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So, who actually devised this “Vama Char” path of Tantra? Tantra practitioners claim it is a divine path to Moksha (liberation), albeit one that operates beyond societal norms. It originates from Lord Shiva, who imparted the Vigyan Bhairav โ€‹โ€‹Tantraโ€”a dialogue between Shiva and Parvatiโ€”wherein Shiva reveals 112 techniques to her. ๐Ÿ”ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ […]

India is a land dedicated to all kinds of spiritual explorations and discoveries. It has opened several doors upon the Divine out of which Tantra,

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Alok Da, I wrote a reflection on a childhood memory of a ferocious storm where, amidst the thunder and scolding, catching a single raindrop opened me to a sudden, ecstatic realization: “The Lord is falling as rain.” Even without dramatic spiritual experiences in my daily sadhana, I find myself growing steadily calmer and far more at peace. ๐ŸŒง๏ธโœจ๐Ÿ™[…]

It is powerful and cathartic. May the rain of Grace be upon you and fill you to the fill one day, drop by drop.

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Alok Da, recent challenges have stirred up old reactive habits, but they brought a vital realization: both pleasure and pain merely signal perceived lack, trapping us in a web of personal preference. While I recognize awareness itself is untouched by these changing contents, I still catch myself preferring even “spiritual” ideals, which only perpetuates insistence and recoil.๐Ÿง˜โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ™[…]

Inner detachment, stepping back and witnessing the field of nature and all that is taking place there including the reactions of pleasure and pain that

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