Act 1: Re Act 1: Re- -Membering Membering Siva Siva Ending hierarchical religion Ending hierarchical religion’ ’s war s war on women, grace & nature with eco on women, grace & nature with eco- -erotic art erotic art
on Siva, Shakti Shakti & Do & Do- -It It- -Yourself Erotic Enlightenment Yourself Erotic Enlightenment Or how open secrets a half billion Hindus Or how open secrets a half billion Hindus forgot may still be used to wake the world forgot may still be used to wake the world. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
religious figures are like good electricians. They connect you to the power and then go home. A lusty god called Siva was once pretty good at that and deserves a ring today. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
in the Indus Valley as Pashupati, Lord of the Animals. He’s shown meditating in a garden with a handsome hard-on and attracting all manner of beasts. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Origins of Siva
hallowed state, the necessity hallowed state, the necessity for female energy was obvious, for female energy was obvious, understood and often clearly understood and often clearly depicted as well. depicted as well. Either implicitly with dakini in background... Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
helping hand lending a helping hand… … But neither Siva nor his adepts could experience or enjoy But neither Siva nor his adepts could experience or enjoy their latent powers without provocative erotic help. their latent powers without provocative erotic help. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
not a dead perception. Even Gandhi Even Gandhi- -ji ji slept naked with two slept naked with two young maids to young maids to “ “ritually steel himself ritually steel himself” ”. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
that female erotic power is key to male rapture, is key to male rapture, transcendence & potency transcendence & potency elevated women elevated women’ ’s status s status immensely and goddess immensely and goddess worship was the backdrop worship was the backdrop of Siva of Siva’ ’s earliest days. s earliest days. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
thing happened, funny in a sad and curious way funny in a sad and curious way. Temple hierarchs stepped in, banished Shakti, drained & veiled Siva’s phallus; and all the beasts (except a cow & tiger rug) quickly faded away. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
thing happened in an even stranger way in an even stranger way. Some hardcore fans salvaged Siva’s erection, planted it in an open vagina and set them up for worship on their own. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
Sacred Lingam, phallic icon of Siva phallic icon of Siva’ ’s robust creativity s robust creativity. At first the imagery was quite explicit with Shaktic energy holding up the shaft… Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
shrines” ” display display only the Lingam/Yoni and sometimes only the Lingam/Yoni and sometimes his bull but little other his bull but little other Shivanalia Shivanalia. . Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home Predominance Uncontested
In the outside world, Lingam worship is oft deplored as an antiquated sexist rite for lionizing males. Yet what all can see, but few discern is each Lingam still arises from & through a Yoni or sacred vulva icon. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
actual setting of these rites is deep within a vagina that’s entertaining an ardent beau. . Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home The Hindu Insider’s View
“odd/unnatural” pretext to bar women at the door. The gist: “Vaginas are natural hangouts for us guys, but a woman’s presence would be, well, strange.” Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Patriarchal Perversity Revisited
since these rites are literally pointless without erotic energy. But priests feared women’s charisma and banned them as impure so most are forced to pay respects outdoors. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Patriarchal Perversity Revisited
from the womb’s POV and these ceremonies’ most hallowed moments graphically reenact their orgasmic release. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home
Do not forget that all this xxx drama is occurring in public & “houses of God”, not some kinky Tijuana dive. So what is really going on? There are two interpretations neither of which often cross the orthodox Hindu mind.
Divine worship is usually embellished with things that give us human pleasure and are thus felt worthy of our gods: art, music, fragrance, foods, blossoms, alms, etc. Since nothing gives our kind more joy than sexuality, isn’t it our greatest gift and worthiest possible offering, ideally in the flesh but even symbolically?
We humans visit holy places to experience divinity and our rituals are supposed to bring us nearer to its power. If your highest rites present slow intercourse & prolonged orgasm as the peak incarnation of divine energy, isn’t that how you should seek sanctity yourself instead of just watching from afar?
shared Ancient mystics shared discoveries with their discoveries with their pre pre- -literate fellows literate fellows via parables & images. via parables & images. One critical addition to Siva One critical addition to Siva iconography was the debut iconography was the debut of the Nag, a sacred serpent that of the Nag, a sacred serpent that symbolized symbolized kundalini kundalini or or Shakti Shakti’ ’s s psychosomatic fire. psychosomatic fire. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Kundalini Postscript Kundalini’s serpent power rising from the lingam/yoni union
signifies the sensual energy or Shakti coiled at the base of the spine. It is envisioned as a sleeping serpent wrapped 3.5 times around the sacrum that must be awakened and ascend the body to vitalize the upper chakras & evoke enlightenment. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Kundalini Postscript Kundalini’s serpent power rising from the lingam/yoni union
emotive and psychic centers is in fact the true goal of “yoga” which literally means to yoke together or conjoin. Adepts from countless cultures have intuited this latent power around the perineum, and found ways to catalyze and channel it to drive psycho-sensual growth. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Kundalini Postscript Kundalini’s eros-evoked arising was clearly seen by some ancients as a very big deal.
