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Knowledge Belongs to No One
All knowing is causeless, supportless, dreamlike — and in truth belongs to no one; contemplate so, and become Shiva.
Source verse · Verse 99
निर्निमित्तं भवेज्ज्ञानं निराधारं भ्रमात्मकम्। तत्त्वतः कस्यचिन्नैतदेवम्भावी शिवः प्रिये॥
nirnimittaṃ bhavej jñānaṃ nirādhāraṃ bhramātmakam | tattvataḥ kasyacin naitad evambhāvī śivaḥ priye
All knowing is causeless, supportless, dreamlike — and in truth belongs to no one; contemplate so, and become Shiva.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes either
How to practice
- 1Watch a thought or piece of knowing as it arises.
- 2Contemplate that it has no real cause, no support, and the dreamlike quality of all appearances.
- 3See that, in truth, this knowing belongs to no separate "knower" — there is no little self that owns it.
- 4Rest in the ownerless awareness that remains; contemplated thus, one is Shiva.
Practice note. The radical move is "belongs to no one": not your knowledge, not anyone's — just knowing, happening, ownerless. Rest there.
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.
- śūnya
- Void, emptiness — not nothingness but open, contentless awareness.
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)