Tantra Yoga and Mystic India: July 2008

Friday, July 18, 2008

Kundalini Yoga and Tantra -The Evolutionary Energy in Man, in which that " the human organism is evolving in the direction indicated by mystics,yogis and men of genius, by the action of the wonderful mechanism located at the base of the spine.Tantra -what is that? Is that....royal path of ecstasy,ultimate bliss,union with the absolute brahman, oneness with the god or maya(illusion).Even the wisest yogis and saints of India were puzzled.....?

Kundalini Yoga Sun-Logo

The Sun "Surya" represents Mahabindu-The Supracosmic and Metacosmic Transcendental Void.

Kundalini is sometimes described as the individual bodily representation of the great cosmic power which creates and sustains the universe ; because each human being is a microcosm of that macrocosm. Human experience owes to Tantra the discovery and location of the centres of psychic energy, chakras, in the subtle or astral body. The passage of the awakened Kundalini(coiled snake like energy) is a unique branch of tantric esoteric knowledge, ultimately unfolding the mysteries of the whole universe.

The Crown Chakra-Kundalini Yoga

Sahasrara meaning "a thousandfold ", is different from other chakras in constitution and effect. when Kundalini(coiled snake) reaches this level it no longer belongs to the realm of the animal or human awareness, it is purely divine. It is the thousand-petalled lotus leading into eternal, infinite, supreme existence. It is the seat of pure consciousness. When the Kundalini rises from the Base Chakra to Sahasrara, energy and conciousness unite and illuminations dawns.

Seven Main Chakras

Kundalini is depicted in the form of a snake/serpent which slumbers at the base of the spine. "The feminine Energy Shakti" pierces each of the lotuses or chakras up to her spouse "The Masculine Energy Shiva the "Crown Chakra" the thousand petalled lotus - brings enligntenment, "God-Consciousness" and Ultimate Bliss.

The Power of the Serpent
The yogi who has attained complete mastery over the technique of breathing and who has been able by this means to isolate himself totally from the external world, succeeds in "seeing" the interior of his body or, in other words acquires intuitive knowledge of the secret mandala that his subtle body forms. Having unraveled the tangled web of the nadis, he reaches the end of initiation and penetrates to the most inward part of himself, at the base of the trunk, where there is a cave located at the foot of the cosmic mountain. In this cave the yogi perceives three things: a fire of glowing embers, a sleeping serpent, and the threefold orifice of the three principal channels, the ida, the pingala, and the sushuma:

The sacred Shri yantra is the most well-known and fascinating of all yantras because of its intricate geometric harmony. Symbolize : Wealth, Health, Beauty.

Ardhanarishiwara an androgynous form of Shiva-Shakti, the cosmic masculine and feminine cosmic energy(duality)-having characteristic of both male and female in one body. Every man and every woman contains within himself or herself both male and female principles. (Kameswara & Kameswari)

Shiva-Shakti God-Head Yantra

Tantra, "The cult of the feminine",is the root of yoga and the most all-inclusive spiritual system ever developed. Yoga is well-known whereas Tantra is in mystery. Yogis and quantum physicists share a wonderful view of the universe as a sea of "quantum foam", of space and time existing not as fixed realities but as mental constructs. The yogi is concerned with this "unspeakable mystery".

"Dakini" Tantric Goddess residing in Base "Root Chakra"

Kalaratri(Black Night)- Tantric Goddess ia a Form of Kali represents Time and Death

Hindu Holy Man (Sadhu) in Yoga Posture

Janaki Jivan Sharan, a sadhu who was regarded as a "Jivanmukta", - "a soul liberated while still alive".

Science has yet to explain the extraordinary abilities and feats of the Sadhus, The Hindu holy men of India. They are believed to have ability to read and transmit thoughts, able to duplicate themselves and appear in two places at once, to give flowers completely different scent, and to call back the spirits of dead. For the Sadhus, the entire universe is driven by urge, to unite with the divine and this gives them extraordinary powers.Researchers in the field of parapsychology have studied the mysterious abilities of these holy men, and have confirmed many of these astonishing observations.Modern science, however,generally rejects any notion that sadhus posess any extraordinary abilities, because this goes against our rationalistic mode of thought.

For the Hindus the abilities of Sadhus are certainly not seen as unusual. Indeed, all the holy scriptures of Hinduism which include the Vedas, the Upanishad,Rig-Veda, Bhagavad-Gita and Tamil scriptural classic Tirumantiram agree that the human soul, the self(atman), is identical with the cosmic principle, the absolute(brahman).Perhaps there is a lesson for the sceptics here, for it seems that deeper we probe into enigmas of human life, the closer we come to the mysterious and unacknowledged forces that dwell within us all.

Young Sadhu(Holy Boy) in Deep Meditation

A Tantric Yoga Meditation

Tibetan Tantric Yoga

Yogi in Oneness With God

Goddess Kali Yantra

Kali + Kala = Time + Darkness + Death

Avatar of Goddess Kali

Kali As Tantric Goddess

Shiva And Shakti "Dance of Tantra" - The Masculine and Feminine Universal Cosmic Energy.

The Kundalini Energy The Ida and Pingala Nadi

Shiva and Shakti- The Duality

God Hari in Yoga Posture

Shiva and Shakti- The Inter-Locking Triangle (Masculine and Feminine Energy)

In Hindu myth, nagas are a primeval race of divine serpent-people that play an important part in religion. They are half human and half snake, and are still worshipped as the bringers of fertility, especially in southern India. Nagas are believed to live in palaces (Patala) in the underground city Bhogavati.

Sarpa (Serpent) or Nagas-In myths, legends, scripture and folklore, the category naga comprises all kinds of serpentine beings. Under this rubric are snakes, usually of the python kind (despite the fact that naga is usually taken literally to refer to a cobra,) deities of the primal ocean and of mountain springs; also spirits of earth and the realm beneath it, and finally, dragons.These beings have their own perceptions and vary in their enlightened level as do humans and other beings.

Shakti The Primordial Feminine Force(Ahti-Parashakti)

Vishnu and Lakshmi with Serpent(Anantha)

King Of Yogi Ultimate God Shiva with Naga Kundala & Trisul

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Tibetan Tantric Shiva

Vajra in union with his female wisdom. This state of ultimate bliss "ananda" is a transcendence of dualities - male-female, energy-consciousness, Shiva-Shakti. Tibetan art.