My most spiritual experiences did not involve transcending the body – they were completely immanent to it. In peak experiences, I’ve felt a full-bodied connection to all that is – some would say, to the divine. I’ve shifted consciousness through bodily sensation and bodily knowing. I’ve explored spirit through touch, orgasms, currents of energy running through my body at significant times. Yet in my own life, some of my most profound and moving spiritual experiences have been incredibly embodied. It is no wonder that our society has trouble with the concept of “sacred sex” when the spiritual has been so firmly separated from the body and the physical plane. Western culture typically elevates the spirit above the body.
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