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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tantra Experience</title>
      <author>http://Dawnini.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Dawn</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="560" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffFF"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#6633FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TANTRA&lt;/strong&gt;EXPERIENCE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#6633FF"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;There is an extraordinary thing that happens when forms, and all the stories we tell ourselves about them, dissolve.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow, it&amp;#39;s only then that the truth emerges and we experience, for the first time, the limitless potential we are.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We see the mind-blowing reality of this experience we call life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sexuality becomes an expression of our totality . . . of the eternal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we realize we are the ecstasy we&amp;#39;ve been longing for all our lives.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn Cartwright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TANTRA&lt;/strong&gt;EXPERIENCE&lt;br /&gt;Friday Nights . 7:30 pm &amp;ndash; 9:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;July 25th &amp;ndash; August 15th . 2008&lt;br /&gt;Sacred Energy Arts . 220 Pier . Santa Monica&lt;br /&gt;$40 . Pre-registration is not required&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chandrabindutantrainstitute.com/register.shtml"&gt;Register Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;he meditations and practices of Tantra were born, legend has it, out of a conversation between Shiva and his consort, Devi, more than 5,000 years ago. Shiva and Devi were discussing the mysteries of the universe . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;D&lt;/strong&gt;evi asks . . .&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;O Shiva, what is your reality?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is this wonder-filled universe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What constitutes seed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who centers the universal wheel?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is this life beyond form pervading forms?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How may we enter it fully, above space and time, names and descriptions?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let my doubts be cleared!?&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;hiva, inspired by Devi&amp;#39;s intense desire to know the meaning of existence, composed 112 sutras designed to open her to the direct experience of herself as the eternal . . . beyond form pervading forms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;hese 112 sutras, profound mystical meditations, make up the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, a text that reveals the truth of this world we inhabit yet rarely touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chandrabindutantrainstitute.com/vigyan_bhairav_tantra.shtml"&gt;Vigyan Bhairav Tantra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#39;m very pleased to announce the return of my Friday night classes this summer in Santa Monica. I&amp;#39;m back to Europe and off to India in the autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;ou are invited to join me on this journey as we explore a dynamic mix of ancient Tantric meditations from the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra and contemporary Tantric practices designed to bring you into direct contact with what you truly are, the eternal, from which beauty, creativity, sexuality and vitality are expressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;look forward to spending some beautiful summer nights with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With love, Dawn Cartwright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #6633ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Chandra Bindu Tantra Institute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;www.chandrabindutantrainstitute.com&lt;br /&gt;310.592.1293&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="560" align="left" style="border-width: 1px !important; border-color: #bbbbbb !important; border-style: dashed !important" bgcolor="#ffffFF"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6633ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6633ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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