Note: In the AYP Book, additional information to this lesson is provided on the kechari "secret spot" from female and male points of view.

Lesson 34 - Q&A – Kechari and the “Secret Spot”

From: Yogani
Date: Wed Jun 30, 2004 0:59pm

New Members: It is recommended you read from the beginning of this
tantra yoga archive, as previous lessons are prerequisite to this
one. The first lesson is, "What is tantra yoga?"


Q: I have finally made it above the soft palate... thanks as always
for your support.

It's funny how kechari is so couched in sexuality. I was going to
say 'sexual metaphor', but really, it is quite literally sexuality.
The tongue and pharynx resemble lingam and yoni, only here we're all
complete with both genders. Then there are the erectile tissues in
the nasal passages...

I feel as though I've lost my virginity again. It wasn't really as
much fun as the first time, but I'm willing to give it a chance. ;)


A: Congratulations on your entry into stage 2 kechari! You've just
crossed a major milestone on your journey in yoga.

The sexual metaphor is appropriate. Kechari is directly tied in with
higher sexuality, just as sambhavi and all the other mudras and
bandhas are. All of these link directly into our sexual neuro-biology
in the pelvic region, expanding its function upward throughout the
body, and beyond.

While "losing virginity" with kechari may not be as much fun as
losing it the other way, kechari makes up for it in the long run. As
ecstatic conductivity rises, we eventually end up in a kind of
constant simmering whole body orgasm. Then all of these yoga mudras
are functioning naturally in reflexive coordination. A lesson
called "whole body mudra" was just posted in the main lessons on this
subject.

Kechari is both mysterious and conspicuous in its role in cultivating
higher ecstatic experiences. Part of this is because it is a "new
place" where the vast majority of human beings have not been yet,
even though getting into it is just a centimeter or two away from the
everyday travels of our tongue. The means for entering it are
controversial, at least in these times of little (but increasing)
understanding of kechari. It is likely that many will be going there
in the coming years.

Why?

Up in the cavity of the nasal pharynx, within easy reach of an
inquiring and liberated tongue, is an organ that is erogenous on a
level similar to the genitals. "Spiritually erogenous" is a good
qualifier for that, as kechari stimulates ecstatic/sexual energy
upward in the body, while the genitals, if not brought into tantric
preorgasmic practice mode, will lead our energy out to serve the
reproductive function.

Let's call the spiritually erogenous focal point up there in the
nasal pharynx, the "secret spot," since we have known so little about
it before now.

Once the word gets out, the erogenous aspects of kechari alone will
draw the pleasure-seeking masses to it. And why not? Who would have
babies if it were not so enjoyable to make them? Should becoming
enlightened be less enjoyable? When the spiritual path becomes widely
known for what it really is, a constant internal orgy of radiating
ecstatic bliss, then the roads to enlightenment will be crammed full
with practitioners, just as the roads to reproductive sexual
experience are crammed full now. Interestingly, the two roads
intersect, right here in the world of tantra, which is why this
lesson is being posted here instead of in the main lessons. It is
time to let our hair down a little on the subject of kechari.

So what is this secret spot?

In main lesson #108 on kechari, the edge of the nasal septum was
described as being "ecstatically sensitive." It was also called
an "altar of bliss." Here in the tantra lessons we call
it "spiritually erogenous." With all of these descriptions, it should
be clear that there is something special going on with the septum in
kechari practice.

The septum is the flat, thick membrane that divides our left and
right nostrils. The back edge of it runs up the middle of the front
of the cavity above our soft palate called the nasal pharynx. When
the tongue finds its way up into the nasal pharynx, it also finds the
edge of the nasal septum. About half way up the edge of the septum is
a small protrusion, a small bulge. It is extremely sensitive. That is
the "secret spot."

As with our regular sexual anatomy, there is a lot more going on in
the nasal pharynx, inner nostrils, etc., than at that one spot on the
edge of the septum. But the secret spot is a focal point, much as the
clitoris is for a woman, or the head of the lingam for a man. The
secret spot is like that. But there are some fundamental differences
between the secret spot and our genitals.

