TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

that Puritanism and other invading forces stood for.In Shivaism, the female embodies the power; the male,the capacity for wonder. Many of the masters were, andstill are, women. Certain lineages are transmitted onlythrough women, and, as an adept, the woman has greatercredit than the man in terms of power, courage, and depthof vision. The texts clearly state: "What a male tantrikarealizes in one year, a female adept attains in one day," asif, all by herself, she is naturally rooted in all that makes upthe forgotten substratum that the great ancient religionshave in common. From the Celts to the Dravidians of theIndus valley, from Egypt to Babylon, the basis of the humanpsyche is entirely woven out of the divinity of the female.The various surges of the hordes, often less barbarianthan they say, and bearers of great cultural forces, skills,and knowledge that breathed new life into Hinduism andallowed the arts their marvelous flowering, never succeededin subduing this mysterious feminine power, still alive todayin Tantrism.No moral discredit whatsoever mars the woman. Far frombeing the source of sin, temptation, and damnation as inthe three great monotheistic religions, as well as in certaintendencies of Hinduism and Buddhism, she is, on the contrary,the power and force for transmission of the highestmystical teaching.These feminine values, which give a unique and verycontemporary air to Tantrism, can be defined briefly as deep,harmonious, and peaceful strength as opposed to violence.Spontaneity and openness as opposed to artificial moralorder, hypocrisy, Puritanism. Non-duality which restorescompleteness to being human by locating the divine within21