The Thread Through the Centre

Visualize the central channel fine as a lotus fibre; awareness travels it and opens.

How to practice

1. 1Imagine a fine luminous thread running up the centre of the body, thin as a lotus fibre.
2. 2Let attention move slowly up this thread from base to crown.
3. 3At the crown, let the thread open into spacious light.
4. 4Rest there; let the body-sense soften around the central line.

Terms in this technique

suṣumnā

The central subtle channel running through the spine.

kuṇḍalinī

The coiled energy that rises through the central channel.

bindu

A point or drop; a concentrated point of light or awareness.

tejas

Light, brilliance, inner fire.

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)