Tantra - The Serpentine Ascent - Part I
Occult Vibratory
Chemistry existed in India by the name of Tantra.
Tantra is derived from
two Sanskrit words - Thanoti ( to expand ) & Trayate
( to liberate). This
Science has the power to expand and liberate !
Expansion means to grow
beyond one's boundaries. Expansion upto Infinity.
Thanothi means the
expansion of Consciousness ad infinitum.Individual
consciousness should
expand to Universal Consciousness for mergence in
the Supreme
Self.
Trayate means to liberate, to liberate man from bondgage, from the
Seven
Deadly Sins which bind him to the sublunar world. The purging of
mortal
dross is a must for Self-Actualisation and the " inner enemies of man
"
Lust, greed, anger, jealousy, sloth, covetousness & attachment ) are
the
real blocks in the way of Self Actualisation
Liberation is not
possible without expansion of Consciousness. When our
individual
Consciousness expands to Cosmic, we feel whole & are liberated
from the
thraldom of matter.
The Upanishadic Philosophy was based on the Five
Concentric Sheaths known
as the Five Koshas. The outermost concentric Sheath,
the Anna Maya Kosha,
is known as the Material Sheath. It envelopes the other
four sheaths -
vital, mental, intellectual & bliss.
A diagramatic
representation of the Five Concentric Sheaths can be seen
at
http://www.zodiaccomputers.com/Html/yoga.htm
Tantra, on the other
hand, speaks about the Six Chakras, dynamoes of Cosmic
Energy in the human
body.
These Chakras are ( in ascending order)
1. Root Chakra (
Muladhara )
2. Anal Chakra ( Manipura )
3. Solar Plexus Chakra (
Swadhistana )
4. Heart Chakra ( Anahata )
5. Throat Chakra ( Vishuddhi
)
6. Eyebrow Chakra ( Ajna )
A diagramatic representation of the
chakras can be seen
at
http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/pranic.htm
The Five Great
Elements ( Earth, air, water, fire & ether ) & Mind reside
in the Six
Chakras.
Earth-Principle resides in the Root Chakra
Water-Principle
resides in the Navel Chakra
Fire-Principle resides in the Solar Plexus
Chakra
Air-Principle resides in the Heart Chakra
Ether-Principle resides
in the Throat Chakra
Mind-Principle resides in the Eye Brow
Chakra.
The Microscomic representative of the Macrocosmic Shakti ( Cosmic
Power ),
the Kundalini, sportest as the Six principles in the Six Chakras in
Her
Cosmic Play.
O Infinite Power ! Thou art the Mind-principle in the
Eye brow Chakra
In the Throat Chakra , Thou sport as the
Ether-principle
In the Heart Chakra, Thou sportest as Air- principle
In
the Solar Plexus Chakra, Thou art Fire-principle
In the Navel Chakra , Thou
exist as Water-principle
In the Root Chakra, Thou art the Earth _Principle, O
Mighty Mother !
And in the Crown Chakra, Thou sportest blissfully with thy
beloved Consort !
She lies coiled in human beings as the Coiled Serpent
Power ( Kundalini).
She rises during Mediation and Yogic
processes.
Her rise can be felt by the meditator. When She rises, a
subtle warmth
will be felt in the body. Voice changes. Voice becomes
musical,
" propertied as the tuned spheres". The personality of the native
becomes
very attractive due to the influx of Jupiterian energy. Wisdom and
learning
grace the individual. When She rises furthur, torrential bliss will
be felt.
And when She reaches the Crown Chakra, it is Cosmic
Consciousness
for the native !
She sports as Universal Power in the
Macrocosm; and in the microcosm
as the coiled Serpent Power!
Infinite
Power of the Absolute art Thou!
The Cause of the Universe as Maya
The
entire Creation is Thy Play
Thy blessing is Bliss Absolute !
The
essence of all sciences art Thou
All women Thy manifestations !
The
visible Universe Thou art
And the dormant Serpentine Power !
