Magic Path of Tantra
The Preposterous Exordium: This manuscript is not a history of Tantra, although
it can dwell a lot on the past and in addition write a brand new historical past
for future generations, if there might be any future generations. This
manuscript is more in the nature of a perfunctory peep at a outstanding
phenomenon in Mankind's progress and development. The spark of Tantra was
ignited in India but was exported and burst into flame in different countries.
Though Tantra had a firm spiritual basis, it was not so much a religion as a
approach of life. There are now many indications that several Tantrik
communities existed in numerous elements of India, communities which shared huge
areas with different Hindu communities and lived in harmony.
"Tantra" and "Tantrik", as utilized to a singular way of life is a reasonably
fashionable expression and development. Tantra means a treatise, but a treatise
or manuscript dealing with occult and esoteric subjects like astrology, secret
medicine, numerology and spiritual expressions of sex. The phrases Kaula or
Natha had been originally used for the unique lifestyle or life model we now
know as Tantra. This word has now established itself and appears in all
fashionable dictionaries and literature. For this reason we'll proceed to use
the phrases Tantra and Tantrik in this manuscript. Thus Tantra, as a phrase,
nonetheless relates to the Naths and Kaulas, now change into synonymous.
Tantra, as a way of life, is the golden thread which runs by all the manuscripts
I've written for the Western Nath Order and the upper grade Magickal Order of
AMOOKOS (Arcane Magick Order of the Knights of Shambhala) and these embody the
Trilogy of Twilight Yoga - Ecstasy, Equipoise and Eternity ; The
Magnum Opus and Esoterikos. I have continuously titled my manuscripts with Greek
words as I think the Tantrik Means of Life was additionally expressed within the
pastoral paradise of Pan though without the ultimate attainment, but where gods
combined with man and man blended with gods. We don't know whether or not the
esoteric features of enlightenment had been skilled in other nations, at other
ages. Insight would point out that it should have been so.
India was unique in proposing numerous strategies, philosophies and theories
relating to enlightenment. This Supreme Attainment, "Atma Jnan", Self
Realisation, Moksha, Enlightenment was the best spiritual concept which emerged
among humans. It's the process of improvement of the human spirit until it
becomes one and unites with the Infinite Cosmic Spirit. To assist lesser minds,
this Great Cosmic Spirit was symbolised and made more tangible as Gods and
Goddesses, male and female, constructive and negative, aggressive and receptive
aspects. In Tantra the Lord Shiva and his Shakti Parvati dominated.
These deities additionally symbolised the love, tenderness affection and
enduring partnership which permeated the Tantrik approach of life. All this was
sure up with the supposition that the spirit was continuously reborn as god, man
or animal and that this rebirth process had to be delivered to an end. Rebirth
on the earth aircraft, whether or not as man or animal was a destiny one tried
to overcome. Tantriks did not declare to know much about rebirth as a god or
celestial. It was solely momentary and rebirth as an animal or human could still
take place again and again. All three are sensory planes of pain and suffering
and all relate to the material cosmos.
Tantra lore maintains that only enlightenment, attained by meditation or breath
management, culminating in Self Realisation could finish rebirth and convey
about reunion of the Spirit with the Supreme Spirit of the Cosmos -the Purusha
(Cosmic Spirit). However Tantra claims that there is one other secret method by
which this self realisation is attained easily. The supreme moment when the
thoughts awakes to this realisation also will be attained for the time being (or
seconds after) the attainment of an excellent orgasm at the termination of
sexual intercourse.
The expectation is that the yogi and his shakti both attain this at roughly the
identical time. That's the reason Tantra insists on a "educated shakti" as both
are entitled to enlightenment and this is hardly potential with an off-the-cuff
woman who might think of sexual activity as only sensory pleasure and to be
extended so long as attainable and who might know little of it as a medium of
non secular attainment. The relationship of a yogi along with his shakti can be
unique. Though they each accept an ordinary of sexual equality, capacity and
entitlement, yet nonetheless the yogi will deal with, worship and consider his
shakti as his goddess and a personification of the Earth Mother. Tantra develops
in the three aspects of excessive considering - Perception, Intuition,
Imagination. By these, developed in meditation, the thoughts awakes to
understanding and union with the Cosmic Purusha and rebirth on the Earth
Dimension is no more.
