Module 1 Flashcards
What happens when we repress negative feelings?
Repressing negative feelings also represses positive ones
Emotional expression is crucial for experiencing true freedom.
What does holding space for someone involve?
Holding them without judgement or trying to control them
This includes allowing them to express their emotions freely.
How does Dr. Brene Brown define vulnerability?
The birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, and creativity
It is also the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.
What is the dungeon a safe space for?
Confession, emotional release and intimacy.
Submission is not weak; it is a form of peaceful acceptance.
What are the two fundamental life forces in Hindu Tantric cosmology?
Shiva and Shakti
Shiva represents pure light, while Shakti represents everything manifested.
How does spiritual BDSM differ from traditional BDSM?
It is more safe, kind, intuitive, and spiritual
Spiritual BDSM focuses on building connection and trust.
What is the role of trauma in spiritual BDSM?
It provides an opportunity to revisit trauma and infuse it with new meaning
This can lead to personal transformation.
Fill in the blank: Sexual sensation seeking is a desire to be sexually _______.
uninhibited and to explore novel sexual experiences
It involves exploring novel sexual experiences.
Spiritual BDSM is about ____ and ___
Meditative states of mind and altered states of consciousness
There is a noted decline in sexual frequency among couples.
Which personality traits do BDSM practitioners score higher on compared to the general population?
Extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness
They score lower on neuroticism.
What does Dr. Brown say about perfectionism?
It is a 20-ton shield that keeps us from being seen
It reinforces feelings of inadequacy.
What does classical Tantra refer to?
The peak period of the Tantra movement (800-1200 CE) different from Hindu Tantra and modern American Neo-Tantra that comes later
It is different from later forms like Hindu Tantra and hatha-yoga.
How does nondual Tantra differ from transcendental views?
It teaches everything is divine, focusing on the immanent rather than transcendent
Nondual Tantra seeks complete awareness of the totality of Being.
What is Tantra about?
Learning to deeply fall in love with the whole of reality. An allowing and seeing of God everywhere
This includes accepting death, decay, and impermanence.
Who is known for introducing the concept of ‘the unconscious’ in relation to sexuality?
Sigmund Freud
He emphasized the significance of sexuality as a primary motivator.
What is the ‘death drive’ according to Freud?
A powerful pull to self-destruction
It reflects a kind of masochism and pleasure in pain.
Fill in the blank: Freud believed sexual repression is the main psychological ______ of mankind.
problem
This repression impacts many aspects of human behavior.
What did Carl Jung focus on in contrast to Freud?
Human history and universal forms known as archetypes
Jung emphasized collective unconscious and personal development.
What is Shiva to Shakti?
Two forces in permanent indestructible union. Shakti surrenders to Shiva and Shiva embraces Shakti in its presence. They are one.
When can we feel the divine Shiva?
When in presence with Shakti
What elements of Tantra are blended into Tantra BDSM?
Shadow work and archetype
Other forms of yoga are transcendentalist and renunciatory in character except when _____
Influenced by Tantra
What words did Freud add to diction?
Unconscious, guilt compels, ego, The Freudian Slip, Death wish
