In This Article
- Imagine You Want To Connect With Tantra
- Most Of Tantra Has Never Been Preserved
- What We Have Today Is A Tiny Fraction
- Pathway 1: The Scriptures
- The Texts Can Be Cryptic
- Sanskrit Carries Its Own Vibration
- Pathway 2: Find A Master Or Teacher
- A Classical Lineage Opens Different Approaches
- The Ritualistic Dimension Of Tantra
- Studying The Scriptures With A Master
- The Ascetic Master In The Mountains
- Sadhus Connect Directly With The Source
- Embodied Forms Of Tantra Vs. The Source Of Tantra
- Tantra Is Like A Spirit That Takes Different Forms
- Direct Transmission Happens Even In Silence
- It Can Be Simple
- Pathway 3: A Western School With Roots In The Origins
- Pathway 4: The Invisible Master
- The Guidance Is Intuitive
- Resonance Communication With The Energy
- Practices Arrive As Internal Revelation
- Tantra Exists Beyond The Scriptures
- Self-Sourcing Can Create Your Own System
- Tantra Is A Path Of Deep Embodiment
- Embodied Pathways Bring It Down Into The World
- From Isolation Back Into The World
- Nature Tantra And City Tantra
- All The Pathways Are Valid
- Tantra Has Its Own Love Languages
- The Many Languages Of Tantra
- Take Steps And Find What Works For You
- Tantra Is A Path Of Awakening And Life Mastery
- Why I Rarely Use The Word Enlightenment
- Mysticism And Integration
- Everything Can Be Tantric
- The Field Of Tantra Is Unlimited
- Like Connecting With The Christ Energy
- Don’t Let Anyone Limit You Within A Box
- The Masters Would Create New Vehicles Today
- Tantra Has Always Been Disruptive
1. Imagine You Want To Connect With Tantra
Imagine you are new to Tantra and want to connect with it.
You have different ways in.
2. Most Of Tantra Has Never Been Preserved
One way is to explore the scriptures and connect with classical Tantra.
My guess about classical Tantra and its sacred scriptures: 95%, maybe 99% of Tantra has never been preserved.
The field of Tantra is much vaster than anything that has been preserved.
3. What We Have Today Is A Tiny Fraction
Many scriptures, books, and much of the history of Tantra were never recorded, or were recorded and then destroyed.
So what we have today, even in classical Tantra, is a tiny fraction of everything I believe has happened in Tantra.
This is the first key point to understand.
4. Pathway 1: The Scriptures
To connect with Tantra, you can go through the scriptures.
You can study the meaning of the verses and everything they contain.
5. The Texts Can Be Cryptic
Tantric texts are often cryptic.
They use a language that is not adapted to today’s world, so they can be challenging for the modern adept to understand.
6. Sanskrit Carries Its Own Vibration
Still, the scriptures are one way in.
The Sanskrit texts carry their own vibration and energy.
7. Pathway 2: Find A Master Or Teacher
Another way in is to find a master or teacher, someone who is active in Tantra.
- Classical: A teacher of classical Tantra.
- Modern: A teacher of modern Tantra, like Neo-Tantra.
8. A Classical Lineage Opens Different Approaches
If you connect with a master or teacher who follows a classical lineage, you can explore different rituals and approaches within it.
9. The Ritualistic Dimension Of Tantra
One approach is the ritualistic dimension of Tantra.
- Fire rituals
- Ceremonies
- Prayers
- Meditations
All of them aim to connect you with that energy.
10. Studying The Scriptures With A Master
Another way is to analyze the scriptures with a teacher or master.
Here you enter more into the world of the scholars or swamis who carry wisdom.
That wisdom often focuses on particular aspects of the written teachings. Having guidance there can help a lot.
11. The Ascetic Master In The Mountains
Another approach is to connect with a master or teacher who is much more ascetic.
Someone who lives, for instance, in a cave in the mountains. Someone you find by coincidence, by following your instinct.
