Why are people unable to move into the tantric experience of sex, love, and life despite the obsession with sex in the West?
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"True tantra transcends the pendulum of repression and indulgence, inviting us to embrace love and sex with awareness rather than obsession."
According to Osho, people miss the tantric dimension because they are trapped in the mind’s pendulum between repression and indulgence. Centuries of Christian suppression in the West fuel a compensatory obsession with sex; indulgence, in turn, breeds frustration and new puritanism. Obsession—whether anti-sex or pro-sex—prevents conscious, celebrative lovemaking. Tantra requires awareness beyond both extremes, not reactionary morality or compulsive gratification.
We keep swinging between saying no and grabbing too much, so we never become calm and aware enough for love to turn sacred.
Why this matters practically
- Shift from reacting to relating with awareness.
- Turn sex into love by avoiding repression and compulsion.
- End the frustration cycle created by cultural extremes.
- Turn sex into love by avoiding repression and compulsion.
- End the frustration cycle created by cultural extremes.
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