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Lets talk about S.E.X shall we? And then as the energy move through the physicality of your body, the body begins to react and respond to the movement of energy in physiological ways that we call, sexual stimulation. But Synegistic Energy Xchange (S.E.X) begins the moment you encounter someone and you begin to feel it. The problem we have is that when we feel that intense liking for another which we call attraction, we don't know where to go with it. "Now what? Tommy's gay, i'm not. Now what do i do? Is there a way for me to love Tom without my mind getting in there and making everything that could happen, wrong?" "Is there a way for me to love Laury?" How do we dance with that energy? What do we do? Have you ever felt so close to someone, you just want to take that person home and be with him/her forever? That he/she would not leave your life? To say something like" Mary, for God's sake, don't leave me?" But life does not allow you to say things like that. So our question is, what to do with that dance? The purpose of sexuality, of the whole synegistic energy xchange, as well as the ultimate final physical act of union with 2 bodies, one with another is obviously, clearly and simply to express love, to celebrate joy and to celebrate life. It is a celebration of our life, of our essence of who we are and it needs so other justification than that. Its a celebration, its play, it's the play of the Gods, lets play and play well. Lets get rid of shame, guilt and all that stuff that has caused us to to do crazy things, all the repressions and all the "no no" and lets just play. That's true for all of life, not just our sexual energy, lets just play with all the energies. Just play well. Gloriously celebrating all that life is, all that Life Is between people who are totally naked with each other and i don't mean physically naked. I mean transparent, accessible, open, completely right there fully in the moment with another person. "I'm fully there with you, i'm completely there, there is nothing between us and now, lets dance and play. I hate to be so niave or simplistic and that is what S.E.X is about. It's a celebration of our ability to play, and to play well.

Great one Ben. Some articles on sexuality and partners: Balance Partners http://www.crystalinks.com/bp.html Reality is about the return to balance. Balance Partners are the people you meet along the way who help you create balance in your life. In a time of the evolution of consciousness - balance partners would be on the same frequency saying and doing things that bring the 'Ah ha!' awakening feeling... As the program of our reality moves towards balance and closure - many will evaluate all aspects of their lives - physical, emotional, and spiritual. New connections will be forged to that end. As you move through your spiritual journey these balance partners will come into your life at the appointed time and place - based on the activities you are guided to. You generally attract each other by synchronicity - meaning that there is something that will be shared by both people - after which they can remain close friends or stay for a while and move on as would a teacher. The door is generally open to meet again and share in the future. They remain in our lives for a period of time after learning lessons then can freely move on without a feeling of separation and loss. You 'attract' each other as you are on the same frequency and have things to share. The synchronicities that develop between you stagger the mind and hence raise the frequencies of both people. The recognition should be there by both partners is generally fast and fun - the connection forming quickly. A balance partner can live near you or far away. You may never physically meet. You can talk on the phone or email with each other. Your conversations may increase from infrequent to several times in a day as you are both growing in ways that you cannot with anyone else. Events become exciting. Common interests bring you together. They can be of any age, sex, religion - from any culture and background - come from different walks of life - the point being they have entered your life to share information and experiences with you that enhance your journey and give you the feeling of moving closer to the spiritual mission that seems to embrace your soul and tug at your consciousness. Though most of us have experienced balanced partners in love, work, family, and with friends - spiritual balance partners take on a new hue - as they are people you generally would not have expected to connect with up until your begin your spiritual journey - which is about frequencies of friendships - that go beyond the physical. Friends up until this point are people who fit into your lifestyle but balance partners in the spiritual realms are different - and can be far more stimulating as they address the find aspects - the awakening of your journey into awareness. Once you connect - the excitement and shared communication seems unmatched by