In a letter to John Hughes, dated 13th February 1989, Swamiji wrote the following: “Actually, individuals are not separate from God consciousness…”
“Actually, individuals are not separate from God consciousness. This is the svātantrya of God that, in one way you will see that Lord Śhiva is worshiping God while remaining in samādhi, and in another way that Lord Śhiva is Himself all-pervading and he has no one, i.e. another God to worship. So my dear John, being worshiped and to worship are ...
An important excerpt from the 5th verse of the Manual for Self Realization: 112 Meditations of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra by Swami Lakshmanjoo, explaining why you can’t observe the reality of supreme God consciousness.
God consciousness is not felt; it is your own Self. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
This is the question of Devī.
परापरायाः सकलम्
अपरायाश्च वा पुनः ।
पराया यदि तद्वत्स्यात्
परत्वं तद्विरुध्यते ॥५॥
parāparāyāḥ sakalam
aparāyāśca vā punaḥ /
parāyā yadi tadvatsyāt
paratvaṁ tad...
There is only one difference between the one who is residing in the state of God Consciousness (Parabhairava state) and the other one who is residing in his limited cycle of being.
Here, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the essence of Kashmir Shaivism while translating the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism.
DVD 3.2 (16:46)
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि भागशः ।
अहंकारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥२७॥
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः ।
गुणा गुणार्थे वर्तन्ते इति मत्वा न ...
“You must understand, you’ll know that unperishable state of God consciousness is residing in each and every being. In that way, you won’t hate anybody. If you hate anybody, it means you don’t find the state of God consciousness in that person. If you ever found that the state of God consciousness is in that person, you’d never hate him.” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
A very important point of Kashmir Shaivism, a monistic school of thought, is exposed in this excerpt from the Essence of the Supreme Re...
This is an excerpt from the Shiva Sutras, The Supreme Awakening as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo.
The awareness of God consciousness should not only be infused in that state where one’s mind is established in one-pointedness, but it should also be infused in the establishment of his body, in his organic actions, and in the external objective world.
He should also find the state of turya in the objective world. You must infuse...
