Spirited Loving Essay on Tantra and Tantric Sex

Tantra Essay

Tantric practices have existed for thousands of years – meditative practices built upon a profound regard for the experience of the senses. Over the last century, the West has been exposed to these teachings, and has responded with neo-tantric blendings of Eastern practices and Western psychology.

Tantric calls the practitioner to live on the edge of the raw beauty of human experience, and to celebrate the sacred subtle energies that create, destroy, and recreate this present universe. The subtle energies of the life force - prana, or qi - permeate the entire Universe and are in constant motion, undulating, pulsating, quivering, vibrating and flowing within us, through us, and all around us.

Tantra offers the practitioner a path to freedom from the constraining ego with which we unwittingly delimit our experience. Tantric practice involves listening to the subtle energies that are flowing within us, through us, and all around us; freeing ourselves from the constraints of ego and the mind; and aligning our inner energies with the flow of energy in the Universe.

Tantra's supreme insight is that these subtle energies flowing through the Universe and through our bodies are erotic – that the life-force is simultaneously sexual and spiritual.
Many tantric practices use the intensity of sensual experience in the sexual act to connect and align with the subtle energies within the body and the Universe. Practitioners learn to open themselves to profound and powerful experiences as they practice Tantra's uniquely sexual meditations.

The recommended books listed in this section offer a survey of the history of Tantra from its beginnings in the Indus River valley of India millennia ago to the latest permutations of tantric practices developed in the West. They provide detailed guidance to developing your own practice of tantric meditation, deepening your relationship with your Beloved, and exploring the mysteries of the sensual Universe.

David Yarian, Ph.D.

Positive Sexuality Resources is a listing of recommended readings on many aspects of sexuality and human sexual behavior, with an emphasis on sexuality as an affirmative influence in our lives.

Historical Bibliography of Tantra is a sizeable bibliography that deals with all facets of Tantra and Tantric practice. It contains an introductory essay describing the historical development of Tantra and a contextualized approach to understanding modern Tantra.

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