What
is Tantra?
By
Our
Resident Sexpert
Shama,
CHt, CDC, TDE
Primarily,
Tantra is a spiritual path of the heart and
consciousness. A spiritual path is one where
the focus of one’s attention is upon
exploring the world through one’s relationship
to self and others (expanding awareness).
In
Tantra, we see the heart as the mid-point
between our spiritual nature and our physical
nature. It is the place where the two merge
to become a physical being in the third dimension.
Thus, as we include the energy of heart’s
compassion through all of our choices and
actions, we are sharing the best of what we
have to offer to others.
Short
Definition of Tantra
Tantra is both a science and an art that
originates from ancient knowledge in East
India, Tibet, Egypt, and China. It is
a spiritual path focusing on the power
of our creative life force that we commonly
refer to as sexual energy. Tantra offers
techniques to enhance arousal and one's
love making skills, as well as one's entire
life, through a deeper understanding and
mastery of our life force/libido.
Tantra is a form of yoga that offers a
philosophy and practices showing how to
generate, enhance and consciously direct
life force energy that can awaken, arouse,
enlighten, and heal the self and others.
Tantra literally means weaving together
the polarities of the male and female
forces. Through tantric synergistic union,
we create harmony and balance to all aspects
of the human psyche, mind and body.
Primarily, Tantra is a path of the heart
and a path of pleasure. It is about loving
the self enough to create a life of deep
enjoyment by consciously intending and
choosing actions and activities that bring
the greatest pleasure and nurturance to
the soul. It is also a path of joyous
service from whence the giving comes from
a cup that is therefore always consciously
kept full
Through sacred sex, Tantra teaches fine
and sophisticated arts of giving and receiving
optimum pleasure for the self and partner
-- thereby achieving transcendence, or
union with the divine, through sexual
pleasure and extended orgasm. In orgasm
we are truly in the moment - in the place
of no mind through which we are the most
receptive to our natural bliss - aligned
with the high frequency of divine energy
and enlightenment.
Tantra teaches that through an in-depth
awareness of all aspects of the self,
and also through honoring, adoring and
worshiping your partner as the embodiment
of God/Goddess, one can find and allow
the power of that pure love light to shine
forth from within to brighten and bring
more joy to the world. |
The Path
of Pleasure
Tantra
suggests that pleasure is the best vehicle
to create more of the life that we want.
We
all know that our basic nature is to move
towards pleasure - away from pain. Tantra
says, “duh!” So why are we not
making more of our choices based on what
gives us pleasure? When we are fully fed,
satiated and well nurtured, we are certainly
more pleasant to be around and effective.
Have you ever noticed how your patience
level diminishes when you have had too little
sleep, but your day goes so much better
when you have had a blissful, restful night?
Tantra
suggests an enlightened form of selfishness.
This is a form of loving the self. We are
the only one’s who really know what
we want from life and love – and as
an adult, we are the only one’s truly
responsible for making sure that we get
that! In doing so, we have an overflowing
bounty of loving energy from which to give
to others. We are thus no longer bound in
any way by fear of lack in our personal
experience and we can give so much more
freely with joy! And if we love ourselves
well, we also have more centered and clear
love to share.
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