41 EROTICA FWE She ignites the fires of passion and makes the watery juices flow in the earthly temple. Who is Erotica? Erotica is as old as life itself, newly birthed for our modern times. She embodies the collective archetypes of erotic seduction and carries the energies of our collective fantasies. She is the Dakini who magnetically attracts through her sexuality, arousing the desires of the aspirant. In her inner sanctum she abides as the Goddess of Tantra, who reveals how sexual energy can open portals to enlightenement. Erotica is the Dakini who brings realization to her devotees through her role as sex initiatress. Her essence is the Cosmic Yoni (vagina), the source of all being, all embodiment. Location/Sphere of Influence In the red light districts of the planet/in every erotic encounter/in the Yoni Temple of the Tantric Goddess. Allies All courting and mating creatures. Nature & Description of Dakini 64DakiniOracle.org © Penny Slinger 2010 Erotica offers us the ‘Streetcar Named Desire. Her realm is a journey through an interdimensional exotic ‘red light district’. This is a fantasy street in any city of the world, a holographic insert, where the ladies of the ever twilight display their array of allurements reflecting the different ‘flavors’ of different cultures, a variety of erotic archetypes. What is your pleasure? Erotica Dakini can express herself in many ways… To the right at the base of the image we see Erotica as Eve, taking a juicy bite out of that apple in her snake gloves. The obvious pleasure, childlike and innocent, she derives from this activity undoes the myth of ‘Original Sin’ and replaces it with ‘Original Innocence’. The snake is no longer the tempter, but an integrated part of her presentation. Her central shrine is a temple in the form of a golden Yoni where she displays her illuminated essence. This is the Cosmic Yoni, the creative source of the Universe, the great portal of life, transmitter of the laws of attraction and harbinger of the nectar of bliss. She is enhaloed by planet Erotica in the form of a giant ovum encircled by satellite spermatozoa. Erotica’s glyph, which represents her distilled essence, is designed as a yantra (sacred diagram/symbol) of Tantric initiation. It is modeled on an eighteenth century painting of a Dakini of the Kargyudpa sect of Tantric Buddhism. Rays emanate from her yoni to form the shape of a leaf from the Bodhi tree, the tree under which Buddha reached enlightenment. This image is used to confer the initiation of the Dakini. Divinatory Meaning If you have received Erotica, you are blessed with an opening in the area of sexuality. Erotica offers you sexual empowerment and liberation, she washes away all guilt and shame with the transmission of her pure erotic energy. You have entered the ‘guilt free zone’. If you are a man, she is the object of your desire. If you are a woman, she is yourself, your own inner desires manifest, your erotic creativity come out to play. Erotica shows herself to you to stimulate your sexual center, to arouse feelings and desires within you, but what will you do with those feelings? The object of pornography is to titillate, arouse. The desired result being orgasm and ejaculation. But how deeply satisfying is this ‘knee jerk’ reaction? Yes a fleeting moment of pleasure, of release, a rush of endorphins, but deeply satisfying...? 64DakiniOracle.org © Penny Slinger 2010 Erotica asks you to look again, experience where erotic energy fuels the opening of vision fields in which the body and mind are bathed in feelings of exquisite delight. She wants you to explore these deep and sensual places that lead to orgasms of the very soul…. Our culture has imbued in us a sense of separation between body and soul, sensuality and spirituality. Erotica brings you Tantra, offering re-spiritualization of the senses, re-sensualization of the spirit. Treat eroticism as a means of creative expression. The fine art of Erotica. Cultivate the art of love and attraction. This can apply to anything in your life, not just in intimate relationship and the sexual arena. Erotica is here to stimulate and awaken your libido and make your whole experience of life more erotically charged, more alive and vital. If you feel sexually unattractive, Erotica is here to give you a boost. If you have a project, make it ‘sexy’. As sexual energy is the root energy in the body, it is the source of energy that, if blocked or repressed, cannot flow freely within to help fulfill all other functions we need energy for. Your sexuality and how you view it is the core of your energy store. It is the basis from which all other energy fields evolve which permeate your being and create the reality of who you are. If the sexual energy is repressed and distorted, that effects the ability of the organism to function at full potential. As this is an oracle of potential, the sexual center is the most important place to start. Know that your sexuality is a healthy part of your total being, designed to compliment and enhance your natural mysticism. Instead of feeling torn between your physical and your spiritual inclinations, Erotica is here to show you that all is one. Is sexuality important in your life? Are you sexually fulfilled? Does your sexuality feel repressed in any way? Do you have feelings of guilt and shame in relation to your sexual urges? Erotica is here to liberate you from this bondage. Are you honest with yourself about your sexual feelings and inclinations? We don’t have to always act on what we feel, but it is important to realize what those feelings are, for sexual feelings that are not recognized for what they are can create