From the Cosmic Spirit we got here and to the Cosmic Spirit we should return
Historically, there was one thing odd about these Tantrik Nathas and the
communities by which they lived. They thought that peace, freedom and happiness
have been the rational goal of human life. Undoubtedly, the supreme orgasm which
exploded into the "awakening" was their final aim and superb but many were not
prepared for this yet. So it was fairly so as and sensible that the human ideals
of peace, freedom and happiness were changed into reality and enthusiastically
maintained. These ideals have been symbolised by Gods and Goddesses. In time
their way of life turned a tradition which others followed. A practice should be
greater than mumbled prayers or prayer flags fluttering within the breeze; it
should have substance, reality and power and grow to be an integral part of our
life style.
A disciple asked, "Dadaji, is it better to be reborn as a girl or as a man?"
Dadaji answered, "It is higher to not be reborn at all."
The Tantrik Nath or Kaula lifestyle is based on the profound data that women and
men will not be machines, animals or robots. They are not pawns in a cosmic
recreation nor must they accept the face value of the playing cards dealt out by
the "Vendor". For many, the final program of their lives is a routine they must
settle for and most of it's easily predictable. Too many individuals are
resigned to this and when some occasion bursts of their face or shatters the
roundabout routine, very few are ready to manipulate the occasion or have the
pondering capacity to manage it. As the routine, and life basically, turns into
extra complicated, the "Assume Power" diminishes. They turn into, increasingly
more, one of many crowd and prepared to be carried on the wavecrests of
convention and corruption. They turn out to be the individuals who vote in haste
and repent at leisure. The longer term well being and welfare of human society
is far in our personal fingers on both material and non secular levels.
Second only to the supreme orgasm, Tantriks and Nathas realized the facility to
develop their manner of life. Traditions and custom had been helpful pointers
however a non secular lifestyle, its magick, mantras and fantastique patterns
should be realised within the mind and created from sensible thinking. The Naths
didn't need to hunt via previous manuscripts or flip the pages of historic
volumes to search out new strategies or formulae for their magick and to make
life more delightful, or give them the facility to work wonders. They knew that
by easy meditation, breath regulation and a relaxed angle to the world, they
could create and formulate their very own mantras and powerful vibrations to
rework the sordid into essentially the most beautiful.
They energised the need and made issues happen. They made madness a spiritual
observance and insanity an escape syndrome. They knew that life was an enigma
and that divine grace may usually be grotesque and dangerous. Probably the most
reliable methodology was for mankind to unravel their own issues and set out
their own sensible means and lifestyle. A Tantrik just isn't devoted to serve
God or religion. The one objective is to achieve enlightenment. Enlightenment is
an expression of divine equality.
Most of the older Kaula Tantras were composed in the type of a dialogue between
Shiva and his Shakti. As we're dealing with a interval when all texts were
hand-written on palm leaves, we must realise that we are additionally probing a
period when interpolation or alteration of the original textual content was a
routine procedure. Thankfully, the Nath Tantriks worth the development of the
three tremendous-psychic colleges of perception, instinct and creativeness and
might decide errors and incongruities with astonishing rapidity.
These three tremendous schools or master powers also allow them to create their
very own texts, mantras, rituals etc. and all having utility and being in
harmony with Cosmic law. The faculties of insight, intuition and creativeness
are the constructing blocks on which we build our occult world and magick
approach of life.
The Tantra or Nath way of life can greatest be described as a state of mind.
Under no circumstances can it be mistaken for an agglomeration of guidelines,
morals and prohibitions. It assumes that human beings can and wish to dwell
without them. Even when it advises you to do or to not do one thing, it's not a
rule however a guide-line to spare you bother and pain. But you're nonetheless
free to do and think as you wish. Of course our way of life has many bodily
features but our minds nonetheless determine the success or the pleasure from an
act. Our life ought to have plan and purpose since most people blunder their
manner by means of life and generate distress for themselves and for others too.
Our aims in life are to take pleasure in peace, freedom and happiness in this
life but in addition to avoid rebirth on to this Earth plane. All this depends
not on divine benevolence however on the best way we ourselves think and act.
Metamorphosis of a Nath-Tantrik
The non-public perspective, dedication and outlook of a person or woman can
bring about their successful transformation from a mundane clot or rat-racer
into a magician. A magician, within the sense through which I exploit the word,
is one whose life and residing will not be occasioned by the outside world and
surroundings however one who is ready to manipulate the world and to dwell a
lifetime of peace, freedom and happiness.
Whereas I have a tendency to shun autobiographical notes, there are events when
they could function guide-traces to others who need to expertise the explosive
awakening into our spiritual reality.
