---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote:
On 2/2/2014 4:46 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote:
> Indian Tantra was transgressive in practice ... so coitus with a
> low-caste or non-caste woman was a one of the means for breaking the
> severe behavioral commandants and restrictions of Hindu life.
>
Every sexual act, whether conjugal or otherwise, is transgressive to a
certain degree and all secret sexual activity between husband and wife
is antinomian to a certain degree. The only sure-fire way to make sure
you are using all the tools in your tantra toolbox is to get the real
thing, the whole thing - not just mood-making with some imagined shaktis
and/or with some murti idols.
So, lets review what we know:
The Tantras - manuals of practice - were composed during the Golden Age
of Hinduism, during the Gupta period (320-650 AD).
Tantra is based on positioning and placement. The basic notion of tantra
is polarity - the division of cosmic energy. The Sanskrit term "tantra"
comes from the root words "tan" - to weave and "tra" - a tool. So,
tantra is a tool for "weaving" the opposing forces that animate the
universe. Tantrais a way of thinking and acting that includes a
microcosmic and macrocosmic correlation - in Hinduism shiva-shakti.
Any person who aspires for spiritual expansion or does a spiirtual
practice, using yogic techniques or something concrete, is a Tantric.
The entire universe is composed of sexual energy - the goal of tantric
practice is to channel that energy, within the human microcosm, in
creative and emancipatory ways in order to obtain freedom from bondage.
Couldn't sticking one's wet finger into a light socket accomplish this as well?
