| Tantra
Yoga
The Polarity of the Energy
Tantra Yoga is pre-eminently a science of the polarity; the
man and the woman are here the personification of the two
fundamental cosmic poles: SHIVA - the Male consciousness,
and SHAKTI - the Female manifestation. Therefore
it is particularly important to remind a few elements concerning
the polarity of the energy. Any energy of the manifestation
(and therefore any thing, being, phenomenon, state) is composed
of two distinct poles: the solar one (male, active, emissive,
+, YANG), and the lunar one (female, passive, receptive,
-, YIN). The condition of harmony, and therefore
the aim of any method of spiritual development - Tantra Yoga
included - is to reach a perfect balance of these two poles.
The traditional teachings state that the unbalance of these
two energies (solar (+), and lunar (-)), in whatever sense,
creates the condition of disharmony that entails disturbance,
disease, pain, limitation, and unhappiness. Their balance,
on the other hand, creates a condition of perfect harmony,
which is the springboard for the higher spiritual accomplishments.
Here are some practical examples concerning the predominance
of the two polarities in the manifested world:
the
left side of the body, generally, is of lunar (-, YIN)
polarity, while the right side of the body is generally of
solar (+, YANG) polarity.
Women
are generally predominantly charged with lunar (-, YIN)
energy, while men are (or should be) prevalently charged with
solar (+, YANG) energy.
Some
food are charged prevalently with YIN (-, lunar)
energy, while others are predominantly YANG (+, solar).
This shows one of the several ways of balancing the YIN/YANG
energies of the being, which is particularly accessible for
the Westerners.
Tantra
Yoga teaches that various other conditions of the environment
(such as: cold/warmth, light/darkness, colours, etc.), as
well as of the personal behaviour may entail a YIN
(-, lunar), or YANG (+, solar) predominance.
The
problem of the polarity of the energy is complicated by the
fact that there can be found a related kind of polarity, between
the telluric (or Earth's) energy, and the cosmic one; this
polarity is somehow different of the left/right, +/- polarity
mentioned above. However, it is deemed symbolically that the
telluric energy is also predominantly feminine, -, while the
cosmic energy is male, +, although these two forms of energy
may each have their solar/lunar (YIN/YANG) polarity.
In
Tantra Yoga there are data concerning the polarity of the
energy between a man, and a woman during the sexual union,
in relation with the various "bodies", or ranges
of frequency of the being. Since we haven't yet made a methodical
study of this topic (of the various bodies), we'll mention
these information briefly for the time being.
Thus, at the level of the physical body (called in YOGA:
ANNAMAYAKOSHA) the man is predominantly +, and the woman
predominantly -. At the level of the etheric body (PRANAMAYAKOSHA),
the woman is +, and the man -. On the astral plane (MANOMAYAKOSHA),
the man is again +, and the woman -, while at the level of
the mental body (VIJNANAMAYAKOSHA) the woman is solar,
and the man is lunar. Meditating upon the various meanings
of the solar/lunar polarity, deeper understanding of these
brief statements will occur.
| Authors
Details: Unknown Source |
Some
more articles on Tantra..
(Tantra
- What is it?)
(Tantra - An Introduction)
(Tantra Yoga
Introduction Part 1)
(Tantra Yoga
Introduction Part 2)
(Tantra Yoga Part
1)
(Tantra Yoga Part
2)
|
