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* professional scholar of classical Indian religions and the Sanskrit language
* Head faculty at Tantra illuminated .org

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Go deep with the definitive 112 practices of Classical Tantra. 🔗 in bio for a FREE 7-day trial. by @hareeshwallis

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The Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra recited by Gaiea is here in full
This interaction between Shiva and Parvati gives rise to immense wisdom
“Worship does not mean offering flowers.
It means offering your heart
To the vast mystery
Of the universe.
It means letting your heart pulse
With the life of the universe,
Without thought and without reservation.
It means being so in love
That you are
Willing to dissolve
And be recreated in every moment.” Dr Lorin Roche

come face to face with reality right now through these immortal sanskrit mantra, reading these and recognising these and practising these … it all starts with hearing... so may you enjoy hearing them now

if you would like to study further and access a full translation you can do so via this very special app from teacher practitioner author Christopher Hareesh Wallis @hareeshwallis here is a link https://tantra112.app/gaiea
I highly recommend the app and the practices therein
wishing you beautiful journey

🎵 track from upcoming Gaiea album “calling out…”
Full video https://youtu.be/jmNuLdMmNHg

#shiva #shakti #mantra #yoga #meditation by @hareeshwallis

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More Kashmir pics! 🥰 by @hareeshwallis

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Kashmir. (My own photo, unaltered) by @hareeshwallis

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✨ Un’anteprima esclusiva dal cuore della tradizione.
Questo passaggio è tratto da "Tantra Illuminato", il capolavoro di @hareeshwallis considerato una delle guide più autorevoli e profonde sul Tantra non-duale.
Il libro sarà finalmente disponibile in Italia a partire da febbraio 2027, in una traduzione italiana curata interamente da @albertovezzani .

@tantrailluminated

Se vuoi iniziare a esplorare queste filosofie e portarle nella tua pratica quotidiana, ti aspettiamo al nostro prossimo appuntamento:

🗓️ Ritiro di Yoga in India con Alberto Vezzani > https://bharatmata-c3uk6zzt.manus.space/
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There’s an old Indo-European convention that the first verse and even the first word of a text of a scripture embodies the essence of that entire scripture. The VBT starts with “śrutaṃ”, “heard”.

If you want to hear the teachings, and embody them yourself, we offer a free 7-Day Immersion into Nondual Tantra.

Link in bio. by @hareeshwallis

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Posted a reel recently that basically said the same thing, but it really is a point that bears repeating. If you’re serious about recognizing your true nature, wouldn’t you want the least complex path to it? 😅

Link in bio for a free 7-day Immersion into classical Tantra. by @hareeshwallis

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Let a residue of the practice remain. What you have been calling “normal” is itself a conditioned state, a particular configuration of attention and identity that you have simply grown accustomed to.

Every practice, every genuine opening, is an invitation to let your baseline shift. Not by forcing a new state, but by not rushing to reconstruct the old one. The small gap between where the practice leaves you and where habit wants to pull you back is where something new can take root.

Explore classical Tantric practices with the free 7-day Immersion into the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra.

Link in bio.

#tantra #meditation #nonduality #kashmirshaivism #awakening by @hareeshwallis

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𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘦 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘹, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 Ś𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮… 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥.

— Igor Vamadeva

On a meeting between Hareesh (Dr Christopher Wallis @hareeshwallis) and Igor Vamadeva Kufayev at our most recent immersion in Portugal.

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Photos taken during the 5-Day Immersion at Quinta da Enxara (@enxara.pt), Portugal, April 2026
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What you experience as separation is not a feature of how things are, but something actively constructed and maintained by the mind. You start dissolving the constructed sense of being a separate self, and suddenly you feel everything. Too much. You’re permeable in a way you weren’t prepared for, and the temptation is to rebuild the walls, to manage your “sensitivity” with better boundaries, more protection, subtler forms of withdrawal.

The entire modern wellness framework reinforces this: set boundaries, protect your energy, shield yourself. But the tradition says something radically different. The sensitivity isn’t the problem, it’s the proof that you’re halfway through a door you need to walk all the way through.

The discomfort comes not from being too open, but from still having a residual sense of a separate self that exists in contrast to other selves. As long as that’s intact, openness will feel like vulnerability. The only real resolution is to keep going. To dissolve the reference point that makes openness feel threatening in the first place.

Free 7-day immersion into Tantrik Yoga. 🔗 in bio.

#yoga #nonduality #awakening #meditation by @hareeshwallis

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The spiritual ego is more dangerous than the ordinary one, because it’s so much better disguised.
The modern spiritual marketplace encourages people to polish and refine a spiritualized version of the ego-self until it becomes almost indistinguishable from genuine realization. Endless workshops, retreats, books, certifications, each one adding another layer of shine to something that was never the real thing to begin with. The more refined it gets, the more engrained it becomes.
The Tantrik tradition anticipated this. It’s why it insisted that practice without correct View simply amplifies whatever is already running the show. The honest question was never “how advanced am I?” It’s whether practice has made you softer, or just more convinced of your own depth.

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#yoga #nonduality #awakening #meditation by @hareeshwallis

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There is a difference between combining paths and going deep within a tradition that is itself vast. The Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra contains 112 practices because it recognises that each practitioner requires a different entry point into the same nondual recognition. The danger is not diversity of practice, it is the ad-hoc stitching together of incompatible frameworks, each with a different map of the territory and a different definition of arrival.

You can honour more than one lineage, but depth demands that you understand the internal logic of each deeply enough to know where they converge and where they do not, and that you are not using breadth as a subtle avoidance of the confrontation that real practice eventually demands.

Go deep with the definitive 112 practices of Classical Tantra. 🔗 in bio for a FREE 7-day trial. by @hareeshwallis

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