IdentityVoidVerse 94advanced
There Is No Mind Within
Contemplate that there is no mind, intellect, or ego inside you at all; with thought-constructs absent, you are free of them.
Source verse · Verse 94
चित्ताद्यन्तःकृतिर्नास्ति ममान्तर्भावयेदिति। विकल्पानामभावेन विकल्पैरुज्झितो भवेत्॥
cittādyantaḥkṛtir nāsti mamāntar bhāvayed iti | vikalpānām abhāvena vikalpair ujjhito bhavet
Contemplate that there is no mind, intellect, or ego inside you at all; with thought-constructs absent, you are free of them.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes closed
How to practice
- 1Turn attention inward, looking for the "inner organ" — mind, intellect, ego.
- 2Contemplate clearly: "Within me there is no mind, no intellect, no I-maker at all."
- 3Do not argue it; look, and find no such thing as a solid mind inside.
- 4As the belief in an inner mental apparatus drops, thought-constructs (vikalpa) fade — rest in that thought-free freedom.
Practice note. This is investigation, not suppression. You are not silencing the mind; you are noticing there is no findable "mind-thing" to begin with.
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)
- 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)