Yesterday's Genes
Chantek is a smart, lovable orangutan who lives at the Atlanta zoo. Trained in sign language, he has a vocabulary of more than 150 words, and he is considered a decent artist.
...Growing up in this human setting, Chantek became REALLY FAT, weighing in at five hundred pounds, roughly three times his ideal size. Afraid that the massive bulk would collapse his lungs, scientists placed him on a strict diet. Formerly five hundred pounds of fun, he became four hundred pounds of anger. During the diet, his favorite sign language symbol became "candy." He refused to draw and instead ate the crayons given for his artistic use.
...High calorie food isn't the only thing that's excessively abundant in our lives. Just about every activity that gives our reward centers a buzz is big business - because it's easy, and lucrative, to market. Examples are easy credit (with greedy hidden terms), alcohol, video games, recreational drugs, gambling, and sexual desire. (Read Mean Genes for a hilarious, informative discussion of this weak point in our design.)
Since this web site addresses intimate relationships, let's consider whether our ancestral genetic advice on how to handle our sex lives is still up to date. We certainly seem to have the genetic zest for sex that our ancestors must have had. It's obvious that, just as evolution selected for those who could efficiently store fat, it selected for easily-triggered libidos. Enthusiastic lovers pass on more genes. However, today we have sex addicts, porn addicts and a host of sublter problems (relationship deterioration, domestic violence, and high divorce rates) that do not serve us, yet may also be related to our genetic programming for high libido. ...
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Letters from the Trenches
My wife and I read the book, have done the Exchanges and are well on our way. I'm a type II diabetic - exercise, diet management and medication only. For the last several years my morning glucose readings were higher than most physicians would like to see....150's, 160's. My A1c tests have always been good 7.0 or less.
My last orgasm was July 4. During July my glucose morning readings were still in the high 140's and 150's. For the last 3 weeks (since entering the second phase of the Exchanges), I have been seeing readings in the 110 to 130 range, which is right where they should be for long term good health. I am keeping a diary on this so we'll see where it goes from here. Suffice it to say I am pleased with these results for myself, and it is wonderful to experience the subtle changes in my wife's and my relationship. Keep up your good work. J. T.
PEACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS News
We've been invited by a fan of Peace to plan a trip to Australia for March-April, 2006. We're thinking of visiting Sydney, Byron Bay and Cairns. If you know any groups that would be interested in hearing a talk on the neurochemistry of sex and the parallels with ancient wisdom about how to manage sexual energy, please let us know.
We've given talks to psychologists/psychiatrists studying sex addiction, metaphysical groups, and the general public. We enjoy adapting our presentation to the interests of particular groups.
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The Coming Boom (Wired Magazine)
Big Pharma has made billions pumping up the male population. Now neuroscientists are reverse engineering the female orgasm.
I'm in Newark, New Jersey, in a small room dominated by a large conference table. There are no windows, and no sounds except for the whir of the ventilation system. "This is going to be great," says my host, Rutgers neuropsychologist Barry Komisaruk, grinning. A woman walks in with a large black duffel bag and shuts the door. "This is my graduate student Janice Breen," Komisaruk says. Breen opens the bag, unpacks a few electromechanical components, and begins to assemble them using a screwdriver.
"So what do you call this?" I ask. The device looks like a tampon attached to a hefty electric toothbrush, which is in turn wired to a box with a glowing red digital readout.
"It's the, um, contraption," Breen answers distractedly, hunting for an outlet.
"Actually, it's called the calibrated vaginal stimulator," Komisaruk tells me. "It's a modified tampon attached to a transducer for measuring the force that women apply to the vaginal wall...."
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Transforming the Fire of Lust
The term "tantra" can create more confusion than clarity. First, there exist both a celibate tantric tradition known as "the right-hand path" and a sexual tantra tradition known as the "left-hand path." Second, there exist both a Tibetan Buddhist tantra and the classic Hindu tantra. Finally, even within the category of classic tantra, streams diverge...and have shifted with time.
Classic sexual tantra is often not about mutual enlightenment. Despite the showy display of worshiping the divine god or goddess in man or woman, the energy exchange is for the purpose of solo spiritual attainments. Frequently missing is the concept that glad giving leads to mutual transcendence. As a result, yogis not infrequently exude a fear of women or exploit them, which attitudes may account for the frightening image of Kali the goddess of tantra, with her necklace of skulls and lethal knife. Both fear and exploitation suggest that such yogis haven't overcome the separation between the sexes, which the Gnostic Gospels, for example, say anchors us to the illusion of the material plane.
Matriarchal past
Part of the confusion about the definition of tantra may stem from its meandering history. According to James N. Powell, tantra's roots lie in a sex-positive, matriarchal society. One of India's earliest scriptures explains that the universe arose from copulation.
In the beginning there was only the Supreme Being, existing all alone....He had no delight. Therefore, he sired another. He divided himself in two, like a man and woman making love. From this division arose husband and wife (and ultimately all gendered species as the female hid herself in different forms and the male pursued her).
A favorite divinity of these early worshippers was the lusty Krishna - a dark blue fellow who was a sort of sexual Pied Piper, luring otherwise well behaved married women from their beds to orgies in the wild. ...
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