Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

TIP #07 – LIMIT YOUR FREQUENCY
The less we have sexual intercourse, the more special an act it remains, and the easier it is
to turn it into an act of Love-Making. Remember that sex is a highly addictive act, one
that leads us to physiologically crave more & more of it over time. As such, Purposefully
delaying that “high” is a very effective way to keep the act extremely pleasurable,
and a most effective way to keep it Sacred as well.
TIP #08 – REFRAIN FROM ORGASM
Intentionally and consciously choosing to Make-Love without climaxing is a powerful
way to remain both conscious of the experience and Care-full of your partner. Ironically,
it will also make not only subsequent orgasm more powerful, but will actually intensify
the pleasure of the non-climaxing sexual union as well.
TIP #09 – ABSTAIN
While probably not very appealing to many of you, abstinence is an incredibly powerful
way to avoid the dangers and harms of engaging in casual sex. Refraining from sexual
union not only protects you from the physical concerns of STD’s and unwanted
pregnancy, it turns out that removing sexual intercourse entirely from your life deepens
the quality of everyday encounters with strangers and friends alike. It also dramatically
boosts physical energy-levels, radically enhances mental clarity, brings emotional calm,
and intimately reconnects one with “the Divine” (a sense of Oneness with the Universe –
what some call “God”). During my own periods of extended abstinence, I have
personally experienced all of these benefits, and it is reported that Gandhi, Leonardo da
Vinci, Michelangelo, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Beethoven, the Dalia
Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddha, Rumi, Peace Pilgrim and even Jesus Christ all
attributed at least some of their successes to the same choice as well.
Note: If this is an option you would like to engage, remember that, aside from issues of
safety & survival, the drive to have sex is the ego’s strongest yearning. As such,
demanding abstinence of yourself or vowing to abstain from sex is almost destined to
fail. Indeed, no matter what tactics you use to deal with any of your addictions, fighting
the ego forcefully never brings lasting results. So remember to be gentle with your egoself:
Acknowledge your addiction to sexual coupling & sexual release, Console your ego
by extending it gratitude, and then – just for one moment – choose to Transcend those
instinctual cravings in favor of actions that are Kind to Self & others. The more often
you do so, the easier it will become to follow your conscience instead of your instincts …
to hear the call of your True Self over that of your ego … and to show others your Love
as opposed to your lust.
“I Love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without
problems or pride: I Love you in this way because I do not know any other way of Loving
but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my
hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.” ~ Pablo Neruda
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