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The Body and World as Pure Consciousness
Contemplate the whole body — or the whole world — as nothing but consciousness; thought-free, the supreme dawns.
Source verse · Verse 63
सर्वं देहं चिन्मयं हि जगद्वा परिभावयेत्। युगपन्निर्विकल्पेन मनसा परमोदयः॥
sarvaṃ dehaṃ cinmayaṃ hi jagad vā paribhāvayet | yugapan nirvikalpena manasā paramodayaḥ
Contemplate the whole body — or the whole world — as nothing but consciousness; thought-free, the supreme dawns.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes either
How to practice
- 1Bring to mind the whole body, or the whole world around you.
- 2Instead of seeing it as matter, contemplate that it is made entirely of consciousness (cinmaya) — awareness appearing as form.
- 3Hold this with a thought-free (nirvikalpa) mind, not as an idea but as a felt seeing.
- 4Let the division between aware-subject and inert-object collapse; rest in the supreme arising that follows.
Practice note. This is recognition, not imagination: not "coating" things with consciousness, but seeing they were never separate from it. Hold it lightly and thought-free.
Terms in this technique
- cit
- Consciousness itself, the aware principle.
- aham
- The sense of "I"; the self that is inquired into.
- ātman
- The true self; awareness as one’s own being.
- bhāvanā
- Contemplative imagination; cultivating a state through felt imagery.
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)