TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

would be practicing soon. I asked her a few more questionson the subject, but she didn't answer me. I knew thatTantric ascetics sometimes use bhang in the three-M ritualaimed at destroying the dietary, sexual, and inhibitory prohibitionsof the consciousness. The three M's correspond tothree tattvas of the first group:Ether corresponds to sexual union (maithuna).Air corresponds to the use of alcohol or narcotics(madya).Fire corresponds to meat (mamsa).Loaded down, we climbed to our hermitage, and Devibegan to detach the pinwheels from their wooden supportsto fix them one on top of the other along the lengthof a pole, which she then planted in front of the hut.The air set them spinning. Devi watched with wonder.We coated ourselves with cold ashes. Standing, andassisted by the pinwheels, Devi instructed me on thefive chakras, touching the points on my body to whichthey corresponded."Muladhara is the chakra of the foundation, of earth. Itis located here, between the anus and the perineum. It isthe place of pleasure, of contact with the earth, but it isalso where the ego and its associated obstacles are rooted."Nabhi is the center of the navel. It corresponds to fireand is linked to emotions, feelings, egotistical love, fear,violence, and pride."Hrdaya is the center of the heart. It is the seat of thebreath, the Self, absolute love. It's the place where discriminatingthought is extinguished to make room for the divine.Hrdaya is at the center of the body. Two chakras above,two chakras below. It is the center of anxiety as well.123