The Great Mysteries
of Sacred Sexuality
In India, Nepal,
Tibet, China and Japan, sexuality has long been regarded as both an art
and a science worthy of detailed study and practice. Indeed the Eastern
view is that no learning is complete without a thorough knowledge of the
sexual principle underlying all existence. Eastern metaphysical
traditions make use of the mystery of sexuality as a means to the
transcendental experience of Unity. The feeling of Oneness, achieved
during or following the sexual act, is the most universally accessible
mystical experience.
The sexual secrets for consciously inducing and maximizing the
experience of ecstasy are more eloquently presented in the Taoist
tradition of China. The Tantric teachings of India evolved synchronously
and there was a two-way exchange of techniques and ideas. Tibet received
the teachings from both India and China, perfecting the mysteries over a
millennium.
Because the well-being and prosperity of a country was once
believed to be directly related to the vitality of the king, the
knowledge of the sexual secrets was withheld from the masses, often only
finding expression in various pagan rites and rituals which were based
on a profound understanding of sexuality.
The sexual secrets should not be used selfishly. Many of these
secrets have been jealously guarded to protect against individuals who
might misuse them to gain power over others by manipulating or by using
the power of sex for purely worldly ends. This concealment has resulted
in a gradual dispersion of half-truths about mystic sexuality, Tantra
and Taoism, which, in the long run, has maybe done more harm than good.
This knowledge, which in the past required initiations to earn
it, bears an ethical cornerstone of individual responsibility in order
to honor the gifts it truly has to offer. Ultimately progress in tantric
evolutions is barred to those who have not shouldered the necessary
responsibility.
Today
the art of sacred sexuality is ultimately best reserved for couples or
individuals who wish to use the sexual bond as a means to liberation and
who desire to transcend the limits of the individual self.
It is especially for those to who love and trust are synonymous
and who wish to give as well as take. The sharing of the ecstatic
experience is the key that unlocks the sexual secrets.
Quoted and summarized from the
introduction of the book
Sexual Secrets-The Alchemy of Ecstasy
Authors
- Nik Douglas and Penny
Slinger
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