"Tantra is a life-giving science.
It is not a renunciation and an escapism gimmick or code of conduct that would put your normal life off track.
It is a necessity of life. It helps us correct the wrongs that we have already done to our precious life in both its aspects: physical and mental.
Tantra is not a religion. Unlike religions, it does not command you to kill desires and to declare war against your mind.
What's life without desires? Nothing more than a pack of blood, bones and flesh!
Desires are natural. They are the essence of life.
Without desires, life will lose its motivating force. How then can natural feelings and desires be termed bad and declared shambles?
But the fact is that modern life being what it is, at every step we seem to be torn between this so-called norm, and that norm. The result is: Whatever our circumstances, we feel dissatisfied and unhappy.
A person feels sexual desire, but because society terms it bad and religion labels it 'sinful', that person becomes unhappy. He suppresses his desires. This is mental suppression and results in the disruption of his sexual organs.
So accept and respect your desires. They are perfectly natural. Whether you express your desires or not and how you tackle them is your own personal business. Morality and religion have nothing to do with it.
Therefore, when you have strong desires - try to feel them intimately, nurse them properly; and ultimately you will transcend them."
- 'Secret Techniques of TANTRA YOGA MEDITATION' - Swami Rathinananantha
It is not a renunciation and an escapism gimmick or code of conduct that would put your normal life off track.
It is a necessity of life. It helps us correct the wrongs that we have already done to our precious life in both its aspects: physical and mental.
Tantra is not a religion. Unlike religions, it does not command you to kill desires and to declare war against your mind.
What's life without desires? Nothing more than a pack of blood, bones and flesh!
Desires are natural. They are the essence of life.
Without desires, life will lose its motivating force. How then can natural feelings and desires be termed bad and declared shambles?
But the fact is that modern life being what it is, at every step we seem to be torn between this so-called norm, and that norm. The result is: Whatever our circumstances, we feel dissatisfied and unhappy.
A person feels sexual desire, but because society terms it bad and religion labels it 'sinful', that person becomes unhappy. He suppresses his desires. This is mental suppression and results in the disruption of his sexual organs.
So accept and respect your desires. They are perfectly natural. Whether you express your desires or not and how you tackle them is your own personal business. Morality and religion have nothing to do with it.
Therefore, when you have strong desires - try to feel them intimately, nurse them properly; and ultimately you will transcend them."
- 'Secret Techniques of TANTRA YOGA MEDITATION' - Swami Rathinananantha
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