Sex and intoxicants hold a tremendous amount of Shakti manifesting physically in powerful ways. Sex, for instance, is a destructive force in that it bewilders and entangles the mind, reinforcing identification with the body, yet it is also a creative force as it is the cause of (pro)creation and the very reason we exist. Spiritual practices involving sex and intoxicants are really just meant for one who has become an alchemical vessel capable of transforming these powerful fo

Today is a very special day, it is the Shukla Ashtami of the month of Shravana which is the appearance day of Śrīmati Rādhārani, the personification of the most exalted stage of spiritual love. What does it mean that God is both masculine and feminine ? When standing before the Deities of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, we are witnessing the forms of the Absolute Truth - the Supreme controller (Kṛṣṇa) and His śakti, or potency, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī . Because God is non-different from H

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Everything exists because of the love between Radha and Krsna, or Siva and Shakti. The feminine and masculine principles exist in the spiritual plane and there is nothing higher than their play, the constant union and separation between them. In our body, the Kundalini shakti is asleep in the Muladhara chakra and Shiva resides in the Ajña chakra. Every spiritual goal is accompanied by the awakening of the Kundalini. When we concentrate on serving the divine couple in their fo

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