Sexual Desire and Non-duality

In this discussion about sexual desire and non-duality, we explore why some sexual experiences are unsatisfying and lead to a sense of lack and some lead to true intimacy and a sense of fulfilment. How can the desire for sexual intimacy become an expression of the fullness of being that leads to deeper connection and lasting fulfilment?

Rupert explains that the reason we are attracted sexually to someone else is that we intuit that in our sexual intimacy or union, there is a loss of the sense of separation. Sexual intimacy is one of the common ways that is temporarily brought about.

The first impulse is motivated by a desire to lose one's sense of separation. We're really using the other person to lose ourselves and that's why in the end it's unsatisfactory. It does lead to a temporary loss of the sense of separation, but it doesn't lead to true intimacy. There is always a feeling that it never quite fulfils what it promised.

The second type of sexual intimacy is not motivated by the desire to lose our sense of separation, but by the fullness of being. In other words, you already feel your being is unlimited and shared. It's the second kind of desire that leads to real intimacy.

They both desire outwardly the same physical experience, but the inner experience, the place from which they come, are very different and the experience towards which they lead is very different.

Timestamps:

0:00 What Is Desire?
0:30 Why Do We Desire Sex?
1:10 How To Lose The Sense Of Separation
2:57 Ending The Sense Of Lack
4:21 True Sexual Satisfaction
5:51 How To Experience Lasting Intimacy
7:05 Sexual Desire and Non-duality

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