In my tantric tradition there is that ritual of having sex in a
graveyard. It is apparently a test for becoming an acharya because the
idea there is to be no climax so it demonstrates "control". My tantra
teacher would have guys calling him because they thought tantra was sex
and he could teach them how to go all night long. I even remember some
guy showing up at Robert Svoboda's ayurvedic workshop asking to learn
that. :-D
And there is also the test where you sit on a corpse and bring it to
life which is apparently a test to show how much shakti you can
transfer. The corpse will flail a bit and some of the tantrics
apparently think it is trying to kill you but of course the shakti
dissipates anyway and corpse become lifeless. And of course that is a
bit like putting electricity through a frog leg so you are just getting
some kind of activity though it's shakti and not electricity and you are
not really bringing the corpse back to life. One of my astrology
teachers who was also a tantric referred to it as a "parlor trick."
For the record there are "replacements" for both tests because you
couldn't do these in the west where we don't have cremation grounds and
folks might look askance at such activities (tantrics and aghoris
sometimes actually manage the ones in India). Even in the tantric
initiation one can replace the "wine" (which was often rum) with fruit
juice.
On 12/29/2013 11:28 AM, Share Long wrote:
Ok, Seraph, here's a story for you: a tantric teacher complained to
his master that he was too tired to make love with his wife. His
master immediately told him to do so every night for two weeks,
whether he was tired or not! I'm not sure what the intended lesson was
but I think it's great if a couple can enjoy passionate love making
that's also healthy for them both.
On Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:25 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com"
<s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Re the Wiki quote about under-age virgins being a source of longevity,
I said: "If you believed the following you'd be well advised to keep
it as part of the secret oral traditions!".
I was just being cute. I'm sure there is a lot in left-hand tantra and
traditional Taoist teaching that is strictly under-the-counter these
days as western mores are now so dominant no one wants to attract
unwelcome publicity.
Re Share's "Which coital positions are most beneficial for which
particular ailments. Really a blessing to have such knowledge as one
ages.":
Having sex because it's prescribed for you! Where's the
passion? There's a British chain of shops selling toys for very young
children called The Early Learning Centre. The name always annoys me
when I pass one of their stores. Can't kids and adults just play?
Re Bhairitu "Muktananda's prediction was that humans would shrink to
the size of a rat and have sex all the time.":
Sounds like a projection of the little man's unconscious hang-ups.
Re"Perhaps you want to see "swinger parties" in the streets?"; reminds
me of The Beatles "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" McCartney wrote
the song after seeing two monkeys mating in the street while on
retreat in Rishikesh with MMY. John Lennon was pissed because he
realised everyone would assume that he (John) had written it and not
Paul. That's just what I did assume when I listened to it on the White
Album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmcconvY02Y
