10/20/2024
From the article "9 Things You Should Know About Ta**ra"
Here are some potential downsides of Ta**ra events/training/workshops to be aware of:
Participation Mystique & Ta***ic Thrall
Ta**ra can easily produce a trance-like state which can cause a condition with possibly harmful outcomes: Participation Mystique and Ta***ic thrall.
Participation Mystique is a term developed by the anthropologist Lucien Levy-Bruhl which describes how individual consciousness changes to unconsciously adopt the prevailing viewpoint of group consciousness.
In group Ta**ra events, trainings, or workshops, Participation Mystique can cause individuals to be swept up in the moment or succumb to the weight of group’ social pressure and later feel regret or harmed. Such can be the case when Ta**ra events, trainings, or workshops include heavy duty emotional -trauma- healing or intimate and invasive healing treatments (vaginal or a**l) where not enough personal consideration, preparation, or time is provided for complete consent to be reached. Participation Mystique can also appear when Ta**ra activities move in a direction that the participant wasn’t expecting but feels compelled to accede to—only to later feel regret or worse, assaulted.
Ta***ic Thrall is the state of being enthralled (enslaved) by the cumulative effects of Ta***ic energy resonance which makes its subject less present or conscious to acute sensation or critical thinking processes. The resonance of erotic pleasure combined with the deep relaxation produced by Ta***ic treatments, methods and exercises produces a state of mental numbness which wallows or luxuriates in an open, undifferentiated unity field state of being—unwilling or unable to distinguish or critique activities and relying on trust in the integrity of the facilitator or other participants as a guard against harm.
When Ta***ic Thrall happens with a trusted partner or healer who has their safety as a primary concern, there is no need to worry or be afraid of entering into this state of immersion into pleasure. However, it can be dangerous to experience Ta***ic Thrall when a Ta**ra teacher/facilitator/healer lacks professional integrity and takes advantage of a client/student’s enthralled state.
Surrendering into Ta***ic Thrall can be healing and liberating—and when consciously prepared to enter into with consented boundaries—is a valuable and enjoyable experience. However, everyone should be forewarned that this state also produces a somewhat diminished capacity and can create situations where people can be exposed to unscrupulous behavior that causes harm.
To avoid being harmed while in Ta***ic Thrall, keep awareness active and present with what is happening and enjoy pleasure sensations while avoiding surrendering completely with someone you’ve just met, don’t know well, or don’t have consent worked out with. Choose to enter into Ta***ic Thrall only with someone you know well and completely trust.
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