any other person you have met to date. You speak to each other frequently as you are helping each other remember who you are. Spiritually you enhance each other's growth. It is an exciting time as you 'trigger' each other's awareness. It is as sometimes as if one of you has half of the information you both seek and the other the balancing half. You can share dreams - synchronicities - and more. Balance Partners do not necessarily enter your life for romance - so please do not get caught up the romantic fantasy when you and the partner become closer and you think the person is meant to be for love and to trigger - be part of - the rest of your journey in the physical. That is rarely the case. Balance is the name of the game. Romance often complicates matters and the reasons for the friendship - which soon become lost in the emotional games of both partners. As most souls will never meet their Twin Flame in the physical realms - the Balance Partner is as important as the lover. You can have more than one balance partner at a time as no one has all of your answers. Everyone is one their unique journey and along the way - we encounter each other - if only to get information. You can meet more than one Balance Partner in your lifetime - and generally do. Balance Partners can be another aspect of your soul experiencing in the physical at the same time but in another body. They can help you work on your issues as they are there to guide and enhance your experience in a positive way. But if your balance partner is emotionally unstable - you may not be able to balance them - and may have to move on as trying to balance that person creates imbalance for you in areas that were once balanced. Balance partners are there for growth and fun not create greater imbalance in your life. The remote journeys and meditations you share can be the most memorable travels of your lifetime - if only in consciousness. Balance Partners are often vehicles that lead one or both partners to other people to enhance their growth. This can create a 'spider-web effect' as we are all linked. Don't allow ego or petty jealousies to stand in your way. Please remember that the function of the Balance Partner is to create balance and understanding for both of you. Make it fun and uncomplicated or it will end and you will miss whatever opportunity for growth your souls have created.

THE IMPORT OF OPENING THE HEART Source: http://www.ascendpress.org/articles/tao/Tran4-Tao.html So many human initiates seek the beloved without. "When is my twin flame going to arrive?" So many ask Mila this, even those within her Group Mastery Study Program. The search for the twin flame is ultimately the quest for the beloved within, and unfortunately a loving partner cannot heal this; it can only be healed by turning inward, opening the heart, and allowing the heart to be fulfilled by one's connection to Earth and ultimately the Tao, or the source from which all life, love and creation comes from. Now is the time that such a healing can come forth, and for many it offers a turning point of direction within the current life dance. For life will never be the same again as one opens to the love possible within. For each venturing to receive this blessing, one must have an open heart. There are so many preoccupations that sever the heart from communicating with the rest of the form. Sometimes such preoccupations are electrical in nature, and include time in front of the computer, or time in front of the television, or time in a highly electrical environment such as shopping malls and large cities. Sometimes such preoccupations are other forms of entertainment that are fantasy based rather than founded upon communion. The only manner in which one may really and truly feel the return of the beloved is to restore one's capacity to commune. Communing requires a functional emotional body and an open heart. Most humans armor the heart with layers of pain, anger or fear compressed tightly around the heart chakra or just outside of the heart in the auric field. One may begin by draining any remaining armoring of pain, anger or fear through conscious intent. Sometimes serpents wind the heart shut in full. One initiate in Mila and Oa's program who spent her early childhood in Vietnam during the war, and whose hand was mutilated by a grenade, recently uncovered such serpents. Such serpents and associated entities wound her heart shut at the age of 2 as her hand was mutilated so that she would not feel that immense pain that she and all around her were in. As this initiate addressed the original cause of the closing of their heart, the serpents left and the heart opened. Each human has a childhood story. No one story is any more important than any other. Each story has its moments of great pain and fear. As each goes back in time to confront the original closing of the heart, one may begin to peel the heart open again. Such a goal is vital to one's ascent, for without an open heart, it is difficult to master initiations beyond a certain level, as there is simply