empowerments and transmissions
- Visit different places, planes and lokas (worlds)
- Communicate with yidam (an enlightened being)
- Meet with other sentient beings
- Fly and shape shift into other creatures
The ultimate goal in Tibetan dream yoga is to “apprehend the dream” (attain conscious awareness) then dissolve the dream state. When you are deprived of physical stimulus (from the sleeping body) and conceptual stimulus (from the dreaming mind), you can observe the purest form of conscious awareness.
That sounds like an excellent goal for any lucid dreamer.
Dream Recollection
Every time you wake up, reflect on all the dreams you can remember. In Tibetan Buddhism, it is believed that the ego travels about during sleep - revisiting places we have been to in real life, and repeating all our experiences.
So it’s important to meditate upon your latest dreams and recollections. Stay completely still while you do this, because the astral body is disturbed by physical movement and the memories are lost.
As you meditate on your dreams, repeat the mantra: RAOM GAOM, accentuating the O and splitting each word into two syllables. This will help focus your awareness on memories from the subconscious.
Techniques
There are lots of techniques in dream yoga that are similar to lucid dreaming techniques discussed elsewhere in this blog. For instance, Swami Radha talks about a technique similar to WILD. Essentially, you’ll lie on your left side with your top leg drawn up toward your center. Use your left hand to close your right nostril, and focus on your breathing and calm thoughts as you fall asleep. You’re essentially attempting to maintain consciousness while the body falls asleep, which is quite similar to WILD, even though it’s a little more specific.
In Taoist dream practices, the dream is a sort of meditation. In this system, getting enough sleep is essential, and the tradition notes that you can get deeper, better rest if you live a meditative, restful life rather than a hectic life that throws you into sleep when you’re totally exhausted.
Many dream yoga teachers note that all of life is really like a dream – or, in some religious practices – really is a dream of the gods. They note that dream yoga is all about coming to terms with this fact so that you can wake up to a more self-aware life. There are lots of different teachings about dream yoga, mainly centered around different religions or practices, so if you’re interested in this, it’s helpful to learn about many of them before deciding which practice might hold the most relevance for you.
(Source: dreaminsidedreams, via publicdreamsprivatemyths)
This momentary joy breeds months of pain;
This hot desire converts to cold disdain.
Shakespeare, Lucrece 690-1
(Source: gnosticteachings.org)
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Source: eskimo.com)
Symbolic form of the Conscious Universe
The symbolic form of the Tree Of Life glyph, showing the Sephiroth (emanations), Paths and their Tarotic and Elemental attributes. On a macrocosmic level the Tree Of Life is an esoteric representation of the Universe, while at a microcosmic level it depicts the psychic anatomy of humankind.
AT THE FEET OF...: Merry Christmas to all
Today we celebrate the birth of the Son. The Sun is the light of the cosmos, the first born from the immaculate mother Space. The Son is the vivifying force that sustains and nourishes all life. The Sun is a blazing love that exists to rouse the seeds from bosom of Mother Earth. The Son…
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