- By Natalia Perera

“There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground” – Sufi Poet Rumi

We are living during times where each day is filled with magic. There is a revolution taking place right now, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, to work with it, or not. It is a revolution not like any other in history: it is one of the heart. Past revolutions have been easier to detect, to fight with, or against because the mind was able to clearly decipher their meanings. This one, however, is silent to the mind, spoken in code, to be understood only by the language of love, by selected souls chosen to rise and be people of the earth, Warriors of the Sacred, for our Divine Mother Earth. This is a spiritual revolution, powerful beyond measure, against the rational, dualistic male culture that has dominated our current world in the name of God.

Let’s not be bewildered by the word “spiritual” loosely used by the marketing campaigns of religious institutions, the likes of modern fundamentalists, that pretend to ‘teach’ us about our souls, and offer us ‘spiritual salvation’. When in reality, the human soul together with the energies of the earth and its creatures have been stolen and exploited, leaving behind a sordid wasteland of material products, profit and power systems and death machines.

We are here speaking of feminist spirituality: a way of life common to most indigenous matriarchal ancient traditions, based on the fact that we are spiritually joined with the earth and all of life. Goddess traditions recognise that the spirit is within a body and that we are this world, and not separate from it. No distinction is made between “the life of the spirit” and “the life of the flesh”. To the contrary, they affirm our biological body living on a conscious biological planet, and celebrate our ability to transform our world as we transform ourselves, in acts of evolution and revolution. “Being spiritual” is the same as “being human”. Accepting this embodiment has enormous consequences; it is empowering on the one hand, yet requires us, on the other, as devotees of a Nature based spirituality, to rise and be conscious and responsible citizens of the world, and tell the truth about the Sacred.

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- By Natalia Perera

“Let the venom be the antidote” – Sufi Poet Rumi

Awakening the Healer Within

We are in a very magical era: all around us, in many ways, we are witnessing the connection between the East and the West, the ancient and the modern, spirituality and science. Modern scientific research is linking its most recent discoveries in the field of quantum physics and vibrational healing methods with ancient spiritual ideas. We are so truly fortunate to be living in such an exciting time, and watch in awe, this process of life unfolding before our very eyes.

One such powerful practice for healing that continues to flourish today is Shivambu Shastra, respected for thousands of years as the “Mother of Ayurvedic Medicine” or Amaroli (Amara in Sanskrit means immortal) in Yoga and commonly known as “Self Urine Therapy”. Shivambu literally means “Water of Shiva”, referring to the auspiciousness of the practice. Its “method of drinking urine for rejuvenation” is outlined in the Shivambu Kalpa Vidhi, part of a 5000-year-old document called the Damar Tantra, linking this practice back to the Vedas, the sacred Hindu texts, and to the practice of Tantra. Tantra is a Sanskrit term which includes the roots Tanoti (expansion) and Trayati (liberation); referring to the path that expands the mind or consciousness and liberates one from the cycle of birth and death. Tantra assigns the highest priority to women and to the worship of the Goddess.

In this light, it is wrong to promote Shivambu as a medicine or a magic panacea for all ailments. It is first and foremost a spiritual practice. Ancient Tantrics used it to unleash the feminine Kundalini Shakti at the base of the spine through the Sushuma (the spinal column) to join her male principle Shiva at the top of the spine. When awakened, it liberates a lot of energy that leads to the expansion of consciousness and leads to Mukti, or liberation from the bondage of pain and suffering.

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