Eventually you can tap into these spaces in high Himalayan valleys and connect with a sadhu: someone who lives in remote places, has almost no connection with the world, and lives in a state of mysticism.
12. Sadhus Connect Directly With The Source
These sadhus are like monks. Ascetics. Beings devoted to the spiritual path.
Most of them connect more directly with the source of Tantra than through scriptures.
13. Embodied Forms Of Tantra Vs. The Source Of Tantra
There is a big difference between connecting with an embodied aspect of Tantra and connecting with the source of Tantra.
- Embodied forms: Books, rituals, or an ashram.
- The source: The living energy of Tantra itself.
14. Tantra Is Like A Spirit That Takes Different Forms
Imagine that Tantra is like a spirit. A sphere of energy, an angelic being, a divine being of energy.
It transmits itself and takes different forms throughout history.
When you connect with those forms, each one gives you an access point to that source.
15. Direct Transmission Happens Even In Silence
The sadhus and mystics who live in the mountains, in isolation, may carry knowledge, experience, and wisdom connected with scriptures, teachers, and lineages.
But when I am in their presence, I experience a direct transmission.
Even if we don’t talk, even if we don’t speak, an energetic transmission happens straight away. This allows us to connect directly with the source.
16. It Can Be Simple
- Silence: Sometimes it is simply sitting in silence in each other’s presence.
- Conversation: Sometimes it is a simple conversation.
- Food: Sometimes it is sharing some simple food.
17. Pathway 3: A Western School With Roots In The Origins
Another way to connect with Tantra comes through the Western world.
You attend a school or system that is established in the West and connected with the origins of Tantra.
Different modern teachers and masters brought those teachings into the Western world. Through those lineages, you can connect with Tantra too.
18. Pathway 4: The Invisible Master
Another approach takes all of this to a more mystical level.
You connect with an invisible master, an invisible teacher: an energy you meet for the first time.
Through this connection, you are guided energetically and intuitively into Tantra.
19. The Guidance Is Intuitive
In my experience, that connection comes through intuitive guidance, more than through books, teachings, and writings.
You can, for instance, decide to go on a pilgrimage or mission, around the world or in the Himalayas, and start connecting with this teacher, this master, this energy.
There, you are guided energetically.
20. Resonance Communication With The Energy
Through this transmission, you can enter into resonance communication with that energy.
It guides you to discover practices naturally.
21. Practices Arrive As Internal Revelation
All of this is intuitive. You receive the techniques through direct inspiration, as an internal revelation.
- Breathing techniques emerge.
- Realizations arrive.
- Deep wisdom opens up from within.
You can call this self-sourcing power, direct transmission, or inner union with Tantra.
22. Tantra Exists Beyond The Scriptures
Tantra exists beyond the scriptures.
It exists beyond the existing forms. It exists as an energy that you can tap into and connect with.
23. Self-Sourcing Can Create Your Own System
When you follow the path of self-sourcing and mysticism, you might develop your own system.
Of course, it will connect and run parallel with much that has been explored in the past, and with many existing traditions. But it will have your own flavor.
Through the filter of your mind, you transmit this energy and eventually recreate or redesign an embodied system of wisdom and Tantra. You might crystallize it in films, videos, or teachings.
24. Tantra Is A Path Of Deep Embodiment
What makes Tantra special, in my experience, is that it lets you go into deep embodiment.
This goes beyond an abstract path.
The exception is the scholar who focuses on the intellectual meaning of things rather than the mystical dimension. For a scholar, it stays mostly in the thoughts: trying to understand the scriptures, reading them, meditating on them.
25. Embodied Pathways Bring It Down Into The World
When you tap into this self-sourcing power, you start to engage in:
- Breathing techniques
- Embodiment techniques
- Meditation techniques with specific mantras
- Pilgrimages through different temples in the Himalayas
These are integrated, embodied pathways. You go beyond the transcendental experience and bring it all the way down into the world.
26. From Isolation Back Into The World
If you tap into this in more isolated places, then when you return to the world, those teachings and transmissions are confronted with it.
