VoidVisualizationDissolutionVerse 119intermediate
Drop the Remembered Scene
While vividly recalling an object or a place, suddenly drop the mind from it; with the body unsupported, the Lord spreads forth.
Source verse · Verse 119
वस्तुषु स्मर्यमाणेषु दृष्टे देशे मनस्त्यजेत्। स्वशरीरं निराधारं कृत्वा प्रसरति प्रभुः॥
vastuṣu smaryamāṇeṣu dṛṣṭe deśe manas tyajet | svaśarīraṃ nirādhāraṃ kṛtvā prasarati prabhuḥ
While vividly recalling an object or a place, suddenly drop the mind from it; with the body unsupported, the Lord spreads forth.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes closed
How to practice
- 1Vividly remember an object, or a place you have seen — let the image become clear.
- 2Then suddenly let go of the mind from that memory — do not replace it with another thought.
- 3At the same time, sense the body as unsupported, resting on nothing.
- 4In the open gap left by the dropped image, let the all-pervading awareness (prabhu) spread freely. Rest as that spreading.
Practice note. The doorway is the abrupt release: build a clear memory, then drop it cleanly into emptiness rather than letting it fade.
Terms in this technique
- śūnya
- Void, emptiness — not nothingness but open, contentless awareness.
- laya
- Dissolution, absorption; the merging of attention into its source.
- cit
- Consciousness itself, the aware principle.
- bhāvanā
- Contemplative imagination; cultivating a state through felt imagery.
Sources consulted
- Jaideva Singh, Vijñānabhairava: The Manual for Self-Realization (Motilal Banarsidass, 1979)
- Bettina Bäumer, Vijñâna Bhairava: The Practice of Centering Awareness (Indica Books, 2011)
- Swami Lakshmanjoo, Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization (Universal Shaiva Fellowship, 2007)