L´earning to Love
Gloria Ornelas Hall
Eroticism
“Praised be the three aims of life, virtue (Dharma), prosperity (Artha),
and love (Kama)”. This is the introductory invocation in the Kamasutra. It goes
on saying “Love is necessary to satisfy the mind; ethics, to satisfy the
conscience; and spiritual seeking for peace of soul. Without food and clothes,
the body becomes thin and weak. Without eroticism, the mind become restless and
unsatisfied. Without virtue (ethics), the conscience goes astray. Without
spirituality, the soul is degraded.” Thus, Master Vatsyayana describes the
science of moral eroticism, leading to spiritual realization and not the sating
of the passions or the encouragement of pleasure seekers.
Whether love surges from an abstract ideal or from a feeling or passion,
it is manifest in the body. If there is no body there is no Eros (living vital
energy). As a Science, eroticism follows natural laws; as a spiritual guideline
it is a path of human development where “I”, becomes “We”. It all starts with
the body and its senses.Twitter wisdom says that without loving oneself, one cannot love another. However, it’s worse.…if I don´t like my body I will reject anyone who comes close, doubting his intentions, which I defensively see as malicious. In a society where the cult for a perfect body makes people spend fortunes for the physical torture of re-designing one’s body, it is hard to accept, much more, love one´s imperfections.
My boobs are beginning to sag and I am fatter. How can I love my body
that way? (Thank goodness aging comes with losing one’s sight, so that imperfections
are much less visible! ) What is
heightened is sensitivity. Touch, warmth, softness, all relieve the tension of
resistance that melts into the acceptance of a safe embrace. In the arms of our
loved one, looks become irrelevant. It is all about feeling. Fusion begins with
kissing, exchanging breath and chemical receptors in the saliva that unchain
the physiological reactions of desire. In the Kinsey Institute, sexual therapy
requires you to hug your partner and regulate your breathing to his or her rhythm.
This allows us to develop awareness with a keener focus on our loved one. Thus
we open up to a shared reality, in the here and now. Mutuality becomes
commonality and the skin ceases to be a barrier. Time is suspended and the “quick
of my being skips a beat”.
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