Vijnana Bhairava 87 88 Awakening In Darkness

The practice of meditation in the dark, to reveal inner light :

evam eva durniśāyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣāgame ciram |

taimiram bhāvayan rūpam bhairavaṃ rūpam eṣyati || 87 ||

"Just like that, evoking darkness

for a long time in a dark night

of the dark fortnight,

one will go to the divine form."

evam eva nimīlyādau netre kṛṣṇābham agrataḥ |

prasārya bhairavaṃ rūpam bhāvayaṃs tanmayo bhavet || 88 ||

"Just like that, having first closed one's eyes,

a dark blue light appears in (the space in) front.

Realizing (that) form as divine,

one becomes that."