The Nath-Tantra-Kaula lifestyle is a frame of mind and solely constructive,
highly effective "suppose" can guide us to success.
I've communicated to the Western Nath Order and AMOOKOS my experiences in
self-realisation and included essential, practical know-how about meditation and
important mental attitudes in earlier manuscripts. I have not, as yet, revealed
my personal expertise of Tantra and enlightenment by orgasm. The expertise was
not planned however developed as a part of my meditative hermit's life.
It came about this wise. I lengthy appeared for a small city where the normal
"peace of thoughts" was a part of the environment. I used to be residing with a
Brahmin household in Ahmedabad, the Backyard of Ahmed, who set himself as Raja
of the city. Ahmedabad became, until latest instances, the capital of Gujarat.
Raja Ahmed had a young brother Mehmad, to whom he gave a small kingdom of which
Mehmadabad was the capital. Mehmad built his palace by the Vatrak river which
flows by Mehmadabad.
A bunch of disciples took me from Ahmedabad and put me in a hut by that same
Vatrak river. Mehmad was unique. He was outwardly a Muslim but was properly
often known as a honest devotee of the Goddess Maha Kali. When he was a child,
his mom practised the art of Mithradatism on him and gave him small however
increasing doses of poison to present him immunity towards the action of any
intending poisoner. In these days a flask of wine or a plate of meals could
sometimes be your last. The name is taken from Mithradates VI ("The Great") King
of Pontus, (120-sixty three B.C.) who developed immunity to poisoning by taking
step by step increasing doses.
The Kings Ahmed and Mehmad, in order to transfer troops to help each other if
their cities have been besieged, built an underground street between Ahmedabad
and Mehmadabad which must have been an incredible triumph of engineering in its
time. The street still exists however each ends have been closed. Hindus and
Muslims as well as different minor religions have all lived in peace and
tranquillity and no conflicts or race riots have been identified on this town.
Mehmadabad has been my house for fifteen years.
One Sunday, a Parsee disciple brought a taxi load of Western folks to my little
hut by the river. The space by road is only 30Km. and it's surprising the number
of individuals they get in an Indian taxi. They'd come to Ahmedabad to take a
course of training for people working in nursery schools. They all invited me to
visit them the next weekend. The visit passed off and was very eventful. Many of
them, principally the women, asked me to provide them a Sanskrit name. One in
all them requested me to sleep in a spare room, next to her own. I gave her the
title Shakti Devi. Some difficult plan was developing and Shakti made a bed for
me within the room next to her. Sadly a conflict matured. Shakti woke in the
evening and found my bed empty. She discovered me in mattress with another girl.
Fortuitously Shakti was a clever girl. She took a vacation from the course and
stayed with me within the hut for a couple of weeks. I still did not relate
Shakti to my Tantrik method of life.
Future occasions confirmed the expectation. Shakti dropped out of the course at
Ahmedabad and returned to America. Many months handed in silence. Fairly
unexpectedly, a letter arrived bearing the postmark of the Virgin Islands within
the West Indies. I pondered some time as a result of I might consider no person
I knew who could be qualified to stay in a place of that name. When I opened it
I noticed it was from Shakti Devi. She was working in a lodge as a barmaid
however was very unhappy. Might she come to Mehmadabad and stay with me in the
Kutir by the river. She had enough cash to support herself and an answer by
return was imperative. I replied, "Come at once or even sooner." Shakti came and
the curtain arose on a brand new drama.
Typically I feel that before swine I am casting
Great pearls of Tantra and Joy everlasting
Gentle the art of the Magick Connection
Glean from the Cosmos the supreme selection.
Typically I muse that when Vishwakarma, the Celestial Architect made Aphrodite,
he will need to have chosen Shakti as her model. Shakti was not only a superb
magnificence however her determine was good; a combination which would drive
most men mad and enlarge their organ till it cast a shadow. Destiny had, for me,
devised a defending gulf as I used to be ever aware of the truth that I was
treble her age and although I was in my sixties, I had by no means, nevertheless
a lot I attempted, fallen deeply in love with any woman. Once I saw the pathos
of attachment throughout me I had cause to ponder. It was fortunate for me, as
Shakti's affection was like a monkey leaping from stump to stump. However I
noticed clearly that it was the time to manipulate the unique scenario for my
big experiment.
