In verse 40 of the third awakening of the Shiva Sutras, The Supreme Awakening of Vasugupta, Swamiji explains how we are often drawn outward toward the objective world rather than inward toward awareness of our true nature. In verses 41 and 42, he then describes what happens when consciousness is firmly established in that inner reality.
This edited excerpt comes from the original audio recordings of The Śiva Sūtras: The Supreme Awakening as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo. It continues from verse...
In this excerpt from the book Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, Swami Lakshmanjoo reflects on the second sūtra of the First Awakening, where Lord Shiva says, “differentiated perception is bondage.” Then, in the the 9th sūtra of the second Awakening, we learn what knowledge means on the level of Shaktopaya, and what we need to do in that state…
9. jñānamannam //
(For such a yogī)
Differentiated perception is his food
or
Knowledge of his own nature is his food.
This yogī ...
Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why the acting of a yogi is just like the acting of Shiva in this excerpt from the Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism – Spanda Kārikā & Spanda Sandoha.
Audio 5 – 27:52
pramāpitaṁ ca etat pratyabhijñāyām [not recited]
cidātmaiva hi devo’ntaḥ sthitamicchāvaśādbahiḥ /
yogīva nirūpādānamarthajātaṁ prakāśayet198 //199
Just like a yogi, the acting of a yogi is just like the acting of Śiva. Śiva acts just as a yogi acts. Cidātmaiva, cidātma (Ś...
Article from “The Speaking Tree” by John Hughes…..
Swami Lakshmanjoo, of the Kashmir Shaivism tradition, says you too can experience bliss
Are you asking whether sambhava samavesa, the mystical absorption in the state of Shiva, is equivalent to moksha, liberation? In fact, it is not. It certainly must exist if moksha is to occur, but it is not its defining characteristic. Philosopher and aesthetician Abhinavagupta tells us in his Tantraloka that “Moksha only exists when your being becomes...
Today’s lecture is an excerpt from the book the Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, by Swami Lakshmanjoo (Shiva Sutras 2.10), where Swamiji answers the question: “why, when you are in samādhi and are unable to maintain awareness, do you enter the dreaming state rather than the waking state?”
10. vidyāsaṁhāre tadutthasvapnadarśanam //
(Second awakening verse 10)
(The text below is from the book, it is not a transcript)
Although he is established in God consciousness in s...
