After much deliberation (and procrastination), I want to open a new topic about sacred sexuality. I have no absolute definition about what this means. We all mature at our own rate and draw from different experiences. I would like to have a place to share with others on this journey who have found ?The Protocol? helpful within the context of sacred sexual practice. My own preference is to try to demystify some older traditions in the process.

Some preliminary thoughts on things related.

Orgasm as a physical function serves to relive stress, medically considered as the foundation of most illness. Developing a full orgasmic potential is also essential to psychological health in the view of Wilhelm Reich, a student of Freud. He developed a comprehensive psychoanalysis based on how the emotions get blocked by inhibition of the orgasmic reflex and are lodged in the body. Related therapies evolved that rely often on body work and emotional catharsis - which can be seen broadly as an orgasmic response - which releases blockages. Reich was in this regard a pioneer of psychosomatic medicine.

Reich however focused only on one kind of sexual orgasm, that which culminated in ejaculation for the male or climax for the female. Anything else was considered inferior although he also saw the nature of orgasm as an expression of a universal energy he called orgone.

In eastern teachings of Yoga, Tantra and Taoist Chi Kung, this energy goes by many names. The flow of energy rather than body chemistry is the subject of both medicine and states of consciousness. These states of consciousness are sometimes referred to as spirituality. The Highest state of consciousness is usually associated with some form of bliss independent of the thinking mind. This bliss is said to be the natural or native state of the human being when connected energetically with nature - meaning the energy of life flows without blockages or resistance within the psyco-physical organism and it?s environment.

Today we have an emerging field of study called ?energy psychology? which shows the link between the body - especially the emotions - and the energy body. Based on the eastern ideas of meridians and nadis - the energy channels which western science can now map with electronic probes - emotional reactivity is seen as a short circuit of the energy system in response to life events. By tapping certain points or stroking along certain channels while a persons attention is directed to an issue, life long fears, reactive emotional responses and self limiting attitudes can be neutralized in brief periods of time ... often only minutes. Physical pains and conditions often resolve in some measure as well with only the simplest of procedures.

One set of techniques is aptly named Emotional Freedom Techniques in that when one is no longer emotionally reactive one is in a very real sense free. The joy of life is recovered from an area where it had been otherwise suppressed. Let me emphasize the last point. Recovered means that this joy is there naturally and was somehow lost.

Energy is more subtle than physiology and the understanding of the orgasm in this view is also much more a study in subtleties. Rather than having a wide swing of buildup and release, orgasm - which balances and harmonizes the energy system - is approached like peeling the layers of an onion ... ever so slowly. As orgasm unfolds the subtleties of sensation grow as heightened awareness and the emotions too are involved, leading to a deepening sense of communion, peace and joy over time. Such subtleties are missed by the grasping mind, addicted to instant gratification. This other orgasmic potential is something which although natural, like learning to walk takes some practice.

Having Spent years learning complicated breathing, mediation and energy circulation techniques. I am pleased to have found KSMOP. After 5 months of experimentation with the protocol I see this as the most natural method of awakening to the energy system and growing into awareness of what orgasm really is.

I confess that I was not new to the experience of energetic orgasm. Within the First few weeks I was able to recreate on a consistent basis what was often elusive by other means. In the weeks that followed however the richness of the experience continued to deepen. In terms of daily life, the effects seem to generalize to a greater sense of contentment, a greater openness to others, and there are days when there is this overwhelming smile that just will not leave my face regardless of the challenges of life. To indulge my poetic nature I could say that sunsets are more vivid now and I am in love - with nothing in particular - just in love.

Let me add that I am currently single, unattached and masturbation is infrequently indulged. I continue this lifestyle as an experiment, not as a recommendation to others.

Male continence is a commonplace within a context of sacred sexuality. Truly I was not one to embrace the idea in the beginning. It was by accident that I discovered energy orgasms for the first time - and in time emission lost it?s absolute fascination.

