Episode 08: Seduction

Not Tantric Sex, but Tantra and Sex. In this episode, Dr. Persaud addresses misconceptions about Tantra and Sex in the West, and gives some guidance on applying legitimate Tantra-based philosophical concepts around desire, eroticism, and the role of love in our lives to sexuality. Using meditation to understand your relationship with sex and aggression, as well as how eroticism is an art, are explored.

In this episode, Dr. Persaud discusses the spiritual and psychological aspects of beauty, wanting to be beautiful, and our reactions to beautiful people. Guilt and shame about being attractive, and how beauty communicates something about our relationship with ourselves are discussed, as well as beauty in the practice and philosophy of Tantra.Purchase the Contemplations Journal for self-guided journaling on spirituality here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4K6KHX9Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

Dr. Persaud discusses what is meant by energetic hygiene and "clearing energy," according to Tantra philosophy. The connection between emotions, self-other awareness, boundaries, and having discernment in your relationships are examined, as well as their connection to your spiritual practices.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

In this episode, Dr. Persaud explains how to know if you're in love, and when to allow yourself to fall in love (spoiler alert: you can't really control it). Limerance, idealization, the feeling of true love, and how to know if a relationship is worth it are discussed.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

In this episode, Dr. Persaud discusses the relationship between sexual energy, spiritual transformation, and kundalini. Many people who engage in meditative practices can start to have unexplained and uncomfortable experiences with an increase in sexual energy. Ways to control and channel this energy is discussed, as well as discussions of solar/masculine and lunar/feminine expressions of sexual energy in spiritual work.

In Episode 10, Dr. Persaud discusses how you know when it's time to break up. While break ups can be messy and difficult, after a period of grief, they can leave you feeling free to start a new chapter, and come into yourself again. Dr. Persaud discusses how you can communicate with your partner more effectively to prevent a break up, how to know when it's over, how to recover from a break up, and how to communicate with others about the end of your relationship.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

This one's for the boys! In this episode, Dr. Persaud answers some questions from straight male listeners about how to become attractive to women, what women are looking for in a partner, how to provide for women, and how not to be creepy. Purchase a copy of the Contemplations Journal here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4K6KHX9Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

"Seduction" can bring up all sorts of ideas: manipulation, anxiety, excitement, and a feeling of being out of control. In this episode, Dr. Persaud examines what it means to be a seductive person, or to engage someone in a seduction. Ways to become more seductive are discussed, as well as questions for yourself about why you'd like to be seductive, for whom, and how this might be different from dating. This episode can be helpful for single and coupled people alike.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

In Episode 7, Dr. Persaud discusses the concepts of the divine masculine and divine feminine. These ideas from the Dharma traditions have been misconstrued through a conservative, Western religious lens, often reflecting duality and traditional gender roles. Dr. Persaud discusses what masculine and feminine energies really are in Eastern philosophies, how these energies can be balanced within a person, the emotional prerequisites to seeking the spiritual partner, unevolved versus evolved masculine and feminine people, how sex can be spiritual, and the concept of spiritual initiation through one’s partnership.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]

In Episode 6, Dr. Persaud discusses desires, money, and love from the perspectives of modern psychological research, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Oftentimes, people have a relationship with money that ranges from overly rigid and fearful to addicted and boundaryless. People often find speaking about both sex and money as taboo for a reason: they both have to do with our relationship with our desires. Dr. Persaud explains what a capitalistic relationship with love and money really entails, what the sources of addiction are, and why desire is not the root of suffering according to Eastern philosophical traditions.Mixed & Edited by Next Day [email protected]