Kaula tantra and the six places

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Dear spiritual brothers and sisters,

The First Plac4: The Guru is hidden. Do not take

action yet.

Every aspirant is a potential Kaula and a potential Guru. The role

of the Guru is to guide and not to tell you what to think or

believe. You have yet to find the path and the hidden Guru. Spare

your energy and enthusiasm until you can obtain proper guidance, or

you will be confused. Most people have been conditioned to wrong

ideas and even superstitions. Forget what you have done, as you are

preparing to enter the path of Kaula Yoga. Are you ready? This is

the spiritual field of Dragons. Potential is still hidden and

immature. Seek by all means, but wait in the calm strength of

patience until you are ready to begin.

The Second Place: The Guru appears in the Field.

The real Guru (the Dragon) has been found. Do not approach with pre-

conceived or negative ideas, but follow his guidance. Keep your ears

open but your mouth shut. To ask questions will reveal your

ignorance, but those who never ask questions remain ignorant

forever. The initiation (and mantra if you are given one) will

explode the sham, inhibited world of the past. You have entered the

Yin-Yang situation. Keep your mind on the goal, attain the rhythm of

our way of life, and realize yourself.

 

 

The Third Place: All day long the Yogi is in practice.

By day the Dragon Yogi organizes his new life and carefully watches

the thoughts and ideas passing through the mind. It is in the life

of daily toil and duty that the control of thinking is most

difficult. At night, the practice of Yoga and the erotic sequences

are preparation for the future. Fear may be experienced because this

is the period when we must cross the unknown abyss from one

lifestyle to another. This, then, is a period of perseverance.

People will see the change and recognize it. A Dragon is reborn.

There will be doubts and dangers, but remain sincere and be

blameless. To and fro goes the way of the Kaula path, but we remain

nonchalant and carefree.

 

 

The Fourth Place: Wavering flight over the abyss.

This is the period of crossing over. The abyss represents the

instability of water. Line four is a warning. There is danger, but

the danger is within. This is the period when the mind begins to

awake, and we tap the subconscious mind and the paraconscious mind.

>From here one can return to the sordid world of mankind, but once

the abyss is crossed, we can never return nor ever wish to do so. We

are on the threshold of a new and better sphere, and fear on all

levels will vanish. Those who do not return go on to the great

attainment. But this is not for everyone, and the Yogi must decide.

Either course can be correct, but to advance is not a mistake. This

is the dream place of past and present.

 

 

The Fifth Place: The Dragon flies high in the heavens.

The abyss is crossed and realization attained. Wise people will now

seek this Yogi for help and guidance. The very sight of this Kaula

is a blessing. The mind is transformed and above worldly things, but

this Kaula ever remains conscious of his path and the practices.

This line shows the Kaula-Yogi at work. He becomes the guide and

preceptor to lesser people. Because he is one with heaven, he or she

speaks with divine wisdom. The Kaula is also a Magician because

there is understanding of the secrets and magick of the universe,

and the power of the Absolute. This is the dream place of present

and future.

 

 

The Sixth Place: Arrogance may give cause to repent.

This is a warning to the Kaula. Although you attain heaven, you must

not appear arrogant and aloof and thereby lose touch with mankind.

Thus, beware of the EGO and self-arrogance. Too much isolation is

not proper for the Sage-Dragon because he may be called upon to lead

or help mankind. Therefore, his isolation must be only partial or

periodic. One must not withhold guidance and help from other who

seek the same path. Speak only in the true interests of mankind.

 

Therefore, the Kaula must not exceed the proper limits. Attainment

has its own purpose, and it must not be allowed to turn into a

business or profession. There is still another life beyond this one,

so the Dragon must know progression and not regression.

 

 

 

The sixth line is the final line of Hexagram One, but The Book of

Transformations indicates no point of completion. As the sixth line

is leaving the Hexagram, a new first line is entering. Thus all the

Hexagrams are fluid and in movement, and not static things. While

the Dragon retains the body, even if he or she be a great sage, life

will still contain perils and dangers. That which has reached the

full cannot remain so, for there are new and higher spheres,

existences, and attainments through which we must pass.

 

The highest earthly values, the things which normal people love,

must be sacrificed to the Divine. This means the things of beauty,

color, and taste; the smells and objects in which we delight; the

erotic joy of sexual ecstasy - all our worldly treasure and

delights - must be sacrificed to the Divine and offered in worship.

The Divine cannot manifest apart from man. Therefore, the Divine

enjoys through the senses of men, and our pleasures explode into

cosmic energy.5

 

Speaking of the Oracle, The Book of Transformations says:

 

 

The supreme revelation of God appears in prophets and holy men. To

venerate them is true veneration of God. The will of God, as

revealed through them, should be accepted in humility; this brings

inner enlightenment and true understanding of the world, and this

leads to great good fortune and success.6

and also:

 

Those who can wholly comprehend this sacrifice could rule the world

as though it were spinning on the palm of his hand.7

For those who wish to probe deeper into The Book of Changes, the

following points are set for guidance. Do not go through The I Ching

as you would a novel or textbook. First read the Preface by Wilhelm8

and the Introduction which follows.9 The Introduction gives a very

complete picture of the book and how it is used.

The first and most dynamic material you should read, reread, and

study is the section marked as Book II. This commences with

``Discussion of the Trigrams'' and gives you very important basic

knowledge. The Discussion is followed by ``The Great Treatise''10,

which in Sanskrit would read Maha Tantra. This treatise is the

greatest concentration of wisdom, magick, and inspiration ever

written, and alone could be the number one handbook of magick.

 

The magick diagram should also be studied with care and applied to

art. They, and also the Hexagrams, are ideal objects for meditation.

Contained within its lines is much of our own Twilight Language

which we love. Because of the decrepitation and failure of non-Pagan

works, The Book of Changes may have to become the textbook of the

Aquarian

yours yogically,

Dattu