Sex
by Peter Shepherd
Sexual activity is similarly affected. When doubts and insecurities impinge on the relationship, the partner is unable to become aroused by involvement, instead staying in the telic mode. With attention on his anxieties, the arousal of the autonomic fight-flight system prevents arousal of the sexual program.
A full sexual response is only possible when the partner is able to 'let go' of telic concerns and enter wholeheartedly into paratelic (un-selfconscious) excitement. In this state the peak experience of total and very high arousal involvement may be attained, and if this can be experienced and shared by both partners, then a mystical union may indeed be said to have occurred. Experiencing such heights of sexual involvement is the aim of Tantra, as practised in the Hindu and Buddhist spiritual path, in which the orgasmic peak is delayed and prolonged, so that the brain may attain exceptional arousal and integration, and imprint the 'holistic' fifth program (described further in the next Chapter). The fourth (socio-sexual) program pattern of jealousy is only broken when this fifth program is in place, and the broader view can be seen.
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