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dakini during one's yogic love practice, then this energy<br />

is leaked away. It is not good to talk; the whole<br />

vajra-love process should be carried out in silence.<br />

Downward-moving energy: This concerns the<br />

vajra-love action of penetration <strong>and</strong> withdrawal. The<br />

rhythm should be slow <strong>and</strong> the penetration sometimes<br />

deep <strong>and</strong> sometimes shallow, not always quick <strong>and</strong> deep<br />

like that of the common lustful person. If one practices<br />

only quick <strong>and</strong> deep action, then this is a leak of the<br />

downward-moving energy.<br />

Energy of the navel: This energy abides in the lower<br />

half of the body. If one frequently changes the posture<br />

for vajra-love—<strong>and</strong> there are many different positions<br />

for its practice—then this energy is leaked away.<br />

All-pervading energy of the body: in yogic love-practice,<br />

there are four events: The descent of the pleasure,<br />

retaining the semen, taking up the semen, <strong>and</strong> making<br />

the semen pervade everywhere in the body. If one<br />

practices too long <strong>and</strong> repeats some of these steps again<br />

<strong>and</strong> again, then a leak will occur of this all-pervading<br />

energy. One should only meditate on sunyata during the<br />

whole process, <strong>and</strong> there is no need to repeat its parts.<br />

"These four leaks of energy-speech are my own<br />

opinion," said the yogi, "<strong>and</strong> although there is no<br />

basis for them in the works of the ancients, still they<br />

are quite reasonable."<br />

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