TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christopher, Hyatt S
TI  - Tantra without tears
SN  - 9788178220277
U1  - 294.385 
PY  - 2001///
PB  - New Faclon Publication
KW  - Tantrism
N1  - 1. Why is the subject of Tantra so confusing?
2. What does the word Tantra mean?
3. What is the place of religious dogma in Tantra?
4. What is the basic goal of Tantra?
5. How many types of Tantra are there?
6. What is the history of Tantra?
7. What do Buddhists mean by Illusion?
8. Do matter and mind exist?
9. If Tantra is not a Religion, why so many Gods and Demons?
10. What is the Reality of our images that appear to us
more or less spontaneously?
11. What about God?
12. Is Tantra primarily philosophy or Yoga?
13. If the nature of reality is indeterminate, how do we
 judge our experiences?
14. If human beings are supposed to have hidden powers
why are they apparent in so few people?
 l5. If the obstacles are so great how can Tantra help get
 past them?
16. What about secrecy in a country where religious
is? freedom is the law?
17. If the practice of Tantra changes one, how do the
changes begin to manifest?
18. If I am looking for peace, why should I do something
that produces fear?
19. Is all this stress'necessary to this process?
20. What about the anxiety often reported accompanying
Kundalini?
21. If so many claim to desire psychic experience, why all
the fear?
22. How are such volatile practices held together in
groups at all?
23. How do you utilize a fragmented esoteric method?
24. What about the idea of evil?
25. How does a person get past fear and trembling?
26. Is it troublesome that Tantrism denies the authority of
religion, yet deals with Magick, Supernatural
Beings and Gods?
27. What are some specific methods of deprogramming?
28. How do you deal with clashing realities?
29. Can you gel addicted to Tantra?
30. How can you avoid being normal?
31. Is it bad to practice Tantra or Sex Magick without
your partner knowing?
32. How do names become spells and behavior patterns
rituals?
33. I have read a number of your books and I find them
stirring but I think you are prejudiced. How do you
see yourselves in this matter?
34. Does Tantra have a view of the Universe?
35. Is the focus of Tantra spiritual or physical?
36. Are the meditation techniques as complex as some
Eastern sources imply?
37. Why don't we experience that mind and body are
one?
38. How does one use Imagery as a device?
39. Is backsliding a natural process?
40. If you say there is no distinction between mind and
matter what of the doctrine of the soul?
41. What of my personality? What is it?
42. Can verbal affirmations be as useful as images?
43. Purity is often mentioned in Yoga and religious
disciplines. Is it important in Tantric practice?
44. What are the "psychic accidents" people talk about?
45. Many religious and Yogic techniques say to suppress
anger and hate? Is this true of Tantra?
46. Can you explain the concept of Inversion?
47. Some Gurus have been criticized for the accumulation
of wealth and power, while Christian Priests claim
poverty. What is the Tantric position on the
accumulation of worldly power?
48. How can we De-Trance ourselves by using Tantra?
49. How do we break the effect the words of others have
on us?
50. How safe are these practices and should I be analyzed
before I begin?
51. What about "psychic self-defense"?
52. Can you give some examples of Kundalini
phenomena, and are there Western methods of
dealing with it?
53. Can you suggest some experiments to deal with this
issue?
54. What is the difference between humans and other
animals?
55. What is the most fundamental problem involved in
group work?
56. What does Tantra say about the arbitrary nature of all
rules?
57. What are the steps of Tantric initiation?
58. What are some modern Tantric techniques that I can
use every day to help me change?
59. What comes after initiation?
60. I am more familiar with Western rituals. Can you give
me a Western ritual which has the same effect as
Tantric ritual?
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