Shaivite Shaivite mysticism depicts mysticism depicts this dynamic erotically and gets this dynamic erotically and gets quite specific about what quite specific about what’ ’s going s going on and what we on and what we’ ’re meant to do. re meant to do. Orgasms are to be savored as Orgasms are to be savored as numinous numinous Shaktic Shaktic visitations visitations and foretastes of the sensually and foretastes of the sensually spiritualized consciousness Siva spiritualized consciousness Siva represents and adepts aspire to. represents and adepts aspire to. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do Artist’s conception of Shaktic evocation & kundalini arising
moments offer Such climactic moments offer glory in glory in excelsis excelsis, but prolonging , but prolonging that splendor is a far harder task that splendor is a far harder task so masters offered graphic clues. so masters offered graphic clues. The work: steadily arouse The work: steadily arouse Shaktic Shaktic heat and coax its sentient power heat and coax its sentient power upward to fuse the chakra centers upward to fuse the chakra centers above, awaken selfless awareness, above, awaken selfless awareness, and open consciousness to divine and open consciousness to divine grace and the sacred unity of life. grace and the sacred unity of life. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do The individual workspace
more helpful Shaivite Shaivite icons icons depict the desired state within depict the desired state within the vagina: phallus resolute and the vagina: phallus resolute and moist provoking moist provoking kundalini kundalini, but , but not ejaculating full force. not ejaculating full force. This portrays This portrays Shakti Shakti’ ’s s power power at a simmer when her heat and at a simmer when her heat and juice can be gratefully guided juice can be gratefully guided and the real work gets done. and the real work gets done. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do Typical Shivling shrine schema depicting the lingam, yoni, semen trickle & kundalini aloft.
shrines suggest this with milk slowly dripping from a a dharapatra dharapatra (streaming urn) hung above the lingam head (streaming urn) hung above the lingam head. . Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do India’s dharapatra imagery in which ecstasy’s protracted & milky seepage equals bliss.
images that depict images that depict fitting poses to evoke and sustain fitting poses to evoke and sustain Shaktic Shaktic fire. fire. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do Though hierarchs claim such imagery is all just poetic, symbolic or allegorical, it’s not. It details a sensuous personal path to the enlightenment religions promise but rarely manifest.
Finally & factually most important is the agency of love, which is by nature hardest to portray and most ominous which is by nature hardest to portray and most ominous to male supremacists, priests & patriarchs. to male supremacists, priests & patriarchs. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
Each pair in Siva/Shakti Shakti couplings couplings aren aren’ ’t just equal willing partners, t just equal willing partners, they should also be beloveds who they should also be beloveds who are transparently in touch. are transparently in touch. The only way passion can build The only way passion can build to transcendent power is when to transcendent power is when each lover can sense the other each lover can sense the other’ ’s s excitement internally and be excitement internally and be reciprocally aroused. reciprocally aroused. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
Path Upward He feels her thrills and is elated, He feels her thrills and is elated, she feels his elation and is thrilled. she feels his elation and is thrilled. Boundaries dissolve as both spiral Boundaries dissolve as both spiral higher in a crescendo of delight. higher in a crescendo of delight. These are the moments These are the moments the earth moves the earth moves, , the whole exceeds the parts and the real the whole exceeds the parts and the real import of import of rapture rapture is finally understood. is finally understood. And once the ego armor melts away, And once the ego armor melts away, lovers not only lose themselves in one lovers not only lose themselves in one another, they compassionately resonate another, they compassionately resonate with the whole living world. with the whole living world. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
erotic internal path to epiphany birthed two unique genres of sacred art that dramatized its consequences. genres of sacred art that dramatized its consequences. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do One illustrated the feelings of power it conferred with flaming coronas and diverse magic arms.
dynamic virtuosity. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Kundalini Postscript Now called Natraj, he is the master of percussion and is worshipped as Lord of the Dance.
