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and methods. Tantras are pre-eminantly ways of practical realization, and therefore necessarily bear reference to the diverse characters and competencies of different aspirants and different seekers; and have, accordingly designed the framework of their theory and practice suitable to actual conditions prevailing and also evolving stages and states in the soul's journey towards its chosen ends and values. These chosen values are the highest and the best. Tantras, straight way, tell us that without power to do you are meaningless; without doing being is not possible. In other words, Tantras come to us with great Truth, and that is: ‘if you can attain power to do, you can attain power to be'. You decide what you want to be, and the Tantra will show you the way to get what you want. In our final observation, we find Tantra to be a scientific technique, a system or a process which is synthetic in its approach and esoteric in nature. It is, in its pure sense, neither a worship nor spirituality. Its entire status and quality depends on its aspirants and their intentions and applications.
Tantra, like all good science recognizes everything that exists in the universe related to vibration. These vibrations (objects) are symbolized for the human intelligence by sound. According to Tantra the rhythmic functions — heartbeat, breath, cell-changes - structure everybody's sense of time and life. We can recognize the vast fields of activity of the creative Goddess : Sakti, through the combined frequencies of vibration. Tantra asserts and claims that Om is the utterance which, correctly used, can unite and harmonize them all. The aspirant may find in it the consummation of his meditative and devotional activity, his sexual yoga, and mantra practice. He may finally learn how to energise his subtle spine, “and open his whole body to that root energy, which will then flood in through the crown of his head from Reality beyond time, the source of every Genesis. To make this experience real and permanent, to live continuously aware of it, is the whole aim of Tantra”.39
The content so far presented clearly reflects “pre-eminantly practical and essentially realistic and synthetic approach of Tantra. Action, devotion, and knowledge -- all these must be harnessed
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