all kinds of distortion. Most kinds of perversion, cruelty and other deviant behavior can be traced back to attraction gone bad. If you have tended to see women as sexual objects, Erotica is here as her own sexual subject. Please heed the subtlety of her special message which is both empowering and freeing. Treat all aspects of life as part on an erotic tapestry of sensation. Open your senses to receive the full impact of the sensuality of being. Don’t live your life firing on one cylinder, get your full horsepower going. Fuel this engagement with being with your erotic responses. Allow yourself to open to the pure eroticism of all phenomena. This reality is built on the laws of attraction. Everything is making love to everything all the time once we look under the covers. Uncover the erotic frequency in the nature of all experience so that it may vitalize you. It is ‘the spice of life’ and when you recognize and resonate with its subtle insistent message written through the fabric of existence you will feel more alive and connected. You don’t need to literally be making love with everything and everyone you encounter, but on a subtle vibrational level, you are. Once that awareness imbues you, the sight of a sunset can be orgasmic and you will emit frequencies that are in tune with the laws of attraction that allow creation to keep recreating. Don’t keep your ecstatic potential under lock and key. 64DakiniOracle.org © Penny Slinger 2010 Erotica says its time to open up, on every level, and she knows where to start… Your sexuality can be your portal to entering into Divine resonance with Celestial Beings, who reside in waves of bliss. Indications An effect on the sexual area of your life and the nature of your erotic fantasies. Practices Erotica asks you to join her in two ways, using the ‘right hand’ (visualization/non physical) and the ‘left hand’(with an actual partner) approach : * NB: If you do not have a partner, just use the first practice. 1. To the extent that you are able, assume the position of the initiation yantra of Erotica. Hold this position as long as you can, mentally repeating, ‘All wisdom lies in me. I open myself to receive and to transmit the energy of Erotica for the healing union of body, mind and spirit. With this opening I release all guilt and shame and am reborn as my true nature, my natural state of purity and bliss.’ 2. Visualization Erotica asks you to use her, in one or several of her erotic manifestations, as the subject of your fantasy. You can commence with the cultivation of your sexual energy (* see Quetza Kundalini practice). Let her lead you into the kind of erotic experiences you long for…Complete your visualization journey by visiting Erotica in the secret Yoni Temple. See what happens as you let her guide you in your fantasy engagement… Repeat to yourself the mantra of intention, ‘May Erotica reveal to me what I need to connect me fully to my Divine sexual energy’. 3. Lovemaking with Erotica If you are a woman, visualize yourself as Erotica, Goddess of Bliss. If you are a man, visualize your partner as Erotica. This is different from a common situation where one of the partners is thinking of someone else when they are making love. In these instances, the person you are with generally is not aware of the fantasy. This tends to leak energy. In this case, energy is not being leaked but instead enriched. Whether your partner knows you are calling in Erotica or not, Erotica Dakini will bless you both with her presence. Remember she is a Dakini, a Goddess, not a human being. Her mission is to bring the taste of enlightenment to your embodied form, and to all beings who are ready to receive her nectar of bliss. 64DakiniOracle.org © Penny Slinger 2010 This form of ‘trio-feedback’ where you make love with the Goddess, is one of the deepest secrets of Tantra. Whichever side of the equation you are on, you have the opportunity to become one with the Goddess, to experience Divine ecstasy, not just physical sensation. Anyone who has had a deeply moving sexual union in their lives knows that it is close to a religious experience, when we lose ourselves in waves of bliss. Consciously connecting with the Divine in this erotic arena heightens and enhances that potential exponentially. The ritual commences with kissing the feet of Shakti, the female partner. See her as Erotica and humbly request that she bless your union with her presence. Focus on the pleasure of the woman, of Erotica. How would you make love to a Goddess? How would a Goddess make love? This is your opportunity to find out. Offer whatever bliss you experience to Erotica and thank her for her participation in your sacred union. The more bliss that comes to her, the more she has to offer all, for she is totally open. 4. Erotica asks you to bring creativity and playfulness into the erotic arena of your life. Play dress up. Use her inspiration to act out the various aspects of your erotic self. Have fun. You are a multidimensional being. Awaken and enjoy all the aspects of your unlimited self. 5. Send a blessing to all sex workers, that the sacred reveal itself through the intimate experience. See them as priestesses of the Goddess, remove all stigma and all shame and honor them for their service to the One. Expand this blessing to encompass all erotic encounters everywhere… Dakini Transmission I am all Your erotic fantasies Designed to please Excite and tease Your energy To unite with me And set your libido free Affirmations I am a fully empowered sexual being I am not burdened by guilt and shame My spiritual path Is one with my erotic expression 64DakiniOracle.org © Penny Slinger 2010