Demystifying Tantra - A Conversation with Domagoj Orlić - Part 2

In this episode, Rosalind and Domagoj have an enlightening discussion demystifying Tantra. They explore how Tantra is a path to freedom that teaches you to fall in love with life. Tantra aims to help one realize everything is infinite and discover naturalness, spontaneity and openness to the mystery of life.

 

Rituals in Tantra go hand in hand with meditation and realization of the teachings within oneself. The goal is freedom and absolute independence. They talk about transcending duality between matter and spirit, external rituals and internal experiences, embracing life and relationships as they are.   

 

They discuss:

 

- The importance of modernizing and adapting tantric rituals and practices to suit the practitioners rather than just following fixed external instructions. 

 

- How Tantric philosophy sees matter and spirit as one, both being divine. 

 

- The interplay and correlation between external tantric rituals and internal meditations and realizations.

 

- How intimacy, relationships and embracing life and others enables easy ascent of energy compared to forced individual practices. Loving presence effortlessly moves energy.

 

- How Tantra teaches one to fall in love with life just as it is - overwhelming, enormous and mysterious. 

 

- The role of a Tantric guru and how the teacher principal always exists within and guides one's own direct experience. 

 

Favorite phrases:

 

"The teachings are like gold jewelry, you receive a lump of gold and you must hammer it into a jewelry for yourself."

 

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, then everything would appear to men as it is - infinite."

 

Timestamps:

 

[00:00] Introducing the topics of discussion

[00:39] The essence of tantric rituals being inner experience vs outer form 

[02:28] Correlating external rituals and internal realizations in tantra

[05:19] Embracing life effortlessly moves energy compared to forced practices   

[09:10] William Blake on seeing matter and spirit as one  

[14:50] Falling in love with life as the essence of tantra

[18:45] The role of a tantric teacher and physical vs inner gurus

[21:20] Domagoj shares about his tantric guru

[28:04] Closing chant