Love: From Passion To Compassion

If two people are really in love,then not only foreplay but afterplay also will be there.If two persons are not in love then sex will happen and they will go to sleep,there will be no afterplay.Foreplay will not even be there,and afterplay is impossible,because what is the use?The thing has happened,the end has been achieved. Rape is in the mind. 


The sex center knows only rape,it is the center of aggression.That’s why the military doesn’t allow sex for soldiers,because if they have sex relationships they cannot be good fighters.The aggression moves through the sex center.If sex is allowed and if a soldier is living with his wife or with his beloved,he will not feel like fighting on the battleground!


This is one of the reasons why American soldiers are defeated wherever their girls follow them.They cannot be aggressive because the center of aggression is sex.If sex is allowed, aggression flows out of you and then you don’t feel like fighting!So the soldiers have to be prohibited from engaging in sex,they must suppress their sexual energy which will then accumulate and become aggression.Rather than entering a woman’s body, they can enter anyone's body with a bullet.But it is the same thing – the entry!Your bullets,your knives,your guns,are just phallic symbols – to enter the other’s body,to destroy.


The coaches of athletes who participates in the Olympics tell them,"Don’t have sex at least for two weeks before" Why?Because if you have sex you will not be a good runner!From where will you get the aggression to fight,run and compete?All religions all over the world – almost all,except for one wonderful sect,Tantra,being an exception,have told their monks to be celibate,because they think that religion is also a sort of struggle.You have to fight with yourself,so retain the aggressive energy and fight with yourself !

Sex can easily become violence because it is passion,it is rape.Love,the heart center or the love center,is totally different.It is nonviolent,it is passive,not even active.It can come to you like a very silent perfume,and that too when you invite.That’s why despite the presence of great beings like Krishna,Buddha or Jesus,who brims with lots of love,some of us cannot feel their love,because we can feel love only when it is too violent,in its brute and aggressive form.We have become addicted to violence.And their love is so silent.It showers on us all the time but we cannot feel it because we have become so insensitive.Only when someone attacks do we start feeling.


The heart center is not the center of passion,but is the center of compassion.And compassion is absolutely different from passion,just the opposite.It is non-aggressive energy,moving without any noise,but you have to become very sensitive to feel it.So only very sensitive people can become attracted to Buddha,because only very sensitive people can feel that love is flowing from him.If you are asking for strong doses of passion,then Buddha will just look dead;nothing is coming out of him.

Remember this: passion has to be transformed into compassion,only then will you move from the sex center to the heart center.Now even your heart has to follow your sex center,which is the higher following the lower,with compassion,its other way around,your sex center will follow the love center,the heart center – the lower following the higher.And this should be the order of your being – always the lower following the higher.Then the lower becomes totally different,the quality changes :-) " 


source : Vedanta: Seven Steps to Samadhi by Osho 


With love and passion, 
Amreish Siman

The Moon and You

It is well known that the moon creates the tidal flow, and as beings who are made up of 75% water, it makes sense that we are also deeply affected by the moon. Learning how the moon affects us, how we can work with the moon is certainly well worth the effort, and developing a relationship with the moon is an extremely empowering and rewarding experience.

This article is dedicated to the moon and her influence on us and our lives.

It includes moon phases and their effects.

Phases of the Moon

The moon cycles 13 times a year through phases, each of which influence us just like the pull of the tides.

It starts with the New Moon, which carries the energy of new beginnings, this is a great time to focus on stepping into something new.

Then the Full Moon, signifies the time of the completion of a project, and finally returns to the New Moon again.

This entire cycle occurs over a period of 28 days, and yes, there is no mistaking it, this is the same as women's menstrual cycles, women tend to be much more connected to the moon than men.

The Waning of the moon is the period that runs between the Full Moon and the New Moon. It supports the energy of letting go, releasing, moving away from situations you've outgrown. It is a great time for working heavily on any releasement work such as clearing addictions and difficulties. It is also the perfect time to do a Spring Cleaning, going through your things and throwing out anything you no longer use, getting your hair cut, in fact, anything to do with getting rid of stuff.

The Waxing of the moon, is the period that runs between the New Moon and the Full Moon. The influence it carries during this time is wonderful for building, gathering or creating new things. The waxing moon is a great time to start new projects, sign up for a course, be creatively expressive, anything related to generating new aspects of life, or recreating the old.

Now of course this doesn't mean that you shouldn't let go of something during the waxing moon, or that you can't sign up for something new in the Waning moon. It does mean that if you have plans for this kind of work, including the tidal pull of the different moon phases in your plan, will support your actions in the same way that swimming with or against the tide makes your swim easier or more difficult.

One final important point to make about working with the Moon, is that it helps to realise that all things have the need for both generating and clearing. This means that both aspects of the lunar cycle can be used to your advantage for any particular issue or project. For example, if you are looking at having a huge clean-up at home, you could plan and design everything, including any furniture/room arrangment changes, during the waxing time. This is your time for creating new looks and new ways to live. You could then go on to do the cleaning up work during the Waning period. The perfect time to let go of the old, so that the new designs can take their place.

There is so much more about the effects of the moon on us as human beings. Learning to work with the moon and how she affects us can result in a much deeper understanding of ourselves and how much more power we have in our lives than perhaps we've realised. By simply becoming aware of the phases of the moon and the effects that it has on your life, you have made a great start to a new level of empowerment!

source :Daniella Breen

With love and passion, 
Amreish Siman