Still chastity is difficult - made more so without a partner. The Protocol is a godsend when pleasure turns to frustration.

The KS for me is practiced in the same vein as the healing sounds of Chi Kung, as a means of balancing energy in the meridians - somewhat as a mantra root syllable. In my mind The Protocol can have a generalized effect of restoring function within the entire energy system.

I have tried adapting it, modifying it with other disciplines I have practiced. I have found this not in the least fruitful. I have however incorporated it within other simple practices (I like simplicity).

For example ... 0) optional: yawning several times to relax. 1) without forcing anything; breathing in through the feet up to the diaphragm. 2) practicing the Key Sound and being witness to the echo effects. 3) moving (imaginatively) the? felt-energy? effects up through the torso from the body base. 4) resting in the ?inner smile? with ?soft eyes?. 5) letting attention fall into the heart like rain.

Sacred Sexuality is often considered as an initiatory discipline within the context of a greater spiritual path. Here the Life Force is most directly linked to the body and the heart. Entering into the mysteries of the heart cave is the goal of many teachings. The heart unfolds and revels it?s secrets naturally and humanly with the aid of this KSMOP practice. The sexual energy transmutes into ?mystical? realms, in my opinion, in direct relationship with the opening of the heart.

When I first began the KSMOP I relished the whole body orgasms, which could sometimes be intense. More ?orgasm like? if you will. As I practice today, I relish most the ?sweetness? of the energy as it moves more caressingly through sensory and feeling states without the fading of passion. Ahh, to have a partner to share that with. Then again, I don?t think I am the only one here who has discovered the potential to give a partner orgasm without even touch. What a gift to realize sex not as simple friction and fluid exchange but as the root of sublime energies.

The simplest model of sacred sex practice is probably found in the practice of Karezza. A term adapted from the Italian which means caress My favorite book about this practice was written in 1931 by J. William Lloyd, called the Karezza Method or Magnetation: the Art of Connubial Love. As the title suggests the theory of the time was all about energy and magnetism. Practitioners today still speak of floating in the magnetic ocean. And I love the lines Lloyd wrote such as ?The lover is the artist in touch? and about the ?wine of sex? upon which lovers feast. It?s all very courtly to me.

Philosophy and poetry aside, the truth is in the practice. With the background set I hope to be able to go into greater detail later. Come those who are curious. Share and ask questions in this space.

Hey donnoi, it's VERY nice to hear from you again!

>After much deliberation (and
>procrastination), I want to
>open a new topic about sacred
>sexuality.

GREAT idea! Thanks very much for doing so, and in
such an articulate and thoughtful manner!

>I would
>like to have a place to share
>with others on this journey
>who have found ?The Protocol?
>helpful within the context of
>sacred sexual practice.

Thank you very much for claiming this space
as a place to do so!

>My own
>preference is to try to
>demystify some older
>traditions in the process.

Yeah man. Filter out the esoteric jargon (which of course
can be fun to throw around at times) and reveal the essentials
unencumbered by specialized language!

>Orgasm as a physical function
>serves to relieve stress,
>medically considered as the
>foundation of most illness.

Yep I certainly agree with both of those statements.

>Developing a full orgasmic
>potential is also essential to
>psychological health

Amen!

>in the
>view of Wilhelm Reich, a
>student of Freud.

Yes my initial motivation for seeking to discover a true
non-ejaculatory orgasmic state without the artificial last-moment
ejaculation blocking, hovering, etc. was influenced in good part
by Reich's writing, AND by what he'd left out of his theory... that orgasm and ejaculation are NOT interchangeable terms, but that
orgasm and ejaculation are two DISTINCT reflexes.

>He developed
>a comprehensive psychoanalysis
>based on how the emotions get
>blocked by inhibition of the
>orgasmic reflex and are lodged
>in the body.

Yep I certainly agree with that.

