01/09/2026
Grateful for an introduction to Kashmir Shaivism on Sunday - from the knowledgeable Vaibhav Kaul at Mare Noble . We learned more about the history, listened to beautiful chants, got overwhelmed by many concepts and mysticism, went into non duality, and looked at the dynamics between yantra mantra ta**ra.
I was on my cycle day 30, pretty much in the void. So anything being shared around the void, really spoke to me. Especially when he said “the void is the gateway to absolute truth”. Wuaaaa - that resonated a lot.
I applies so well to menstrual cycle awareness.
When we get in our inner void, right before we start bleeding, we detach from the material world and are dragged into our spiritual world - to make contact with life source. Imagining this void as a vast, dark space of limitlessness gives us the opportunity to connect with the limitlessness of the universe (that also resides inside of us), to have a little ego death, return more to ourselves, and from there, start our new cycle again. How potent is that!?
The menstrual cycle is a woman’s spiritual practice. Our hormones literally shift our energy and where our attention goes. When leaning into that, we get - every menstruation again - the chance to connect with our deepest, truest essence - and gain more liberation from there.
Gaze into the void so you can attain the void.
So many more interesting things were said. Looking forward to sit with them, and further integrate.
Eventually it all comes down to how we are on a quest for union, seeking for liberation - with at the essence of all: unconditional love 💖