LightDissolutionVisualizationVerse 37advanced
The Fire-Point that Dissolves
Meditate on a subtle fire-point at the crown or heart; as it dissolves, you dissolve with it.
Source verse · Verse 37
धामान्तःक्षोभसम्भूतसूक्ष्माग्नितिलकाकृतिम्। बिन्दुं शिखान्ते हृदये लयान्ते ध्यायतो लयः॥
dhāmāntaḥkṣobhasambhūtasūkṣmāgnitilakākṛtim | binduṃ śikhānte hṛdaye layānte dhyāyato layaḥ
Meditate on a subtle fire-point at the crown or heart; as it dissolves, you dissolve with it.
▶ Practice this technique15 / 20 min · eyes closed
How to practice
- 1Picture a minute point of subtle fire — like a glowing tilaka — at the crown of the head or in the heart.
- 2Let it be still and luminous, born of the quiet depths rather than effort.
- 3Hold attention on it as it grows finer and begins to dissolve.
- 4At the end of its dissolution (layānte), let your own sense of self dissolve into the same openness.
Practice note. Keep the point small and subtle; a large, blazing image agitates. The meditation is the dissolving, not the fire.
Terms in this technique
- bindu
- A point or drop; a concentrated point of light or awareness.
- tejas
- Light, brilliance, inner fire.
- laya
- Dissolution, absorption; the merging of attention into its source.
- hṛdaya
- The heart; the spiritual centre, the "space" within the chest.
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)