>Related therapies
>evolved that rely often on
>body work and emotional
>catharsis - which can be seen
>broadly as an orgasmic
>response - which releases
>blockages. Reich was in this
>regard a pioneer of
>psychosomatic medicine.

Agreed!
>
>Reich however focused only on
>one kind of sexual orgasm,
>that which culminated in
>ejaculation for the male or
>climax for the female.

He took us a long way in our understanding of orgasmic response,
including in the relationship between its blockage or even
social repression and its relationship to the rise of violence and fascism.

>The Highest
>state of consciousness is
>usually associated with some
>form of bliss independent of
>the thinking mind. This bliss
>is said to be the natural or
>native state of the human
>being when connected
>energetically with nature -

People who through Multiple Orgasm Trigger practice learn to access
the multi-orgasmic "Zone" tend to experience it
as having a sense of familiarity, of "coming home
to one's true self," etc.

>meaning the energy of life
>flows without blockages or
>resistance within the
>psyco-physical organism and
>it?s environment.

Yes, by calmposting the emotional furballs (blockages),
the channels are opened up for the orgasmic energy to flow freely.


[Thanks very much for the references and
discussion of related
models such as the Emotional Freedom Techniques you discussed in this section.]

>Energy is more subtle than
>physiology and the
>understanding of the orgasm in
>this view is also much more a
>study in subtleties.

Yes, when seeking the discovery, I intuited that since
explorations of male orgasm/ejaculation has been for the most part very "yang"
and that approach to date apparently hadn't yielded a breakthrough such
as the Key Sound Multiple Orgasm Trigger Protocol,
I decided to explore the "yin" (i.e. subtle) aspects of
arousal and decided to invert many of the patterns typical
in male sexual arousal (e.g. continuous stimulation,
muscle tension, "going for it," last-moment-before-ejaculation
"slamming on the brakes," etc.),
and this is what ultimately led me to the discovery.

>Rather
>than having a wide swing of
>buildup and release, orgasm -
>which balances and harmonizes
>the energy system - is
>approached like peeling the
>layers of an onion

or the "Thousand-petalled Lotus" :-)

>... ever so
>slowly. As orgasm unfolds the
>subtleties of sensation grow
>as heightened awareness and
>the emotions too are involved,

...and since the emotions are involved, hence
the essential
importance of clearing the "emotional furballs"
(i.e., blockages) to allow the sensations to flow freely.

>leading to a deepening sense
>of communion, peace and joy
>over time.

Yeah and that sense of communion is not to be underrated, is it!

In the higher multi-orgasmic states (aka "The Zone"),
that sense of communion with everything can be exquisitely profound.

As you say, "in love."

>Such subtleties are
>missed by the grasping mind,

... yes... the "yang" mind...

>addicted to instant
>gratification.

"addicted" is exactly right, imho.

>This other
>orgasmic potential is
>something which although
>natural, like learning to walk
>takes some practice.

And like walking, once you have it,
it's eventually
immediately accessible, sometimes just by having the intention
to access it.

>Having Spent years learning
>complicated breathing,
>meditation and energy
>circulation techniques. I am
>pleased to have found KSMOP.

And I am very pleased that you are enjoying its benefits!

>After 5 months of
>experimentation with the
>protocol I see this as the
>most natural method of
>awakening to the energy system
>and growing into awareness of
>what orgasm really is.

Thank you. I tend to agree. :-)

>I confess that I was not new
>to the experience of energetic
>orgasm. Within the First few
>weeks I was able to recreate
>on a consistent basis what was
>often elusive by other means.
>In the weeks that followed
>however the richness of the
>experience continued to
>deepen.

That's wonderful, donnoi!

>In terms of daily
>life, the effects seem to
>generalize to a greater sense
>of contentment, a greater
>openness to others, and there
>are days when there is this
>overwhelming smile that just
>will not leave my face
>regardless of the challenges
>of life.

I can really relate to that, Brother!

>To indulge my poetic
>nature I could say that
>sunsets are more vivid now and
>I am in love - with nothing in
>particular - just in love.

