The 112 techniques of the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Watch where the rising breath becomes the falling breath; rest in the turn.

In the still gap after the out-breath, before the next in-breath, Bhairava appears.

Feel the breath as energy rising and dissolving; in its dissolution, peace.

At the end of any breath — held, emptied, or filled — a natural peace dawns; rest in it.

From the meeting of the two breaths — within or without — the yogi becomes a vessel for the dawning of equanimity.

Block the outward streams; as energy rises slowly, a tingling like an ant-crawl spreads into supreme pleasure.

Meditate on the inner energy as strong, then as faint, in the space above; carrying it into the heart, you find freedom.

Intone a sound aloud, then inwardly; follow its fading tail into soundless awareness.

Speak a word ending in an open breath; in the openness that trails it, abide.

Listen, ear turned inward, to the unbroken inner sound flowing like a river; immersed in it, reach the supreme.

Sound a mantra through its gross letters into ever-subtler tones — half-moon, point, resonance — until it ends in the void, and you become Shiva.

In the incomparable joy of music or other delight, merge so fully that you become the joy itself.

Silently repeat the letter "A" — without point or aspirate — and a sudden flood of knowing arises.

Sound a letter that ends in an open breath; fix awareness on its fading end, and with a supportless mind touch the eternal.

Contemplate the empty silence at the very beginning and end of any sound; through that void, you become void-formed.

Open the mouth, rest the tongue in the middle, place awareness in the centre, and mentally sound "HA"; you dissolve into peace.

Contract the ears and the lower opening, and listen to the vowel-less, consonant-less inner sound; enter the eternal.

Contemplating its meaning — he who sounds forth all, the all-giving, all-pervading — continuously utter the word "Bhairava", and become Shiva.

In the still gap after the out-breath, before the next in-breath, Bhairava appears.

Intone a sound aloud, then inwardly; follow its fading tail into soundless awareness.

Gaze into clear empty space until the space enters you and the boundary thins.

Picture the whole world dissolving into emptiness; rest in the awareness it leaves.

Turn attention back on the one who is aware; the 'I' has no edge you can find.

In total darkness with eyes open, rest in the formless dark until it becomes luminous.

At the end of any breath — held, emptied, or filled — a natural peace dawns; rest in it.

Let the mind rest on empty space, a blank wall, or a worthy being; it dissolves on its own and grace flows.

With eyes closed, set the mind in the open space within the skull; steady it, and the highest goal appears.

Listen, ear turned inward, to the unbroken inner sound flowing like a river; immersed in it, reach the supreme.

Feel empty space in every direction within your own body at once; thought-free, you become all space.

Close the gates of the senses; in the point of light that appears and dissolves, the supreme state rests.

Sound a mantra through its gross letters into ever-subtler tones — half-moon, point, resonance — until it ends in the void, and you become Shiva.

Steadily contemplate emptiness at the back, the root, and the heart all at once; in that simultaneity, the thought-free dawns.

Contemplate the skin as a thin wall with nothing at all inside it; meditating on that emptiness, become the un-meditatable.

Dissolve the mind into the space all around the body; for steady awareness, the truth stands firm.

Knowing two states, rest in the middle; drop both at once, and reality shines in the gap.

When one object is released and the mind not yet on the next, contemplation unfolds in the open middle.

With the senses dissolved in the space of the heart, settle one-pointed in the centre of its lotus.

Contemplate the principles of body or world dissolving from gross to subtle to subtlest, until the Supreme is laid bare.

Contemplate the entire universe of worlds and planes — gross, subtle, supreme — until the mind itself dissolves.

Fix a motionless gaze on a single object; make the mind support-less, and you soon reach Shiva.

Seated or lying, contemplate the body as resting on nothing; as the mind thins, old tendencies fall away.

Block any one sense completely; entering the non-dual void it opens, the Self shines there.

Meditate on yourself as space — open in every direction, leaning on nothing; then consciousness reveals its own nature.

Contemplate that there is no mind, intellect, or ego inside you at all; with thought-constructs absent, you are free of them.

The instant a desire flares up, look at it calmly; it sinks back into the very source it sprang from.

In the very field of desire, anger, greed, or pride, still the intellect — and that reality alone remains.

See the whole world as a conjuror's illusion, a painting, a passing whirl; contemplating thus, joy wells up.

