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            Unfortunately, modern societies confine sexual education only to the explanation of how to prevent ourselves from diseases and unwanted pregnancy. In the best-case scenario, they present various practices which increase the pleasure of sex. This is more than doing nothing but it is not enough. We see that, according to Taoists, there are two more levels at which nothing is being done. And things are far from satisfactory even at the physical level. In general, sexuality is filled more with frustration, dissatisfaction, stress, shame rather than with the good things that we associate with it, namely satisfaction, pleasure and love.
            Taoists believe that, at the physical level, sexual energy is responsible for the health of your entire body. Because this energy is able to create new life, it is reasonable to assume that nature puts the best essence of us into the sperm and ova. Moreover, this best essence means energy from each organ and system in our body. As we all know, we use this "selected" genetic material only a few times in our lives and waste it during the rest of our lives. This applies more to men because women have a monthly cycle and they lose their sex energy once a month. Furthermore, the monthly cycle in women has a cleansing effect as well.
            What is the significance of sexual practices for women at this level? It is balancing female hormones and the cycle which the practice regulates and reduces to 1-2 days. At the next level, women learn how to reach multi-orgasm that is not locked only in the area of the genitals and is of high intensity. They also include the practice of jade egg which maintains in perfect health the glands and muscles responsible for the proper functioning of the female reproductive system. This practice is an excellent prevention regarding the formation of a variety of tumours and conditions which are caused by blood congestion in the pelvis. The exercises with the egg along with the massage of the breast protect women from breast cancer and therefore, this practice is recommended to women of all ages.
            For men, the practice is different, because they ejaculate during the sexual act. Taoists have found out that orgasm and ejaculation are not connected and that they are two separate processes taking place at the same time. At this level, men learn how to avoid ejaculation and, thereby, increase the duration and pleasure by expanding it from the genital area throughout the body.
            These practices are not complicated but because of the short size of the article it is impossible to describe them in detail and in a way which will help you apply them. Moreover, they require prior skills in the basic practices previously mentioned because sexual energy has the ability of enhancing emotions and, as I stated before, it is likely to intensify the negative emotions if we are not balanced at least to a small degree.
            At the emotional level, this is the attraction that lovers feel. The attraction between two people is like the attraction between two magnets. Unfortunately, as time goes by, the worries and cares of living together and the reduction of sexual energy reduce the attraction between the partners. Taoists make a very precise difference between being strongly and emotionally in love and this high level of attraction. As is already clear, they avoid the extremes in terms of emotions.
             However, they believe that if both partners’ sexual energy is high then they can preserve the strength of their attraction, because their personal magnetic field will be stronger. Taoists are convinced that you do not need to do anything else but to keep your thoughts, emotions and sexual energy balanced in order for this attraction to be present. Because this knowledge has not been available to the majority of people, we resort to persuasion, quarrels, jealousy and the whole range of emotions familiar to us in our personal relationships.
            The sexual practices focus first on the personal development rather than on claims to the other person. Practices which open the heart centre and which are associated with the development of unconditional love help develop this type of relationship. These practices are part of the meditation of the "Small heavenly circle", which is another of the basic Taoist practices.
            At the spiritual level, that of romantic love, the practices develop the ability of transforming sexual energy into a pure creative energy that can be used as an inspiration in our daily lives. Taoists believe that what artists experience and describe as a "muse" or "inspiration" is nothing else but sexual energy which they have spontaneously spread throughout the body. Some of the great artists had a muse of flesh and blood whereas the others used different drugs. The transformation of sexual energy into a pure creative energy automatically takes place in our bodies as long as we are able to make it climb up the channels through which the vital energy is flowing inside us. Note that we are talking about energy which is "climbing up" rather than of sexual fluids.