I TOTALLY relate to that feeling!

>It was
>by accident that I discovered
>energy orgasms for the first
>time - and in time emission
>lost it?s absolute
>fascination.

I can understand that.

I have found that I prefer some of both,
and that
now the orgasms with ejaculation are far more pleasurable
and satisfying than they were before.

Their more transitory nature though, puts them in second
place to just hangin' out in that multi-orgasmic Zone
for hours if I choose.

>Still chastity is difficult -
>made more so without a
>partner. The Protocol is a
>godsend when pleasure turns to
>frustration.

I'm very glad it's helpful to you at such a time.

>The KS for me is practiced in
>the same vein as the healing
>sounds of Chi Kung, as a means
>of balancing energy in the
>meridians - somewhat as a
>mantra root syllable.

That definitely resonates for me.

>In my
>mind The Protocol can have a
>generalized effect of
>restoring function within the
>entire energy system.

Sure feels like it to me, too.

>I have tried adapting it,
>modifying it with other
>disciplines I have practiced.
>I have found this not in the
>least fruitful.

LOL. The ol' K.I.S.S. rule:
Keep It Simple, Seeker!

>I have however
>incorporated it within other
>simple practices (I like
>simplicity).
>
>For example ... 0) optional:
>yawning several times to
>relax.

Great idea!

>1) without forcing
>anything;

Yes, absence of forcing is definitely key in my experience.

>breathing in through
>the feet up to the diaphragm.

Nice energy draw!

>2) practicing the Key Sound
>and being witness to the echo
>effects.

Yes, observing, witnessing, marvelling, without chasing
after them or trying to "make" them happen.

>3) moving
>(imaginatively) the?
>felt-energy? effects up
>through the torso from the
>body base.

Yes, a great suggestion!

>4) resting in the
>?inner smile? with ?soft
>eyes?.

:-)

>5) letting attention
>fall into the heart like rain.

Niiiice...

>Sacred Sexuality is often
>considered as an initiatory
>discipline within the context
>of a greater spiritual path.
>Here the Life Force is most
>directly linked to the body
>and the heart.

And now even an average Joe or Josephine can
experience that linkage
and without having to buy in to a particular philosophical
package or trek off to far away places to find it.

It's all within.

>Entering into
>the mysteries of the heart
>cave is the goal of many
>teachings. The heart unfolds
>and revels it?s secrets
>naturally

I love that little "slip" from your subconscious guru: "the heart revels its secrets naturally."

Heart Revels indeed!!!

>and humanly with the
>aid of this KSMOP practice.

Wonderful!

>The sexual energy transmutes
>into ?mystical? realms, in my
>opinion, in direct
>relationship with the opening
>of the heart.

Yeah I agree with that 100%
>
>When I first began the KSMOP I
>relished the whole body
>orgasms, which could sometimes
>be intense. More ?orgasm like?
>if you will. As I practice
>today, I relish most the
>?sweetness? of the energy as
>it moves more caressingly
>through sensory and feeling
>states without the fading of
>passion.

Yes I really relate to that "sweetness" you are talking
about!

It reminds me of the parasthetic experiences Collin
reported e.g., in Chat 0191, where he literally
begins tasting caramel, and other sweet flavors!

>Ahh, to have a
>partner to share that with.

I trust that as you continue your practice,
if you visualize
drawing a partner to yourself through that energy,
that you will find each other.

>Then again, I don?t think I am
>the only one here who has
>discovered the potential to
>give a partner orgasm without
>even touch.

Yes and what a great (and often surprising!) gift that can be!

>What a gift to
>realize sex not as simple
>friction and fluid exchange
>but as the root of sublime
>energies.

Indeed so!

