"Tantra
or the cult of ecstasy is a spiritual path based on the
mystical experience of the game rather than on rigid dogmas.
In Tantra, the act of love becomes sacred, a cult and an
act of worship and devotion. It is a gift of life.
Tantric
art, tantric writings and rituals glorify the erotic act.
Tantra proclaims life in its entirety and teaches the practitioner
to discover the spark of divinity inside of us. The Tantric
practitioner uses his or her senses, mind and soul in order
to reach the peaks of mystical ecstasy." (Kamala Devi)
During the past years there
has been a lot written and discussed on Tantra. However, only
few know it is an oriental spiritual system whose main purpose
is to unify the opposites at all levels.
In Tantra, man and woman are
seen as expressions or mirrors of the macorcosmic energies
represented by Shiva, or the masculine principle, and Shakti,
the feminine principle, under any form these may appear.
Balanced union between the
two opposites poles feminine, Yin and masculine, Yang will
finally lead to the eliberation of the human being from the
endless cycle of births and rebirths and more than that, to
God.
The man and the woman have
a huge potential, practically they have potentially inside
themselves all the possibilities and all the experiences of
the world. When they are re-united, these experiences are
revealed in a new vision and cosmic harmony that lies at the
basis of the whole creation.
Tantra may re-unify an ancient
scindation in the inner structure of the people, between sexuality
and spirituality, which is very common in the Western tradition.
One cannot meet the perfect harmony between sexuality and
spirituality elsewhere than in Tantra.
It is a spiritual path that
integrates the erotic act as a sacred act, which brings the
devoted practitioner closer and closer to God.
In order to facilitate such
a union on all levels, Tantra uses a great variety of principles,
techniques and rituals. We will introduce you to the most
representative and significant ideas that lie at the foundation
of Tantra.
Tantra does not contradict
the Christian religion, and it can offer the modern stressed
and overloaded person an easy manner to improve one’s
life, to be happier, to be at peace with one’s own self
and with the people around, and also very important to experience
the erotic act deeper, longer and more intense.
It is necessary that some
taboos concerning sex be demystified because they are the
cause of so many inhibitions that keep us from enjoying our
exploration of it.
Many of us are unconsciously
slaves to erroneous attitudes towards sex. Without the attempt
of transforming them, there are very little chances to remould
our erotic life.
Intercourse does
not mean procreation.
Many people consider that the erotic function of the human
being is procreation, and not pleasure and even spiritual
evolution. This makes some people to sink in guilt every time
they have a fulfilling erotic experience.
Think about yourselves, how
many times you made love up to now. A 43-year-old man told
us that he made love approximately 3.000 times. For procreation,
it would have been sufficient once. Then what did he do the
rest of 2.999 times and to what purpose?
The role of Tantra is to "fill"
up these empty, missing spots, teaching you how to move from
procreation to ecstasy.
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Some
more articles on Tantra..
(Tantra
- What is it?)
(Tantra - An Introduction)
(Tantra Yoga
Introduction Part 1)
(Tantra Yoga
Introduction Part 2)
(Tantra Yoga Part
1)
(Tantra Yoga Part
2)
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