“By establishing and meditating on the wheel of energies, the differentiated universe comes to an end.” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, First Awakening, Verse 6, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains how, by the intensity of meditation (parāmarśa), the external state of dualistic consciousness is absorbed in non-dualistic consciousness. Now, in…
In his revelation of the Vijñāna Bhairava, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what samādhi means, and also how the mind works according to Kashmir Shaivism… Dhāraṇā 23 तनूदेशे शून्यतैव क्षणमात्रं विभावयेत् । निर्विकल्पं निर्विकल्पो निर्विकल्पस्वरूपभाक् ॥४६॥ tanūdeśe śūnyataiva kṣaṇamātraṁ vibhāvayet / nirvikalpaṁ nirvikalpo nirvikalpasvarūpabhāk // 46 // Actually samādhi is where there is no mind, when mind does not work. The functioning…