Tantra Bensko
I am a writing teacher through UCLA Extension, Writers College, and my own Academy at Sclipio, and a writer, artist, LucidPlay leader, hypnotherapist. See my DVD set, Tantric Lucidity, and books, Tantric Metaportals, and Watching the Windows Sleep. I have over 150 creative writing publications and an even larger number of articles published, and my full length fiction book, Lucid Membrane, has been accepted for publication and will be available next spring. I live in Berkeley.
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M.A. in English from Florida State, M.F.A. in writing from Iowa, hypnotherapy certificationsInterests
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Advanced Experimental Fiction Writing Class AvailableAn online Advanced Experimental Fiction Writing class begins Aug. 9th 2010, taught by Tantra Bensko, MFA. It goes for 10 weeks, with group interaction through discussions.
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Real Life for People with M.E., (CFS): Strange Symptoms Part 2 - Difficulty with Hurrying for DeadlinesPeople with M.E., Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatique Syndrome, generally will find their adrenals too stressed out by having to rush towards a too tight, or sudden deadline, and malfunction.
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, (CFS): Strange Symptoms Part 1: Standing DifficultyM.E. sufferers have trouble standing, which causes problems hard for others to imagine, so take care when talking them, hugging them, stopping them as they walk, and if needed, attend to their needs to revive them.
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Experimental Short Story Contest AnnouncementInnovative, avant-garde writers, want your short story to exemplify Experimental Fiction on a resource site dedicated to that genre? Win $50. July 4th deadline, for published or unpublished work of any length. -
Tips for Tutoring in Conversational English as a Second Language ComfortablyHow can you create an effective tutoring advertisement, an optimal environment for learning, and establish trust, while helping your student learn easily and retain the ability to speak in real life situations?
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Interfering Entities: Using Movement and Other Methods for a Smooth Ritual ReleaseMoving your body is important when doing release work for entities. You can talk to them, will them to go out the window with sage, use salt to scrub afterward, but make sure you have the authority and clarity.
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Can it Be Good for an Over-Giver to Give Even More?What is it like for an overgiver to be part of Cami Walker's 29 Day Gift Challenge, in which we are supposed to give something every day?
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How Your Aura Can Be Too Acid and Affect Yourself and OthersOur bodies become too acid and this may be influenced by, or may influence, the nature of the aura, in local areas or overall. People feel what could be thought of as the PH of the body, and react. We can change that.
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Is Your Aura Too Acidic or Alkaline?The aura can become too contracted or expanded, malfunctioning in similar ways to the PH imbalances, and approaching it that way can help it become healthier.
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Tantric FriendshipsTantra is just as useful with friends and family as it is with lovers, and don't forget that! Here are some suggestions.
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American Frame Review: Framing Option to Save MoneyGiving framing, or framed art, is a great idea for a present. But if you're on a deadline and can't deal with mistakes, don't risk American Frame.
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The Energetics of ColonicsColonics can be very healing or cause severe health problems depending on whether purifications are used at the same time. -
Water and Tantra YogaThis explores water from the standpoint of Tantra, when it comes to drinking it, honoring it, symbolizing it, ritualizing it, bathing with it, blessing it, needing it with Kundalini rising, and more.
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Leaving Our Colors Behind: Auras Stick to What We Sit OnDo you have a psychic butt? Probably more than you realize. -
Dealing with Ghosts: Communication, Transference and Other OptionsGhosts can be moved onto the other side with intent, sensitive communication, and energy transference, sometimes with dramatic effects.
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Tantric Massage: The Finer Points of this Sensual Massage"Tantra" has become a buzzword these days, especially in the more progressive cities and. Especially in the more wealthy areas, "Tantric Massage" has become more and more offered as a matter, of course, of an erotic service.
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Exploring Your Dominate Side in a RelationshipWhen you explore your potential as a dom in a relationship, use action words, get in touch with your ability to tune into power and, and your right to be respected. You may find everything in your life changes.
