Brain’s ‘trust machinery’ identified from PhysOrg.com
The brain centers triggered by a betrayal of trust have been identified by researchers, who found they could suppress such triggering and maintain trust by administering the brain chemical oxytocin. The researchers said their findings not only offer basic insights into the neural machinery underlying trust; the results may also help in understanding the neural basis of social disorders such as phobias and autism.
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from JLL’s article on the newer Gaian Tantras !

The complementarity of these two practices should be obvious. Tantra enhances and deepens the capacity to sink into bodily pleasure, so it improves the corporeal tool for Gaian practice. Conversely, Gaian shamanism induces a massive tenderness, bonding us to the earth in a way that makes sensual-sexual pleasure all the more deep and delicious, when we get around to it. Although deeply erotic, visionary trance does not lend itself to the enactment of sexual desire. But Tantrically enhanced sexuality does induce certain kinds of visionary effects. As far as I know, these shamanistic effects, which can be quite spectacular, are not described in current popular expositions of Tantra presented as sexual yoga or an intimacy enhancement technique for couples who want to spice up their bedroom routine.

from Peas in  a Pod people!

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