THE SHORTCOMINGS OF FRICTION SEX
By Victor Gold. Posted on .
If you have paid careful attention, you may have noticed that ordinary friction sex, the kind of sexual exchange that most men employ, is characterized by a series of incessant, robotic, pelvic pumping actions combined with rapid breathing. There is no doubt that this is the fast and hard version of sex that has been glorified in pornography and elsewhere. Though it may generate delicious physical sensations and escalating excitement while it lasts (at least for the man), its usefulness in sexual intercourse must be tempered if sexual intimacy and heart-centered lovemaking becomes more of a priority. If not, as far as men are concerned, the physically taxing and athletic nature of this type of sex inevitably leads to increased muscular tension and male ejaculation followed by energy loss, fatigue and lower consciousness. This is essentially the familiar masculine (yang) version of lovemaking that we as a society have come to embrace.
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It should be noted that all of the above symptoms are barriers to the tantric principles of seminal retention, energy cultivation, relaxation, letting go, heightened awareness, increased orgasmic flow, sexual ecstasy and higher consciousness. If you really think about it, friction sex is really a speeded-up, forced version of what lovers would gradually come to do naturally, gently, and effortlessly if prompted only by their desire to express affection.
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Happily, there is another underused lovemaking style that most people are as yet unaware of. It may be thought of as the feminine (yin) version of lovemaking. It is perfectly complementary to the male version and is known as soft-style lovemaking because it features the slow and soft version of sex. This feminine style of lovemaking is characterized by stillness, calmness, relaxation, synchronized breathing, letting go, shared affection, increased energy flow, heightened awareness, melting and staying fully present in the here and now.
Soft-style lovemaking is the antithesis of conventional friction sex. You don’t chase the orgasm; there is no performance goal and therefore no striving. There is an absence of purpose and hurry. Instead you relax into the arousal and begin the process of letting go. With each exhale the bodies of the lovers relax more deeply. You let the heightened sexual tension radiate throughout the body, and the body moves only involuntarily in response to it. The only effort is in learning to make no effort.
It may be counter intuitive, but relaxation, letting go, and stillness promotes an expanded orgasmic response. Relaxation promotes free-flowing energy currents that increase the sensitivity of the physical bodies. The erotic experience of both lovers is heightened to the point where the lovemaking may become excruciatingly pleasurable beyond anything that friction sex can offer. As the letting go deepens, the sexual tension circulates throughout the lovers’ bodies as they radiate in blissful stillness. With heightened awareness, each lover feels the other lover’s body and tunes in to the energy flowing between them. They merge with that energy. Together they melt in it!