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The Chi Machine and Tantric MeditationThe Chi Machine produces results similar to Tantra Yoga, by balancing the Ida and Pingala pathways, opening the central channel, creating a dynamic meditative state. Here are some hints to enhance that effect. -
Obama's Sanpaku EyesSome photos of Obama show him to have Sanpaku eyes, which indicate a foolhardy personality driven to exhaust the adrenal glands. Sanpaku eyes are said to be a trait of people who put themselves in grave danger. -
Ghost Auras: What Does a Ghost Look Like?Ghosts do indeed have auras, or, ARE auras, as they have nothing else. Learning to see auras may mean seeing the living and the dead both, and seeing how they interact. Ghosts do what the living can do, including leaving some of their aura color on you.
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Pushing the Woman onto the Bed: A Sexual Technique She May LoveMen may want to try pushing their women down onto the bed as a show of aggressive male power, as a way to turn her on. But only if you're sure she will want it. -
Candida and the BedroomCandida can ruin your sexual relationship if you don't watch out!
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Samsung Mini DV Digital Camcorder SC-D372This camcorder has poor quality in low light, tinny, low sound, and was made in a factory in which the workers are treated very poorly. -
Day of the Dead and the History of Inter-Dimensional Interactions:The Day of the Dead combines Aztec, Celtic, and Roman Christian traditions of otherworldly interactions. The procession is beautiful, yet associated with sacrifice. Otherworldly beings are afoot, wanting to be fed. -
COQ10 for Heart Chakra MagicCOQ10 helsp with energy production and heart repair. It helps our auras, our ability to create our future and, especially if charged and used with intent, therapy or Tantric exercises, can enhance loving magic for major transformations.
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Living with Bears, Sea Lions... and Bigfoot?I lived with Black Bears and Sea Lions near Florence, Oregon, eating berries, sleeping on the ground on a blanket, or in a packing crate, as part of my Tantric ascetic lifestyle, helpful for a healer and spiritual teacher. Then.... GIANT tracks!
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Your Aura is Following Me: Other People's Colors in Our AurasWe leave a little of our auras behind on seats, beds, etc.. Others can pick this up, taking on feelings they don't understand. There are ways to keep this from happening, and remove the contagion of auras once it occurs. This is highly recommended.
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Head Rushes and Forgetfulness vs. Tasty Treats and an Even KeelYummy foods like NuNaturals licorice, along with reflexology, emotional release, avoiding stimulants, etc. help avoid fatigue, weight gain, blurred vision, bloating, crying spells, back pain, and more.
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Tantra Yoga: The Adrenals and the EgoTantra yoga exercises and lifestyle help us release our addictions to actions and substances that stimulate the adrenal glands to produce excessive hormones, and subsequently, restore harmony within our egos. -
Interview with the Ron Bales, of the Band Lucid FictionThe band Lucid Fiction encourages us to look behind the deceits of society. Ron and Tantra, the writer, independently coined the phrase "Lucid Fiction." Ron speaks on topics including ancient ET gods, 911 lies, chemtrails, how not to be a slave.
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Ambiguity is Your FriendConsiously cultivate ambiguity with rituals, improvising, visualizations, playing.
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Embracing AmbiguityBeing stuck in needing rigid certainty can cause issues that can be freed up by giving yourself permission to feel ambiguity and enjoy it.
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A New Literary Genre, Lucid FictionA gap exists in between existing genres which leaves out a type of experimental literature that explores beyond the conventional definitions of character, plot, the quantum nature of reality, and the conspiracies that hide behind mass illusions continued by literature.
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Tantra as PhysicsOne way of looking at the Dieties, etc. in Tantra is as descriptions of physics principles. Tantric concepts of the vibrations between the non manifest and the manifest, the still points, standing waves, the continuity of all things, and such are all sophisticated explorations of the quantum world s
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Tantra as ContinuityOne of the meanings of the Sanskrit word "Tantra" is "the web," describing the interconnectedness of all things. That concept can be felt from the inside by doing the exercises.
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Tantra and DreamsEnjoy the dreamlike surreal intro to this video that explores the relationship between Tantra and the Bonpos to dreams and this world as dream. Dream yoga is a traditional form of meditation that is powerful and beautiful.
