
An interesting saktopaya practice from the Vijnana Bhairava – How to make your mind rest in-between.

Dharana 45
वहनेरविषसय मधये तु
चिततं सुखमयं कषिपेत ।
केवलं वायुपूरणं वा
समराननदेन युजयते ॥॥
vahnervisasya madhye tu
cittam sukhamayam ksipet /
kevalam vayupurnam va
smaranandena yujyate // 68 //
Now He puts another process. It is saktopaya.*
Make your mind rest between the energy of will and knowledge. Give your mind rest between the energy of will and knowledge (iccha...

In this excerpt from the Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization Swami Lakshmanjoo explains a śāktopāya technique for revealing the formation of the nature of Bhairava by means of Bhairavi (Bhairavi means, uninterrupted awareness). How to maintain uninterrupted awareness?

Dharana 2
Now next.
मरुतोऽनतरबहिरवापि
वियदयुगमानिवरतनात ।
भैरवया भैरवसयेतथं
भैरवि वयजयते वपुः ॥॥
maruto’ntarbahirvapi
viyadyugmanuvartanat /70
bhairavya bhairavasyettham
bhairavi vyajyate vapuh // 25...

An important excerpt from the fifth verse of the Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization by Swami Lakshmanjoo, reveals the reality of supreme consciousness-the essence of all Tantra
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This is the question of Devī.
परापरायाः सकलम
अपरायाशच वा पुनः ।
पराया यदि तदवतसयात
परतवं तदविरुधयते ॥॥
parāparāyāḥ sakalam
aparāyāśca vā punaḥ /
parāyā yadi tadvatsyāt
paratvaṁ tadvirudhyate // 5 //
There are three energies. In...