Okay so... I'm not going to lie, this book is mind-blowing. It puts into words everything that I've experienced in my personal meditation practice, and now I have a framework in which to view meditation and mindfulness.

In fact, just about every paragraph in this book is highly intentional and startlingly clear. I was gaining new understanding with each sentence, and I think that that is the spirit of Tantra itself. The act of understanding one's true nature is indeed the full manifestation of the goddess Kali herself, and is vital to understanding how this life works.

I am not planning on converting to Hinduism any time soon, but I don't need to, because the religion of each individual is still a (very specific) manifestation of the divine goddess. Tantra is the essence of all, and all is the essence of Tantra. The two are interchangeable and cannot be separated.