The seventh sutra of this seminal Tantrik scripture explained. How does the One become many? What are the fundamental constituents of embodied Consciousness?

In the face of tragedy, we need to feel our emotions fully, but we also need to see through our negative stories, which dishearten us and make us less able to take positive action. This post might help put things in perspective for you. 

Why are there eight 'limbs' of yoga? Why not six? Or fifteen? Take a closer look ~ there ARE other systemizations of yoga. This post continues our investigation into the original diversity of the yoga tradition. 

My first post on Abhinavagupta's breathtaking 'The Essence of Ultimate Reality' (Paramārtha-sāra), a concise and poetic introduction to Tantrik philosophy written 1000 years ago. 

Continuing my translation of 'Light on Tantra' chapter one, this section is FASCINATING, covering as it does the Tantrik view of the nature of reality as patterned flows of energy. Incredible correspondence with quantum physics!