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Chelsea...candlelight,boah...men only..."naked before the infinite",pah...most

are

gay...hum...<br>But isn't all that somewhat testing to the

Brahmacharia aspect of Naked Yoga

sadhana?>>>>><br><br>ah, my kapalbhati friend, yours was once the

most

frequent of frequently asked questions. less and less

though. just like it became hip to "do yoga," now it's

hip to "get naked." that lovely pendulum keeps on

swingin'! i used to not even mention this aspect of our

practice as it seemed to have the capacity to distract --

but i realized it was no obstacle to the

appreciative. communal digambara (sky-clad) practice is not for

everybody, certainly not for those who cannot begin to

handle being naked in front of others, for whom nudity

is either an overwhelming fetish or phobia. but for

those comfortable with their sexuality (however it

plays out) and comfortable with their physical

manifestation generally, who can embrace renunciation of

worldly accoutrements, who know the bliss of humility, of

ishwara pranidhana - surrender to infinite pure

consciousness (our true nature), and who understand the body

and mind as illusory projections, or who say "i'll

give it a shot" to any of the above, it is not so

daunting an ordeal -- not even a minor

consideration.<br><br>the titillating assumption that gay men cannot be

naked together without being sexual is not unique to

nongays. but limiting accurate thought by stereotyping,

internally or externally, while perhaps briefly entertaining

is never useful in the long run, don't you agree?

(cf advidya, under kleshas, in patanjali, 2.4.) all

human bodies distract each other by design, evoking

instinctual responses in a wide variety of sensual ways. men,

gay or straight, not constantly reacting to any taboo

against same-gender shared sensuality tend to be more at

ease with this idea than others, upon whom custom,

politics, target marketing, fuzzy thinking and uncontrolled

hormones will always have their

effects.<br><br>cont'd>>>>>