IdentityLightVisualizationVerse 86advanced
All Things as Bhairava, Bearing Infinite Light
A little knowing gives duality; know the whole universe as the form of Bhairava, and you bear infinite light.
Source verse · Verse 86
किञ्चिज्ज्ञातं द्वैतदायि बाह्यालोकस्तमः पुनः। विश्वादि भैरवं रूपं ज्ञात्वानन्तप्रकाशभृत्॥
kiñcijjñātaṃ dvaitadāyi bāhyālokas tamaḥ punaḥ | viśvādi bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ jñātvānantaprakāśabhṛt
A little knowing gives duality; know the whole universe as the form of Bhairava, and you bear infinite light.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes either
How to practice
- 1Notice how partial, piecemeal knowing always splits the world into this and that, light and dark, self and other.
- 2Instead of knowing things one fragment at a time, contemplate the whole universe — everything at once — as the single form of Bhairava.
- 3Hold this total vision: all of it, awareness; nothing outside it.
- 4As fragmentary knowing gives way to whole seeing, rest as the bearer of infinite light (ananta-prakāśa).
Practice note. The cure for duality is not more knowledge but whole knowledge: seeing everything as one Bhairava-light rather than as separate, partially-lit things.
Terms in this technique
- cit
- Consciousness itself, the aware principle.
- tejas
- Light, brilliance, inner fire.
- bhairava
- The fierce, all-encompassing form of Shiva; ultimate consciousness.
- aham
- The sense of "I"; the self that is inquired into.
Sources consulted
- Jaideva Singh, Vijñānabhairava: The Manual for Self-Realization (Motilal Banarsidass, 1979)
- Swami Lakshmanjoo, Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization (Universal Shaiva Fellowship, 2007)
- Bettina Bäumer, Vijñâna Bhairava: The Practice of Centering Awareness (Indica Books, 2011)