First, unlike with the unconditioned genitals (though they too can be
made spiritually ecstatic through tantric practices), it takes
stimulation over time to fully awaken the secret spot. The length of
time will depend on our overall progress in purifying and opening our
nervous system using the full range of yoga practices we have available.
The rise in ecstatic conductivity in the nervous system greatly
increases the sensitivity of the secret spot. Kechari practice is a
stimulator of ecstatic conductivity throughout the body, and the rise
in sensitivity of the secret spot is an effect of this. Cause leading
to effect, and effect leading to cause. The more the secret spot is
stimulated, the more sensitive it becomes, along with the increasing
ecstatic response throughout the entire nervous system. On it goes,
without limit! This rise in ecstatic response is an important part of
the road to unending ecstatic bliss in the body, which radiates outward
to saturate the surrounding environment with divine love. So, there are
good incentives to develop the capability to practice kechari
throughout our sitting practices, and longer. It is a primary way to
cultivate endless inner pleasure, and at the same time a way to
cultivate world-wide illumination. This is why kechari has been called
"a giant leap for humankind."

Second, unlike with reproductive sex, kechari and stimulation of the
secret spot does not lead inevitably to reproductive genital orgasm.
While the secret spot becomes highly erogenous over time, it is a
different kind of sensitivity. That is why the term "spiritually
erogenous" is used. The stimulation in kechari of the secret spot
touches all of our erogenous areas from the inside, luring our
passion inward and upward to the main pleasure centers in the brain.
Imagine being sexually stimulated from the inside. Being highly
aroused with no external stimulation to speak of at all, and having
all that pleasure rising up through the body in waves, culminating in
the pleasure centers of the brain, and then undulating back down to
the end of every nerve. What are these pleasure centers in the brain?
They are components of the third eye, the ajna, which occupy a region
including the medulla oblongata (brain stem), pituitary and pineal.
The influence spreads naturally to the crown (corona radiata) also.
All of these participate in the ecstatic processes rising in the
nervous system.

So, with kechari, combined with sambhavi (the powerful third eye
technique), the other mudras and bandhas, and siddhasana, we are
engaging in a powerful inner lovemaking. Combine all of that with the
underlying daily influences produced in deep meditation (inner
silence) and spinal breathing techniques, and we have a formula for
cultivating endless ecstatic bliss and outpouring divine love –
enlightenment!

When we are meditating, kechari can be done quietly with the tongue
resting gently on the secret spot. At other times, we may be inspired
to actively stimulate the secret spot with various movements of the
tongue. Here the sexual analogy becomes very close, and probably not
much advice is needed. We each have our own ways of achieving maximum
stimulation. Kechari offers this opportunity as well. But, as with
using external sexual stimulation in sitting practices, we want to be
careful not to totally disrupt our routine. So "dynamic kechari"
should be reserved for times when it will not distract our deep
meditation. There is no reason why kechari cannot be dynamic during
spinal breathing, as long as we continue to travel the spinal nerve
with our attention. It can also work well with spinal bastrika,
targeted bastrika, yoni mudra, in tantric sex, and at any other time
we are not engaged in deep meditation, samyama, or other activity
where our attention is being delicately applied. It is at the
practitioner's discretion.

In the early stages of kechari, beginning active stimulation of
the secret spot, we will likely become sexually aroused. Later, it
will not happen much externally, and we will be lit up with ecstasy
inside. That is how it goes. As we carry on with our internal
lovemaking, joyful pleasure will be pulled up from within our
genitals, and from every erogenous zone in our nervous system. Then
we will shiver with joy as the waves undulate up and at the same time
back down through every cell in our body. We may be covered with
goose bums, cry out with ecstasy, dance around like a whirling
dervish, or whatever the energy moves us to do. It is an unending
inner orgasm! Meanwhile, palpable waves of love will be shooting out
of us, uplifting everyone in the neighborhood. That is a pretty good
use for our sexual energy. Just as good as making babies. We can do
both if we want.

It is making the most of all that we have in us.

Lovemaking is the joining of the two polarities of life to fulfill
the purposes of creation. It happens automatically externally, and
that leads to reproduction. With conscious participation, it can be
cultivated to happen automatically internally, and that leads to
enlightenment.

The guru is in you.

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