not enough chi flowing through the field. The heart is the transducer of chi, moving chi through the sexual energy system, which crosses in the heart. (See Sexual Energy Diagram for more information.) Without an open heart, the sexual energy cannot move, and if it cannot move, one will fail to ascend beyond a certain threshold, or create an incomplete ascension for oneself. One also will fail to enter the joy and love possible through ascension, for experiencing the joy and love requires an open heart. What is all of the good of the labor involved in processing one's ancestral karma if one then cannot go on to experience the joy? Opening the heart is the one area that so many initiates wish to schism over, primarily because it hurts. Yes, there is pain inside of the heart that caused it to close. And yes the pain is felt as it is moved so that the heart can open. However, as the pain passes, increasing joy and freedom is felt. Therefore the outcome is positive, even if the opening causes a temporary time of discomfort. And so the Tao invites those reading this material to commit to opening the heart now. Even if one has opened the heart to a certain level, there is always more. For the heart must be a fluid enough energy flow to support the 1000-petal lotus of the Bodhisattva for those ascending to 6000 strands at this time. Each level of vibration ascended into will have another layer of armoring around the heart and in the field that one could not perceive before. Each must address the next layer in order to continue to ascend, continue to open the heart, and continue to love ever more deeply than before. For this is what becoming a walking example of compassion in action is all about, one must be able to love, and love freely, deeply and non-conditionally. For those who are taking this next level of ascent, there is a special blessing buried in this piece. For you are making possible a new way of relating within the human species. Such a way of being will have heart and compassion for all things and all life forms, from the beggar upon the streets to the militant child diligently protecting himself through violence in a violent environment. One will have compassion also for those in such great forgetfulness and fear that warring upon another nation becomes the only seeming solution to the problem at hand. How can one have compassion for this? Warring upon another nation? Beloved, those in such fear that promote war know no other way; they are too short upon genetic material to consciously relate in any other manner. Such limited consciousness shall pass in the coming times of cleansing, leading to more pleasant and gentler times ahead. However before this can develop, one must first allow the karma to be completed upon and cleared in full.

sacred sexuality Bob Trubshaw SOURCE: http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/foamycustard/fc007.htm As outlined elsewhere, myths help provide a 'deep structure' or 'cosmology'. One such cosmology that is essential for human society is how we structure sexuality. Anthropological studies have revealed a great variety of approaches, all of which seem entirely 'natural' to the societies in which they are encountered. Western concepts of sexuality are, of course, deeply influenced by Christian concepts of sexuality, which makes them more problematical than many (although most Western people have, at least until recent years, regarded them as entirely 'natural'). In the Biblical account of The Fall, Adam and Eve are ejected from Eden after the Serpent entices them to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. By subtle metaphors we are led to believe that 'knowledge' is specifically 'sexual knowledge'. In this respect Genesis is typical of cosmogological myths, which either prescribe 'idealised' sexual relationships, or describe scenarios that define the acceptable. Such 'definitions' may, as is often the case with Classical Greek myths, come about by describing transgressions by the gods and heroes. As examples of such transgressions consider Zeus raping various women; Aphrodite's 'free love'; Tiresias's gender-bending life; or slurs on Odin's sexuality. In various ways, myths create distinctions between 'acceptable' and 'transgressive' sexual behaviour. Paul Friedrich has devoted a book to the myths of Aphrodite. He sees her as a liminal deity whose 'generous and carnal affection and her lack of ambivalence about sex made her... unique among the queens of heaven.' (Friedrich 1978: 134) In Greek culture extramarital sex was regarded as polluting as filth or death; indeed for Hesiod, all sex was dangerous and polluting. Yet Aphrodite's sexuality does not pollute her or her lovers. She is also liminal in seducing mortals; taking the active role; and for suggesting that sex within marriages can be passionate. She was also the exception among Greek goddesses in allowing herself to been seen naked without severe retribution (in contrast, Actaeon was turned into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds for seeing