Myths about sacred sexuality from cultures not part of the major religions
Submitted by Marnia on Sat, 2008-03-08 11:45
A friend recently recommended The Complete Yoga of Human Emotional-Sexual Lifeby Adi Da Samraj, The Dawn Horse Press (2007). In this book spiritual teacher Adi Da Samraj explains that intimate sexual relationships can be wholly compatible with a life of real spiritual practice, while also pointing out that sexual techniques alone are not a shortcut to enlightenment.
Submitted by Marnia on Sat, 2008-03-01 15:54
Ho'oponopono
Do you have 'good reason' to be wary of the opposite sex? Most everyone who has been sexually active for a while has been battered by a painful, failed romance - or is feeling bad about contributing to one. Not only that, many have a parent or other trusted adult of the opposite sex who took impulsive actions that were harmful to family members.
Submitted by Marnia on Mon, 2007-10-22 17:47
The Toltec-Mayan traditions of Mexico and the Southwestern USA have their own lore about the careful cultivation of sexual energy. A few years ago, Merilyn Tunneshende described their practices in Don Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy.Bear & Company (2001) Most of the book is devoted to spiritual practices celibates can use, although the sages in her book clearly have great respect for the synergy between the polarities of male and female, and even the possibility of a profound celestial union between soul mates.
Submitted by Marnia on Mon, 2007-10-22 16:25
These instructions for the practice known as "Merging Meditation" were excerpted from Don Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy by Merilyn Tunneshende.Bear & Company (2001), p. 177 Use it to move toward a feeling of oneness.
- This is a beautiful practice used by [energy workers], to become one with the object of their intent. It may be used by lovers or friends also, to become one with one another.
Submitted by Marnia on Mon, 2007-10-22 13:13
These instructions for the breathing practice known as "Fire Breath" were excerpted from Don Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy by Merilyn Tunneshende.Bear & Company (2001), pp. 93-4
Submitted by Marnia on Thu, 2005-07-14 14:17
White Buffalo Calf Woman Myth
Buffalo stretched to the horizon across the grassy hills. Two brothers were walking towards them. As they walked they saw within the herd a white buffalo calf, something neither one of them had seen before. While they watched it, it began to raise itself up and as it did, its appearance became human.
This essay is from a 1956 book of essays by Aldous Huxley entitled "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (or in the UK, "Adonis and the Alphabet"). It appeared on 