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Sexuality And Spirituality

Sexual desire is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. It is an essential thing that helps the people to get Freedom through Power and resulting in Grace. If the sexual desires are repressed or expressed inappropriately, it can create problems but; when celebrated in a loving relationship, it can take you to the heights of sexual ecstasy and emotional fulfillment.

Sex and the Perfect Lover is a guide for those who wish to strengthen sexual relationships and discover the source of power, pleasure and intimacy like no other. The magic and power of sacred sexuality is amazing. The article is written on the phrase "Sacred Sexuality". According to me, sex is a beautiful feeling that is sacred, pure and divine. India is a land of Anandha (happiness) and the Gods, saints...Kings were all engrossed in erotic sexual activities. We know that Lord Krishna was attracted towards a number of Gopikas and subsequently had relation with a married woman, Radha. This shows that there cannot be anything as sacred as Sex, which can drive you towards freedom and eternal joy.

(enlightenment). He wrote on his personal belief of the relationships between sex and spirituality. Partners can enhance and entice the intimacy in their relationship through intensive meditation and affirmation of simple, practical applications. The original The role of spirituality and sexuality in connecting lovers emotionally, physically, and spiritually are sacred and universal. Deepak Chopra recently started to write a contemporary version of The Kama Sutra. Kama Sutra sees pleasure (kama) as one of the four goals in life.

[an error occurred while processing this directive] The other three are Dharma, which is harmony with the universe; Arth (material abundance) and MokshaKama Sutra was written by the courtesan and poet Vatsyayana, who lived sometime between the 1st to 6th centuries A.D. Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra includes guidance for how to be a good citizen, insights into relationships between lovers, the four main pursuits of life, as well as sexual morals and practices of India in ancient times. Deepak Chopra's loyalty to the original Kama Sutra and ability to find its sacredness will make his version a modern classic.

Deepak Chopra explores the universal themes of spirituality and sexuality in a dynamic - even controversial - new way. The Kama Sutra is not only a treatise on sexual pleasure; but also a spiritual text that elevates the carnal experience to new heights of spiritual ecstasy. It takes the sexual experience to a new echelon of understanding and insight. It explores transcendence through the most primal instincts we possesses.

Many people, who have dealt with these aspects, feel that sexual desire is sacred and chaste. The suppression of sexual energy is false, ugly and unchaste. It is a universal truth that during sexual union there also is the union of flesh with spirit. Unless and until you feel it from within, the union does not become sacred. If love is true, sexual union is bound to have sacredness. Sexual intimacy is the road to taste or experience true freedom because; it is the one area of life in which we can become completely uninhibited and free. True intimacy is a union between flesh and flesh, between subtle body and subtle body, between soul and soul. Sexual energy is sacred energy. When we have restored the sexual experience to the realm of the sacred, our world will be chaste and divine, holy and healed.

The Kama Sutra combined with these interpretations and perspectives, on uniting sex and love, make a strong case that sex is not meant to be a source of shame but; can be a pathway to realize the Divine. These are just a few of the facts that can explain the relation between sexuality and spirituality.

Story first published: Friday, January 19, 2007, 15:19 [IST]

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