Artemis bathing). Apart from Friendrich, most aspects of sexuality in myths were kept at arm's length by 'respectable' twentieth century mythologists. Presumptions about the close association between myth and religion became more than a little problematical when the concepts of religion were based rather too clearly on Judaeo-Christian foundations and Pro-*test*-('")ant 'ethics'; the underlying myth that sex was 'sinful' simply pervaded too far. Even though sex is at the kernel of Christian cosmogony, all but the most simplistic aspects of sexuality in myths were side-stepped by major mythologists. Consequently this created distortions in both the understanding of specific myths and also the broader understanding of mythology. Sigmund Freud's views of sexuality gave a pretext for breaking this taboo, although with hindsight his premises of phallicism and penis-envy did little to enlighten and much to confuse. Freud provides a detailed insight into the chauvinism and unenlightened 'sexism' of the upper classes of Vienna in the early twentieth century. His attempts to generalise these to a universal model of human sexual attitudes can be politely described as 'problematical'. Freud perceived sexuality as a 'base instinct', a problem welling up from the unseen unconsciousness – entirely incompatible with notions of sex being 'god given', divine, an expression of humanity's higher spirituality. Homosexuality has become increasingly 'problematical' in the last 150 years. Michel Foucault (1980) attempted to show the social construction of homosexuality during the nineteenth century. Labelling and denigrating homosexuality created a binary opposition that enhanced the 'normality' of accepted kinds of heterosexual behaviour. Homosexuals have developed a rich 'counter culture' that has its own 'cosmologies'. For instance, the perceptions of 'gay icons' often have more in common with mythical heroes and deities than their flesh-and-blood entities. Gay culture is a prime example of modern myth making although, so far, investigated academically from the broader viewpoints of 'cultural studies' rather than the more focussed perspectives of mythology. (For pioneering studies of 'transgressive' readings of Star Trek and Dr Who see Jenkins 1992; Jenkins and Tulloch 1995.) For all the attention on gay and lesbian in the media and the arts – all of which can be broadly construed as modern-day myth-making – whole areas of 'gender ambiguity' (such as those linked with the wide spectrum of congenital hermaphroditic conditions that occur in one to five percent of births) are still entirely 'liminal' to the modern day 'cosmology' of sexuality. Although deeply interwoven with modern Western thinking, Christian notions of sin and Freud's models of human mental processes are both entirely mythical notions. Both are substantial obstacles to understanding sexuality implicit or explicit in non-western myths. Alan Watts was closer to the mark when he noted that: ... mythology is not sexual, but sexuality is mythological, since the union of the sexes prefigures the transcending of duality, of the schism whereby man's experience is divided into subject and object, self and other. (Watts 1954: 180fn) As an example of what has often been missed, Jonathan Z. Smith's discussion of Israel and Jerusalem as the centre of the Judaic cosmos observes: More mysteriously, the land is the center of fertility, because heavenly beings engage in sexual intercourse in it, an intercourse at the heart things which establishes and guarantees the fertility of the world. It may be expressed in some traditions by the belief that on top of the Ark in the Holy of Holies, the cherubim have been engaged in an act of unending intercourse since the beginning of time and if they should ever cease, the cosmos would collapse into chaos, or by the tradition ... of YHWH having nightly intercourse with his bride on the 'couch' of the site of the Temple in Jerusalem. (Smith 1978: 115) Another example comes from the Hindu account of creation, which holds that god was originally neither male nor female. Overcome by loneliness, it divided itself into two equal halves – purush (man) and nari (woman) – so each remained incomplete without the other. Only as a result of the union of these halves could the world enjoy fertility. (Poddar 1995: 67) One of the statues on the façade of the Kandariya Mahadev temple at Khajuraho, India shows a male standing on his head, in yogic sexual intercourse with a female above him. Through the eyes of Tantric cosmology, this is a perfect depiction of the 'fusion of the energies of the cosmos' (Poddar 1995: 62). Indeed Hindu art historians regard these 'erotic' statues as allegories of religious and cosmological ideas, with the sensual women signifying abundance – although Western minds have difficulty seeing beyond what appears to be akin to a three-dimensional version of the Kama Sutra. (In the same way, Eastern minds might have difficulty recognising bare-breasted nineteenth century statues of women as allegories of Justice.)

