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 awarene

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 This text is not a manifesto, a spiritual teaching, or a proposal for a universal way of living. It is an inquiry grounded in lived experience, an attempt to name something I have encountered through lived experimentation with intimacy, community, and crea

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