Practice verse 40: Delight in this entire universe as permeated with Awareness, and every area of the body - feet, [pelvis, belly, ribs] shoulder, face - made of Awareness. The body of the planet beneath [us] out past the farthest horizons, the stars and the reaches of space - all are arising from this Consciousness. Know this, and dissolve into peace.
Let's continue with these beautiful embodied meditation practices from kashmir. The interpretation is adapted from Lorin Roche who has studied this text for decades - his version is called The Radiance Sutras. For a more technical exploration of the same source text, see Jai Deva Singh's version of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
Practice verse 40: Delight in this entire universe as permeated with Awareness, and every area of the body - feet, [pelvis, belly, ribs] shoulder, face - made of Awareness. The body of the planet beneath [us] out past the farthest horizons, the stars and the reaches of space - all are arising from this Consciousness. Know this, and dissolve into peace. An excerpt from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra - from Lorin Roche's interpretation of the 24th practice verse:
This body is made of earth and gold, sky and stars, rivers and oceans, masquerading as muscle and bone. Every substance is here... The foundation of the planet, immortal magnetic iron, curculating in the blood. Every element in [us] loves the others. Earth loves rain, sky loves sun, Sun love the space it shines through, Space loves everyone equally. In meditation, luxuriate in knowing this deep and simple truth: Every cell is an organ of sense infused in majesty. This week, some more gorgeousness from the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. The 38th practice verse - a meditation on the pairs of opposites and That in which they arise and dissolve:
Watch for a moment when two opposing [sensations or] perceptions occur - wanting to go and not going, knowing and simultaneously not going [add your favourite pair of opposites here]. In the midst of this [tension] let go of both and jump into the interval between. Reality flashes forth - [our] being is the shining field of awareness, the continuum in which the opposites play |
AuthorMisha Butot RCSW, ERYT 500 is a longtime clinical social worker and senior yoga teacher living in Victoria, BC Archives
May 2024
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