Vijnana Bhairava 11 112 Awakening Through Exhaustion

 The practice of recognizing naked awareness in physical exhaustion and physical collapse :

bhrāntvā bhrāntvā śarīreṇa tvaritam bhuvi pātanāt |

kṣobhaśaktivirāmeṇa parā saṃjāyate daśā || 111 ||

"Wandering for a long time with 'one's) body,

one collapses all at once on the ground.

When the agittation of energy stops,

then the supreme state fully arises."

ādhāreṣv athavā 'śaktyā 'jñānāc cittalayena vā |

jātaśaktisamāveśakṣobhānte bhairavaṃ vapuḥ || 112 ||

"Or, when one is unable to perceive things

or when attention dissolves away,

then at the end of that taking over by agitation,

the divine body (manifests)."

Vijnana Bhairava 107 108 Stop Thinking

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 The practice of realizing allpervading consciousness and not thinking :

svavad anyaśarīre'pi saṃvittim anubhāvayet |

apekṣāṃ svaśarīrasya tyaktvā vyāpī dinair bhavet || 107 ||

"One should have the experience of consciousness

in another's body, (just) like in one's own.

Being freed of depending on one's body,

one will become (all) pervasive in a matter of days."

nirādhāraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā vikalpān na vikalpayet |

tadātmaparamātmatve bhairavo mṛgalocane || 108 ||

"Having freed attention from all supports,

one should not think (any) thoughts.

That (state of) self being the supreme self;

one becomes divine, o gazelle-eyed one !"

nana Bhairava 103 104 Expanding One's Body Beyond Ordinary Conventions

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The practice of expading one's body beyond the confines of ordinary experience :

na cittaṃ nikṣiped duḥkhe na sukhe vā parikṣipet |

bhairavi jñāyatāṃ madhye kiṃ tattvam avaśiṣyate || 103 ||

"One should not throw one's attention in pain,

nor entirely in pleasure, o Goddess !

One should know (their) center.

(And then) what ? Being remains."

vihāya nijadehasthaṃ sarvatrāsmīti bhāvayan |

dṛḍhena manasā dṛṣṭyā nānyekṣiṇyā sukhī bhavet || 104 ||

"Having dropped away identifification to one's body (only),

one should realize that 'I am everywhere'.

Through (such a) stable mental gaze,

one becomes independant from (any) 'other', (and hence)

one shall be at ease."

Thoughts of No One

 

The practice of realizing transcendance from thoughts and form the body :

nirnimittam bhavej jñānaṃ nirādhāram bhramātmakam |

tattvataḥ kasyacin naitad evambhāvī śivaḥ priye || 99 ||

"Cognition arises without cause,

it is without ground and a pure delusion.

Really, it doesn't belong to anyone :

being thus, one becomes God, o dear one !"

ciddharmā sarvadeheṣu viśeṣo nāsti kutracit |

ataś ca tanmayaṃ sarvam bhāvayan bhavajij janaḥ || 100 ||

"Consciousness is in all bodies.

There is no difference anywhere.

ANd thus all is consciousness.

Realizing this,

one becomes a master of existence."

Vijnana Bhairava 84 85 The Yoga of Space

The practice of the yoga of space :

ākāśaṃ vimalam paśyan kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṃ nirantarām |

stabdhātmā tatkṣaṇād devi bhairavaṃ vapur āpnuyāt || 84 ||

"Looking at pure space,

with gaze unmoving,

stable from that (very) moment,

one will reach the divine body, o Goddess !"

līnaṃ mūrdhni viyat sarvam bhairavatvena bhāvayet |

tat sarvam bhairavākāratejastattvaṃ samāviśet || 85 ||

"One should realise the whole of space,

as divine, mixed where (one's) head (is supposed to be).

All that (appear in this absence of the head, in that space)

is the glow of the divine.

One shall becomme completely absorbed in (that) being."

 

Vijnana Bhairava 82 83 Moving In Space

 

The practice of moving slowly :

āsane śayane sthitvā nirādhāraṃ vibhāvayan |

svadehaṃ manasi kṣiṇe kṣaṇāt kṣīṇāśayo bhavet || 82 ||

Seated (or) lying down,

one should feel that one's body is without support.

When attention is gone,

from that (very) moment one's habits will be gone (too)."

calāsane sthitasyātha śanair vā dehacālanāt |

praśānte mānase bhāve devi divyaugham āpnuyāt || 83 ||

"Seated in a vehicule or

moving the body slowly,

when attention has become peaceful,

one will reach the divine flow, o Goddess !"

