Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton

It’s called the parable of the Dream Machine.

This state of awareness in which you are completely in tune with reality, immersed in your divine nature, is called samāveśa.

section.) The Krama school of NŚT teaches that we can observe the divine acts of sṛṣṭi, sthiti, and saṃhāra in the arising and falling away of each and every cognition

Tantrasāra

The purpose of walking the spiritual path, from the nondual Tantrik perspective, is simply to undermine your misidentification and directly reveal within the immediacy of your awareness the fact that the divine Powers of Consciousness, Bliss, Willing, Knowing, and Acting comprise the totality of your individual experience as well—thereby triggering

Dharmabodhi Sarasvatī.

associated with a specific religious tradition, the religion of Śiva-Śakti, also known as Shaivism, the dominant religion of India throughout the medieval period.

Swāmī Muktānanda (“Bābā”) probably did more than anyone else in the 20th century to make the teachings of Śaiva Tantra known in the West,