ABSTRACT
This chapter develops the theme of transgression in more detail, suggesting an intimate relationship between the three-dimensional nature of consciousness and perceptions of time. It explores transformative rites, in which both death and sexuality are practised' or mimicked' by practitioners, who thereby uncover relationships between physical experiences and consciousness. The practice' of death, the intermediate state, and rebirth is often referred to in higher yoga tantras as bringing them to the path' and transforming them into the three bodies of the Buddha. Rather, all three bodies of the Buddha are based on corporal experiences of emotional energy, which are thought to express themselves in differing degrees of subtlety, reflected in the visualizations connected with them. It is also integral to the six yogas of Naropa', being the basis for emanating the illusory body, perceiving clear light'; the transference of consciousness into a higher realm, and bardo yoga, which utilizes the state of dreaming.