>The simplest model of sacred sex
>practice is probably found in the
>practice of Karezza. A term adapted from
>the Italian which means caress My
>favorite book about this practice was
>written in 1931 by J. William Lloyd,
>called the Karezza Method or
>Magnetation: the Art of Connubial Love.
>As the title suggests the theory of the
>time was all about energy and magnetism.
>Practitioners today still speak of
>floating in the magnetic ocean. And I
>love the lines Lloyd wrote such as ?The
>lover is the artist in touch? and about
>the ?wine of sex? upon which lovers
>feast. It?s all very courtly to me.

Yes it's a very intriguing form of making sex hotter!

>Philosophy and poetry aside, the truth
>is in the practice.

Amen to THAT! The Echo Effects are the Guru...

>With the background
>set I hope to be able to go into greater
>detail later.

I look forward to it!

>Come those who are
>curious. Share and ask questions in this
>space.

Yes please...

WELL DONE, DONNOI!!!

...and Thanks!
Jack

What a joy to read your post and to discover so many strands overlapping with my own explorations as a licensed massage therapist (Body Electric etc) and my work as an Episcopal priest. Since you cited the Karezza Method book, I'm sure you already know the web site of Marnia Robinson and Gary Wilson: PEACE BETWEEN THE SHEETS; a lot of good material. Looking forward to continuing the conversation. What an exciting time when sacred sexuality is finally becoming known and explored in so mny venues.
Embodied blessings to you!

I would be interested to know what you guys think about the book "Beloveds in Bed" by Mackenzie Jordan. It's my favorite book about sex and she sees sex as inherently spiritual. As I do, too.

Mercy

Thank you Jack for you gracious response. Here?s another instalment, although it goes further afield into the theoretical. Reign me in if you feel the need.

Mercy, I for one have not read the book. It might interest you however that the Zohar (the main text of the Kabbala) says that ? The Holy One, Blessed Be He, does not choose to dwell where the male and female are not united.?

Thank you, loosecanon1 yes, I have posted several things to the PEACE Forum under my ?pen name? Arjay (strange huh that someone who can?t spell should have a pen name) and actually introduced them to the book by Lloyd (available through healthresearchbooks.com), as well as to what follows by Kervan. They are not really friendly toward the word ?orgasm? however.

The French scientist Louis Kervan documents in animal experiments what he calls Biological Transmutation - the release of the energy potential inherent in biological cells. He says:

?Nowadays, it is known that each atom of our physical body contains an energy equivalent to 200.000.000 eV.

Yoga offers precise methods for a gradual release of this power, which is ?chained? in the atoms of the cells, tissues, organs, etc. We superficially consider that our entire body is material. But the sexual potential of any human being contains - ?confined in substance? - hundreds of thousands [of] millions of volts.

According to the Oriental tradition, a conscious control of the sexual functions leads to transmutation reactions that gradually awaken huge inner biomagnetic energy.

The mechanisms of biological transmutation can be discovered by everyone through practice. Its fascinating effects will convince you that a BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATION does exist."

Kervran further writes that ?The sublimation of the resulting energy is the process of inner shifting and change that results from the transmutation. The energies change their vibratory frequency while passing through the levels of the being (chakras), generating specific, obvious and lasting effects corresponding to those levels.?

The Chakras for those unfamiliar are said to be energy centers within us which, like transformers, step up or down the Life energy which runs through the energy channels. It is to be noted that Wilhelm Reich delineated seven body areas that roughly correspond to the Chakras. Each body area had associations with common emotional and psychological states as well as muscular tensions and restrictions.

Kervran continues saying: ?Sublimation is then a process that follows transmutation. Sublimation redirects the pulsatory sexual energies towards other levels, towards a nonsexual goal, which harmonizes the vital, psychic, mental or spiritual levels.?

Kervan is a scientist not a yogi but he is none the less validating the ideas of the body being a storehouse of vast energy and that this energy can be tapped and used for essentially evolutionary purposes. Between the lines he is also saying ?try it you?ll like it.? That is what we are doing here in our own Bio laboratories.

