What is Sacred Sex? Tantra? Kama Sutra?
When I ask my students, friends, and coachees WHAT MAKES SEX SACRED?
They fall into 2 camps:
1) ALL SEX IS SACRED!
Sex is so good. So yummy. So normal. So entwined with life itself that it must be sacred.
2) SEX BECOMES SACRED WITH INTENTION.
Sex is an energy of arousal. Neither good nor bad. It becomes sacred when we bring our intention, awareness, heart, soul, and consciousness to it.
What makes sex sacred for you?
SACRED SEX IS FOUND IN ALL RELIGIOUS PATHS if you know what to look for.
It is in the “Song of Songs” in the Old Testament/Torah. It is in the ancient Temples of Love in the Middle East and throughout Europe. It is interwoven in the poetry of Rumi and the Christian Mystics of the 12th century. (Shameless Plug: You can find out more about Sacred Sex in my chapter “With My Body I Thee Worship” in the book “The Marriage of Sex & Spirit.”)
I believe that SACRED SEX IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT. Have you ever had an experience of Sacred Sex?
WHAT IS TANTRA?
Tantra means “the weave” in sanskrit. The roots of the Tantric Practice go back 1,000’s of years. Some say over 5,000 years in India and 2000 in Tibet. Tantra in the far east is a spiritual path whose goal is the Unconditional and Loving Acceptance of The All. It embraces the embodied soul’s path.
WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE BUDDHIST TANTRIC PATH?
The Dalai Lama.
I recommend googling around under “Ancient Tantra” or “History of Tantra” to find it’s roots. Here’s one http://www.haryana-online.com/Culture/tantra.htm
In an upcoming blog I’ll discuss AMERICAN TANTRA, which is a whole other beast entirely.
WHAT IS KAMA SUTRA?
Kama means love in Sanskrit. Sutra means manual. Therefore “Kama Sutra” means “Love Manual.” It relates information, suggestions, and rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu traditions.
It can be a bit archaic. My favorite book on the subject is by Nik Douglas and Penny Slinger “Sexual Secrets.” http://www.tantraworks.com/
I’ve learned through reading. I’ve been inspired my watching Sacred Sexuality & Tantra video’s. Most of all, I’ve followed the sweet, soft, callings of my soul and been amazed.
I look forward to sharing more of the mysteries of Spiritual Sex with you.
ASK ME QUESTIONS. . . Ask yourself questions. . . ask the Universe questions. . .answers shall be forthcoming. Are you ready to be answered?
Selene said,
March 27, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Dear Francesca~
I have been enjoying your blog immensely, and I want to thank you for today’s post. I used to be firmly in the camp of “all sex is sacred because sex is a natural and wonderful and beautiful thing.” Reading your post, I realized that I now believe sex is an energy, a power, that is neither sacred nor profane. It is our intention that makes it sacred.
My most recent experience of sex with my sweetie was most definitely sacred. I had gone to bed the night before naked–something I rarely do. I set my intention then, and the next morning we had magical sex — the kind where we just flow together, and every touch and kiss is electric.
I look forward to reading your future blog posts. Stay sexy, my dear, and sacred as well!
~Love and Blessings,
Selene~