INNER DIVINITY

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.