The two main teachings of Tantra.
What is Tantra really?
It is a way of seeing the world.
If it makes sense to us and it expands our experience then we simply spend the rest of our life living it.
The first teaching is that we are both infinite and limited.
We are both energy and physical.
This teaching allows us to expand what is possible in our physical lives.
It may be something as simple as knowing that in every moment there are not just two options to do something or not.
There are many many more options.
The challenge is that we must go beyond our mind to find the answers.
This is the second teaching.
We have access to great wisdom.
There is wisdom in the universe beyond our mental abilities,
Science and written knowledge.
We often feel trapped in the idea that everything there is to know has been recorded or understood.
This is because we don't understand that the most important wisdom comes in each moment and is totally specific to each situation.
It isn't about collecting data that makes rules and science to explain our lives.
It is sitting quietly at each crossroads and asking what is the next step.
This is wisdom.
This is when we access the true wisdom that is available to us from this infinite universe.
From these two concepts everything in our lives can change.
In relationships we know that each of us is so much more than we can see.
We begin to look beyond the personalities.
We see beyond the body and appearance.
Because we know that we are also infinite it also becomes easy to be completely open with others.
And the more we are open the more infinite we become.
From here truly amazing things can happen.
When we join in this kind of openness as lovers a landscape opens up between us that we can now take a lifetime to explore in total joy and bliss.
In life there are always possibilities that we could never have imagined.
We take a step in faith and now find ourselves in an unknown land.
This can be making a new choice in our day-to-day life and everything changes.
Maybe we choose kind words where we would have chosen anger.
Maybe we choose courage instead of fear.
Maybe we choose something that is self-loving instead of suffering through things.
As small as these choices may seem they will always put us in a new place.
Plus there is a ripple effect out into the world affecting all of the people we know and love.
The key is to continue to listen within for the next step.
To not return back to our old ways but to continue in trust.
This becomes a life lived in a tantric way.
There may be healing needed along the way.
We may find beautiful exercises,
Hobbies,
And other joys along the path to remind us that we want to live in this new and expansive way.
But the foundation is simple.
We are infinite and finite and we have guidance within at every step.
This is Tantra.