Sound a letter that ends in an open breath; fix awareness on its fading end, and with a supportless mind touch the eternal.

When no desire and no knowing has yet arisen — who am I then? Rest as that, before the first thought.

Do not throw the mind into pain, nor into pleasure; know what reality remains in the middle.

When the mind dissolves — through exhaustion, helplessness, not-knowing, or letting go — at the end of that, the Bhairava-state remains.

Hold the eyes perfectly still, and — the verse says — liberation can dawn at once.

Stand above a deep well or chasm and gaze steadily down; the thought-free mind dissolves at once.

At the end of a sneeze, in terror or grief, atop a chasm, fleeing danger, in sharp curiosity or hunger — that very edge is full of Brahman.

While vividly recalling an object or a place, suddenly drop the mind from it; with the body unsupported, the Lord spreads forth.

Rest the gaze on an object, then slowly withdraw it — together with the knowing of it; you become an abode of the void.

Whatever is unknowable, ungraspable, empty, or non-existent — contemplate all of it as Bhairava; at its end, awakening dawns.

Place the mind in the open outer sky — eternal, supportless, void, all-pervading — and then enter the spaceless.

Contemplate the empty silence at the very beginning and end of any sound; through that void, you become void-formed.

For just one moment, contemplate the whole body as sheer emptiness; thought-free, you become the thought-free Self.

Sit on a soft seat poised on one point, hands and feet unsupported; in that suspended balance, the mind grows full.

Sit with the arms gently bent, and rest the mind in the open space of the armpits; peace comes by dissolution.

Open the mouth, rest the tongue in the middle, place awareness in the centre, and mentally sound "HA"; you dissolve into peace.

Contemplate all of space dissolving at the crown as Bhairava-nature; then merge into that radiant reality.

Close the eyes, find the darkness in front, and expand it; contemplate it as Bhairava's form until you become one with it.

The awareness of an outer object, or of a desire within, is not really confined there; see it as all-pervading and become all-pervading.

All knowing is causeless, supportless, dreamlike — and in truth belongs to no one; contemplate so, and become Shiva.

Contract the ears and the lower opening, and listen to the vowel-less, consonant-less inner sound; enter the eternal.

While knowing one object, all other things are empty; meditate on that emptiness, and even the known subsides into peace.

Wherever the mind goes, in that very instant let it go; with nothing to settle on, you grow waveless.

Gaze at the clear sky with an unbroken, motionless gaze; in that very instant, you take on the Bhairava-body.

Make the mind supportless and form no thought-constructs; in the identity of self and Supreme Self, Bhairava is realized.

The purity the limited imagine is not purity in the vision of Shiva; nothing is pure or impure — so, thought-free, be happy.

Cultivate neither attraction nor aversion to anything; freed from both, in the middle, Brahman flows forth.

Contemplate emptiness at the back and at the root of the body together; by a body-free energy, the mind becomes void.

Contemplate every substance of the body as pervaded by space; held steadily, this contemplation becomes firm.

Contemplate the entire world burnt to nothing; for the undistracted, the supreme human state dawns.

Hold the gaze steady through the great mudras of the Goddess; in that fixed gaze, the supreme is attained.

Maya, the deluder, and the limiting powers are themselves contemplated as not separate from the Self; then nothing stands apart.

When the props of "I" and "mine" are examined and let go, the mind goes to the supportless; meditating thus, you grow calm.

All this stands like an unreal magic show; asking firmly "what is the reality of a magic show?", you come to peace.

For the changeless Self there is no knowing and no doing; knowing depends on objects — so this world is void.

There is no bondage and no liberation for me; these are only bogeys for the frightened — reflections, like the sun in water.

All pleasure and pain comes through the doors of the senses; let the senses go, and rest established in your own Self.

Mind, awareness-energy, power, and self — when this fourfold dissolves, that very dissolution is the Bhairava-body.

Fix gentle attention at the brow-centre; let thought thin into light.

Visualize the central channel fine as a lotus fibre; awareness travels it and opens.

Imagine the body burning upward into ash; what does not burn is what you are.

Gaze into clear empty space until the space enters you and the boundary thins.

In total darkness with eyes open, rest in the formless dark until it becomes luminous.

Picture energy rising from the root as fine rays, ever subtler, until it subsides above — and Bhairava dawns.