A leap into the Cosmos
I might be ever grateful to Shakti for exciting my second great experiment
achieve realisation or enlightenment. My first experiment was made after World
Battle II. I volunteered for -service as soon as was declared. I served within
the R.A.M.C. as a physiotherapist and occupational therapist. As a result of
grotesque and bizarre paradoxes of the British Army I only held the rank of
Corporal and unpaid and acting Sergeant. I was really helpful for a fee five
instances but as I had earlier fought in Spain with the International brigade I
was suspected of political associations which I did not hold. Should you
criticised blunders and muddle you would be categorized as a harmful agitator. I
took the opportunity to investigate the occult world and practise some spasmodic
meditation, a number of occasions in the Nice Pyramid and the Sphinx Temple at
Gizeh as well as at many different historic locations within the Western Desert
and Italy.
After the battle I had using a small area at Excessive Beech, on the sting of
Epping Forest. I lived in a tent for 3 years. Close to this field, on a vast
tract of land owned by the Salvation Military, I seen a small memorial. I
climbed the locked gate and skim the inscription. It marked the spot where Queen
Boadicea took poison after her defeat by the Roman troops. She knew that if
captured alive she would be taken to Rome to endure the indignity of being
offered and of serving as a slave. What a lady! Strolling a path with out
guidance and one about which I had no earlier expertise, I assumed that
realisation would happen throughout certainly one of my meditation sessions. It
was not to be.
As I had to attend to some mundane chores I returned to my small flat for the
week-end. I took a sizzling bath, then went to the lounge, placed on the
gramophone and went back to the toilet to collect just a few oddments. It was a
self contained flat so I used to be wearing no clothes. It was time for the
freak-out. As I returned to the lounge and was crossing the carpet within the
centre of the room, every part seemed to fade and I used to be floating above
the houses. Earlier than me there was a vast dense cloud. As I looked at it, it
seemed to evaporate and to disclose an enormous image of Shiva product of ice or
some transparent material. I regarded right down to see the darkish grey slate
roofs of the houses, only to seek out myself immediately standing on the carpet
in the midst of my lounge. I felt I knew every little thing however most of all,
I knew I needed to go to India. There was to be some delay. I went to Australia
to get pleasure from their pleasant climate and to save some money I went on a
population enlargement scheme which required one to pay only £10 for the trip.
After this delay I did not arrive in Bombay till Guru Purnima, Sunday 14th. of
July 1953.
Shakti solved a great problem. I installed her as my goddess in my hut by the
Vatrak river in Mehmadabad. I had already discovered this location, distinctive
among all of the places in India. I mused many occasions on the folks in foreign
lands who craved peace of mind and the place by which they may attain it.
Mehmadabad was such a spot and I had discovered it. I talked to Shakti about the
Nath-Tantra journey but Shakti's curiosity was solely in sex and not the
trimmings. She had overstated her monetary place and had only one thousand
rupees when she arrived. 600 of those rupees she spent in the first few days on
coloured photographs.
I manipulated her go to to a Cosmic event. I'd have appreciated to share this
with Shakti however our targets moved in two completely different directions. In
a bid to attempt for the supreme orgasm of ecstasy I needed to ration my very
own sexual expression with out ravenous Shakti. It was simpler than I had
anticipated. At twilight on the third day Shakti acquired my oblation and I
expanded into the Cosmos. My feeling and consciousness had been equivalent to
the event once I had attained Atma Jnan in London. Shakti's visa was now working
out and she had an urge to return to the USA. A disciple took her to Bombay and
the Airport and an interesting and delightful frolic got here to an end.
Shakti's go to was just one other trip however I had gained a treasure I might
preserve and enjoy for ever.
The lifestyle of Tantra is constructed with a mind boggling uniqueness which is
flavoured with the divine and miraculous. Sex is a normal exercise amongst
people and is important to good health. However Tantra doesn't advocate
promiscuity, homosexuality or lesbianism. Tantra is based on pure sexual
enjoyment between males and women. If this isn't simply obtainable, men and
women launch their pent-up sex vitality by masturbation. (auto eroticism)
Although Tantra has based mostly the supreme orgasm of ecstasy on the He and She
business, experiment might yet show some facets or levels of enlightenment may
be attained by auto eroticism.
In any case, regardless that Tantra bases enlightenment on the orgasm attained
in bisexual union, we should not overlook the truth that the objective is
basically a mind process and transformation and other issues are only incidental
in relation to how a lot the thoughts has developed. Nath/Tantriks are folks of
sound frequent sense and do not need to be advised of the risks of promiscuity
and the ailments which is likely to be contracted through informal intercourse
partners.
