Find a technique for how you feel
The Vigyan Bhairav Tantra does not treat emotion as an obstacle — it uses it as a doorway. Tell it how you feel and how much time you have, and it will match you with techniques drawn from the original 112 dharanas. There is a way in for restless, anxious, scattered, heavy, grieving, angry, joyful, desiring, tired, numb, fearful, curious.
Dwelling in Sudden Joy
Verse 71In the joy of meeting a loved one, do not cling to the cause — rest in the joy.
The Turning of the Breath
Verse 24Watch where the rising breath becomes the falling breath; rest in the turn.
The Pause After the Breath
Verse 25In the still gap after the out-breath, before the next in-breath, Bhairava appears.
The Sound That Ends in Silence
Verse 39Intone a sound aloud, then inwardly; follow its fading tail into soundless awareness.
Rest at the End of a Word
Verse 41Speak a word ending in an open breath; in the openness that trails it, abide.
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