TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

endlessly renews itself by circulating through you. Only thenwill you have received my complete transmission, my lastinitiation, and the power to transmit the teaching yourself."All teaching must be marked with the seal of the heart,and the seal of the heart is what makes Tantrism penetrateall.""How will I know that my heart is really opened - thatit's not my imagination?""It's just as easy as knowing whether you've fallen offthe cliff or are still on the edge. When you fall, your conceptswill be shattered like a bag of bones. When the firerises in you, you will have more and more trouble reemergingfrom ecstasy and reality both. You can't be fooled. Inthe beginning, the ecstasy will come in waves and will subsideas it pleases. You will feel moments of intense communionand others that resemble oblivion. But when eventhe smallest trace of the infinite is allowed into the consciousness,it can't keep from totally emerging."The essential thing is not to chase after ecstasy. It arisesnaturally if your presence in the world remains relaxed,without goals and constraints - free, opened, and light.There is no special practice to keep up. If you want to meditate,meditate. If you want to take a walk, take a walk. Ifyou want to work, work. If you want to practice themaithuna, practice the maithuna. If you want to withdrawinto the forest, withdraw into the forest."It's the continuous experience of freedom that constitutesthe tantrika's asceticism, not any constraint on the spirit.When ecstasy comes, take it. When it leaves, don't worry. Ifyou let the divine come and go as it pleases, it becomes familiar.If you force it to stay within you or pursue it, it can166