Developing an Empirical Awareness of the Four Freedoms
You can do simple experiments to comprehend that all elements of you are interconnected.
- For 30 seconds think a very negative thought, for instance, your partner has left you, you have been fired, or your home has burned down. Stop the thought and turn your attention to your feelings. What emotions have come up in you? Now focus on your body. Do you feel tension or pain anywhere? Notice that just one intense thought has affected your whole system.
- Do some conscious emotional release. For 30 seconds scream out loud, jump up and down, and roar out anger, pain, or sadness. Stop. Now put your attention into your body. Does it feel looser? Feel your energetic self. Do you feel a vibration, a lightness? How is your mind? Is it free and uncluttered? Note: Because we are taught to be very much “in control,” the first time you do this you might have thoughts like “Oh, oh, I’m loosing it” or “This is foolish,” but if you pay attention to the effects emotional release has on you, those thoughts will dissipate.
- Have a massage, either from your lover, a friend, or a professional masseur. As your body relaxes, notice how your emotions calm, your mind slows down, and you feel at peace and connected.
Author's Bio:
Al Link and Pala Copeland own and operate 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra. They regularly host lover’s romantic weekends near Ottawa Canada, and weeklong retreats in exotic locations. For more information call toll free from Canada or USA: 1-800-684-5308 International long distance: 1-819-689-5308. Visit their website www.tantra-sex.com and their blog www.askaboutloveandsex.com or send email: 4freedoms@tantraloving.com They have four books published including Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, New Page, 2003; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra, Penguin, 2007; Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms Body, Heart, Mind and Soul, Llewellyn 2007; Tantra Step by Step: 28 Days to Ecstasy, Llewellyn 2007.