The other big theme depicts The other big theme depicts Shakti Shakti arising from a couple making love, arising from a couple making love, decapitating herself and pouring out decapitating herself and pouring out her blood to feed others & herself. her blood to feed others & herself. In the millennium since this image In the millennium since this image first appeared, it has become a cult first appeared, it has become a cult classic among Hindu, Buddhist and classic among Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mystics seeking hidden Jain mystics seeking hidden keys in ancient myths. keys in ancient myths. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
Renew the Living World Chhinnamasta Chhinnamasta’ ’s s mission & message mission & message are wildly veiled but perceptible. are wildly veiled but perceptible. Kundalini Kundalini aroused and ascendant aroused and ascendant routs the intellect routs the intellect’ ’s hegemony s hegemony and the ego and the ego’ ’s selfish greed s selfish greed releasing fountains of vitality releasing fountains of vitality for all those outside in need. for all those outside in need. She thus offers a rare dual path to She thus offers a rare dual path to personal liberation & social justice personal liberation & social justice where the spirit of the yogi and the where the spirit of the yogi and the revolutionary finally harmonize. revolutionary finally harmonize. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
artists apparently Some later artists apparently could not decide which lesson could not decide which lesson - - mystic powers or ego loss mystic powers or ego loss - - was more important to stress was more important to stress and tried to have it both ways. and tried to have it both ways. Gradually all these expressions Gradually all these expressions of of aspirational aspirational eroticism in art, eroticism in art, poetry, practice, etc. came to poetry, practice, etc. came to be called be called Tantra Tantra, playing on the , playing on the sexual overtones of the loom. sexual overtones of the loom. Though now messily used, it once Though now messily used, it once celebrated applied sensual magic celebrated applied sensual magic. . Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do
erogenous tech, but the tale would hardly be complete without a reverent nod to his beloved guides: ganja, ganja, charas charas & bhang. & bhang. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Watch what we show, that’s what you do Siva consulting his oracle
embraced cannabis for centuries and his fiercest devotees, the and his fiercest devotees, the Sadhus Sadhus, revere the , revere the Herb as god Herb as god- -given and an essential sacrament. given and an essential sacrament. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home Since cannabis clearly enhances intuition, sensation & insight, adepts also gratefully invoke it for healing, creative arts and tantric quests.
you Now that you’ ’ve got the ve got the picture(s picture(s), ), pray think long and hard on what pray think long and hard on what you you’ ’ve seen, what it means and why ve seen, what it means and why “ “modern modern” ” folks should even care. folks should even care. By our lights, the real takeaway is: By our lights, the real takeaway is: the most truthful maps to epiphany the most truthful maps to epiphany emerge from sacred erotic arts, not emerge from sacred erotic arts, not the bafflegab of hierarchs pumping the bafflegab of hierarchs pumping temple take with fear and fairytales. temple take with fear and fairytales. And somehow across all traditions And somehow across all traditions the essential meme remains the same: the essential meme remains the same: “This is as close as we get to godhead, people. Go to bed and learn to pray.” Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home Typical naïve gringo devotees dutifully pouring it on, but missing the point. Yanqui See, Yanqui Do
Hindus still meekly trudge to watch such rites repeatedly and have for ages is a grim tribute to propaganda’s power to cloud our vision & make the obvious obscure. A closing heretical navigation aid: When you can’t seem to find the keys to grace, rapture or sanctity in your church or temple, try asking your lover and looking in your pants. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings Arousing Divinity at Home Hint to weary pilgrims: sometimes, even in the eerie theater of religion, things are exactly what they seem.
got here is a failure to communicate…” So allow us to repeat: Siva worship apotheosizes intercourse Siva worship apotheosizes intercourse and faux orgasms inside a stylized vagina, which suggests: and faux orgasms inside a stylized vagina, which suggests: 1) Erotic bliss offers humanity its closest bridge to divinity; 1) Erotic bliss offers humanity its closest bridge to divinity; 2) Gender equality here is implicit, explicit and mandatory; 2) Gender equality here is implicit, explicit and mandatory; 3) Sensual heat ignites epiphanies far faster than priestly rit 3) Sensual heat ignites epiphanies far faster than priestly rituals; uals; 4) This isn 4) This isn’ ’t a show to watch, it t a show to watch, it’ ’s a miracle to experience; s a miracle to experience; 5) More ascents per hour of effort accelerate human evolution; 5) More ascents per hour of effort accelerate human evolution; 6) A beloved 6) A beloved’ ’s body is the only temple you s body is the only temple you’ ’ll ever really need; ll ever really need; 7) Hindus may forget all this, but their ancestors did discover 7) Hindus may forget all this, but their ancestors did discover it. it. Eco-Erotic Reawakenings The Lessons thus Far…
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