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Coming Soon!!!

The Feminists From Outer Space Comic Book!

We are excited to announce that we are making one of Santosha Ma’s many great stories into a comic book/graphic novel. The first issue of the Feminists from Outer Space is currently in the works, adapted & scripted by myself and illustrated by Joan Igawa. The final issue will be available in this years Tantric Series Creative Journal, a collection of creativity from Santosha Ma’s circle, also currently in production. Please enjoy the preview of below images to see how...

Devotion to the Living Guru

Devotion to the Living Guru Spiritual devotion to God often gets a boring rap in our culture – I think that’s because the stereotypical images of devotion we see are of people sitting at Church, lacking enthusiasm, looking for the nearest exit in hopes that some event will cause the torture to end sooner than expected.  And spiritual devotion to a living Guru rarely gets talked about in the West. When it does, most find it abhorrent if someone admits...

Vulnerability is the Answer to Everything

7/22/2016 This is a Friday night with Santosha Ma, and She skipped meditation to talk with us about what was happening in Her circle of devotees at that time, and how to help each other in love. SANTOSHA MA:  It took a lot to convey that other people are suffering, and that in relationship, sometimes you are the cause of the suffering.  It has been hard for all of you to do that, to acknowledge that you might be the...

How I Came to Santosha Ma

I want to write about the life Given to me by Santosha Ma and Adi Da, lived in Her most wonderful Company since 1992.  Before that I had been in Adi Da’s community for 12 years, and I know in my heart that He sent me to Her to serve Her Work and Him here.   And She showed me from the first second of my seeing Her that She is God Incarnate, one with Him, Beloved Adi Da. How I...

Modern Day Ego Hype vs. Actual Experience

Eastern Sierras    July, 2008 Santosha Ma:  Anybody can like music, but that does not mean you are a musician.  You can talk about how much you like about music, and you can say, ‘I like that song,’ but it does not mean you have the experience of someone who has actually spent countless years and days learning something.  But in our culture, because we have affluence and we have access to almost anybody’s experience – people who have real experience...

It takes the Guru

The mind cannot figure out Enlightenment 1/9/11     Just do exactly what I have asked you to do, and that’s it.  I don’t care how much TV you watch or anything else, except what I have asked you to do exactly.  Just be obedient and do that perfectly, and then the next thing will be given and you can go deeper.  You can still have lots of faults and go deeper.  These instructions I’m giving you are dealing with your...

Women – The Way To Change

Women, The Way To Changeby Santosha Tantra2011 Women, the way to change and grow out of the female programming is to take action. Always do whatever comes up that you think should be done. Do not go to someone else and tell them and talk about it and decide about it. Simply just do it. Always find a way to go about doing whatever it takes to get something you really want. Try lots of things, and what works will...

RAGE is necessary for women on the spiritual path

Rage – (definition) – noun – violent, uncontrollable anger“Her face was distorted with rage.”Verb – feel or express violent or uncontrollable anger“He raged at the futility of it all.”Perfect! Demonstration! of the patriarchal suppression of women. Perfectly seen here that the woman who expresses rage is crazy, and the man that expresses rage is noble, understandable, justified. This is Google, verbatim. And so, my Beloved Santosha Ma suggested I could write a piece about rage, and why it is necessary...

A brief telling of Santosha Ma’s work with me to date…

Here is my first attempt to write about my process, the process of growth and understanding that Santosha Tantra has taken me through (and continues to this day to take me through) out of her great compassion and love, and her absolute Freedom and Enlightenment. I felt that you might enjoy reading about my story with my Guru, Who is the Divine She to Adi Da’s Divine He. She is amazing and wonderful beyond words, and I am grateful with...

Lakshmi Puja – Thanksgiving 2021

The Mystery breaks through, surprising us and bringing us to marvel in wonder. It was the Thanksgiving celebration at Geri and Rebecca’s house November 2021. It was a lovely day so we were all outside. The kids were running around and people were swinging on the swing or shooting hoops or happily sitting, luxuriating in Santosha Ma’s presence. Gifts were presented to her that day and one was from Yasuko and Daniel of a carved wooden statue of Lakshmi with...