Guest guest Posted February 28, 2000 Report Share Posted February 28, 2000 A couple of weeks ago, somebody started a conversation here about Tantra, but it didn't go very far. One of the articles we published recently, " Journal of Awakening " by Phil Servedio, contains a paragraph that expresses the essence of Tantra quite nicely, I think. Here it is: " What was particularly brilliant and 'leading edge' about Saniel, Lawrence, and Ardeliza was their teaching of the embrace of all phenomena, both " internal " and " external. " Nothing was profane or judged. Even though this was similar to the teaching of Love-Ananda, it certainly wasn't practiced in his community. Moreover, in most traditions and schools which I have read, certain behaviors, trains of thought, ideas, and philosophies were grossly or subtly preferred and rewarded over others, always creating " shadows " within those schools. My own feelings of the brilliance and superiority of this process of " accept and embrace " was reflected in what these three musketeers were talking; even the 'demon' of reaction towards events was embraced. It felt to me that this was Tantra at its essence, and in effect a place where one could completely rest, as everything and every part and aspect of oneself was simply allowed to arise and fall from and into Being. It seemed to me that this was an advanced and 'rapid' path towards awakening and not one that everyone would be ready for -- but for me it was perfect timing. " From http://www.realization.org/page/namedoc0/serv_joa/joa_2.htm. -- Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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