Vijnana Bhairava 77 78 79 Postures of Awakening

 The practice of the Shambhavi Mudra and taking advantage of the intimate connexion between body and mind :

karaṅkiṇyā krodhanayā bhairavyā lelihānayā |

khecaryā dṛṣṭikāle ca parāvāptiḥ prakāśate || 77 ||

"At the time of (practicing divine) vision 

with the body like a corpse,

the face in wonder, eyes wide open,

mouth dropped and wide open awareness,

the supreme state shines."

mṛdvāsane sphijaikena hastapādau nirāśrayam |

nidhāya tatprasaṅgena parā pūrṇā matir bhavet || 78 ||

"On a soft seat, resting only on one's buttock,

hands and feet hanging loose,

in that situation,

attention will become free and full."

upaviśyāsane samyag bāhū kṛtvārdhakuñcitau |

kakṣavyomni manaḥ kurvan śamam āyāti tallayāt || 79 ||

"Taking a seat

with arms crossed on one another,

attention focused on the space below the arms/ on the belly/

on both sides/ on the space around,

one goes in peace by dissolving in that."

Vijnana Bhairava 63 64 65 Feeling the Body, the Breath and the World, As Bliss

The practice of feeling one's body, breath or the world, as bliss :

sarvaṃ dehaṃ cinmayaṃ hi jagad vā paribhāvayet |

yugapan nirvikalpena manasā paramodayaḥ || 63 ||

"One should completely feel all the body or all the world

as filled with awareness, all at once,

with undivided attention.

The supreme awakening will come."

vāyudvayasya saṃghaṭṭād antar vā bahir antataḥ |

yogī samatvavijñānasamudgamanabhājanam || 64 ||

"Throught the fusion/friction of the two wind-(breath)

from inside to outside, or from outside to inside,

the yogi enjoys the arising of 

the direct experience of equality."

sarvaṃ jagat svadehaṃ vā svānandabharitaṃ smaret |

yugapat svāmṛtenaiva parānandamayo bhavet || 65 ||

"One should keep present the whole world or one's body

as being filled with bliss, all at once.

That nectar of the Self will suffice

to become filled with supreme bliss."

Vijnana Bhairava 52 53 54 Dissolving Everything Into Light

The practice of dissolving everything into light :

kālāgninā kālapadād utthitena svakam puram |
pluṣṭam vicintayed ante śāntābhāsas tadā bhavet || 52 ||
"One should visualize one's body
being burnt by the Fire of Time arising from
the big toe of the right foot.
Then at the end (of that burning), one shall be healed."

evam eva jagat sarvaṃ dagdhaṃ dhyātvā vikalpataḥ |
ananyacetasaḥ puṃsaḥ pumbhāvaḥ paramo bhavet || 53 ||
"In that very (same) way, one should contemplate the whole world
being burnt, without anything remaining (avikalpatah).
Pour the One entirely focused on that,
the One supreme state shall happen."

svadehe jagato vāpi sūkṣmasūkṣmatarāṇi ca |
tattvāni yāni nilayaṃ dhyātvānte vyajyate parā || 54 ||
"Visualizing the levels of being
dissolving away, into more and more subtle levels,
at the end the Supreme (Goddess)
will manifest clearly."

Vijnana Bhairava 49 50 51 Awareness Above the Head

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The practice of dissolving awareness in the space above the head (verses 50 and 51), or in the heart (verse 49) :

hṛdyākāśe nilīnākṣaḥ padmasampuṭamadhyagaḥ |
ananyacetāḥ subhage paraṃ saubhāgyam āpnuyāt || 49 ||
"With closed eyes and attention focused
in the space of the heart,
in the middle of the two lotuses joined,
one shall get supreme happiness,o Happy One !"

sarvataḥ svaśarīrasya dvādaśānte manolayāt |
dṛḍhabuddher dṛḍhībhūtaṃ tattvalakṣyam pravartate || 50 ||
"Always dissolving attention in 
the space above the head of one's body,
for one who has stable intelligence,
stable being, the aim, shall become alive."

yathā tathā yatra tatra dvādaśānte manaḥ kṣipet ||
pratikṣaṇaṃ kṣīṇavṛtter vailakṣaṇyaṃ dinair bhavet || 51 ||
"Throwing attention above the head
in all situations, at each moment,
for the one whose mental activity is being destroyed,
the undefinable shall happen in days."

Vijnana Bhairava 46 47 48 Feeling the Body In Space

The practice of feeling space pervading the body. I am not locked down inside the body or inside anything. Rather, the body and all places are inside me, in the space of awareness :

tanūdeśe śūnyataiva kṣaṇamātraṃ vibhāvayet |
nirvikalpaṃ nirvikalpo nirvikalpasvarūpabhāk || 46 ||
"One shloud feel, just for a moment, 
that very emptiness within the body,
in an undivided manner (nirvikalpam).
Undivided shall enjoy one's undivided essence."

sarvaṃ dehagataṃ dravyaṃ viyadvyāptaṃ mṛgekṣaṇe |
vibhāvayet tatas tasya bhāvanā sā sthirā bhavet || 47 ||
"O gazelle-eyed-one ! One should feel all the substance of one's body
as being pervaded by space.
Then one's feeling shall 
become stable."

dehāntare tvagvibhāgam bhittibhūtaṃ vicintayet |
na kiṃcid antare tasya dhyāyann adhyeyabhāg bhavet || 48 ||
"One should evoke clearly that there is nothing
inside the body,
the skin being like a wall.
Seeing thus, one shall enjoy that which cannot be seen."