Namaskar!

We live an age of what seems to be a "sexual liberation". Most people experience
sexual intercourse in a very young age, while finding a sexual partner for a
"one night stand" or paying for sex have become very common indeed. Yet it seems
that the way we understand sex in this age, that is, as something purely
physical leaves us empty and deprives us of its sacred and divine side.

Many religions suggest that a human being is something beyond a gender. He/she
is a living incarnation of both the energies of god and goddess. Existentially,
we are in a constant spiritual search. We seek to find union with the divine,
the polarities within us seek to merge into One. Sexual union is one of the ways
one can achieve this merging. Tantra Yoga is a wonderful science teaching the
experience of sacred sexuality and the merging of polarities inside ourselves
and
in sexual union with a partner.

Plato believed that a human being used to be a creature of both genders, with
two faces and four hands and feet. The ancient gods, seeing that this creature
could work fast, was invincible and could reproduce itself with no need from
them, decided to split it. Ever since people are looking for their other half
with
whom they become whole. The embracing in which the two bodies become one, is now
called sexual union.

The sexual union is then something that follows the spiritual union between two
people. After the heart recognizes that the man or woman near you makes you
complete and whole, the sexual union comes as a ceremony and a holy blessing of
the bodies.

The two lovers reach a state of ecstasy, a superconciousness where they leave
the veil of the ego behind and experience their Oneness with Divine. The one
partner becomes the masculine aspect of the deity, the god, Shiva, the one who
offers the seed of creation. The other partner becomes the great mother, the one
who receives the energy of creation and nourishes it.

The two lovers find in this union their deeper selves. That leaves both in a
state of true joy and undoubtedtly leads them to profound spiritual experiences.
That is what I believe the sacred aspect of sex is, something neglected for so
long, in a western culture of "fast" and shallow things.

I kindly invite you to share your views on this topic.

Many blessings,
Andreas