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A Tantric Meditation (Om Ah Hum)As done by Tantric monks, this traditional mantra vitalizes you, moves energies upwards dynamically, develops your chakras, and expands your awareness.
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Tantra and ChemicalsPeople who are Tantric avoid chemicals for the sake of the environment, natural energy flows, spirituality. Practicing Tantra while also using a wide variety of chemical products is a contradiction.
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Alternate Nostril Breath Tantric MeditationA traditional yogic exercise, this balances the Ida and Pingala nadis, the two major astral pathways of electromagnetic and etheric flow of energy along the spine. This balances the personality, the brain hemispheres, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and allows the Kundalini to r
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Tantra and ActivismTantra has traditionally been relating to the whole world as one unified conscious love that we have a responsibility to treat harmoniously. People thinking they are Tantric must examine their everyday choices and actions.
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Oliver! Inspires Northeast AlabamaOliver!, at Northeast Alabama Community College, celebrates the potential for freedom in the face of oppressive power structures. M. Webb and all involved have brought out star quality. The promise of self empowerment echoed in the theme of the play enlivens the audience. -
Cezanne's Carrot Magazine for Spiritual WritingCezanne's Carrot is a rare but growing breed of magazines of literature and creative non fiction that acknowledges that we are spiritual beings.
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Xylitol: A Sweet Natural CureXylitol should be considered as a natural sweetener rather than automatically using agave, as it is lower on the glycemic scale, has more health benefits, and has the same bulk and sweet taste. It reverses the terrible effects of sugar and reduces cravings for it.
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Truly Sweet SteviaMost people think of stevia is very bitter, but some brands are actually quite sweet. Considering the harm that sugar and artificial sweeteners do, and the great benefits of stevia, people who think it is bitter should give this type a chance.
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Going Nude on Berkeley Campus to Save the TreesTo try to save the oak grove near the street in Berkeley Campus from destruction, 78 of us took off our clothes and lay face down on the ground, with police and media and a hundred onlookers while Jack Gescheidt took beautiful photos. What was it like personally?
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Traits of a Good Tantra TeacherStudying Tantra is perhaps the most sacred, important thing you could be doing, and it is vitally important to be able to put your trust in a teacher who is qualified to help your energies rise properly.
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Sporadic Red Urine: It May Be BeeturiaBeeturia, when the urine turns red after eating beets, generally means a person is low in iron. Sometimes it is from pernicious anemia. Get some iron and eat beets again as a check up.
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Don't Let Yeast Infections Stop the Flow of Your Day: Be PreparedA savvy woman prepares for sudden itching outbreaks from yeast, and carries Stevia and either homeopathic vaginal inserts or garlic in her purse, has homeopathic sexual lubricant by her bed, knows the right diet and herbs for keeping Candida free
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Is Your Fundraising Event Flirtable Enough?Rather than assuming people will go to your fundraiser to help out the cause, consider what really drives them. The deeper need is for intimate human contact, feeling they can draw closer to people they are interested in.
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Is Your Fundraising Event Hip Enough?When devising a fundraiser, pay attention to your marketting, music, people you invite, etc, in order to make it hip enough to attract a crowd.
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How to Increase Your Psychic Abilities with Tarot CardsWith much dedication to developing my psychic abilities, using the Tarot cards, I was able to attain 100 percent accuracy when naming a card while only seeing the back of it. If we are giving Tarot readings and can't do this, how accurate are we, really?
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New Age Manifesting TechniquesNew Age manifesting techniques are useful, and I have great experience with them, but have found they do not work each time as claimed. I feel it is useful to go beyond overgeneralization, and look more deeply into what may cause events in our lives.
