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The Tantra explains five types of articles like Madhya (alcohol), Matsya (fish), Mamsa (meat), Mudra (posture), and Maidhuna (sex). In Panchamakara the fish represents water, posture the earth, alcohol the fire, meat the air, and sex represents ether. In the way, the universe itself is made as a tool to worship. Normally these five articles bind you more tightly to the world, but if you use the same substances in the Tantric way, they can be the source of liberation from bondage. In our body the tongue is the flesh, fish is the breath i.e. 'Pranayama', posture to encourage free movement of energy. These postures make the body to form a circuit, and so the body's electricity cannot escape thereby the inner energy becomes balanced and silent. Alcohol is the nectar that flows from 'Soma Chakra'. Sex is the ultimate union of Shiva and Shakthi. The Pooja in which Panchamakara is used is called Chakra Pooja or Yantra Pooja. The ultimate Yantra is the 'Sri Yantra', which corresponds the whole universe. The Tantra mentions that the consciousness of a certain regionof the physical body
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| is its deity. For example in a human body, a man's pubic hair forms a triangle with the point upwards. Women's pubic hair is also triangular, but pointing downwards.
Once when a man and woman enjoy sex, the two triangles come together forming a six-pointed star. The creation is because of friction. Where there is friction there is fire, and when a point is placed inside the six-pointed star, it corresponds bliss. Since each Mantra is a deity, the entire human body is composed of Mantra. By repeating Mantra you are continuously recreating yourself in a new image. Eventually when you are truly purified, your original personality vanishes and only the image of your deity remains. In Yantra Pooja the 'Japa' purifies the air and ether element, Tarpana the water element, Marjana the earth element and Bhojana the final offering, which is made up of six tastes to the deity. The external Yantra can be lost or stolen, so the Yogis considered their whole body as a Yantra which helped them in continuing their spiritual practice internally. The temple acts as a laboratory and it is the biggest form of Yantra. The significance and purpose of domes of the temples were based on the model of the sky, which were used to create sound circles through the chanting of the Mantras and as soon as the sound circles is formed, thoughts will stop.
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