Meditation, breath regulation, relaxed sitting are part of an Indian science
known as Yoga, a Sanskrit word which means union in the sense that it might
probably unite the soul or spirit with God. God within the Indian meaning of the
Cosmic Soul or Cosmic Spirit from which the human spirit initially came and to
which it must eventually return. Delay to this return is attributable to the
spirit being reborn on the Earth aircraft once more and again.
The Nath/Tantrik lifestyle is permeated with gems of wisdom. These are supposed
to prepare the mind to escape from rebirth on any sensory plane. This is the
magnum opus of enlightenment. This enlightenment or atma jnan may also be
realised in a number of stages in so much as it is seldom utterly attained at
one occasion or experience. Tantra can be described as an amoral life style. The
things we do or settle for in its unique sample aren't ethical or immoral. This,
in flip, requires a neutrality in the thinking process which is beyond
discrimination. In trendy society intercourse has turn into obscenity, one thing
to be hidden, however regardless that, to be exploited as some subversive
activity.
Younger individuals are much less guilty of this than adults. It's now a far cry
from the clear and pure way of life that Mom Nature must have intended. In
Spiritual Yoga a easy natural life and even nakedness have at all times been the
perfect to pave the way in which to realisation. The lecturers of great
religions akin to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism lived this so easy life and
went naked. Their names are many but we can quote just a few similar to
Rishabha, Sukhdev, Jadabharata, Dattatreya <datta.htm>, Gautama the Buddha,
Mahavir and a host of others.
Though Jains in fashionable India seldom appear in public fully naked, it's
maintained by both sects of Jains - the Digambar and Swetambar - that nudity
continues to be important to acquire enlightenment. Now the brand new "moral
outlook" and modernisation have weakened religious and spiritual life so the
true sages and yogis have vanished also. Intercourse abnegation was a
improvement of the Vedic doctrines. We discover no such educating in the
historic patterns of spirituality. But Nathas and Tantriks must all the time
keep in mind that a superior lifestyle will not be restricted or determined by
any present social patterns or moral superstitions.
Sundown and Silence
It's rare to see a sadhu run. I had been spending a number of hours in the
smashan close to Ganganath Temple and was returning to the market. Instantly I
observed a sadhu working towards me. As he came up to me he asked "Dadaji
Mahendranath?". "Yes", I replied, "and what's your hurry?" "I've been searching
for you all over Mehmadabad", he said. We returned to the temple and sat down.
"I've some news from Calcutta. Pagala Baba is dead. I saw him earlier than he
died and he told me to go to Gujarat and let you know that he was giving up the
body. He needed you to know however it has taken greater than a month to seek
out you as he thought you could be living in Ahmedabad".
It was a touching second for me to listen to that Pagala Baba had considered me
in his final moments. I felt indebted to the sadhu for the part he had performed
on this sad drama however when he spoke once more he only created a complicated
situation. "Dadaji", he mentioned, "I would like the initiation into the Uttara
Kaulas. Please grant this to me". I remained silent. The passing of Pagala Baba
had created a unique situation. It now meant that although I used to be an
Englishman by beginning, I used to be now the one sadhu holding authentic
initiation and guru standing as a Tantrik or Kaula in the whole of India.
Later, in 1977, I was made to realise I was the one dwelling paramahamsa in
India also. The traditional spiritual pattern was now useless and the bright
galaxy of yogis and saints had handed away, perhaps for ever. This I tried to
compensate within the following 12 months by founding the International Nath
Order. Much data and faith continues to be to be present in books but the
intimate know-how and guru instruction may be tactfully offered to the world in
a number of English manuscripts. This work has been finished and is completed
and so I now relaxation content.
I needed to clarify to the sadhu two obstacles preventing me giving him Tantrik
diksha. The first impediment, which could not be overcome, was that I could not
give diksha within the Uttara Kaulas to one who had been refused this diksha by
my guru. Secondly, I had decided to not provoke anybody of Indian origin into
the Uttara Kaula or the Adi Nath Sampradayas. As sanyasi or sadhu there was the
danger that after I had entered Mahasamadhi and was unable to disclaim, that
someone might declare that they'd been given sannyas diksha and declare
authority as a guru by succession. I needed the Worldwide Nath order to have
gurus and leaders who were in office by assent or election. The trendy age
demands this. The sadhu who brought me the message was not a great problem. I
took him to Shambhala Tapovan and we took a great meal and I gave him just a few
rupees for journey as he wished to return to the Ganges area where he knew so
many people.
