Life Positive Archives 2005

January 2005

Alchemy of Enlightenment

Lets play an associative game. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Tantra’? If you aren’t a practitioner or scholar or one who has delved into Tantra, chances are you will think ‘black magic’,..... More >>

Also In This Issue

A Tantrik for all Seasons

by Swati Chopra

Genuine Tantra masters are hard to come by. Genuine Tantra masters who are willing to answer questions related to their practice are almost impossible to find. It was quite a blessing, then, for us to come across Baba Batuknath,... More >>

Honouring the Feminine

by Amodini

My friend Suparna (name changed to protect privacy) is a survivor. She is beautiful, with that indefinable quality that makes heads turn wherever she goes. She is gifted with great style, and being in her company is an experience... More >>

Thunderbolt of Enlightenment

by Adam Friedensohn

For most of us, religious pursuits comprise a view or belief, some kind of meditation or reflection, and activities geared towards an altruistic ideal or revealing the true meaning and purpose of existence.

Both... More >>

At the Bindu

by Swati Chopra

I first met Sohan Qadri a couple of years ago, when he was in Delhi on one of his annual visits from Copenhagen, Denmark, where he lives. It was also the time when he was exhibiting his paintings, whose Tantric symbolism was... More >>

Call me Tantrika

by Asra Q. Nomani

Asra Q. Nomani’s journey into Tantra began with a professional assignment for the Wall Street Journal to write about America’s hottest new fad. It soon became a personal odyssey that led her from Santa Cruz, California, to the... More >>

House of Kali
by Pallavi Bhatacharya
The Kalighat Kali temple in Kolkata is one of the 51 pithosthans (centers of pilgrimage where Goddess Sati’s body parts fell) in India. As the mythological tale goes, when Vishnu cut Sati’s corpse with his chakra, four toes of... More >>

Mystic Mandala of Khajuraho
by Roohi Saluja
Temples built in ancient India are living emblems of tradition. They are not only an insignia of that civilization's culture, customs and people, but also a sacred sanctuary of deities, gods, spirits, and are powerhouses that... More >>

Tantra in Nepal
by Sushma Amatya
Nepal, especially the Kathmandu Valley, has been a nodal point of Tantra worship since ancient times. Even today, Tantra practice is alive in temples like the Pashupatinath in Kathmandu. It has been mentioned in Yajur Veda and... More >>

Into the Vortex
by Santosh Sachdeva
Chakras are very subtle and high-powered vortices of energy, which receive the cosmic prana and act as transformers to reduce the voltage, so that it can be used by the different organs and parts of the body. As well as providing... More >>

Language of Love
by Osho
The world of Vigyana Bhairava Tantra is not intellectual, it is not philosophical. Doctrine is meaningless to it. It is concerned with method, with technique—not with principles at all. Tantra means technique. So this treatise... More >>

Science of Sound
by Roohi Saluja
How does sound affect us? Try this. Close your eyes and imagine screeching cars, blaring horns and hooting train carriages. What do you feel? Your pulse quickens, heartbeat races and blood seems to be gushing towards the heart.... More >>

Confluence of Faiths
by Yoginder Sikand
Bengal, comprising present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, is one of the most heavily populated parts of south Asia. It is home to a rich cultural heritage, which has been influenced by many religious... More >>

My Path, My Sadhana
by Lorain Chopra
My life is where I want it to take me—on a path of love, passion, ecstasy, healing, calm and peace. Love is still not the deep love I truly search, but I keep working at myself and never for a moment have I been disheartened in... More >>

Reclaiming Tantra’s essence
by David Harshada Wagner
Perhaps nothing is more exotic, dramatic and sensational in India’s yoga traditions than is the practice of Tantra. No other approach to yoga has gained such a fascination for the modern mind and it’s seeking of the bizarre, the... More >>

Talking of Tantra
by Life Positive
Science of Transcendence
I am a yoga teacher and a student of Tantra. My spiritual mentor, my guru, is Sri Mumtazali. I would like to share something about this great science with fellow readers of Life... More >>

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