Khajuraho The same concepts are expressed in Indian myths about Shakti, a goddess who symbolises 'the ultimate female principle of energy and motion, without which there would be no manifested universe.' (Camphausen 1991: 175) Shakti is envisaged as deriving this energy from intercourse with her consort, Shiva – a continuous cosmic 'big bang'. Indian Tantric traditions also depict various deities in sexual intercourse with a female personification of Wisdom. This has close parallels to the Gnostic Christians' alternative exegesis of Adam and Eve, where the emphasis is on gaining the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, rather than sexual knowledge specifically. Such myths seem seriously exotic to modern minds. Partly this is because of the religious 'fundamentalists' and secular moralists who have made sex all-but synonymous with evil. More specifically, and a bigger part of the problem of understanding non-western portrayals of sexuality, modern minds have been subsumed by sexuality in the service of commerce. Idealised nubile women frequently make eye contact as we turn the pages of magazines, drive past advertising hoardings, and watch TV; they offer not sexual gratification but the dubious benefits of consumer products and services. All these Western attitudes eclipse the primary importance of sex – without it there would be no humans. There is no quibbling with the quip 'life is sexually transmitted'. Sexuality is far more than the mechanics of reproduction, of course, but the prudery of academe has given prominence to 'sacred' myths and myths about the origin of the universe while all-but ignoring the equally, if not more, important myths associated with societies' concepts of sexuality. Examining the clash of modern cosmologies (in the widest sense of myths that give structure to our world) with traditional cosmologies is not for the faint-hearted, and well beyond the scope of this brief article. As might be expected, more academic mythologists have yet to be tempted to tackle the modern myths of sexuality, and have left this territory to the more 'cultural studies' approach, with its emphasis on cultural ideas transmitted by mass media. As a result the notion of 'sacred sexuality' remains somewhat alien to modern minds, but this is a chiefly a reflection of modern mythical cosmologies. These modern ways of thinking need to be addressed before the approaches to sexuality in traditional and non-western cosmological myths can be recognised 'on their own terms'. bibliographical references: CAMPHAUSEN, Rufus C., 1991, The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom, Inner Traditions International. ELIADE, Mircea, 1954, The Myth of the Eternal Return, RKP. ELIADE, Mircea, 1967, Gods, Goddesses and Myths of Creation, Harper and Row. FLOOD, Christopher G., 1996, Political myth: A theoretical introduction, Garland. FOUCAULT, Michel, 1980, The History of Sexuality, Vintage. FRIEDRICH, Paul, 1978, The Meaning of Aphrodite, University of Chicago Press. JONES, Leslie Ellen, 1999, 'The folklore of The Wicker Man', 3rd Stone, 36, 6–11. PODDAR, Pramila, 1995, Khajuraho: Temples of love, Lustre. SMITH, Jonathan Z., 1978, Map is not Territory, Brill; reprinted University of Chicago Press 1993. WATTS, Alan, 1954, Myth and Ritual in Christianity, Thames and Hudson.

More Alike Than We Seem Ascension | 20 Augustus 2005 | 19:57:31 Embracing Your Gender Opposite Woman or man, each human being is whole. We are all a compendium of many different forms of energy that interact to create a balanced person. To be human, therefore, is to be both gender specific (man or woman) and gender complemented (masculine and feminine). It may sound strange to say that in every person there exists both female and male aspects, but these aspects are tightly interwoven within each of us and learning to access these aspects can help you understand parts of yourself that were previously hidden by a lack of knowledge. Denying this unique polarity can lead to feelings of frustration and confusion, while embracing your gender opposite can bring about a sense of harmony and peace within your soul, a completeness. It may seem natural to say that in women, the female aspect is dominant, and in men, the male aspect is dominant, but this isn't always the case, nor is it healthy to attempt to conform to such standards when they don't correspond to who you are. The innate gender aspects will be expressed in many different ways throughout your life. A man may be receptive, nurturing, and empathic in one instance, and analytical and heroic in another. Likewise, a woman may be protective, assertive, and directive, as often as she is intuitive, creative, and mysterious. The male has his female side, just as the female has her male side, and either may be prevalent. Encouraging those aspects to work together through meditation or visualization is one way to honor both the masculine and feminine side of you. You may want to inwardly request that your aspects converse to determine if they are working as mature and bonded partners, or, because of emotional trauma, are working against each other. Though the differences between the male and female aspects create a dynamic tension, it is possible for one aspect to entirely (and unhealthily) overshadow the other. Some people believe that the soul will be housed in bodies of both sexes during their many incarnations. Part of who we are is based on the interaction between the feminine and masculine aspects, akin to the interplay between the forces of yin and yang. Though, at different times, each of us may feel truly masculine or truly feminine, a well-rounded personality derives from the blending of both qualities. http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2005/390.html

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