By Osho

All tantra treatises are dialogues between Shiv and Devi. Devi questions and Shiv answers. It is not a dialogue between a teacher and a disciple; it is a dialogue between two lovers. And tantra signifies that the deeper teachings cannot be given unless there is love between the two – the disciple and the master.

So, it is a language of love; the disciple must be in an attitude of love. You need not be a woman to be a disciple, but you need to be in a feminine attitude of receptivity. When Devi asks, it means the feminine attitude asks. Why this emphasis on the feminine attitude?
Man and woman are not only physically different, but they are also psychologically different. Sex is not only a difference in the body; it is a difference in psychologies also.

Feminine receptivity means a womb-like receptivity in the inner depth, so that you can receive. And not only that – much more is implied. A woman is not only receiving something, the moment she receives it, it becomes a part of her body. A child is received. A woman conceives; the moment there is conception, the child has become part of the feminine body. It is not alien; it is not foreign.
A disciple needs womb-like receptivity. Whatsoever is received is not to be gathered as dead knowledge. It must grow in you; it must become blood and bones in you. This growth will change you, will transform you – the receiver. That is why tantra uses this device.

Every treatise starts with Devi asking a question and Shiv replying to it. Devi is Shiv’s consort, his feminine part.

That is why tantra is written in love language. Something must also be understood about love language. There are two types of language: logical language and love language. There are basic differences between the two.

Logical language is aggressive, argumentative, violent. My ego is always ‘right’. Love language is totally different. ‘I am not concerned with my ego; i am concerned with you.’ It is a compassion to help you to grow, to help you transform, to help you be reborn.

Vijnan means consciousness, and bhairav is a specific term, a tantra term for one who has gone beyond. That is why Shiv is known as Bhairav and Devi is known as Bhairavi – those who have gone beyond dualities.

In our experience only love can give a glimpse. That is why love becomes the very basic device to impart tantric wisdom. In our experience we can say that only love is something which goes beyond duality. When two people are in love, the deeper they move into it, the less and less they are two, the more and more they become one. And a point comes and a peak is reached when only apparently, they are two. Inwardly they are one; the duality is transcended.

Tantra is pure science. Tantra doesn’t touch your religion at all. Tantra says that religion is a social affair… When you are ill, then whether you are a Hindu or a Mohammedan makes no difference. Tantra is amoral. On the contrary, you are immoral because you have a disturbed mind.

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