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A Note from the Author

I have always wanted to be where the most love is. Tantra Goddess is a memoir of how far I have traveled, how deeply I have looked, and how willing I have been to risk all for the truth that dwells within my own heart. Many whom I write about have opted to remain themselves…others have requested their names be changed…and still others have spoken to me from the other side of this life. I hope I have heard their heavenly whispers accurately.

The beloved is, for me, the divine lover who languishes radiantly in the core of my heart. There is also a quality of belovedness that manifests as a feeling and a way of caring for another. Join me as we reach toward the beloved through love-in-action.

As the beloved takes form for you, remember that courage and perseverance are the hallmarks of a pioneer. Conscious sexual loving, practiced as an art form, is not for the faint of heart, but for the kings and queens and poets of love. Your body is an instrument for loving. Fine-tuning your instrument warms you for the symphony of harmonies that you play with another. Falling in love becomes a rising into love, an ever-ascending spiral of refinement of that which is sacred. Each moment calls us into an awareness of how well we live the true nature of love.

Each of you will have your own perception of what a goddess is or how she looks or even the language she speaks. I perceive goddess as the divine in woman. That is the birthright of every female, just as it is the birthright of every male to embody the presence of God in the light that he emanates from within. That presence does not negate our humanness, our frailties, or our desires and attachments. Goddess as feminine energy is awakening in our culture and in the hearts and souls of those who wish to maintain balance. I practice living in Tantric union with myself, and the life around me, weaving an expanded awareness into the practical necessities of life.

This blending or weaving of our masculine and feminine energies manifests in our sexuality in how we express love through the physical. I jumped at the opportunity to live within the sanctity of marriage and into an expanded version of union, hoping to dissolve the old paradigm of lying, cheating, and “having affairs.” I dared to explore the realms of truth in sacred union with my beloved. Cultural myths teach us how to be men and women. Divine wisdom teaches us how to weave the masculine into the feminine and the feminine into the masculine. Perhaps this is the age of truth spoken of by mystics and sages.

Pleasure is a rite of passage into the realms of spirit, but only when it is joined to every cell of your being. Sexuality is by itself a biological necessity in which desire for satisfaction is the goal. Tantra comes alive when I surrender to the mystery by way of mastery.

My passion is to share with you what is possible when you love yourself as much as you want another to love you. Impeccable integrity is a minefield of traps, luring the gods or goddesses to continue. The way to freedom is marked by the feeling in your belly joined to your heart and joined to your mind keenly focused on your innate intelligence.

Sexual pioneering may not be nearly as wild or wanton as you would hope mine has been. Notice your own agenda, belief systems, opinions, proclivities, and judgments as you journey with me through these pages. I believe that spiritual/sexual education is the next frontier in human sexuality. Healing the feminine as mightily as she loves is the passion I now share with you. May her wisdom soar beyond the comfort of her silence.