Tantra & BDSM

A good description of Tantra and what it means as
taught to me by the blessed Goddess I was very fortunate
to learn from for over a year who was my partner then.

What is Tantra?

Primarily, Tantra is a spiritual path of the heart and
consciousness. A spiritual path is one where the
focus of one’s attention is upon exploring the world
through one’s relationship to self and others
(expanding awareness).

In Tantra, we see the heart as the mid-point between
our spiritual nature and our physical nature. It is
the place where the two merge to become a physical
being in the third dimension. Thus, as we include the
energy of heart’s compassion through all of our
choices and actions, we are sharing the best of what
we have to offer to others.

The Path of Pleasure

Tantra suggests that pleasure is the best vehicle to
create more of the life that we want.

We all know that our basic nature is to move towards
pleasure - away from pain. Tantra says, “duh!” So
why are we not making more of our choices based on
what gives us pleasure? When we are fully fed,
satiated and well nurtured, we are certainly more
pleasant to be around and effective. Have you ever
noticed how your patience level diminishes when you
have had too little sleep, but your day goes so much
better when you have had a blissful, restful night?

Tantra suggests an enlightened form of selfishness.
This is a form of loving the self. We are the only
one’s who really know what we want from life and love
– and as an adult, we are the only one’s truly
responsible for making sure that we get that! In
doing so, we have an overflowing bounty from which to
give to others. We are thus no longer bound in any
way by fear of lack in our personal experience and we
can give so much more freely with joy! And if we love
ourselves well, we also have more centered and clear
love to share. Think about it!

Short Definition of Tantra

Tantra is both a science and an art that originates
from ancient knowledge in East India, Tibet, Egypt,
and China. It is a spiritual path focusing on the
power of our creative life force that we commonly
refer to as sexual energy. Tantra offers techniques
to enhance arousal and one's love making skills, as
well as one's entire life, through a deeper
understanding and mastery of our life force/libido.
Tantra is a form of yoga that offers a philosophy
and practices showing how to generate, enhance and
consciously direct life force energy that can awaken,
arouse, enlighten, and heal the self and others.
Tantra literally means weaving together the male
and female forces. Through Tantra, we bring harmony
and balance to all aspects of the human psyche, mind
and body.
Primarily, Tantra is a path of the heart and the
path of pleasure. It is about loving the self enough
to create a life of deep enjoyment by consciously
intending and choosing actions and activities that
bring the greatest pleasure and nurturance to the
soul. It is also a path of joyous service from whence
the giving comes from a cup that is therefore always
consciously kept full.
Sexually, Tantra teaches fine and sophisticated
arts of giving and receiving optimum pleasure for the
self and partner -- thereby achieving transcendence,
or union with the divine, through sexual pleasure and
extended orgasm. In orgasm we are truly in the moment
- in the place of no mind through which we are the
most receptive to our natural bliss - aligned with
the high frequency of divine energy and enlightenment.

Tantra teaches that through an in-depth awareness
of all aspects of the self, and also through honoring,
adoring and worshiping your partner as the embodiment
of God/Goddess, one can find and allow the power of
that pure love light to shine forth from within to
brighten and bring more joy to the world.

The Tantric Relationship

A Tantric relationship is one in which both partners
live their lives according to Tantric philosophy:
choosing to see, love, and honor each other as the
embodiment of Divine expression – invoking the highest
spiritual enlightenment in one another, consciously
creating their lives and union based on unconditional
love, allowing, receiving. Their choices are based on
the highest expressions of loving, pleasure, and
freedom, while supporting each other’s spiritual
journeys, growth and joy as much as they can!

Namaste A/all
Larry MasterSnowBeard