Orgasm

The orgasm gap includes both a likelihood gap and a timing gap in many heterosexual encounters. Both meditation and orgasm are methods of touching the same underlying state of consciousness. Taoist ejaculation timing and semen retention claims are presented as personal experimentation rather than mainstream medical consensus. In French, orgasm is called "le petit mort" — "the little death" — capturing the ego dissolution it can produce. In standard sexual encounters, the transcendent state produced by orgasm is brief. Women’s orgasmic capacity is presented as varied and not limited to one pathway. Pelvic floor muscles are described as contributing to orgasmic intensity and capacity. At the moment of orgasm, the analytical, identity-bound left brain is temporarily suspended and consciousness expands into a unified, non-individual state. Edging involves building arousal close to orgasm and then backing down before climax. Orgasm is understood as a fleeting contact with the divine, not merely as physical pleasure.