One of
the pioneers in Tantra Research was Sir John Woodroffe , who had
written many
scholarly treatises on the subject. His magnum opus is the
"Serpent Power",
which is a scientific treatise about the Kundalini. His
practice of Tantra
endowed him with personal magnetism. He became the
cynosure of all eyes.
There was a special lustre on his face, he possessed
the Golden Tongue of
Good Report & there was a spiritual halo around him.
He had developed his
Auric Field ( the human electro-magnetic field ) due
to Tantric techniques
and bacame a dynamo of spiritual energy. His masterly
book is a scientific
diagnosis about Tantra.
The heart and vocal nervous centers are
intimately related physiologically.
Bhava Shuddhi or purity of Heart makes
the voice innocent and musical.
The true Initiate is he whose voice is true
and who possesses the Golden
Tongue of Good Report!
The Cosmic Shakti
is the Force behind the Universe & the entire Universe
is her play &
display. Kundalini is Her microcosmic representation. She
has been depicted
as the Mother Goddess in Pagan philosophies.
Nature is visible
Intelligence; Intelligence is invisible Nature. The
Spiritual & the
Natural are not different. That which is spiritual is
natural in its ascent
& cause. That which is natural is spiritual in its
descent and
being.
She is the female component of the Ultimate and all systems deal
with the
male and the female components of Reality. The male component is He
!
Consciousness and Force, the Supreme Self and Nature, Matter and
Spirit,
Being and Becoming, the One and the Innumerable, the Formless and
then
a delirium of Forms - She and He, two in one, inseparable ! He,
outside
Time, outside Space, pure Being, pure Consciousness, the
Great
White Silence wherein everything is contained in a state of
involution,
contained, yet formless !
She flings forth from Him in an
outburst of joy, again to find Him playing
in Time, She and He, two in one ,
inextricable! Can Nature exist without
her Lord ? Can He exist without Nature
?
This is the Purusha and Prakriti of Sankhya, the Brahman and Maya
of
Vedanta , the Sive and Shakti of Tantra !
Without Him, I exist
not
Without Me, He is unmanifest ! - The Mother of Auroville
It is due
to Her Grace that a man becomes a material success. It is She who
gives the
successful man the indomitable Will Power needed for success.
On the
other hand, it is also Her Grace which giveth spiritual success. It
is She
who gives the devotee the necessary Self-knowledge, makes him do
altruistic
acts & leads him to Self-Actualisation. In other words, She has
two
aspects, material & spiritual and Her Grace is absolutely necessary
for
success in both the spheres. .
It is said that She, as the
Prakriti ( Nature ) of Purusha ( Supreme Self),
is the base of the Universe
& when She becomes supremely pleased with the
devotee, confers on him
Self-Actualisation !
She is the Creatrix, She is the Mediatrix, She is
the Dispensatrix and the
Executrix of the absolute mechanism of Universal
Justice.
Power is Divine and not to be condemned
It is this Power
aspect of Consciousness which India has depicted as the
Divine Mother. It is
a mistake of the ethical and the religious mind to
condemn Power as something
unworthy because it is in its very nature
corrupting and evil. Despite
arguments to the contrary ( Power corrupts
and absolute Power corrupts
absolutely), Power, Shakti, Will is the mover
of the worlds and basically is
spiritual in origin and divine in character !
A Power to call Eternity
into Time
And make the body's joy as vivid as the soul's !.
The
highest philosophic concept is that of the Philosopher-King, he who
possesses
powers both eternal and temporal. They were known as
Raja-Rishies in India.
Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, King Janaka were
all Raja-Rishies. Marcus Aurelius
& Augustus Caesar in the West were
also reputed Philosopher-Kings. They
did not renounce power !
Tantra as related to Astrology
Tides are
caused by the Moon. The human body is 65% water. ( Even
the Archbishop of
Canterbury is 65% water ). If Moon can effectuate
tides, what effect will he
have on the human body which is predominantly
water? And what about the
effects of other planets ?
More information about Mundane Astrology &
Transit Forecast can be had
from http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/transat.htm
Article by G Kumar, Astrologer &
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