Sexuality & Spirituality

by Chris Griscom

Sexual energy is instrumental to the Ageless Body. It is by virtue of the hormones and their master glands connected to sexual function that the body stays in a perpetual state of "juicy" youth. While the physical body has its primordial agenda, ever nudging us towards procreation, we may have our own response to the magnificent currents with which it titillates and entices us. That same orgasmic rush that flushes precious energy from the body can be orchestrated and turned upward to vitalize our entire being. It can also be transformed into creative feats and great powers of knowing or healing.

Through conscious application, the body's life-enhancing secretions and substances can serve our needs in many ways. The sexual-physical body can be transformed into a higher octave energy body that nourishes the entire multidimensional Being. The sexual energy can be awakened from its base in the genitals, fed by the endocrine glands and released throughout the entire body to create an infinite helix of ageless energy.

Sexual energy is a "raw" energy, 

It can be focused on almost any level. For example, if a person suffers from fatigue, mental confusion or even chronic sore throats, the sexual energy is powerful enough to strengthen every aspect of the being. It is really the handmaiden of the divine soul because it is the vehicle that transports soul into body.

Sexual energy is directly linked to the force of creativity, though it often plays the adversary and tries to restrict the creative surge by entrapping it in the lower octaves. Because it is coupled with biological sensations, it will tend to focus its force within the body without extending to more subtle forms of expression.

I remember very clearly how I suffered from the connection between the two. Especially as a teenager, whenever I would get a strong creative impulse, whether it was to make something or even to write, my sexual currents would immediately become activated as well. Often I simply could not withstand the intensity and would dissipate the energy by dancing or running or doing anything I could to free myself of its electrifying charge. It took me years to learn to contain the frequencies and push the sexual urge through the channels of creative expression. I am sure this is the reason young people so often start and abandon their creative projects; great beginnings are left half finished because the young person cannot hold the high energy voltage.

This aspect of sexual energy that wants to be released is the cause of much sexual dissatisfaction and misunderstanding between women and men, who both make love, all too often, for the release of tension, rather than to heighten communion. It is the most commonly expressed disappointment by women, who then say that the best part of sex for them is the closeness they seek after the act. They seem to feel that the act itself is mostly focused on the needs of the man. On the other hand, men feel judged and truly uncertain of how to make love to women outside of their own rushing pulse. Men often come to closure of sexual energy when women are just beginning to move towards it. The yang rhythm is basically a linear crescendo, while the yin tends towards a rolling, rising and falling pulse. A lot of this out-of-sync rhythm can be dissolved if the man will focus on foreplay that allows the woman to have some of her experiences first; then the couple can join each other at a closer pitch.

A very rewarding interplay is the conscious bringing together of the energies that can be accomplished by tantric and other techniques. By sending and receiving breath between the partners, a powerful charge of energy is built up that dissolves the blocks to profound union and heightens the body's sensual experience of touch. As this happens, a much more profound awareness of energy exchange on subtle levels occurs, and one would never return to the old ways of intercourse.

Climax is the closure of the sexual act in terms of the rush of energy which exits the body; however, it also opens the space for the next wave which is a more subtle, but equally powerful, energy. After climax the body must rebalance itself from the exertion and loss. Here is a point where both partners can draw the energy from the genital area back up through the endocrine system. This revitalizes the gonads and feeds the body's meridians and chakras, which have been opened emotionally as well as energetically from the exchange of energy passing through the joined auric fields. If you do this together while still in the embrace of love, the effect is a beautiful affirmation of your respect and caring for your own bodies.

Because the result of a strong gonadal system is vibrant health for the whole body, you must preserve its vitality even if it will not be involved in procreative functions. It is important to teach the body to transcend its purely reproductive functioning and apply the energy that may originate in the lower chakras to recharge the rest of the body.

If you seek an Ageless Body, you must become aware of your energy stores and be able to notice when these vital energies have drained from you. You can learn to draw the fluidic spark back up into you during and after making love so that your whole being can ride these most powerful currents of life.

Many spiritual groups who understand the ancient knowledge of the body do not recommend that one waste precious life force in sexual activity, because without the disciplined and enlightened (tantric) practice of energy flow, the body will indeed lose its power. In fact, the value or detriment of sexual expression in relation to spiritual laws have been hotly debated throughout the centuries.

Sexual energy is truly a sacred energy. 

It brought you into life through your soul connection to your parents who gifted you a physical vehicle with which to absorb and transcend your soul lessons. Through sexual energy you can move in exquisite concert with another being and together create new life! This mysterious feat has become devalued in an overpopulated world, but with the scourge of Aids, it will be seen differently by future generations who will view new life as a sacred and conscious act.

The enactment of sexual surging opens the auric field to allow you to embrace the nuances of another's thoughts, feelings and bodily states. If you become aware of this intertwining you can caress and comfort on levels that have never been reached in human relationships. All healing is spiritual at its core and to give in these ways will always be part of the purpose of embodiment. If you tap your divine sexual energy at the higher frequencies, your whole life begins to transcend. Relationships will necessarily go through change as your deepened sexual experience carries you to a new depth of human fusion. From there the communication and sharing become transformed so that the "soul touching" echoes out into all other aspects of your life.

As your conception brought you into body, the threshold back across the veil becomes available to you when the same current courses upward again in search of its origin. Just as the sexual-physical body hungers to recreate itself by moving one step on to the next generation of itself, the sexual-spiritual body enacts the fusion of life through its marriage in the sea of the cosmos.

Do not be afraid to open your heart to the force of your spiritual nature as it awakens a new kind of sexual pulse. Human sexuality is ripe for a dramatic leap of expression. Each being can make love with a deep hope of touching something so profound that the ego is relinquished and the Higher Self encompasses the whole of conscious experience. Ultimately, to "have sex" using only the genitals is an empty, flat and one-dimensional exercise of isolation. It will not continue as a part of human expression because there is something stirring that is seeking an alignment of heart and soul. If you will join your sexual energy to your heart you will begin to feel the giggle of your ageless body.

This article was excerpted from 
"The Ageless Body" by Chris Griscom.
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About The Author

The above is excerpted by permission from the book, The Ageless Body by Chris Griscom ?1992. Chris is a lecturer, author, and the founder of the Light Institute of Galisteo and the Nizhoni School for Global Consciousness. She can be reached at: Light Institute  HC 75, Box 50, Galisteo, NM 87540. 505-466-1975. For more information about Chris Griscom, visit www.lightinstitute.com or www.chrisgriscom.com , or contact her at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it