The Seventh Night of Tantra, Chapter 15
Chapter 15
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After about 45 minutes of peaceful driving, they reached the Kansarpal village. Sri Kalika Temple was located in the middle of the village, and it was beautiful, settled between greenery and a nearby lake. While Reid expected ruins in the dust, now they were entering a magnificent well-preserved venue through the entrance protected by two white statues of the Goddess Sri Kali from one side and two big white elephants from the other, with a pair of sitting Buddhas on it’s roof. The walls of the gate as well as the whole temple were swimming in beige and crimson colors and Luke and Reid were walking through the yards inside, finally forgetting sex for a few moments of awe.
“Sri Kalika is one of the most important monuments in North Goa,” Luke read from the guide. They crossed the court and entered the first outer hall surrounded by four pillars.
“It´s the unique blend of the architectural design and elegance.“ Luke continued to read the brochure and he turned around just in time to find Reid standing in front of the shrine with offerings and putting some sweet balls of candied coco in his mouth.
“Jesus, Reid, what do you think you´re you doing?”
“I know what I´m doing and don’t forget Krishna is the guy here.” Opening his mouth wide he continued in his intention.
“In case you haven’t noticed, we are in a temple, and this is a shrine,” Luke shook his head and laughed a little.
“And this is a candy and this is my stomach” Reid parroted Luke´s berating voice pointing at himself.
Luke narrowed his eyes.
“I´m hungry all right!”
“Oh my poor baby.”
“And they were just freshly made, trust me I can tell.” He quickly threw two balls in his mouth and the next moment Luke dragged him deeper in the main hall, looking frantically around hoping no one saw his boyfriend´s mouth stuffed with sweets from the altar.
As Luke accidentally brushed his palms against Reid´s lap he thought the sarong was perhaps too thin as he felt the soft flesh of his penis dangling under the silk. He turned to look at his crotch with a flash of wanton in his eyes, realizing at the same moment that Reid was going commando.
“How come I didn’t notice before you hottie…?”
“Cause you are too busy with your travel schedule.”
Luke started to pretend to admire the walls of the temple while he was standing in front of Reid pressing to his body with his palms and kneading the silky surface that concealed the precious grail. Luckily most of the visitors were busy admiring the interiors so they went unnoticed.
“You are going to palm me one more time and I warn you your tour is over, boy, cause I´m gonna drag you behind the nearest altar and fuck your brains out here and now.”
Luke stopped. He felt like a tease as hell and that would deserve a nice ass slap now. Reid´s dick wasn’t so fast to understand when Luke continued to walk inside. In fact he was confused and if penises could talk, people around wouldn’t like to hear what he had to say.
Stepping in the main shrine hand in hand they were standing right under the central highest dome. Luke´s cheeks pinky and Reid´s crotch with big bulge.
The main hall was beautiful. For a moment sex was forgotten and they were amazed at the detailed work of paintings and sculptures wherever they laid their eyes. It was not a Sistine chapel but it was beautiful, Reid had to admit. Along the white-blue tiled walls, the chains of yellow and red flowers were hanging on the walls, around the windows and lining the doors. Huge bells and chandeliers above their heads hung from the ceiling and there were paintings of gods and goddesses on each wall as colorful as the saris and sarongs worn by people inside.
“You see, I blend in perfectly,” Reid nudged Luke, pointing his fingers at other guys’ sarongs.
“Yeah, I almost wouldn’t notice you are not local, oh wait, I would, by the rest of the candy balls in your hand.”
“If you´d let me hold yours I wouldn’t have to feed on candy ones.”
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Luke laughed and continued to educate them both. “This temple is devoted to the Goddess Kali, who is the counterpart of Shiva the destroyer. They are the destroyers of unreality.”
“Yaaawwn…”
“Kali brings the death of the ego as the illusory self-centered view of reality. In the western world she is mistakenly interpreted as the goddess of death and sex….“
“Come again…?“
“Shh Reid … but actually she is one of the few Goddesses who is celibate and practices austerity and renunciation... oh that is sweet“
“Eeeww, not my best event ...“
”A person who is attached to his or her ego will not be receptive to Mother Kali and she will appear in a fearsome form. The ego sees Mother Kali and trembles with fear because the ego sees in her it’s own eventual demise…” Luke was fascinated and he could almost hear the ritual drumming echoing in the walls of the temple that once must have taken place between these walls.
“Yeah I´m scared already…”
“A mature soul who engages in spiritual practice to remove the illusion of the ego sees Mother Kali as very sweet, affectionate, and overflowing with incomprehensible love for her children.”
“Aaaand here we go… that must be about you Snyder…” Reid made his wide teeth smile.
By this time they had approached the main altar with an enormous painting of Kali, and if Reid was to be honest with himself, as he looked at it closely and let it penetrate his shell, the image certainly made his ego tremble a little.
