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The Three Uses of Tantric Sexuality
There are three primary spiritual uses of tantric sexuality. In all of them, great pleasure is experienced as a side effect!
1. Balancing and healing of the lovers' physical and subtle bodies to heal physical and emotional health issues in this lifetime. This is of particular importance in Taoist alchemical traditions. It also exists in the secret traditions of ayurveda. However, many people today market sexual therapy as tantra. It's not...
2. The opening and amplifying of kundalini energy and focus on piercing the various chakras with this energy (the sexual aspect of spiritual "lower tantra"). Frequently there is both vigorous and more meditative lovemaking involved, using specific positions (there are five common tantric positions and many variations, far fewer than the thirty or so positions in the kama sutra).
3. The merging of the most subtle aspects (the "secret chakras" and vajra nadi) of the two lovers in the various secret versions of vajroli and sahajoli, and the movement of bindu through the lunar channel while in sublime states of bliss. This innermost aspect is included in "higher" tantra, although the external positions are indistinguishable from those in #1 and #2... #3 is really only an option for lovers whose kundalini is already awake, and who have control over their samadhi (one-pointedness) in meditation. It can, however, occasionally happen spontaneously during lovemaking between people who have not yet reached these levels of control and awareness...
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