Tantra is not about sex. If you find someone claiming to be a tantric and says it's about sex they're a charlatan. In the UK look up some of the Indian astrologers. Some of them are tantrics. Some may entertain a visit and answer questions. But you need to come armed with knowledge to know what to look for and separate the wheat from the chaff. I would suggest Dr. Robert Svoboda's trilogy on tantra to know what to look for. Even with my own late tantra teacher I didn't jump right in but tested him for several months. His videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/Swami999
On 07/17/2013 11:04 AM, Seraphita wrote: > Yes, I'll pick up one of Muktananda's titles - been meaning to do so for > a while. > Re tantric reference: I always think of TM as being tantric, at least in > spirit. So many religious traditions take a dim view of desire (it's > always the ascetics and monks which get star billing) but tantra always > claims that desire can be a royal road to enlightenment. That can > include the whole sex 'n' drugs thing: wonder how many people get stuck > at that level? Maharishi's basic idea that the mind naturally gravitates > towards the source of bliss - his "feeding the monkey" image - would > have struck a chord with tantrics no? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> I would suggest looking up Muktananda online. You can find both sites >> pro and con. Back in the late 70s a number of TMers including > teachers >> read his "conversations" books because he answered questions that MMY >> wouldn't. >> >> There are a number of gurus accused of sexual impropriety including >> MMY. The problem of deciding to be a "holy man" and then later > deciding >> that was a mistake. Better to be a tantric which is mainly a >> householder path. >> >> I don't keep track of shaktipat groups. If you go through the FFL >> archives you'll find folks discussing other groups. >> >> People in the arts tend to have heightened spiritual experiences. The >> arts culture it. There was even news last week of a study that showed >> group singing was as good as practicing yoga. >> >> >