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Lone Wolf Camping at Burning Man: The Walk-in SectionMany people have never realized the walk-in camping section at Burning Man exists. But it is the best way to get some sleep and privacy, away from generators, constant foot and bike traffic, people pulling in next to you in the middle of the night. -
Riding Bikes for AIDS and the Sexist Band in San Francisco: Candy from StrangersThe annual AIDS Lifecycle is coming up, with 2000 cyclists riding from San Francisco.. Candy from Strangers is very involved in this cause, putting on a benefit and working rest stop 4. Their music is scintillating, their show sexy and dynamic.
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How to Talk to Your Anorexic Daughters:They May Have Correctable Health ImbalancesWhile anorexic daughters may be that way partly because of profiling and genetics, they may also have health imbalances that contribute to a bloated body. If you can help them address those issues, you will be seen as a friend, and stave off the anorexia.
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My Life as Tantra BenskoI left the academic life to live outside, doing spiritual practices, and my active Kundalini gained even more force by doing more powerful spiritual exercises. I became a healer, and spiritual teacher for many and a well published artist and writer.
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Blue Diamond Almond MilkBlue Diamond Almond Milk is a good choice for the health conscious shopper who wants to avoid the health problems associated with other forms of milk. And it tastes great.
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Lydia's Organics Green CrackersLydia's Organics Green Crackers maintain the life force because their enzymes are not cooked out of them, but rather heightened through the soaking and sprouting process. They are vegan, grain free, oil free, and made with love.
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Outer Sunset in San Francisco for the Health ConsciousThe Outer Sunset District of San Francisco boasts three health food venues on Judah Street, near the beach. You can find fresh sqeazed juices, vegan ice cream, soups made from local seaweed, and stock up on organic produce, all within two blocks.
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The Taste of Blood: A Ghost StoryWhile travelling, my companion and I ended up inadvertantly sleeping where a ghost lived, and that affected my friend greatly. I was able to help the ghost move on.
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Diabetes and SteviaStevia gives diabetics a healthy, safe form of sweetening that has been shown to be free from side effects, and will lower the blood sugar. Aspartame makes diabetes worse, as does sugar, while Stevia is used to treat it, in Germany, and Japan.
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Stevia Product Review: Nu NaturalsNu Naturals brand Stevia is all natural, won't raise the blood sugar like some brands with added sugars, and is less concentrated, so easier to cook with without mistakes. Stevia is an excellent choice for those concerned with their health.
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Expanding Sex in the Age of STDsRather than trusting condoms to protect us from STDs, if we are serious about our health, we may need to be more celibate. But we can avoid being left out, wan, or hardened, and expand our sense of sexuality, which may even have benefits.
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The Finch Mob CollectiveA new phenomenon is occuring in San Francisco: the Finch Mob Collective, bringing us incrediblely innovative art and performances in a hip, fun environment, great for meeting people, and being inspired, and entertained.
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Art and Poetry of Non Linear ConsciousnessAt The Canvas Gallery in San Francisco, you can now see art by Liz Amini Holmes' art at the Combined Weight show, and see a preview of some of the images she will be publishing to ilustrate poetry by Michael Marks.
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How to Be a Truly Great Artistic ModelBeing a great model involves bringing through your unique essence with verve and power, acting, sensitively portraying what the photographer has in mind, being real. making the photosession transformative for the photographer and the image's audience . -
Pulling a Woman's Hair to Spice Up Your Sex LifeMost women willl be incapacitated immediately by this move. Even if they don't seem submissive, check out their openess. Don't grab too large an area of hair. Only at the nape of the neck. Pull straight down. Be forceful. She will be yours.
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Personal Lubricants: Does Sex Kill?Commercial personal lubcricants, and lubricated condoms contain harmful chemicals, such as benzene, which has been implicated in causing AIDS. There are a variety of natural lubriants available, which allow your life to be much more sage and enjoyable.
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Ready to Ride? There May Be a Bike Library Near YouAre you aware that you could most likely get a bike today for free, to keep for however long you want? Check out your local bike library and help the earth, and empower yourself
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The Associated Content Cave CollectiveIn obsure caves, our fact filled heroine discovers the lifestyle of Associated Content writers is filled with play, love, heroism, and high drama. In the twist ending, she realizes sharing of knowledge has more power and suspense than she had imagined.