My Guru, Anandamayi Ma taught that there are infinite paths to Self-realization. Anything is possible. However, she also admonished that there are slower and faster paths. Most of us need help.

Consider how hard it is to change one little habit, changing your favorite morning beverage, for example. Then consider how exponentially more difficult it would be to change your entire orientation to being alive. 99.99999 percent of us definitely need some on-the-spot help. (more…)

A Jaya Kula reader asked about the role of family relationships in Tantrik life. In general, Tantra has always been a householder tradition. As far as I know, there were no Tantrik ashrams or Tantrik monastics until modern times. (more…)

A Jaya Kula reader asked me why I don’t talk more about the “complexities of the Trika system” and about “Trika sadhana.”First, many of you will want to know: What is “Trika?” (more…)

If you follow the path of direct realization Tantra, you will discover for yourself that the entire cosmos is nothing but consciousness and energy. There is feeling-awareness and there is the power that creates. Shiva is the personification of feeling-awareness, and Shakti is the personification of creative power. This world is Her body. (more…)