A word about ?goals? as Kervan used it. In the eastern tradition goal oriented practice - including ?spiritual? goals: Psychic powers & world transcendence etc. - are still bondage. The true sage is one who has rejected even these. Jack said earlier that ?The Echo Effects are the Guru... ? just let transformation happen - no expectations. In this same vein, One teacher, a Trappist Priest, after some 21 months of asking the same unanswerable question about reality and ripping my responses to shreds, finally said to my reply: ?I am no longer your teacher ... THAT IS!? This is called metaphorically, ?meeting the Guru within.? the guru is none other than the SELF which is common to ALL persons.

The metaphor of the hologram helps to explain. Break a holographic image into an infinite number of pieces and each piece still contains the whole image. We are but identified with one object in the holographic image by virtue of the hypnotic effect of matter as it impinges on our conscious viewpoint. Bodies are hard to ignore, much, much harder to disassociate from than your red checker piece when it is jumped by your opponents black checker piece, although the principle of identification (my checker) is the same.

Another way to say that is to borrow from the Founders of Neurolingistic Programming. They said as I recall, that schizophrenia was the next evolutionary step. I beg to disagree. God beat us to it. NLP techniques for example may involve addressing our ?parts,? the creative part for example and the rational part of ourselves being directed to resolve a conflict at the unconscious level and then present a solution to the conscious mind. This psychological slight of hand is easily adopted by our mind. The universal mind, in a similar fashion, is that from which ALL our individualities, our ?ego parts? are split and then recombine.

As we awaken to the Chamaeleon of sex as the Life force and shed the ?fur balls? as Jack uses the term we begin the process of coming home, to SELF. Then may we say - the SELF is I and Thou, subject and object, Transcendent and immanent in creation. If you have ever seen the gestalt picture of the candle stick which changes to 2 faces and then back again - foreground and background shifting over and over - you?ll know what I mean by the union of these opposites. It is a matter of shifting awareness not of changing or becoming ?other than? what you already are. You are both already.

In terms as they relate to the experience of ?The Protocol?, as we become more attuned to energy rather than physical chemistry, our identity shifts along with our viewpoint. It becomes larger and we feel more connected to what beforehand had seemed separate. Lovers shift boundaries between each other more easily. This is the reason why sacred sexual communion is considered in the Tantric texts as the perfect meditation in such a material age.

An explanation more concrete, is that as matter releases it?s energy potential, the free energy itself reveals an emotional component which is even less localized in space-time than ?energy.? Subjectively we seem to develop an energy body (Taoists call it the immortal body) which mingles with other energy fields in a way flesh can not. In this lies further mysteries of erotic and spiritual communion. For the moment let us simply be reminded that at the quantum level, the behavior of subatomic particles like quarks seem to reveal an ?attitude? and that simply observing such particles influences their behavior. Unconscious ?things? in our gross experience, do not have attitudes nor are they impacted by being observed. The Vedas and the Tantras say that consciousness and matter-energy are inseparable. The myths and divine names (mantras) of god and goddess portray this quantum reality dance in ever more sophisticated metaphors, millennia before Newton ever saw an Apple.

There are reasons why the erotic energy potential does not biologically transmute. 1) It is released prematurely in ejaculation/climax. 2) It is repressed or inhibited based on reactive attitudes and emotions. 3) The body mind has not acclimated to the higher energy charge (it literally can not contain such pleasure in the current degenerated form of the body mind) and it short circuits. The energy system responds to stress - and there is bad stress and good stress (eustress, ie. pleasure).

In all of this, awareness is of course a key factor. Awareness is not ?thinking.? what we normally mistake for thought, is again a reactive attitudinal response similar to the emotional ?furballs? of which Jack speaks. Playing with biofeedback (like The Wild Divine) can show how muddy and ineffective our thinking actually is.

