In Tantra, sexual energy is used as the ignition for firing the Kundalini force, the body's biological life-energy system, merging it/you with universal energy. Mystics and metaphysicians call this reaching or achieving Godhead, Nirvana, Samadhi, Mooksha or union with Divinity.

However, unlike Taoism (which actually stemmed from ancient Tantra) that says bring your energy inside for longevity, Tantra says let it go, let it all go! There is no reason to hang onto anything if eternity exists, and we are a part of it all.

In Tantra, sex is used as the cosmic union of opposites to create the polarity charge, or potential that connects with the primordial energy from which everything in the universe arises--the totality of ALL.

On the Tantric path, we learn to use sexual energy in an extended way, not denying the physical (though nothing is really essentially physical), but going further...deeper… higher. Not avoiding but joining and creating transformation and transmutation. We dance with the electromagnetic force field of our partner, and that dance leads to cosmic oneness. When this energy is matched and balanced correctly through a loving surrender with a partner, the sparks fly. In that moment of sexual embrace and energy exchange, a couple may achieve a cosmic orgasm, with their essential selves exiting the body. Those who claim to read auras can often tell if people are Tantrikas. In Tantra we learn to open ourselves to others, not only on the physical but on all levels. Yes become more prominent in our vocabulary...

The basic difference between unenlightened sex and Tantric sex is that Tantra declares "the kingdom of God is within your heart." An Indian Tantrika friend once said to me, Pinde So Brahamande, which in Sanskrit means, “the physical body is the temple of God, the replica or representation of the entire Cosmos."

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Tantra says we can celebrate life when the idea of separation, or otherness, disappears from the body and mind, allowing people to meet on all levels of consciousness--physical, vital, mental, intellectual and spiritual. In fact, Tantric partners often consider themselves "soul partners."

Tantra, the art of spiritualizing your sexuality, offers practical tools to transmute fear and attachment into love and universal power. Jealousy, possessiveness, guilt and other negative emotions that drain your life-force energy, drop away.

While most fundamentalist religions focus on the elimination of sensual pleasures, Tantra welcomes the full expression of bodily pleasure, recognizing that in the body is hidden the "bodiless," or the spiritual. Your layers of energy in form and can all be awakened if you let go to your essential self. Eastern thought calls these layers Chakras, or layers of energy going from the base of the spine to the top of the head. In most people, their biological energy, in Sanskrit called Kundalini, lies in the lower portion of their body. It is this energy that must be activated for our consciousness to rise.

The art of Tantra should not be mistaken for material hedonism. Perhaps it could be called "spiritual hedonism," which says, "eat, drink and be merry, but with full awareness." Remain awake as you enter into sex before the old habits come and take over. Just remain conscious of the energy. Tantra says Yes! to sex, Yes! to love, and Yes! Yes! Yes! to unconditional love.

Enlightenment Now!

So, while Tantra is associated with sexuality, it is essentially a merging with oneness, using the physical plane as the launch pad. You indeed create your own reality says Tantra, and this reality can be in the here and now--in the body through the Tantric orgasm. While it is possible to study Tantra for years, learning technique, meditations, and nuances, of the Tantric lifestyle, the very essence of Tantra assumes you already have all the knowledge to become enlightened immediately. DO IT NOW! Life doesn't need to be violent and wasn't meant to be a struggle.

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