In this lecture from the Manual for Self Realization: 112 Meditations of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, verses 24, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the correct way of meditation on breath with “so‘ham” mantra. Dhāraṇā 1 श्रीभैरव उवाच ऊर्ध्वे प्राणो ह्यधो जीवो विसर्गात्मा परोच्चरेत् । उत्पत्तिद्वितयस्थाने, भरणाद्भरिता स्थितिः ॥२४॥ śrī bhairava uvāca ūrdhve prāṇo hyadho jīvo visargātmā…
In his revelation of the Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization verse 6 Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between introverted and extroverted paths in Kashmir Shaivism, as well as the significance of sakala [differentiated] and niṣkala [undifferentiated], and aham and ma-ha-a.30 न हि वर्णविभेदेनदेहभेदेन वा भवेत् ।परत्वं, निष्कलत्वेन,सकलत्वे न भावयेत् ॥६॥ na hi varṇavibhedenadehabhedena vā bhavet /paratvaṁ, niṣkalatvena,sakalatve…
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 Bhairavī (Bhairavī means, uninterrupted awareness). How to maintain uninterrupted awareness? Dhāraṇā 2 Now next. मरुतोऽन्तर्बहिर्वापि वियद्युग्मानिवर्तनात् । भैरव्या भैरवस्येत्थं भैरवि व्यज्यते वपुः ॥२५॥ maruto’ntarbahirvāpi viyadyugmānuvartanāt /70…
An interesting śāktopāya practice from the Vijnana Bhairava – How to make your mind rest in-between. Dhāraṇā 45 वह्नेर्विषस्य मध्ये तु चित्तं सुखमयं क्षिपेत् । केवलं वायुपूर्णं वा स्मरानन्देन युज्यते ॥६८॥ vahnerviṣasya madhye tu cittaṁ sukhamayaṁ kṣipet / kevalaṁ vāyupūrṇaṁ vā smarānandena yujyate // 68 // Now He puts another process. It is śāktopāya.* Make your mind…