Say what? Yes, the Spirituality in Sexuality.
I wanted to talk about something different, also relevant, as it is something every being on this earth has in common. So “Let’s talk abooout sex, let’s talk about sex!”
Haha, that song just popped into my head and if you are my age, you know exactly what song that is. Truthfully, sexuality is way more than sex and that is why I have dedicated this post to just scratching the surface regarding this topic. If you assumed I’d write something hella freaky and inappropriate, keep reading for sure! *super side eye*
So what does spirituality have to do with sexuality? How about ER’THANG! Sexual energy is undeniably powerful. When it is honed consciously, it can be an awesome influence on personal healing and spiritual growth. And Believe it so, that your spiritual and energetic bodies govern pretty much all things sexual energy. Sexual energy is governed by your lower energy centers. What does that mean? Your sexual expression is controlled by your base (root) chakra. The root chakra channels earth energy upward into the rest of the bodies energy centers, providing the ultimate support, which is vital for our existence. When the root chakra is balanced and healthy, we are instinctive, we feel supported, and safe. We feel sensual and affectionate, openly expressing affection to our loved ones. We feel divinity in life form as pleasure and passion. If for some reason, the root chakra energy is blocked or inactive, our sex lives can be unfulfilling and dull, resulting in imbalances in sexual expression.
The second chakra known as the Sacral Chakra manages sexual energy as a whole, including arousal and sexual impulse control. In tantric teachings, it is taught that the powerful sexual energy that lives in the sacral chakra is one in the same with creative energy, making orgasmic energy the best energy for creation and manifestation (I will discuss sex magic/how to create and manifest with sex at a later date). The Sacral Chakra also concerns itself with how much joy we bring to our connections and relationships to others. Stress to this Chakra results in us placing defensive boundaries up, blocking the energetic feelings of bliss that contribute to satisfaction and orgasm. In addition, an imbalanced Sacral Chakra can make us controlling, jealous and incapable of receiving love.
When our energy centers that rule sexual energy are healthy, we can experience sexuality in its true erotic and pleasure-filled, uninhibited full form. We can use our positive energies to create healthy conditions for our spiritual and physical bodies to not only unite with another person, but to take us on a bliss filled journey of soul expansion. At which point, we aren’t just experiencing sexual energy in our lower bodies, this intense erotic and powerful energy is experienced by our whole physical and spiritual being! Balanced chakras allow sexual energy to flow freely into the higher chakras, making available unprecedented feelings of pleasure, in addition to spiritual enlightenment! And for all the women reading this, an orgasm from the ether realms! *GASPS*
YASSSSS! Sex is super healthy for the spirit and so necessary! While sexual expression may feel intimidating, it is freeing the more we allow ourselves to move away from societal limited consciousness and into energetic expansion. As so long as we are doing it guilt-free and making healthy sexual choices that support our bodies and well being, sex is one of the highest forms of devotion to our divinity and humanness.
So how do we remove blockages in our lower chakras caused from old “stuff” that is keeping us inhibited from experiencing our sexuality in its true, authentic nature? And how do we balance our lower Chakras so that we aren’t choking our sexual energy and allowing it to flow freely and passionately?
Releasing blocked and stagnant energy from our sexual energy centers.
Acknowledge and release old traumas that make us feel insecure, unsafe, unloved, and unwanted. Acknowledge and release sexual stigmas that make us feel dirty for having desires. Acts of release can be done with a healer (energy, reiki, & other natural healing modalities). They can also be done with prayer and intention setting (effectiveness depends on depth of the trauma stored).
Reminding ourselves that we are deserving and worthy of love in all forms. Staying centered in our thought process about sexual interactions, that they are a high vibrational form of devotion to our divine selves when the act is rightly motivated and our intentions are well.
Selecting partners that respect our physical and spiritual being; selecting partners that have good intentions and healthy emotions. This ensures that we have healthy expressions of our sexuality and in going forward after merging energetic fields with said partner.
Allowing ourselves to be present and in the moment, allowing our lover to be of service to us and allowing ourselves to be of service to them also.
Follow healthy - uninhibited self-expression, as a doorway to authentic sexual expression; delete the preconceived pictures in your head of “what it should look like”.
Heart to heart, eye contact and touching and are all sensory inputs that heighten our sexual and spiritual experience.
Lastly, LET GO! Take a deep breath and allow yourself to let go and be in that sexual energetic space being shared with your partner. Soak up the experience in every cell of your body, as this powerful energy flows through every piece of your being.
So, this is just a small introduction, as this topic has so much depth to it, I literally didn’t even flip the first page. Contrary to what so many believe, especially in the world of organized religion, healing isn’t just about peace, hope, harmony and joy. Healing includes our whole true - divine and human self. This includes pleasure and love in its highest form! You know its no coincidence Marvin Gaye was singing about Sexual Healing!
My hopes for you, the reader, is that you have learned a bit about how your spiritual-self isn’t separate from your sexual-self. That being sexual isn’t lesser than being spiritual. That they are one in the same, they inhabit and share the same marvelous space God created you in. My prayer is that you are healthy and whole energetically and emotionally, that your chakras are aligned and that you are enjoying the most pleasure you were created to partake in. And ladies, that you are receiving the orgasms that you deserve! HA!
Love & Light Beams,
Shina
PS.
Listen, if you are interested in a part II to this topic, like this post and or leave a comment. I really want to get into selecting partners and merging energetic fields with them, and the release of hormones that heals the body during climax. I also would love to discuss what some people call sex magic. I like to call it the art of creating and and manifesting with the release of orgasmic energy. Bruhhhh!