Tantra
2003-03-18 * The rite of the Naked Flame
Rite of the Naked flame
One flame, One Current, One world, one people / Ignorance transforms the one into many
Homage and Salutations to the Naked flame
As flame burns we destroy delusions and bondage / Leaving only the white ash of Liberation.
Let the flame destroy the drag of the senses / Pulling us hither and thither in bondage
In the Naked flame the mind is regenerated / Fit to attain the vision of Reality
As burning releases the flame from the fuel / May mankind be released from bondage
Let the flame burn all Karmas and their power / Releasing us to attain balance and liberation
The flame in the flame is the symbol of Wisdom / As Naked flame, let the inner consciousness glow.
Realization of the Self is Immortality / And the supreme Attainment is spontaneous.
Thoughtless, the flame burns without Intention / In Gnosis we attain that state of Bliss
Like as the fuel is the Yoni of the Shakti, / The flame is the Lingham of Lord Shiva
As above, so below. Fuel transforms to ash / All the worlds in the Universe turn to dust
As flame is inherent in the fuel, / So the Soul is inherent in the body
In the fires of reincarnation, painfully burning / May the grace of the Absolute descend on us
As the flame takes the form of the fuel it consumes, / The immortal soul takes the form of the body
As flame passes on to other pieces of wood / So the soul passes from body to body
Drink though the Nectar of Immortality / Thou art the Naked flame of Eternity
In the flame of frustration, wisdom is born / From the flame of Wisdom, dispassion is born. / From the ashes of dispassion is all cast aside, / From all cast aside, Liberation is born. / Then one has done all that which needs be done / As Naked flame shall all mortals shine!
OM NAMAH SHIVA!
OM NAMAH SHAKTI!
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!
OM SHANTI OM
** adapted from Ecstacy thru Tantra by Dr. John Mumford.
