Perhaps one of the most important elements of spiritual development is learning to becoming an individual, or as Carl Jung put it, being able to "individuate" through integrating all the important aspects of life experience and not just the experiences of the ego.
In the previous post I talked about how spiritual awareness is essential to being capable of sharing a genuine intimate connection with another human being. In this article I'll discuss how tantric practices can bring spiritual development and sex together.
Tantric sex places the focus first and foremost on bringing two people closer together. This involves developing an intimate connection that is somewhat different from what we often term 'intimate' when thinking of sex. I wrote about the reason developing a genuine connection is more important than using sex for negative gains in the the previous article I posted entitled "The Spiritual Guide to Better Sex".
Spiritual development and sex are not that common to see in the same sentence. In fact a number of spiritual and religious schools of thought promote a celibate lifestyle or restrict sex and certain sexual acts altogether.
However spiritual awareness is as a crucial component in this aspect of personal development as it is in other areas. In fact, positive sexual experiences have a lot to do with spiritual awareness.
Your goals have something standing in front of them, blocking them. You. There is a chasm between planning and actuation that comes from Your Own Mind that can make this planning process become counter-productive, and this often results in procrastination.
Some of the best ideas I have had are results of writing them down "on the spot". If I plan to write an article later tonight there is a high chance that I won't finish it until tomorrow, and then tomorrow somehow the final version will get pushed back to later on in the week. Likewise, a number of people I know often plan to write something, to go to a meeting, or to call someone, and end up pushing that planned event back again and again right afterwards.
Is there a unique formula out there that can be used to find success, romance, love, and fulfilment? Or are these things found through sheer effort, goal-setting, or perhaps a certain flavour of luck? There is another alternative – Making Your Own Meaning out of the string of "coincidences" that occur in life.