Again the evolving field of energy psychology (see: emofree.com) holds the promise of freeing attention rapidly without months and years of difficult meditation (which in the beginning sidesteps our responses rather than dissolves their root triggers). Again awareness too is our birthright which has simply been conditioned by material stressors which cloud perception of the real. This is the meaning of the term maya - illusion. It does not mean that we are imagining this reality of pain and separation from others. It means that we see as ?through a glass darkly.? and misperceive what is there. When reality is intuited, the magnetic pull of it?s innate bliss will lead us and dissolve everything ?illusory? in our path. This is the Way of Tao, non interference; an inactivity which is itself perfect fulness.

As we look closely at The Protocol, I?m sure you will see a great elegance at play in the dynamic interplay between biology, energy, emotion and attention or consciousness. It is a grand meditation of the Life force which, in the reports I?ve seen of other posters to this board, provide spontaneous insight into the above metaphysical postulates.

I do not claim the final word here, just trying to tie some things together before we get serious. I know I have oversimplified some things (and take full responsibility for any errors) but have hopefully removed some clutter as well, perhaps enough for the uninitiated to get a glimpse at the depth of sacred sex and it?s scope. Too I hope I have given clues to how the KSMOP could prove to be a door to this path and an accelerant to those who walk it. I welcome any feedback.

With the above said (hopefully in a somewhat coherent manner - difficult as it is to communicate some concepts), let me expound more precisely the lessons of The Protocol - as I understand it and as I see it applies to sacred sexual practice. I do beg your indulgence as I am still struggling with the words, to say what I want to be heard.

In The Protocol we learn to move from the physical to the emotional to shifts of conscious state with energy and attention as the bridge. As the bio-electric energy is released or ?transmutes? at a cellular level, the energy system is affected, being flooded with a higher voltage. Resistence to this higher charge in the energy channels manifests as triggered emotions and unsettling psychic states. As these resistances are cleared - and one must find a way to clear them - an increase in the capacity to feel pleasure is experienced. What at first may seem simply odd sensations of tingling, or spasmodic undulations of musculature become a flow of feeling and movement of a most sensuous kind. similarly do the emotions deepen in response to the bodies openness to these sensory feelings & parasthesias. Ones attention becomes less fixated on gross feeling sensations and its focus becomes more relaxed and embracing a wider field of awareness, is able to attend effortlessly to greater and greater complexities or subtleties of experience. Subjectively one begins to feel ?more alive? and ?centered? - more self content and self aware in the sense of being ?at home? with oneself. One could also say this is a movement toward self love in the best and truest sense of the term.

The lessons learned thus far are a good beginning for partner sex. Sacred sexual practice places no emphasis on orgasm in any form as a goal. This is an excellent attitude to have - essentially the same attitude as when you begin solo practice. When you combine 2 energy fields in the close union of 2 people, you have a 3rd entity which is a combination of them both. Just as it took time to awaken the orgasmic sensitivities within yourself, so will it likely take time to express this new potential via this 3rd entity.

The Protocol called for the lightest self stimulation in the beginning and a lot of just attending to whatever showed up. In the rituals of Tantra - preparatory to any sacred intercourse - the man might engage the woman more as a loving attendant. He might then move to sleeping at her feet and then by her side. Stripped of ritual formalities, this means; do not be in hurry to ?bed? one another. Intercourse is social as well as sexual. The erotic energy between lovers awakens internally simply by being in each others presence and then is expressed by words and touches. This sexual tension as it unfolds slowly in awareness is as important here as in any solo practice.

As the couple explore each other in this way - sensitizing themselves to the 3rd entity and becoming more and more intimate - emotional issues too will arise, issues perhaps of trust and fear and surrender and blockages to love. These ?furballs? need to be addressed and can be addressed together in a non confrontational manner via techniques of ?energy psychology? as well (see above). In other words the relationship has emotional issues just as an individual would. The issues are the combined energy dynamic of each individual. Unless the relationship is cleared, true union can not take place for both partners.

