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  • Intuition and Spiritual Practice

    Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

    A student recently asked if spiritual practice is more about “following my intuition” than about process. By “process,” she meant the specifics of technique, or of a tradition.

    My first teacher, and the first Tantrik teaching I encountered back in my twenties, was about intuition. more…

  • Tantrik Healing

    Sunday, August 12th, 2007

    Occasionally, people have announced to me that they are “Tantrik healers.” What they generally mean, as far as I can tell, is that they feel they have learned to manipulate other people’s energy, or transfer energy to other people, or mess around with people’s “chakras.” more…

  • Knowledge is Bondage

    Friday, July 6th, 2007

    The degree to which we are attached to knowing is a measure of how far we are from Self-realization.

    Students come to the teachings in a state of longing, but “I” cannot break the habit of reinforcing itself with public demonstrations of all-knowingness.

    So, instead of relaxing and accepting the nourishment offered by the teacher, there are proclamations, performances, and nit picking. more…

  • Spiritual Desperation

    Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

    If you have never felt spiritual desperation, you are either buried up to your third eye in feel-good fantasy, or you have left the planet. more…

  • What is View?

    Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

    I talk a lot about View here on Living Tantra. I even capitalize the word. It must be important, but what does “View” mean?

    Here’s a funny story that will help you to understand. more…

  • Who Speaks for Tantra?

    Monday, May 28th, 2007

    People have been arguing about who is an authority on Tantra for centuries, and the good folks over at Wikipedia are continuing in that grand tradition.

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