Vigyan Bhairava Tantra
here is the verse
for today. If one experiences
the physical body as void, even for a moment,
with the mind free from thought,
then one attains transcendence and becomes Bhairava
Shiva
as infinite possibilities.
So once again,
to reinforce the essence of
tantric teachings
tantra
is
a path that is opposite of what we might call
the renunciation path of
and yet it has the same end
goal and that is liberation from suffering.
So tantra
is a very interesting branch of the Vedanta,
in a sense, it's also frequently called the fifth veda.
And what tantra
emphasizes is ritual,
ritual action
that includes everything from visualization to mantra,
to various rituals, to trap energy, to gain insight
and to go beyond the five categories that actually
restrict
our
our liberation. These five categories include the power of time, color,
the power of regularities of experience called natural laws,
the power of attachment which obscures
the unlimited
possibilities because of constricted identity. This is
in Sanskrit called Kala
the power of limited knowledge, ..
So the more we know, the more the unknown
looms
and then the power of limited action as well
because we can only
act from
the level of our awareness.
liberation means going beyond all these restrictions to
unbounded experience, infinite possibilities, infinite creativity,
synchronicity, nonlocal correlation
and manifesting
through intention and attention.
And for this, we need to actually
look at these sheaths.
So the first sheath is called Annamaya kosha
which is the physical body derived from food
and also moving according to the
movements of prana.
So
Pranamaya kosha, Annamaya kosha
which is usually interpreted as the physical sheath,
then Manomaya kosha
the restrictions of the mind,
then Vijnanamaya kosha
the restrictions of the intellect,
the restrictions of the ego.
And then as we go beyond these restrictions,
ultimately,
we enter the body of bliss, which is Anandamaya kosha
even there, there are many kinds of Samadhi
where there are restrictions
to
ultimate liberation in
the field of all possibilities, which is called Moksha.
So this is
what we are doing with these
Vigyan Bhairava Tantra
exercises.
So today's exercise could be simply very simple,
close your eyes
and
just
have the intention to experience your body
first feel the sensations in your body
and then have the intention to
experience the body as completely formless
with no boundaries, one with the rest of the universe
which is also boundless, no boundaries, formless,
infinite.
Don't do this intellectually, just close your eyes
and experience your body
as a void
with no boundaries connected to all that exists.
Of course, even when you do that,
you will have thoughts fluctuations,
some sounds, maybe some images
but keep your awareness
in the form less and see the fluctuations.
or look or
Have the insight, that the fluctuations that you're experiencing
qualia
colors, shapes forms sounds
are just excitation, the shaktis
of the formless.
But then ask yourself what is beyond
and then
have the idea
that your body
is formless awareness
and meditate on that idea.
The body is the universe
and having the nature of awareness. That's all you need to know.
The body
is
one with the universe
without boundaries.
And it is not an empty void, it's the womb of creation.
It is what
knows itself
as modes of knowing
that we call
the physical world, the physical body,
the mind, the intellect and all the
you know,
we mentioned the 23 25
tattvas
that
formlessness assumes starting with witnessing awareness
then
as the
mind, then as the intellect, then as the ego, then as the five tanmatras
then the five senses and ultimately,
the five elements,
this is how
the field becomes
the experience of the universe.
But remember, the experience is both species specific
and in our case, culture specific.
Once we know that we can liberate ourselves from all notions, from all ideas.
And actually
know
that
we
are
after all the coverings are removed,
we are the divine
manifesting not only as this universe
was as multiverses
Ok. I know that's a little heavy but
that's what we're doing going all the way in these,
wonderful insights from the Vigyan Bhairava Tantra
try this exercise for today.