“Oh my God that is huge, look at those skulls Reid…”
“I think I´ve just lost my appetite,” Reid said looking at the blood dripping from the head in Kali´s hand and threw away the last piece of the candy he clutched until this moment.
“Why are all the heads male? Who painted this, some feminist freak?”
Her body was dark blue, almost black and she wore a garland made from skulls and a skirt of dismembered arms. In one of her many arms she held sword and in the other, a freshly cut head. Luke, of course, found the image beautiful and immediately consulted the brochure.
“The ego arises out of identification with the body, so liberation can only proceed when our attachment to the body ends…that ´s what those cut body parts symbolize…”
“Bullshit…”
“She is depicted as standing on Shiva who lays beneath her with white skin, he has a blissful detached look and represents pure formless awareness while she represents form eternally supported by substratum of pure awareness…”
Reid had had enough. He pulled them to the side behind one of the large pillars, got down on his knees and pulled down Luke´s Hawaiian shorts and swallowed him hungrily.
“I thought you had learned something from our tantric nights Reid?“
“I did, but now I choose to give my energy and will a nice, long vacation.“
“Yeah I can feel it… so…what if we skip the rest of the temple and drive to this Calangute beach and we find some nice fuckspot there?“
“Ok you had me at skipping the rest of the site, but first we must stop to eat somewhere…“
“Oh sure, we better feed you or there is no more fun with you", Luke grinned and they left the court.
Driving southwest and admiring the landscape from the car seats Reid couldn´t help but massage at least Luke´s crotch as they enjoyed comfortable silence. All stress of daily lives was gone, no meetings to attend, no need to be anywhere, no need to hurry. Real vacation with the one you love, doing what you want to do in warm sunny weather and enjoying each other. The comfort and inner peace already showed in their relaxed and tanned faces.
After the stop in a small village and local Indian tavern where Reid ordered all dishes from one paper menu, it was getting late in the afternoon. The boys were getting tired and they were glad they skipped even the planned visit of the Chorao Bird Sanctuary, which is a small island in the river near the capital Panaji. Watching the chirping birds here is said to be a unique experience in this unspoiled nature of dense mangrove vegetation.
“So even though the birding must be breathtaking we now have the best part ahead of us”.
“What´s better than seeing the flying foxes, jackals and cute birds?” Luke giggled, knowing to which answer his question would be leading.
“Your dick in my mouth?”
Reid´s answer didn’t disappoint him. He was so predictable sometimes. Luke gave up trying to make him stop thinking about sex. He knew that when it was necessary, and when things were serious, Reid knew how to be serious. Now, having the greatest holidays of his life and the deepest connection with Reid since they had started seeing each other and the most full relationship he had ever had with anyone, Luke just relaxed and enjoyed the heat his partner caused him every minute. Even if he tried to sound and look like it didn’t do anything, he loved it.
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“Ok, here we are, let´s find some nice place between the rocks and under the coconut trees to make your wish come true baby.”
The boys headed toward the serene ´Queen of all Goan beaches´ while the sun began to set slowly. They heard loud cicadas in the bushes and deep shrieks of birds accompanying them with every step. After walking for a while along the shoreline further from several other visitors, mostly Indian, they got to a more remote spot, with a denser palm area and occasional massive stones on the beach. The place was perfect, hidden but still on the beach. As they sank down to the warm sand they could see small waves caressing the shore and the palm branches whispering words of love in their ears.
Luke and Reid were so relaxed and light that they melted into each other´s bodies. One in another, flowing as liquid substances and fine energies, they touched each other endlessly, without any rushing, without a goal, without a purpose. Reid wanted IT before but now he couldn’t help himself but want to prolong the moment forever if possible. He was floating here and now, and every one of Luke´s touches were sensually electrifying and full of meaning. He just followed his inner impulses, totally buried within, perceiving every breath, every stroke, every one of Luke´s and his own soft moans.
´If anybody had told me about Palm leaves library I would have never believed it myself, but I have been there and I heard it with my own ears, saw it with my own eyes and felt it everywhere. I felt the mystery and the truth of it all and I know I have never been more in the right place at the right time…I felt complete and had all the answers I´d ever searched for…´The depth and the softness of their moment was suddenly joined by English male and female voices coming from the beach as they were passing the rock that gave them enough privacy to make love.
Luke and Reid looked in each other´s eyes, knowing this short piece of information was meant to get to their ears. They had the same picture in front of their eyes. Their translucent intertwined bodies above the lotus flower and the words in their chest they both saw during the massage. The mysterious message and it’s meaning were one step closer again and even though they didn’t know where it would lead them, they knew they had to find it. Luke saw the light rays in Reid´s chest again. Golden, sparkling and warm they floated to Luke and their hearts were connected once again, both at the right time in the right place.
