Ritual

which a single individual has the possibility of extending. his
awareness into the outer reaches of space. It conceives of the human
body as the physical substratum to highest awareness, and the raw
material for further transformation, where even conjugal love and
sex are considered a means to supreme joy and spiritual edification;
its unconventional and spontaneous approach to life, with its
psycho-experimental content, offers a complete reorientation of
our outlook on the world at large.
Similarly important are tantra's concepts of the polarity
principle determining the relationship between man and woman, a
creative interaction in which the conflict between outward and
inward, of head and heart, can be resolved. In the tantric method,
the female force is all-important, since it offers the key to a creative
life in the act of living it. The preponderance of masculinity, with
its aggressiveness and relative lack of feminine qualities, has created
an imbalance in today's society. To experience the basic sensation
of being 'I' in its totality is to equilibrate the two opposites,
masculinity and feminity. In tantric terms it means a synthesis, a
development of feminity within each one of us. The higher our
spiritual evolution, the more feminine-affirmative will be our level
of consciousness, in relation to the masculine-negative.
Thus tantra opens up a new vista in its ideological and spiritual
concepts, and its spectrum of experiential techniques provides a
possible psychotherapeutic alternative in the quest of a love and joy
that unite.
Janan yantra.
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