"Tantric Orgasm:" Mystery, Myth, Misnomer?
A Unifying Cosmic Experience
(excerpted from
Tantra: Cult of the Feminine, by André Van Lysebeth...)
Tantra has always known that the acme of sexual experience brings
about a state of bliss that is a far cry from simply climaxing and
produces a split from ordinary, waking consciousness associated with
the ego. Changing planes of consciousness is therefore a
well-tried means of transcending the ego and gaining access to a
unitary cosmic experience. Going beyond the ego thus involves no
mortification, no tedious asceticism which often creates more problems
than it solves.
You may have noticed that in referring to this peak experience I
deliberately avoided the word orgasm, both too specific and too
vague, and chose acme, instead. I also discarded climax and
paroxysm which both imply extreme tension that is totally alien to the
Tantric experience. Without rejecting ordinary orgasm, Tantra
considers that it is too dependent on mechanical, genital reflexes and
prevent any conscious control. The female orgasm is a sort of spasm
that is almost as irrepressible as the male's ejaculation. In this
mysterious Tantric alchemy, the Shakti need not forfeit her genital
orgasm on condition that the Shiva not lose his sexual control because
of it: she must gradually transcend ordinary orgasm so that the
energy thus awakened may activate the "heavenly" part of her brain. In
the same way, the Shiva must go beyond his ejaculation, which implies
that he has already mastered it. In both cases, the psychic, mental,
orgasm is acme.
Both our sexualities, the genital one with its orgasm, and the
cerebral one with its acme, unite in the Tantric experience,
although the heavenly one is given top priority, it being the only one
capable of opening the doors to cosmic experience.
Even without any Tantric initiation, some women may experience
something very close indeed to the "real thing." A woman describes
her experience as follows: "First, my feelings are concentrated at
the genital region, then they flow over by great waves in my whole
body. I become my feelings. I am all sensitivity. At times, I feel
like singing, as if the sensations were reaching my vocal chords and
made them vibrate on a still to be discovered tone.
"I have wonderful feelings of wholeness. It is difficult to describe
this. I feel electricity running through my whole body and live
intensely the bodily and spiritual union with my partner. At times, I
pray God tto become united to him, and feel the bliss of ecstasy!
"this kind of orgasm is to me a dive into the metaphysical, in another
world, a religious world. I have the feeling of climbing a mountain.
This all happens within my head which flows over with emotion, and
compels me to stay emotionally close to the man with whom I am.
"Orgasm is a compulsive sensation of light; this light comes from his
head and flows into my own, and I too start emitting light. Within my
body everything becomes light. I am blinded by a dazzling light,
which shines from behind my eyes, I hear nothing more, I do not feel
anything precise, but each part of my blood starts dancing, evey pore
irradiates, and the spiders in the closet, the ants on the floor
should feel it and be joyous to receive such love" (translation from
Le rapport Hite, Paris, 1977, p. 178).
This excerpt is easy to decipher once you've realized there are two
types of sexuality and two types of experiences. Obviously (and
unknowingly), this Shakti awakened her Kundalini; her genital orgasm
was the first stage of the rocket that propelled her toward another
state of being, toward the heavenly experience which she herself
explicitly locates in her brain (in the above quote the italics are
mine) rather than in her yoni. Moreover her experience is spiritual,
cosmic, and maybe even mystical, but it is unlikely that she will be
able to reach this state each and every time. The same is true in
Tantra. The Shiva must realize that if and when his Shakti reaches
such a state -- and the ecstatic expression on her face will tell him
-- she has become "disconnnected" from the species pole: the "best
behavior" for the Shiva, in this case, is to stop moving, be still and
psychically share the Shakti's experience.
In a way, Tantra has democratized the experience ith its rituals and
processes which se the appropriate mental and corporeal conditions.
True, this type of experience is not within the immediate reach of
each and every women, be she a Tantrist or not. But it is also true
that each and every woman is potentially capable of attaining it.
Moreover, such an acme is not the only door to the state of cosmic
fusion (cf. the chapter on the Path of the Valley). Furthermore,
exercising her anti-frigidity muscles and sharing maithuna with a
Shiva capable of ejaculatory control will gradually release the
Shakti's dual sexuality and she will eventually be able to have such
an experience and share it with her Tantric or non-Tantric Partner.
As a follow-up to the above, you may proceed directly to the section
starting on page 316."
-- End Excerpt of Andre Van Lysebeth's Tantra: Cult of the Feminine
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