Does repeated ejaculation weaken men?
6:59 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
“A lot of physical exercises in sex magic derive from Tantra Yoga. The only point of disagreement appears to be the way of using the orgasm. In particular, the “traditional” Tantra authors seem to cling to the idea that there is only a limited amount of sperm available to men. Therefore this precious substance is carefully guarded, held back and reassimilated when spent. Western magic does not agree with this belief. Its approach is rather like: the more you spend - the more you get! This applies to male magicians, women have always been pretty much inexhaustible in their orgasmic capacity. What joins both is that the intent in Sex magic is much more result oriented and concrete than in Tantra, where it is mainly transcendental.”
Certainly this is a woman writing, as any man can tell you about the tremendous loss of sexual vigor that accompanies repeated ejaculation. This is not a theory, but rather a simple observation of what actually happens with men when they ejaculate repeatedly and frequently.
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Why abstinence is not a good strategy for educating young people about sex
7:31 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
Abstinence as a sex education strategy does not work.
“Abstinence education is a low-quality product. The medical veracity of the abstinence-only programs is slipshod at best. Five research studies from 1991 to 2002 published in the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Adolescent Health, Family Planning Perspectives, the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and, devastatingly, the Central African Journal of Medicine demonstrate, across sample sizes, sexes, age ranges and ethnicities that neglecting to teach condom use yields negative health results.
The most succinct credence given to this notion appeared in a 1998 study entitled ‘Impact of a High School Condom Availability Program on Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors’ in Family Planning Perspectives (March–April, 1998; available at www.pubmed.com with ID# 9561871), whose conclusion notes that after condom use was taught and condoms were made available in a Los Angeles County High School, respondents’ attitudes toward sex and condom use either remained the same between surveys or changed in a direction favoring less sexual behavior and greater risk prevention.’ Inconvenient publications such as this suggest that the defensive, calculated tactics on display at the abstinence briefing must adhere to some other agenda than public health and safety.”
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Why Men Fall Asleep After Sex
6:52 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
This article presents excerpts from the new book Why do men fall asleep after sex? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg
“Leave it to a ninety-two-year-old woman to break down a complicated question into the simplest terms. When we told Billy's wife's grandmother the name of our new book, she answered in a second. ‘Because they work so damn hard!’
As much as we would have liked to settle on that answer, we knew more was needed to make our editor happy. So we scoured the medical literature to try to put this issue to rest. We found studies with fornicating rats, hamsters, and prairie voles, but there was very little direct information about the postcoital snooze. There are many hormonal changes that occur with orgasm and some of these changes may offer an explanation for why men fall asleep.
After orgasm, both men and women release the chemicals oxytocin, prolactin, gamma amino butyric acid (GABA), and endorphins. Each of these contributes to that roll-over-and-snore feeling. They seem to be secreted in equal amounts in men and women, but we all know who orgasms more frequently.
The hormone oxytocin is known to have several effects including establishment of maternal behavior, stimulation of uterine smooth muscle contraction at birth, and stimulation of milk ejection (milk letdown). It is also referred to as "the cuddling hormone" since it tends to elicit the need to be close and bond but not in a sexual way. In one study, oxytocin was shown to inhibit male sexual behavior in prairie voles. Maybe it's the oxytocin that makes us feel satiated and rested after a good romp.
Prolactin is another player in the sex/sleep conundrum. It is produced in the pituitary gland and its best known function is the stimulation of milk production. Prolactin is believed to relieve sexual arousal after orgasm and take your mind off sex. Levels of prolactin rise during sleep and some patients with prolactin-secreting tumors report frequent sleepiness. So prolactin seems like it may be a culprit too.
Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) and endorphins also both have a calming effect and may make you pass out post-sex.
The tantric answer is that the male orgasm releases outward energy or jing, while the female orgasm is an inward explosion.
Last but not least, we have Grandma's reasoning. It is thought that exertion during sex and after climax depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen. This leaves men feeling sleepy. Since men have more muscle mass than women, men become more tired after sex. Also (believe it or not!) women don't always have an orgasm, and that keeps them from producing all those other hormones we just talked about.
Hmmm . . . maybe Grandma was right.”
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Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer's
8:42 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
“New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function.
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that marijuana's active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, can prevent the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down more effectively than commercially marketed drugs.
THC is also more effective at blocking clumps of protein that can inhibit memory and cognition in Alzheimer's patients, the researchers reported in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.”
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Divine beauty, even when munching on the dead
5:09 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
“It is a sexy, new-age title for an exhibition of female deities in Buddhism and Hinduism. Jackie Menzies, the show's curator, admits she was apprehensive when she first encountered Kali, one of the most fearsome females. ‘I'd always found her rather daunting,’ she says.
She looked for a way of understanding the dark-skinned dishevelled Hindu goddess, who is at times depicted munching on corpses and wearing a skirt of severed hands. The gruesome imagery is symbolic of her ability to cut through ego and delusions and release humans from their fate. ‘We recoil like she's some evil creature,’ says Menzies. ‘But once you see that she's not some ogress, she's actually protecting you and working for you, you look at her differently.’"
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Parvathi Nanda Nath – Modern Tantric Yogini
12:37 PM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
The life story of Parvathi Nanda Nath is…” Get full details at her website. According to some, “…she paralyse the minds by the beauty of her presence.”
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On Love and Death by Osho
12:21 PM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
“…the desire to cling to life creates the fear of death. Meditate or love - these are the two ways to be acquainted with death. If you love, it is a small death. If you love very deeply, it is a great death. Something has disappeared; you are reborn. Love is a rebirth. Through meditation and love, you should become acquainted with death so that when death really comes you can receive the guest with great love, with great rejoicing, celebration. For Tantra, each outgoing breath is a death and each new breath is a rebirth. So with each breath you are dying and being reborn. The gap between the two is of a very short duration, but keen, sincere observation and attention will make you feel the gap. If you can feel the gap, then nothing else is needed.”
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Some of the sexiest celebs of all time
6:49 AM Posted by 4 Freedoms Energy Sex in Conscious Relationship
Here is a partial list of top 100 sexiest celebrities of all time, all actors, singers or models. Of course there is Sting (number 30)…
“You'd guess anyone born with the name Gordon Sumner would be destined for dorkdom. And, in a way, Sting -- despite fronting The Police, his solo success and austere, intellectualized mystique -- has turned out to be just that. A dork. Who just happens to be the thinking woman's lust toy. Rather than boast about the number of groupies he's pollinated, Sting touts his, er, sustainability by preaching the virtues of tantric sex. Moreover, his wife has confessed the two are, to dip into 1970s lingo, "swingers." Wondering what celebrity couples have attended the duo's car-key parties? So are we.”
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