The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- Shruti Patel
- Mar 20
- 2 min read
People are waking up. They’re seeking beyond the material, craving the eternal. But are we just building another matrix? Another system we’ll have to break free from?
We sit in ceremony on land rich with wisdom yet scarred by exploitation. We dance in ecstasy, praying for the world, calling on Shakti, speaking of empowerment.
And yet every 16 minutes, a woman is raped in India.
Whilst we chant Shiva’s name, men are taking their own lives at an unprecedented rate.
We honor the divine, but how do we treat one another?
How do we treat this land?
Maa Ganga is being poisoned. Sacred temples are being bulldozed. Spirituality has become a marketplace, where ancient wisdom is repackaged, sold at extortionate costs, and stripped of its true nature.
What about Kundalini Shakti? She is not your shortcut to bliss. She is not a tool for power. She is not to be forced, manipulated, or “activated” by self-proclaimed gurus playing God.
Energy vampires are feeding off true devotion, turning awakening into exploitation. Turning seekers into addicts. Turning Tantra into a transaction.
THIS ISN’T TANTRA. THIS ISN’T LIBERATION. THIS IS VIOLENCE.
There is fire rising within me. A fire that demands we burn down the systems that leads to baby girls being murdered at birth. Systems that uphold genital mutilation. Systems that force people into silence and compliance.
It’s time to dismantle this and we begin at home.
Are you raising your daughters to honor their blood, their bodies, and their rest? To know their power was never meant to be tamed? To take up space, express freely, nurture sisterhood, and love humanity - learning from nature, which will always reveal who they truly are?
Are you guiding your sons to embrace their full humanity? Encouraging them to feel, to understand they are walking consciousness, that their power lies in protecting not out of dominance but through service. To honour their instincts, not suppress and to walk with integrity and embody devotion.
In our ceremonies and communities as teachers, facilitators and instructors, are we thanking the land that holds us? Are we honoring the traditions that call us to action?
Are we actually coming together in true devotion, or are we just building another hierarchy—another illusion of superiority wrapped in spiritual language? Are we dismantling oppression, or are we simply reshaping it under the guise of enlightenment?
Shakti is rising. Will you rise with her? Or will you stay trapped in illusion, soothing yourself with rituals while the world cries out for action?
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