Since humans developed self awareness, there has only been one question that we have sought to discover, even with the complexities of modern life this singular question remains, Who am I?
We’ve developed many perspectives to try and answer this question; religious, psychological, biological, anthropological, etc but the problems with all intellectualisations is that they create their own pitfalls which leave the questioner ultimately unsatisfied.
The Shivoham Institute was created to help guide people to answer this ethereal question for themselves. Relying on a combination of ancient tantric and yogic knowledge, alongside modern scientific discoveries, we help prepare our students for experiences of the true self. This is not something that can be directly taught, as that to would too fall to trap of inventing words to
describe experiences which often leads to confusion – something very apparent even in the yogic world.
From this new foundation of understanding of the self, we guide our students on how to move back into the world. This is the importance of tantra, we do not preach asceticism or hiding away from the world. The world needs good people but if you do not understand who you are, how do you know what you want or how should you direct yourself? Simply striving to be create more
clarity, harmony and unlocking energy path ways is useful but can be rendered redundant if directed to the wrong place.
You may wonder why we should rely on ancient teachings as logically understanding should improve with time. Originally, all was simply one and even in times of early man life moved through us and there was no need for questions as we all lived according to our life`s journey.
Now, we have infinite labels to describe things in which we all define differently. Take the word love for example, such an important part of our lives yet you’d struggle to find a definition everyone can agree on.
The first tantrics and yogis, only being later categorised as such were born into the perfect point in history where the balance of self awareness and simplicity enabled deep discoveries into the nature of our existence. This is not to say that we discount science, in fact we happily employ the scientific method as we only ask you to experiment to discover the answers for yourself and
never force what is right or wrong. As you progress you will see how meaningless these words are.
Ultimately, what we are trying to achieve with The Shivoham Institute is a continuation of the ripple effect that life has brought into our lives. We can see the compounding effect of helping people re-discover themselves and enter into world as they go on to help others. Eventually, we see a revolution of ideals that has already begun as life rebalances itself to allow us to enjoy the best of both modern and ancient forms of living.