Our relationship to our emotional landscape is pivotal in the liberation process. Many of us come to the spiritual path with a desire to experience more happiness, more joy, more peace or more bliss. We’re chasing after desired emotional experiences. We often don’t realise how much of our life has been spent running away from …
What’s with Tantra and Sex?
There it was, in black and white, blazoned across the Google search results, Tantra and sex, everywhere: “Tantra worship has flourished in popularity in the Western World, establishing a reinterpretation of Hindu and Buddhist practices. This new, modern practice is often referred to as Neotantra. As time progressed, some of the ancient outdated teachings of tantra have been readopted …
The Tantrik View of ‘Negative Energy’
Many of us imbibe of a multitude of different spiritual ideas and frameworks, some of which go back thousands of years and some of which are new, and many of which are confused memes on Facebook. Orientating to a particular path, like Tantra, helps enormously in cutting through the crap and getting clear on what’s …
Awakening – what is it?
There’s a lot of terms that get thrown around all the time in spiritual circles… yet often there’s no examination of what we’re referring to by those terms. To that end, I’d like to start a new series focusing on The Basics of Tantrik Teachings, and in particularly focusing on explaining words. (Happy to take …
Why Haven’t You Got The Thing Yet?
I got the thing. I found a teacher. After fifteen years of looking. Actually, two of them, at around the same time. Which intrigued me. None for fifteen years, and now two? How come? On reflection, I can see that the following conditions helped: I got clear on my path and lineage (Tantra, Non-Dual Shaivism) …
What’s the Difference between Yoga and Tantra?
Before I share, from my own direct experience, on this question, it’s useful to examine the question itself – which is a question people often ask me. The question assumes that there IS a difference between Yoga and Tantra, as if they are two separate things – like a chair and a cup. However as …
