TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

place where Shiva had reappeared to give the secret teachingsto the people of the Kali Yuga, or the dark age, ofwhich I had not seen the beginning (about 3600 B.C.) andwould not see the end (about A.D. 2440). Nevertheless, thesages say that Tantrism corresponds exactly to the needs,capacities, and hopes of the beings of this period.One day the bus stopped. Two women got off, one ofthem carrying a rooster by the legs. There was no village insight. Without even thinking, I shouted to the driver to openthe door again. Not a minute longer did I want to be onthis bus with all its bolts rattling, as, under the apparentcontrol of its Sikh driver, it hurtled down the slopes of theHimalayan foothills at breakneck speed. Once the bus departed,I found myself in a refreshing silence. The womenclimbed a path and chatted, the rooster protesting. I followedthem. There had to be a village up there.Half an hour later, I arrived at it. About thirty earth houseswere spread out over a large plateau. A river meanderednearby. This seemed to me the ideal place to rest and forgetabout Tantrism. An adolescent approached me; I knewright away that I should trust him."Hello Sahib; my name is Ram. Can I help you?"I asked him to find a house for me to rent for severalweeks. He tracked one down for me, at the edge of thevillage, near a splendid banyan tree at the foot of which Idiscovered several signs of Shiva: his linga firmly embeddedin the yoni of his Shakti; a small bull, Nandi, theirfavorite medium; and several garlands of flowers as wellas some pastries. One of them was decorated with a finecoat of pure silver that the air made quiver. A village womanpaid me a visit. The cottage suited me perfectly. A charpoy,25