…like a "bolt of lightning". There are different ways it can happen. For some people it takes a while and for others, it does not. There is an excellent discussion about that in Christopher Wallis's book, Tantra Illuminated. It does not require preparation. The idea that you can "prepare" for this is part of the ego-belief of being in control of the process. You are not awakening Kundalini. Kundalini Shakti is awakening…
…various yoga teachings came into America, starting as far back as Ralph Waldo Emerson. It also talked about some of the distortions of Tantra from India when it came out to the US. Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated has a section on the history of classical non-dual Shaiva Tantra, and how parts of it evolved (or perhaps, devolved) into the modern yoga, which then got imported into America.
…Shaiva Tantra is a name for a specific set of teachings coming out of medieval India. It is very specific, it is very dense. If you want to read about it, the best book in English is Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated. If I seem to be obfuscating though, it is because I am, and what I am hiding takes more than one afternoon's conversation to cover. I do not mind talking to someone about it, but it isn't as if I have…
…philosophy). Those truths form the a priori in which the rest of the View descends from. It happens to appear to be religious, but it is not religious that most people think it is. Christopher Wallis's book, Tantra Illuminated has several chapters on just the philosophical view, including how Indian philosophers have different ideas on what constitutes validity and proof. There is a section there where Wallis speaks about the…
…discourse, check out what the medieval Indians have to say about aesthetics from the View of non-dual Shaiva Tantra, and the concept of "rasa" (aesthetic sentiment). A good book to start with this is Tantra Illuminated, by Christopher Wallis. It only spends a short bit explaining rasa from the tantric perspective, but it very much comes from a similar stream of ideas as, "Aesthetic vision apprehends the universe as…
If you are interested in this stuff, check out Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated. It describes the potent View of classical tantra and has a history section tracing it to modern yoga.
……就像“一道闪电”。它发生的形式各不相同。对有些人来说需要一段时间，对另一些人则不然。克里斯托弗·沃利斯在《Tantra Illuminated》一书中有非常精彩的探讨。这根本不需要准备。觉得自己可以为此“做好准备”的想法，本身就是 ego 以为自己能掌控这一过程的妄念。不是你在唤醒 Kundalini，而是 Kundalini Shakti 在唤醒……
…like a "bolt of lightning". There are different ways it can happen. For some people it takes a while and for others, it does not. There is an excellent discussion about that in Christopher Wallis's book, Tantra Illuminated. It does not require preparation. The idea that you can "prepare" for this is part of the ego-belief of being in control of the process. You are not awakening Kundalini. Kundalini Shakti is awakening…
……各种瑜伽教义传入美国，最早甚至可以追溯到拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生。它还讲到了源自印度的 Tantra 传入美国时出现的一些歪曲。克里斯托弗·沃利斯的《Tantra Illuminated》中有一节专门讲古典不二论 Shaiva Tantra 的历史，以及其中一部分是如何演变（或者说是退化）成现代瑜伽，进而被引入美国的。
…various yoga teachings came into America, starting as far back as Ralph Waldo Emerson. It also talked about some of the distortions of Tantra from India when it came out to the US. Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated has a section on the history of classical non-dual Shaiva Tantra, and how parts of it evolved (or perhaps, devolved) into the modern yoga, which then got imported into America.
……Shaiva Tantra 是源自中世纪印度的一套特定教义的名称。它非常具体，信息量也极大。如果你想了解它，最好的英文书就是克里斯托弗·沃利斯的《Tantra Illuminated》。如果我听起来像是在故弄玄虚，那是因为我确实在保留，而我保留的那些内容绝不是聊上一个下午就能讲完的。我不介意和别人聊聊，但这并不是说我有……
…Shaiva Tantra is a name for a specific set of teachings coming out of medieval India. It is very specific, it is very dense. If you want to read about it, the best book in English is Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated. If I seem to be obfuscating though, it is because I am, and what I am hiding takes more than one afternoon's conversation to cover. I do not mind talking to someone about it, but it isn't as if I have…
……哲学）。那些真理构成了推导出其余“见地（View）”的先验基础。它碰巧看起来带有宗教色彩，但绝不是大多数人以为的那种宗教。克里斯托弗·沃利斯的书《Tantra Illuminated》有整整好几章专门讲这种哲学视角，包括印度哲学家对于什么构成有效性和证明有着怎样的不同见解。其中有一节沃利斯谈到了……
…philosophy). Those truths form the a priori in which the rest of the View descends from. It happens to appear to be religious, but it is not religious that most people think it is. Christopher Wallis's book, Tantra Illuminated has several chapters on just the philosophical view, including how Indian philosophers have different ideas on what constitutes validity and proof. There is a section there where Wallis speaks about the…
……讨论，可以去看看中世纪印度人从不二论 Shaiva Tantra 的“见地”出发对美学的论述，以及“rasa”（审美意境）的概念。了解这个的入门好书是克里斯托弗·沃利斯的《Tantra Illuminated》。它虽然只用了一小部分篇幅从密续视角解释 rasa，但它与“审美视界将宇宙理解为……”这种思想流派可以说是高度同频的。
…discourse, check out what the medieval Indians have to say about aesthetics from the View of non-dual Shaiva Tantra, and the concept of "rasa" (aesthetic sentiment). A good book to start with this is Tantra Illuminated, by Christopher Wallis. It only spends a short bit explaining rasa from the tantric perspective, but it very much comes from a similar stream of ideas as, "Aesthetic vision apprehends the universe as…
如果你对这方面感兴趣，推荐看看克里斯托弗·沃利斯的《Tantra Illuminated》。它阐述了古典 Tantra 极具力量的见地（View），并有一段历史溯源，一路梳理到现代瑜伽。
If you are interested in this stuff, check out Christopher Wallis's Tantra Illuminated. It describes the potent View of classical tantra and has a history section tracing it to modern yoga.