Today is the start of Navaratri, a ten day festival celebrating the Grace and Wisdom of the Goddess.
Maha Shakti is the entirety of the life process. Everything we are, see, feel, touch, hear, smell, and accomplish is Her. more…
We’ve all heard that “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Or, “Ignorance is bliss.”
But did you know that these pop sentiments are rooted in the real-life functioning of the law of cause and effect, aka karma? more…
I grew up watching Star Trek. Somehow, rationalism, technology, and the scientific View have failed to deliver that shiny, clean world of unlimited exploration in which human beings get to lecture less evolved races on other planets about their bad behavior.
Instead, the individualistic greed of our human cultures has injured, not only the space program, but our air, water, land, and the lives of millions upon millions of people and animals. more…
Tomorrow, I leave for Portland. Friends have been asking: “Are you excited?” “Are you nervous?”
Well, I can tell you, I am tired after four days of packing and cleaning! This body has been less active during a couple of years of semi-retreat, and it is feeling some aches from the increased activity. more…
“Rasa” is a Sanskrit word that means something like the sweet taste of aesthetic appreciation. There is no English equivalent. Rasa is a fundamental aspect of Tantrik View and cosmology. This is easy to understand when we experience the entire world as a pagent of creative expression. more…
During my childhood, the former African nation of Biafra was in the midst of civil war and a great famine. A million people died of starvation. One day, I heard a news story about the relief efforts. A helicopter pilot responsible for dropping food into the war-torn area described how he had seen villagers fighting over grains of rice, scattered in the dirt during the food drop. This story made a deep impression. I still cannot measure rice into a cup without thinking of it, and if a grain falls onto the countertop, I make certain that it gets into the pot, that it does not go to waste.
Tantrik sadhana begins with learning about how we waste our energy, our Shakti. more…
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