The Dalai Lama on Sex Fantasies

Apparently, even the Dalai Lama, who has been celibate his entire life, has sex fantasies just like ordinary people do.

"Yes yes, sometmes I see some beautiful things, of course, beautiful women, and sometimes I feel something," he admits. "But in the meantime, when I see all the trouble that married people have, I think maybe I am lucky," he says, laughing deep from within his belly.

Suppression of desire, he says, is achieved through training of the mind and his own belief in the homespun widsom that familiarity breeds contempt.

"This is possible, through training, through analytical meditation. Even when you have the most beautiful, most famous woman, after a few weeks, a few months, a few years, your attitude, your feeling will definitely change ... at one time you can feel very much in love, but the same factor can eventually create a lot of unhappiness – that's nature."--The Daily Telegraph

I guess that explains the frequent break-ups among the "beautiful people" in Hollywood.

Tantra in the Workplace

Sex is usually banned in the workplace, but not everyone thinks that's a good idea.

DON'T ban sex in the workplace - encourage it. That's the provocative suggestion from Barbara Carrellas, author of the just-out "Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-first Century."

She writes: "A law saying 'sexual expression of any kind is inappropriate in the workplace' sets that workplace up for rampant inappropriate displays of sexual expression. Instead of a ban . . . I'd like to see workplace seminars on the conscious use of sex in business."

Carrellas adds that "conscious use of sexual energy" not only helps people be more effective on the job; it also makes the job much more pleasurable."

She suggests: "On your way to work tomorrow . . . do some circular breathing and start an erotic fantasy to get your sexual energy running. [Move] that energy up your body, out your heart center, and into your day. You can even imagine it landing on your boss' desk and coming back to you in the form of a raise. A few moments of sex magic on your way to work can help make your highest hopes a reality."--New York Post

Weaving Sexual Energy Back into Life

Lust has been labeled one of the seven deadly sins, but is lust actually a bad thing?

"Lust is not good or bad in and of itself," says Elsbeth Meuth, an intimacy and relationship coach and co-founder and co-director of Chicago's Tantra Nova Institute. "It can be detrimental if that is the only way you can express yourself, though."

Fortunately, there is tantra.

"Tantra is a great way of getting in touch with yourself and controlling lust," says Freddy Zental Weaver, Meuth's partner and the institute's co-director. "Guys in particular don't realize that their lust is sometimes the only way they express themselves emotionally and sexually."--Chicago Sun-Times

Meuth goes on to outline 5 everyday practices for creating intimacy and love.

KATU-TV: The Essence of Tantric Sexuality

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