| Introduction To Tantric Music |
| Written by Hans Havasi | |
| Saturday, 29 August 2009 | |
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Tantrism And Polarity
Tantrism And Polarity In Tantra one of the fundamental principles is the principle of polarity. The universe has a masculine principle called Shiva and a feminine principle called Shakti. The masculine principle (yang) is beyond the material world. It is spirit and essence. It represents the world of ideas and concepts. It is the yet to be manifested, the Word. Shakti (Yin) is the world, the universe, the material. It can be seen and touched. It is life itself. If Shiva does not have his Shakti he is but sterile ideas with no body. If Shakti does not have Shiva she is wild and chaotic and follows no essence or plan. Together they make the dance of creation, the dance of preservation and the dance of destruction. The polarity of Shiva and Shakti exists on all levels of the universe. On the large cosmic scale as huge galaxies (Shakti) revolving around black holes which are singularities (Shiva) around which the galaxies dances. Polarity exists in the couple relationship where the man embodies Shiva and the woman embodies Shakti. Polarity exists within us, our bodies, emotions and mental activity are Shakti while the spark of consciousness and awareness within us is Shiva. More poetically put, Shiva represents consciousness, while Shakti is the energy. Shakti gets to know herself by mirroring herself in Shiva. The Theory Of Resonance Another fundamental tantric teaching is the law of Resonance. As we stated above, the whole visible universe is Shakti, who is vibrating pulsating energy split up in an infinite range of frequencies. Energy pulsating in one frequency will naturally tend towards other energy pulsating with the same frequency. This is a fundamental teaching of the theory of Resonance. A system which pulsates with a specific frequency can transfer data from another system vibrating with the same frequency. E.g. if you are happy you will transfer data from other systems which have "happy energy". You will transfer data from all the people that ever were happy and transmitted happy energy into the universe. Similar resonances can be transmitted through different mediums. A landscape can give you happy thoughts just as well as music and colors can. Listening to disharmonious music such as heavy metal will only amplify feelings of hatred and anger within you as you connect to the universal storehouse of anger and frustration as have so many angry heavy metal listeners. Some say that you have to expose yourself to negative energies to become stronger. This may be true but only if you have the consciousness (Shiva) to go through it with awareness. Otherwise you will be overwhelmed and it will do you no good. You should rather put your attention on the good beneficial energies! The Tantric World Tantrics study energy (Shakti) in order to understand the essence (Shiva) of that energy. In this study the world has been categorized into a large pantheon of Gods and Goddesses each being the lord of a specific range of frequencies or aspects of the universe. For example the energy of compassion has a specific frequency of vibration. In the west we would call it compassion and we do not see the need to have it represented by a Goddess. But deifying an energy has an important function: It enables us to identify easier with the energy as it gains a human face. It is easier to digest and to take in. Through identifying with an object you can reach a full understanding of it as you "put yourself in its shoes". Each Goddess has a bija mantra associated with it which has the core vibration of that range of energies associated with the Goddess. This sound or mantra is repeated silently inside the worshipper of the Goddess. Tantra means "Net" or "Network" because Tantra sees the universe as a huge network of resonances between common frequencies and offers the worshipper an opportunity to log on to these networks through Goddesses and their Mantras. These tools enable us to get into contact with any aspect of creation. Tantra and Music Music offers us a powerful way of getting into a resonance process. A composer who makes a piece of music under the influence of a certain resonance will convey this resonance to the listener in a very powerful and direct way. Music can be made for any Goddess, for any idea, for any concept. It is the responsibility of the artist to enter as best as he can into that resonance and to convey it through his music. The inspired artist submerges himself into the Bija of an uplifted energy, impregnates his art with it and thereby transmits this to the audience. In this way the artist is like a priest who conveys the divine to those who are able to receive. The Article Author: Hans Havasi is a musician and computer scientist who leads a yoga and tantra retreat centre in the north of Copenhagen. Together with his loved one Mariah they form the music group Ibis which makes Tantric music for Goddesses. |
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