How the Goddess Was Born

One day many moons ago,
Shiva spoke to the maiden
through the vision of red eyes
by a homesick woman
who'd been abandoned by her lover.
Then the maiden saw deities
come to bow and propitiate her.
For she has become Shakti.
With her new powers even the heavens moved.
Yet her dancing brought dread
to family and friends alike,
who are lost in their reality.
So they sent her to the Moon,
a 28-day stay in Limbo.
To this day the Goddess tells
very few people of her visit to dreamtime,
lest she be banished to the moon for life.
Indeed, she now feels people
who she's befriended have turned on her.
She even abandoned the stability
of Sister Serenity.
Now the past has faded away
until only the myths are left
in dreamtime, where
Shiva waits for her return
when she sleeps and
the Goddess dances
with him once again.

Tantra: Beyond Sexuality - Embraced By Sensuality

Tantra is about becoming unconditional love.

The Bengali Shiva practices may make use of sexuality in its worship.

However, sexuality is merely one tool of many used by the tantrika to be embraced by the bliss of ecstatic worship of the cosmic union of God and Godddess.

Since, at the core of the tantric practice is the journey of becoming unconditional love, it helps to study the love stories of Gods and Goddesses such as Krshna and Radha, Shiva and Parvati, and others.

As well, even the love story of Princess Diana and Prince Charles is a useful tool.

Ecstatic sensuality is a spiritual practice.

Mere sexuality pales at what it can achieve: unconditional love.

"But what of Kundalini?" asks the novice.

Let go of your preconceived ideas about life and nature.

Cultivate new bonds with the web of life itself.

In this way, you become unconditional love...