Great-Bliss-Tantric-Sex-and-the-Path-to-Inner-Awakening

Effortlessly Dissolved
Chapter 8.
Embrace of the Beloved:
Nondual Yoga
“The bliss experienced by the sexual organ is Mahāmudrā.”
- Hevajra Tantra
As the couple reached the end
of the sādhana, they were in a
high state of bliss from their
practices of deity yoga, subtle
energy yoga, and sexual yoga.
Having completed the Four
Blisses, they dwelled in the
Great Bliss of nondual
awareness, Mahāmudrā. All
appearances glistened with
primordial light. Nothing was
seen as separate, all an erotic
dance of cosmic unity and
diversity. Determined to
stabilize this view and make it
permanent, they were ready for
the final step in their practice.
The young man and his consort
performed the Swing
Recitation. He returned his
vajra to her lotus, and they
continued in their love-play, always in meditative awareness. They imagined the five seed
syllables of Vajravilāsinī, eṃ āṃ rīṃ raṃ brīṃ, passing through their subtle bodies.
Coordinating their breathing with the visualization, they saw a ring of fire burning brightly,
connecting their central channels, purifying and empowering them. With immense excitement,
they practiced this Swing Recitation many times. Seeing themselves as no longer separate from
each other, they attained the Fusion of Identities.
The young man and his consort were forever transformed by the knowledge that they abided in
the bliss of enlightenment. They sat together in utmost silence and peace, and yet, aroused with
passion, they continued their amorous love play. As they practiced throughout the night, rising
waves of bliss brought their awareness higher and higher. Ignorance faded, and the dream-like
nature of appearances became ever clearer to them. Awakening shined forth. Resting effortlessly
in the perfection of Mahāmudrā, together they formed a great whole.
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