Artwork:  By Bahar Acharjya, collage & pencil on paper, 2007. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent This text is not a manifesto or a spiritual prescription. It is an inquiry grounded in lived experience, an attempt to name a pattern I have encountered repeatedly across intimacy, community, and creative life. Many people today touch moments of clarity, love, or expanded awaren

Artwork:  By Bahar Acharjya, Lajja Gauri, watercolor & colored pencil on paper, 2026 © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent Many people today touch moments of clarity, connection, or presence. They experience love, insight, or a sense of coherence that feels deeply real. Yet just as often, these states do not last. They fade under the pressure of daily life, relationships, scar

Artwork:  By Bahar Acharjya, Agni, watercolor & colored pencil on paper, 2021. Agni artwork as a stabilizing field: energy held in symmetry, rhythm, and containment © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent My philosophy is deeply related to ancient tantra, not as a belief system, lineage, or inherited practice, but as a mode of intelligence concerned with one central question: ho

Artwork:  Mohini, as containment, by Bahar Acharjya. Mixed media on clayboard, 2022. This image is a digitally refined version of the original work, adapted for this article. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent The word tantra  is one of the most misunderstood terms in contemporary spiritual culture. In popular Western usage, it is often associated with sexual technique, e

Artwork:  By Bahar Acharjya, graphite & pencil on paper, 2021. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent What is intimacy? At its simplest, intimacy means closeness. But closeness exists on many levels. Some people experience intimacy primarily through physical closeness, sexual contact, or touch. Others experience it through mental connection, shared thoughts, or emotional exchan

Artwork by Bahar Acharjya, Divine Counterparts , 2026. Colored pencil on paper, digitally refined. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent Sri Aurobindo’s work emerged from a mode of consciousness oriented toward vision, higher mind, and evolutionary transmission. His philosophical contribution was to articulate a future state of human consciousness with extraordinary clarity an

Artwork:  By Bahar Acharjya, “The Intelligence of One Field” , graphite & pencil on paper, 2026. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent When I speak about polyamory, I’m aware that what I’m expressing does not align neatly with how the term is commonly understood or practiced today. This isn’t a judgment, and it isn’t a prescription. It is simply an honest articulation of how r

Artwork: By Bahar Acharjya, The Serpent Covenant, graphite & pencil on paper, 2026 © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. Artwork may not be reproduced, distributed, or used without explicit written permission. (A personal reflection, not a universal rule) When I speak about sovereignty and committed union, I’m not speaking from ideology. I’m speaking from lived, embodied experience, and from how energy actually behaves in my body and in my life. The clearest way I can d

Artwork: By Bahar Acharjya, The Serpent Covenant, Graphite and pencil on paper with digital tonal integration, 2026 © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. Artwork may not be reproduced, distributed, or used without explicit written permission. Twentieth-century spiritual movements often positioned romantic attachment and committed relationship as impediments to awakening. Teachers such as Osho rejected marriage, exclusivity, and long-term bonding as extensions of social

The journey to the womb of Divine Mother, a plant consciousness, a butterfly heart, and to the underground; the warm heart of our mother earth It is past midnight. I’m Lying in bed spooning my partner Deepayan’s back, my womb touching his spine as he sleeps. My cosmic friend Rachel, who had come to visit me for the weekend, is in the living room with her boyfriend. Whenever I meet her, time stops. We see shooting stars together, and there is so much magic in the air. In this

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