THERE'S
TANTRA AND TANTRA REGARDING THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF ORIENTAL
LOVEMAKING
There
is a lot of confusion surrounding Tantra yoga and Taoist sex.
In ancient texts, the way of presenting the ideas under a
single label leads to confusing three different ways of having
sex. The differences between these three methods lie above
all in what the man must do or not do. The method described
up to now, the peak-experience orgasm, is one of these three
ways. The peak-experience orgasm (or sweet Tantra) is characterized
by the fact that you don't do anything. And, in particular,
you don't do anything to withhold or prevent ejaculation.
You simply fall into a state of beatitude that is different
from reaching the pinnacle of excitement that corresponds
to the typical orgasm.
The
other two techniques that are often confused with each other
foresee reaching typical orgasm and experiencing a sort of
ejaculation, but without there being a real emission of seminal
fluid. I would like to begin by saying that I judge these
two methods insane and a little absurd and that if you are
interested in trying them you have to take courses with very
knowledgeable teachers because if they are not accompanied
with specific relaxation practices (yoga or ci kung) they
can cause serious irritations and contractions. Therefore
proceed carefully. I would define these two methods as missed
ejaculation (widely practiced in China) and dry orgasm (practiced
mainly in India), and I will take all praise to have been
the first to describe these methods in a way that is easy
to understand.
To reach non-ejaculation, the man makes love by plunging and
withdrawing his penis from the scented lily. He does it rhythmically,
alternating three deep and one superficial thrust. When he
feels excitement mounting, he stops, takes a breath, retracts
his abdominal muscles and forcefully contracts his pubococcygeal
muscle (the one you use to block your pee). When he then desires
it, he reaches orgasm, but continues to contract this muscle
rhythmically, enabling the canal of the urethra to close as
sperm is about to spill out. That is, it precisely prevents
emission. Sperm thus blocked turn back. It's a very strange
sensation.
Orgasm
is weak as a result because you are mentally involved. This
method is also used in the West as contraception by a certain
group of Spanish Catholics. Missed ejaculation is erroneously
defined by some as multiple orgasm. It is true that by blocking
ejaculation in such a way you don't lose your erection, but
it is also true that there isn't any pleasure in doing it
because there is no real orgasm. There is only the pleasure
of having looked clever. Conversely, the dry orgasm method
foresees that you must devote yourself to moving the least
possible. You have to remain relaxed and contract rhythmically
and slowly the muscle that closes the anus. After around 31
minutes, you have a sort orgasmic release without sperm attempting
to come out. Tension simply slows down with rhythmic releases
of warmth and pleasure. Even in this case, there is orgasmic
pleasure, but it's very disappointing. Periodically, however,
whoever practices these methods must ejaculate to avoid irritation.
The
frequency of necessary ejaculations varies gradually with
age: every four days for a young man, every twenty-eight days
for an old man. This is very important. All the ancient texts
that illustrate these methods maintain that the purpose of
these practices is the cosmic union between male and female
and total meditative abandon. But then they propose two methods
that lead precisely in the opposite direction. The reason
is historical. I am convinced that the original idea, Tantric
love at its purest and spiritual, would be the one that we
proposed (peak-experience orgasm).
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