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Divine selfs, Dear friends namastè! In this last period a read several e-mail about various opinions of the activities that are carried out within this world (dream) which is the yoga and more precisely about the tantra. I read (quite amused) about paths of right and, left hand, sex or brhamacharya, sex shops, meditation. During the years of my life in yoga, I have met teachers, students, pandit, male and female yogi. Between all this multitude of people and different worlds and realities I have not found, logically, all positive and neither all negative. In my life I have had the luck to meet people who were living the yoga in the yoga (Sanatana Dharma), and their life was a clear, obvious and practical example of how to move in this splendid spiritual path. Besides, with regret, I have seen also people that behind various titles of swami or yogacharya etc. etcâ¦, printed on beautiful pieces of parchment paper, were performing the lowest tamasic activities. Often these people or pseudo teachers can be theoretically very prepared and they have developed a magnetism of theirs which they use for their low purposes. Pratically these people, in the life, are often identified, involved and attached to that world that they define illusory (maya) and from which they urge (for paradox) their students to get detached from it, using a very florid style of speaking. The tantra is for me a highly spiritual path because its purpose is to lead a human being to recognize himself as an integral part of this wonderful energy. I do not deny that I often smile when I see or read about tantra reduced to sexual performance or I happen to glance at some texts that shows a series of figures or photos of sexual positions, carefully numbered, that have been taken from the kamasutra (an erotic text) and that give more the idea lo live a stressful situation then to do sex naturally (lets smile sometimes). Often, the kamasutra is confused with the tantra, forgetting that it is only a text that speaks of eroticism and other topics that may interest. I want to emphasize that mine is not a judgement since, many people I met through courses or conferences, are in good faith. Certainly they had this image of the tantra taken from some texts pseudo tantric or by participating at some seminars defined tantric-seminary. My remark is on those teachers (but they are not such) who behind the granting of spiritual diksha (mostly donate to women, who knows why!?) satisfy their own necessity or repressions, hiding all behind a highly spiritual experience and not having clear in mind (being confused) the real meaning of karma and dharma. After all, everything to the end moves within this laws - karma and dharma â" where each human being is an integral part. It comforts me that the tantra, for its luck and its nature, has been defended and protected from the stupidity and foolishness of the mind, since ancient times by the tradition (Smriti-Sruti). It is not my intention to erect me to judge or who knows what, because this is a situation similar to the scene of a dog that bites its tail, as everything comes from ignorance. I believe and Iâm convinced too, that were there is good faith there can be also mistake since nobody is perfect in this temporary reality. In my heart, I deeply wish in a future of grater limpidity and clearness, where the words yoga or tantra regain their real deep meaning, and Iâm sure that this hope is concrete and real because there are (and this is the beaty of life) so many lights that although they donât make much clamour, every day (nitya dharma) with love, they try to help (karma yoga) other people to lit up their inner lights in order to say to themselves âHamsa So Hamâ! With love .. Swami Shivananda Saraswati Srividyaupasaka
