"Tantra is not about the sacredness of sex. Tantra is about the sacredness of everything (including sex)."

Many students and seekers often asked the common confusion and mis representation we have in west about #‎tantra yoga that is its all about sex and sensual genital massages and #‎sacred sexuality!
Sex education is a necessary thing in our modern societies but don't confuse sex education with Tantric teachings period.

And to all these self proclaimed new age confused #‎daka,  #‎dakini or sex #‎goddesses, pay attention : "Tantra is not about the sacredness of sex. Tantra is about the sacredness of everything (including sex)." ~ Rashmi Tantra

Tantra is not about the sacredness of sex. Tantra is about the sacredness of everything (including sex).
The sexual union of  #‎shiva and  #‎shakti or #Purusha and #prakruti is a metaphor for this one simple truth, all of existence is Shakti, all of #‎consciousness is Shiva, consciousness and #‎existence are one.
Consciousness and existence can never be separated, this is the true sexual union of Shiva and Shakti.

Yes sex can be used as a Tantric practice to learn the oneness of Shiva and Shakti, but it is not always the best or most efficient practice for achieving this goal. Mantras, meditations, asana practice, purity of thoughts, learning spiritual knowledge, Kundalini understanding and being grateful for all experiences in human life, offering up all to the divine, learning to be always in the moment, being playful, and worship of all of existence (by worshiping the Goddess, Shakti) are the most efficient forms of practice to achieve the goal of becoming aware of the union of Shiva and Shakti.

It's all about learning love for the whole of the universe!

The simple principle of #‎tantrayoga is: Whatever can take you down can also take you up. The ways in which a human usually sinks in his/her life are through food, alcoholic drink/drugs and sexuality. Tantra yoga uses the same three vehicles to rise up.
There is a big confusion in west about #‎Tantra. Here often people think “I have sexual needs so I will follow the tantric path.” It is complete nonsense. In tantra, it is not that someone is using just sexual act or some form of twisted genital massages to grow.

In reality #‎Tantrikas use every aspect to grow. Unfortunately, there may be people who are attracted to such a path for the very wrong reasons. They go because they want a spiritual sanction for their sexuality or simply want to cover up their sexual inadequacy. Why do you want to bullshit yourself about spirituality? Handle your body's biology as biology, you do not have to give it other pseudo spiritual names.

Sexual needs can be simply fulfilled by forming sexual relationships/acts for that purpose, either within or outside the fold. Using spiritual process to fulfill sexual compulsions is reprehensible and irresponsible. It can lead to various levels of loss because the #‎tantric process is not only used for the individual’s spiritual growth, but also to create an energetic space to support other possibilities that bring well being to many.