In Buddhism, the Vajrayana traditions are known for tantric ideas and practices, which are based on Indian Buddhist Tantras. They include Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Japanese Shingon Buddhism and Nepalese Newar Buddhism. Tantra, as an esoteric yogic tradition developed on the Indian subcontinent in both Hinduism and Buddhism, represents the Guhyamantra.
The kamasutra contains 36 chapters of 1,250 verses that make up the 7 sections relating to a variety of practices. These collectively influenced my dedication to becoming well versed in the healing art.
Following many months of travel throughout various regions studying and learning, learning the art of Tantra from the masters was the highlight of this journey. Studying the Rigveda and sections of the Atharvaveda (and many Brahmanas) brought me to a state of awareness where the erosion of untruths began. The realization of the many misconceptions that we are coerced to believe was a period of enlightenment and as the layers of those untruths were peeled away having a profound emotional and spiritual effect resulting in very liberating realization. The discovery of the Divinity in sexual union between the male and the female was far beyond western ideology expressed in the current cultural paradigm. Sharing unity has been an oppressive and restraining mechanism by Western governments and organized religions rooted in manipulation of unnatural emotions such shame and guilt rather than the celebration of our sexual selves, distant from the deep spiritual union that is possible when the veil discontinues to skew our vision.
Cultivation of divine communion, Sharing Unity on esoteric levels, is the existential core of emotional and spiritual health and continuity. We are aware that nearly every person has been imprisoned by dogmatic sexual interaction ideology, being shamed for very natural, normal and healthy relationships involving physical contact. This stigma has prevented societies and cultures from union, bonding and growth, when such connection is very necessary to sustain continuity of health and the human race, the only race known on this planet, earth. Religions and governments have manipulated natural human needs, desires and intimate interactions into a controversial construct and control weapon with focus on dis-empowering civilizations through humiliation and stigma. Evidence supports those cultures incorporating open and healthy sexual activity have exponentially less violence, less failed relationships and more functional societies than some “advanced” civilizations. Simultaneously, Western culture openly idolizes sexuality in an unhealthy approach by objectifying the human body, both male and female, through sports figures, musicians, artists, performers and any other opportunity. Media is parallel with the abomination of physical and spiritual connection of sexual interactions and elimination of healthy interactions regardless of the many known benefits.
This realization created a determination to promote a culture of acceptance and tolerance, healing from the sexual traumas that have been imposed upon us by tyrannical organizations. We, specifically males in the Western world, since birth have been subjected to male genital mutilation, the first and most significant traumatic of our life. We now, as a society, must actively engage in protesting such practices and protect children from being sacrificed under the guise of religious or medical practices.
We have reached a point in our lives where societies across nations must decide how they will be part of the solution.
In an effort to effectuate the solution, studying the ancient art of Vatsyayana Mallanga’s Kamasutra broke me free of the dogma attached to healthy intimacy. The Kamasutra is not only a book about love making and different sex positions, it covers other topics such as the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, and tending to the care of your love life. These are highly important facts to be applied and practiced in daily living for healthy longevity.
It is important to disregard the introduction of British westernization by Richard Francis Burton who had taken the Kamasutra and Tantra teachings out of context, finding ways to perverse those into something that completely misrepresents the original works.
Following months of studying, an invitation into the sacred community which honors foundational traditions would allow entrance into the sacred circles. Living in remote regions studying under the guidance of the masters, completing what seems an eternity of learning, studying and practicing, receiving certification was complete. The only natural procession is to now immerse into the cultures that honor sacred traditions.
For those who are of the mindset that Tantra practitioners are sex therapists, religious prostitutes or sexual healers holding themselves out as Tantra Sex Practitioner have succumb to the occult ideology introduced by the occultist and businessman Pierre Bernard (1875–1955). Perre Bernard is widely credited with introducing the philosophy and practices of tantra to the American people, at the same time creating a somewhat misleading impression of its connection to sex. That popular sexualization is more accurately regarded as the western Neo-Tantra.
Neo-tantra blends New Age interpretations with modern Western perspectives, often emphasizing the sexual aspects of these ancient traditions. While some proponents reference traditional texts and principles, many utilize tantra as a broader term encompassing sacred sexuality, occasionally incorporating unconventional practices. However, neo-tantra rarely adheres to the complete range of Indian tantric practices, particularly the reliance on a guru (sanskrit for “mentor, guide, expert, or master”).
