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Burnt by the Fire of Time

Imagine the fire of time rising from below and burning your whole body-city to nothing; at the end, a peace dawns.

Source verse · Verse 52
कालाग्निना कालपदादुत्थितेन स्वकं पुरम्। प्लुष्टम् विचिन्तयेदन्ते शान्ताभासस्तदा भवेत्॥
kālāgninā kālapadād utthitena svakaṃ puram | pluṣṭaṃ vicintayed ante śāntābhāsas tadā bhavet
Imagine the fire of time rising from below and burning your whole body-city to nothing; at the end, a peace dawns.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes closed

How to practice

  1. 1Imagine a "fire of time" (kālāgni) kindling far below, at the soles of the feet.
  2. 2Let it rise and burn through the whole body — your entire "city" — reducing it utterly.
  3. 3Watch the body-city consumed completely, leaving nothing.
  4. 4At the end of that burning, a clear peace (śānta) dawns. Rest in it.
Practice note. A fierce image held calmly. Like the rising-flame practice, the aim is not the fire but the peace that remains when the burnt body-identity is gone.

Terms in this technique

laya
Dissolution, absorption; the merging of attention into its source.
tejas
Light, brilliance, inner fire.
śūnya
Void, emptiness — not nothingness but open, contentless awareness.
sākṣin
The witness; awareness that observes without being touched.

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)
  • Osho, The Book of Secrets (St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998)
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