Forget what you were taught about religion, rules, and spiritual hierarchy. Yeshua—known to many as Jesus—was not just a prophet or savior. He was a mystic. A rebel. A tantric. He healed on the Sabbath, dined with outcasts, honored the feminine, and defied authority with radical love. This wasn’t about blind obedience or religious dogma—it was about living fully, sensually, and soulfully. In this post, we’ll explore what Tantra truly is (hint: not what the mainstream thinks), how it begins with the body, deepens with the mind, and culminates in divine union—and why Yeshua embodied all of it, unapologetically.
What Is Tantra? (Really)
Let’s start with a truth bomb: Tantra is not a religion. It doesn’t ask you to believe—it asks you to experience. Tantra is a way of life, and it begins the moment we are born. From our very first breath, we are invited to experience the divine through our body, our senses, and our awareness.
Tantra teaches us about three sacred dimensions of life: the body, the mind, and the totality of presence.
1. The Body: Your Living Temple
The first dimension of Tantra is the body—the temple of the soul. Before enlightenment, before ascension, before mystical visions, we must learn to be in our body. Deeply. Honestly. Tenderly.
This temple is alive with sensation, constantly communicating through the five sacred messengers: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Becoming attuned to your senses is the first tantric initiation.
Imagine you’re sitting in Central Park. It’s noisy—people talking, dogs barking, children playing. But suddenly, your ears catch a distant saxophone. Tantra says: Follow that sound. Let it draw you inward. That is your path to presence.
Or you’re driving through thick fog. You can’t see far. But then—a falcon soars just above your windshield. Tantra says: Pull over. Be with the bird. Let it see you.
When you surrender to the senses, judgment disappears. The body becomes your compass. It knows what you should receive and what you should walk away from.
Personal story: Once, a friend invited me to his sacred altar. My body refused. I couldn’t step inside his shed. My heart raced, my feet froze. Later I learned he practiced Santería and had placed a dead body within the altar. My body didn’t judge—it just knew. That space wasn’t for me. That path wasn’t mine.
Tantra teaches us: when the body is awake, it protects us. It guides us. It whispers truth.
2. The Mind: The Inner Sky
Once the body is attuned, we step into the second dimension: the mind. Not the noisy, overthinking mind—but the poetic mind. The one that dreams, feels, creates.
If you’re eating while watching TV or texting, you’re missing the sacred. The taste of food. The love in its preparation. The energy it carries. The same goes for relationships. If your body is with your friend but your mind is somewhere else, you’re not with them.
Tantra calls this disconnection mechanical living. Instead, we return to presence through:
- Yantra – Physical movement and embodiment. The machine of the body in motion.
- Mantra – Sacred sound and thought. The heart speaking its language.
When body and mind become aligned, you enter the third stage.
3. Tantra: The Sacred Union
Tantra is the final dimension. It is the union of body and mind with the divine. The moment when eating becomes prayer. When listening becomes devotion. When love becomes God.
This is when you can truly say: “Annam Brahma” — Food is God. Every bite becomes a holy offering. Every movement a meditation. Every moment, sacred.
There are no techniques. No scripture. Only this moment. Tantra is not for the passive or obedient. It is a rebel’s path. It asks you to dive into the unknown with wild trust.
Why Yeshua Was a Tantric Mystic
Yeshua was not a follower. He challenged religious authority. He broke rules. He touched the untouchables, healed the sick on forbidden days, embraced women, ate with sinners, and told the self-righteous to drop their stones.
He lived through the body. He wept. He raged. He danced. He bled. And he loved.
His message was one of radical presence and embodied love. He didn’t preach escape from the world—he invited us into it.
Yeshua followed his yantra, spoke his mantra, and lived his Tantra.
Tantra vs. Religion
Religion wants order. Tantra invites chaos.
Religion is inherited. Tantra is discovered.
Over 3,000 wars have been fought in the name of religion. Why? Because flags, beliefs, and titles divide us. Tantra doesn’t divide. It liberates.
It says: Live and let live. Teach your children values, not dogma. Let them find their own truth.
Tantra Is the Path of Inner Authority
Tantra says: the Master is within. There’s no priest between you and the Divine. No temple holier than your breath. No scripture greater than your own awakened heart.
Watch your desires. Where are they coming from? Fear? Lust? Comparison?
Tantra doesn’t demand perfection. It celebrates individuality. It honors your path—no matter how wild, sacred, or strange.
Final Words: The Rebellion of Love
To walk the tantric path is to walk your own way. No followers. No formulas. Just you, the divine, and the space in between.
And maybe, just maybe, that’s exactly what Yeshua was showing us all along.
Recommendations:
If Yeshua’s embodied path of love and rebellion stirs something in you, I invite you to explore further. Many of his teachings echo the deeper truths of Tantra and the mystical awakening we now call Kundalini. I wrote about my own journey in💫 Kundalini Awakening and Tantra: A Journey of Spiritual Transformation 💫—a raw and sacred unfolding that mirrors the same divine current.
Want to go deeper? Download my free printable practice for connecting with your feminine energy and sensing the sacred in your everyday life.
If you’re intrigued by the idea that Yeshua lived as a mystic and embodied the tantric path, I highly recommend the book Tantric Jesus: The Erotic Heart of Early Christianity by James Hughes Reho. This powerful work explores how early Christian mysticism shared striking similarities with tantric traditions—rooted in embodiment, sacred union, and direct experience of the Divine. It’s a beautiful bridge between Eastern and Western spirituality.
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