Every time a man and woman make love, they reenact the myth of Shiva and Shakti who, by their Tantric union, conceive and give birth to the universes. Since we are childrem of the West, I would like to present a positive, ecstatic version of the myth that plagued us with original sin. To do this we have to go straight to the root of the problem: our sexuality. In your mind, imagine Adam and Eve in Paradise, sitting naked under the Tree of Knowledge, kissing...

Adam and Eve are becoming asroused, and Adam wants to make love. Eve hesitates. She says to Adam, "I'd like to be different, more spiritual this time." Adam is confused, "I'm not sure I know how."

Eve says, "Me neither, Let's ask God to help us." She calls God in prayer: "Dear God, be with us in our joining and bring us your blessings that we may experience your divine light and become one with you. Thank you for giving us Paradise."

Now there is a great Sssweeesh! in the leaves of the tree above their heads. And a great big sexy slinky boa constrictor slowly slides down to them holding a shiny red apple between his fangs. Eve gently stretches her hands out to receive the apple, and thanks him. Holding the juicy sweet apple in her right hand, she settles her naked body on Adam's lap, nestling his erection against her round, smooth belly. They began to sway their pelvises against each other, kissing passionaltely. Adam slides his tongue into Eve's mouth. she sucks his tongue, licks his lips, and pulls away to take a bite of the apple. then she slides the juicy bite into his mouth and they suck and chew on it together while his Vasjra gently penetrates her Yoni. A shudder of delight ripples through her spine as she takes another bite, shares it. Then another and another, while they make love.

The juice of God's apple oozes from their mouths onto their bodies, as the juice of her Yoni drenches his Vajra. Their excitement rises with every bite until they can hold it no longer and she cries, "Mow, oh yes, Adam, come, oh dear God..." And at that very moment God comes in the form of a great white light, filling their mind, their third eye, their entire body with bliss. And they hear this whisper: "I am the Holy Spirit. Ane ye are my children, in whom I am well pleased. Be you blessed, for the Father and Mother have united in you and through you they will now bring forth healing to the Earth, that She may always be honored as our Mother."

And from the moment Adam and Eve ate the apple, they knew that God had listened to Eve's prayer and that they must use wisely the revelations that would pour down to them through the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge, and give back to Gaia, the Earth, in loving kindness, the beauty that she bestowed upon them.

Adam and Eve exist within each of us as the original man and woman, father and mother. Through them we need to acknowledge our inner male and female components, as archetypes of the God and Goddess, images of our dual nature fulfilled in the creative and spiritual dimensions. In every relationship and act of love, women and men are seeking the union of their inner male and female selves, their own divine wholeness. Yet we achieve union not through an outer lover, but by uniting these inner male and female archetypes in our own psyches. Ultimately, the key to ecstasy, inner peace, tribal peace, and world peace is our own individual wholeness.


From "The Art of Everyday Ecstasy" by Margot Anand

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