Well I didn't know so I was asking - I can't remember where I read that - it was years ago and until I started posting on FFL I didn't know anyone in these parts who had ever done any serious tantra work or study so I wanted to ask since there was some chat about tantra.
________________________________ From: Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Was Guru Dev a part of the Illuminati? On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >I have heard that the sexual aspects of tantra were for those who were not >ready for or too impatient to go to the heart of the tantra practices, so the >tantra masters would give them the sex stuff to do till the students got >serious about their practice and give up the sex and go into the deeper >aspects of tantra - true or not true? > Oh god - someone, please anyone - just say it's true - please stop MJ. Oh wait a second, well - hello? Hey MJ - yeah it is true - absolutely, exactly, incontrovertibly, objectively, undeniably (notice adverbs using all 5 vowels - isn't that cool?) true. > > > > >________________________________ > From: Richard J. Williams <rich...@rwilliams.us> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 8:59 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Was Guru Dev a part of the Illuminati? > > > > > > >> > I'm just saying that just as they shouldn't >> > necessarily limit tantra to what they know >> > about it, neither should you.... >> > >Bharitu: >> I have to respectfully disagree because there >> are classic definitions of tantra... >> >Something tells me you two are not practicing >tantrics. > >A sure sign that someone is not practicing tantra >is that they deny the sexual origins and goals of >tantra. LoL! > >Everyone knows that tantra yoga began as a sex cult >in Gupta Age India; tantrics sought to fuse the >male and female aspects of the cosmos into a blissful >state of consciousness. There's no life without sex >and the combination of male and female is the path >to the non-dual experience. > >"The rites of Tantric cults, while often steeped in >symbolism, could also include group and individual >sex. One text advised devotees to revere the female >sex organ and enjoy vigorous intercourse. Candidates >for worship included actresses and prostitutes, as >well as the sisters of practitioners." > >Work cited: > >'Yoga and Sex Scandals: No Surprise Here' >By William J. Broad >Posted on February 27, 2012 >http://tinyurl.com/ct59amc > > > >