Circumstances in India and the world have periodically compelled me to admit
that I'm an Englishman by start and have a British passport. This has not at all
times been nice as I have all the time regarded the British as a backward race.
I have, in actual fact, all the time though of myself as a cosmopolitan and not
limited by any ideas and not a part of the social, political or intellectual
world. The world is my metropolis; the cosmos my land. The word cosmopolitan was
first utilized by Diogenes, the naked Greek Cynic philosopher about 400 B.C.
When will the human race develop up to recognise that there are many people who
are not nationalists and want to be freed from labels and locations? Why, in
this modern day and age is it expected that every one humans should develop up
and conform to the patterns and concepts of the country and zone into which they
are born? We are really nonetheless a great distance from being a civilised and
superior culture.
India is extra advanced in its social patterns than most western nations. If
life will get too heavy it's completely authorized to commit suicide and if you
fail in the try, there are not any authorized repercussions. Any woman, married
or single, can have an abortion anytime, anyplace, and the service is free. If
there's confusion in India, it is just because the old conflicts with the brand
new and conflicting pursuits are too numerous. Tantra has now reached bottom and
is popularly regarded as promiscuity or porno. The phrase Tantrik seems
continuously in the standard press, but at all times to indicate some sadhu who
is as much as magick tips for cash or is a blatant scoundrel.
Authentic sadhus now avoid the phrase as much as possible. Within the press we
hear on occasion of some outstanding religious enthusiasm, shades of a more
barbaric day, resulting in police action. Sati, the burning of young wives on
the funeral pyres of their husbands has been illegal since British times. It's
still practised by fanatical in-legal guidelines and lots of cases have been
brought to mild but many are unknown as the police lack evidence to prosecute
because few individuals will communicate up or give evidence. Human sacrifice is
thought to belong to a bygone age however this is far from true.
A pious mother-in-law was not too long ago convicted of bride-burning. Even the
courtroom was shocked and the Judge ordered that the murderess be hanged in
public at Jaipur. It was thought that the public execution could be a warning to
others to not play the identical horrible game. Alas, the then Chief Justice
cancelled the order on the grounds that it was barbaric. Many individuals
questioned which was extra barbaric: the burning, alive, of an harmless girl or
the hanging of a murderess in public.
Let the Indian press tell of new adventures in barbarism. Times of India
editorial 3.12.87 tells us: Final Monday in Panchi Village beneath Kharkauda
Police Station, close to Meerut, a seven year old boy was beheaded by his father
to propitiate Kali as a way to be blessed with a lot of land and money and a big
car. The kid was pinned down by his mom as he bent to touch her ft at her
bidding. The daddy hacked off his head, dipping his finger in the heat blood and
anointing his wife. The severed head was placed earlier than a picture of the
Goddess. On Dussehra day in 1987, a 15 month previous little one was kidnapped
in West Delhi's Prem Naga. The woman's physique was smeared with ashes and a
corrosive fluid supplied by a sorcerer. The kid was then drowned in a water
tank. On August 19, 1987 in Annakaran in Palghat district of Kerala, a
schoolteacher minimize off the top of his one 12 months old son and drank the
new blood of the child. In April 1987 in Virli Village near Amgaon a couple
gouged out the eyes of their son and inserted an iron pipe in his throat to
appease the gods. In March 1987 a six year old lady was reported to have been
sacrificed to propitiate a deity in Baisair Village. End of Press quote.
One of the unique features of India is the Tilak, the pink mark used to indicate
that one belongs to the Hindu community. Although it is utilized by all girls it
is used by men also. Its historical origin is amusing. Within the long distant
past, when a girl had her first month-to-month interval she grew to become an
adult and the parents needed to get her married as soon as possible. Propaganda
was utilized in numerous forms to let the native bachelors know that it was now
time to speak up and pop the question. This method was not favoured among the
young women and most had been shy and embarrassed by a person going across the
city beating a drum and shouting "Gulub is having a bloody time". Prayers to
Vishwakarma solved the problem. Taking a rest from establishing massive
galaxies, suns and planets, he found time to go to India. At developing a
greater state of affairs he proved ideal. He promulgated a new rule that when
the girls had their first Luna blood, the mother should put her finger in the
right place after which use the blood to mark a spot or streak between the eyes
on the forehead. Thus marked, the women have been proud to walk around the town
and no phrases need be spoken.
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