Then your mission is to integrate them one step further.
27. Nature Tantra And City Tantra
- Nature Tantra: You practice all of this in a natural environment.
- City Tantra, or urban Tantra: You practice in civilized environments.
28. All The Pathways Are Valid
This gives you an idea of the different pathways of connection.
For me, they are all valid. As much as possible, have multiple points of connection with Tantra. Eventually, you will find which one works best for you.
29. Tantra Has Its Own Love Languages
In romantic relationships, we talk about different love languages: words of appreciation, acts of kindness, touch, deep conversations.
Mystical Tantra also has different languages you can use.
30. The Many Languages Of Tantra
- Rituals
- Mantras
- Embodied practices
- Partner practices
- Pure meditation: Transcendental practices.
- Emotional embodiment: Diving into the emotional dimension and bringing it into embodied practices.
- Mission: Mission-oriented paths.
- Service: Charitable work, and simply helping the life forms and human beings around you.
- Nature: Sometimes it means helping nature.
- Isolation: Sometimes it means disappearing into a cave high in the mountains for 2 years, in complete isolation, to connect with the divine.
All of this is possible.
31. Take Steps And Find What Works For You
I encourage you to take steps, move forward, and find what works best for you.
32. Tantra Is A Path Of Awakening And Life Mastery
Some people define Tantra as a system of illumination or enlightenment.
I define it as a complete path of life mastery, a path of awakening.
33. Why I Rarely Use The Word Enlightenment
I rarely use the word enlightenment. It carries some stigma, and I think it was used much more 20 or 30 years ago.
I don’t think people today are looking for enlightenment, even though this is what is happening.
Enlightenment seems to carry an absolute dimension. I have a feeling that it is much more gradual. You can integrate it and feel enlightened for a while, for a week or 2 weeks. Then you come back into the world, to your default or baseline frequency.
So I prefer the words awakening and life mastery: a system of life mastery.
34. Mysticism And Integration
Part of Tantra is mysticism: connecting with the divine.
Another dimension is integrating all of that into the world.
Some systems are extremely monastic. Tibetan Buddhism, for instance, is monastic most of all. In Tantra, I think it is about integrating absolutely everything, all aspects of life.
35. Everything Can Be Tantric
- Business can be tantric.
- Sex can be tantric.
- Being in relationship can be tantric.
- Having children can be tantric.
36. The Field Of Tantra Is Unlimited
For me, the field of Tantra is absolutely unlimited.
In the past, some teachers and masters defined Tantra in their own way, creating scriptures and teachings. For me, Tantra goes beyond those definitions.
That is one aspect of Tantra. But Tantra is much vaster than anything that has been defined.
37. Like Connecting With The Christ Energy
It is like connecting with the Christ energy.
You can connect with the Christ energy within Christianity. Or you can develop a very personal relationship with the Christ energy without needing to feel like a Christian.
It is the same thing in Tantra.
38. Don’t Let Anyone Limit You Within A Box
Tantra is vast.
No human being on this planet, and no system, not even the classical Tantra of the past, can say: this is all there is. Of course not.
39. The Masters Would Create New Vehicles Today
The scriptures, and what happened in the past within classical Tantra, were a transmission from masters, teachers, and human beings who passed on something very pure and very beautiful.
But if those same masters and teachers were incarnating today, they would do more than read their old scriptures. They would create new vehicles, new things.
So we have to trust the evolutionary pathways of Tantra, which will activate new forms and new designs that emerge into the present, past, and future.
40. Tantra Has Always Been Disruptive
I believe the teachers of the past, and the scriptures they wrote, were disruptive to the existing systems of their time.
So accept that when you transmit or channel something into today’s world, when you tap into this field, it might disrupt the existing traditions.
That includes Neo-Tantra, modern Tantra, or Nava-Tantra. Some things might be disruptive and challenging to classical Tantra, and that is perfectly okay.
A little discomfort, a little stretching in that direction, is part of human evolution and part of the evolution of Tantra.
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