The Way to Enlightenment

The idea of a sexual encounter to achieve spiritual enlightenment is amazingly wonderful, and makes so much sense. My memory of reading Siddhartha 20 years ago is somewhat sketchy. All I can recall (so typical for a guy) is that it was important for Siddhartha to have sex. This requirement seems to support whatever carnal seductions I may try to spawn. I believe Siddhartha bedded down with a prostitute. So, that means that there’s something propitious in the sexual act itself, perhaps making the romantic notion of making love more of what it truly is, which is a romantic idealization of the sexual act. But, while reading this one section of The Da Vinci Code I do see how, during climax, one can completely reach the state of wu wei—wherein one is totally devoid of thought. How often have I tried—usually in vain—to reach that ultimate state during meditation, when my mind is completely blank. Having an orgasm is a liberating concept rather than struggling to focus solely on the breath, which is nearly impossible. What a great pick-up-line that would be to tell a woman we should have sex in order to approach nirvana, wu wei, or the middle way, thus emptying our minds and achieving a sense of spiritual purity. What one has to remember is how short lived the male orgasm is, but how reliable it is as well. On the other hand, and more seriously, finding the sacred divine is so arduous. That moment of emptying your mind is so fleeting and challenging that I guess any way one can attain it is worth whatever sacrifice is necessary. That just means in order to experience spiritual enlightenment I’ll have to chica-bow-chica-bow-wow as often as possible.