The sacred sexual union is more like a Tai Chi dance than the typical frantic grasping and thrusting of partners against each other as in the romance novels. Just as in The Protocol, erection is not required to begin. Take pleasure from touching each other with a teasing slowness, much like you would yourself in solo practice. Try going slower than you would like. Learn to relax into the experience of each moment - goal-less, mindless, without any expectation - only a curiosity about what could come of all of this (pun intended). Issues of erection and lubrication will take care of themselves over time.

With or without the Key Sound - as your experience informs - you may soon find yourself in orgasmic bliss. The nature of this ecstatic and orgasmic communion is likely to further surprise you in its nature and complexity. Two energy systems enjoined in this manner have a potential to amplify the (echo?) effects - especially as the energy moves upward and circulates between the two becoming centered above the body base. The experiences of each person are not necessarily synchronous - just as simultaneous orgasm is not always the case conventionally. Yet will there likely develop a sensitivity or connection that allows each person to derive great pleasure from the experience of the other in a sympathetic manner. This may even be the greater pleasure - learning that the spiritual boundaries between each other can dissolve. Perhaps more on this later.

Feedback and sharing is again always welcome in this space. I have no axe to grind, just trying to come to terms intellectually with my experience. And as Werner Erhart said: ?Understanding is the booby prize.?

Wow donnoi, I'm just about speechless! (A rarity!)...

What an incredibly thorough and articulate introduction
to the Multiple Orgasm Trigger Protocol experience
within the context of sacred sexuality.

VERY fine! Thank you very very much.

I look forward to more from you, and to the
responses of others to your comments.

Very best regards,
Jack

Thank you Jack for your encouragement, but I hope not all who read this are speechless, not exactly the point I was trying to get to :-)

Thank you shiva (an exalted moniker). I checked your link and it looks like a good book from the reviews. And yes, Aidvaita (non dualism) is the way to go which should be clear from the above. I am sure I would enjoy a conversation about it with you. However, few are up to the rigors of digesting a ?foreign? philosophy and few have access to a ?spiritual guide? worthy of the name to help them through. My purpose here in this post, is to look with modern eyes and speak to those who live more ordinary lives, without falling into superficiality. Help me to avoid that trap if you would.

I was struck by your comment that : ?Interesting things in it which made sense to me with the practice of KS and which light the KS from a rich angle.? YES! That is that marvel I see in Jack?s work; that it can provide an opening to comprehend the previously incomprehensible. Feel free to share more about this.

And I think what Erhart was trying to say was that Gnosis (knowledge) is the fruit of action and experience. So many bounce from one theory and practice to another, trying to understand before they commit themselves. The ?hero? does not first need to understand. The intuition and conviction to act is already a given. The rest comes with time and good counsel along the way. For it is true that when the Chela (student) is ready the Guru (teacher) appears - meaning that when the student has tasted the fruit of his journeys he will recognize the orchard when he arrives.

(Note: Pretty much ?everything? is also in the Sri Lalita Sahasranama - a mantra consisting of 1000 mantra?s. It begins with the Sylable Om, phonetically AUM, which is also used in Kabbala - the Hebrew Autiot (alphabet) rendering it as: Aleph - Vav - Mem. Perhaps Wisdom belongs not only to India? And by the way, Om has the iconic meaning of the Sun and Moon, the shiva-lingam, male and female, Yin and Yang in union which in Chinese is Tao, which is also a meaning of the Hebrew letter Aleph.)

You wrote :

That is that marvel I see in Jack's work; that it can provide an opening to comprehend the previously incomprehensible.

Yes, definitely. A simple practice that if we take it humbly and with gratitude makes things accessible in our own body.

How amazing is it to see that such a simple practice done with an fully open heart can unfold layers of discoveries in our bodies and connect us to our depth !

Yes, Thanks to Jack for having been faithful and generous (with us all) to what has been revealed to him.

shiva

Well, okay, donnoi, it sounds like sacred sexual practice is just a fancy name for good sex. Most of those things you talked about are just intuitive for me.

Please forgive me for my impertinence.

Mercy