See the energy flash upward like lightning, centre by centre, to a great arising at the crown.

Fill awareness to the crown, break upward through the brow-bridge, and rest thought-free in all-pervasion.

With eyes closed, set the mind in the open space within the skull; steady it, and the highest goal appears.

Close the gates of the senses; in the point of light that appears and dissolves, the supreme state rests.

Meditate on a subtle fire-point at the crown or heart; as it dissolves, you dissolve with it.

With the senses dissolved in the space of the heart, settle one-pointed in the centre of its lotus.

Block the outward streams; as energy rises slowly, a tingling like an ant-crawl spreads into supreme pleasure.

Let the gaze rest where light from sun or lamp dapples space with colour; there your own nature shines.

Fix a motionless gaze on a single object; make the mind support-less, and you soon reach Shiva.

Silently repeat the letter "A" — without point or aspirate — and a sudden flood of knowing arises.

Meditate on yourself as space — open in every direction, leaning on nothing; then consciousness reveals its own nature.

Hold the eyes perfectly still, and — the verse says — liberation can dawn at once.

Stand above a deep well or chasm and gaze steadily down; the thought-free mind dissolves at once.

Rest the gaze on an object, then slowly withdraw it — together with the knowing of it; you become an abode of the void.

Place the mind in the open outer sky — eternal, supportless, void, all-pervading — and then enter the spaceless.

Contemplate all of space dissolving at the crown as Bhairava-nature; then merge into that radiant reality.

Close the eyes, find the darkness in front, and expand it; contemplate it as Bhairava's form until you become one with it.

Meditate on the inner energy as strong, then as faint, in the space above; carrying it into the heart, you find freedom.

The clear insight that rises in a detached heart through a surge of devotion is the Shakti of Shiva; rest in it, and become Shiva.

Imagine the fire of time rising from below and burning your whole body-city to nothing; at the end, a peace dawns.

Contemplate the Shaiva reality pervading the utmost limits of the whole universe, all around; a great arising follows.

Gaze at the clear sky with an unbroken, motionless gaze; in that very instant, you take on the Bhairava-body.

Affirm with conviction: "all-knowing, all-doing, all-pervading, the supreme Lord — that very one am I"; by firmness, you become Shiva.

Carry awareness up through twelve stages, gross to subtle to supreme, releasing each in turn; at the end, Shiva.

Hold the gaze steady through the great mudras of the Goddess; in that fixed gaze, the supreme is attained.

A little knowing gives duality; know the whole universe as the form of Bhairava, and you bear infinite light.

Everything is revealed by knowing, and the Self reveals all; since they are one in nature, knower and known shine as one.

In eating or drinking, become the taste itself, and through it the fullness.

At the height of union, attention turns from the other to the living energy itself.

Feel empty space in every direction within your own body at once; thought-free, you become all space.

Contemplate the skin as a thin wall with nothing at all inside it; meditating on that emptiness, become the un-meditatable.

Remember the whole world, or your own body, as filled with your own bliss; at once, you brim with supreme delight.

A sudden playful touch sparks an immediate burst of joy; in that flash of delight, reality shows itself.

Block the outward streams; as energy rises slowly, a tingling like an ant-crawl spreads into supreme pleasure.

Even without a partner, the vivid memory of intimate delight can flood you with bliss; enter that bliss.

In the incomparable joy of music or other delight, merge so fully that you become the joy itself.

Seated or lying, contemplate the body as resting on nothing; as the mind thins, old tendencies fall away.

Block any one sense completely; entering the non-dual void it opens, the Self shines there.

Whirl the body until dizzy, then suddenly drop to the ground; as the agitation stops, the supreme state arises.

When a sharp sensation pricks one spot of the body, join attention exactly there; the clear path into Bhairava opens.

Feel awareness in another's body as vividly as in your own; releasing concern for your own body, you grow all-pervading.

Wherever consciousness shows itself through any sense, dissolve the mind into that pure perceiving; fullness follows.

At the end of a sneeze, in terror or grief, atop a chasm, fleeing danger, in sharp curiosity or hunger — that very edge is full of Brahman.

For just one moment, contemplate the whole body as sheer emptiness; thought-free, you become the thought-free Self.

Sit on a soft seat poised on one point, hands and feet unsupported; in that suspended balance, the mind grows full.

Sit with the arms gently bent, and rest the mind in the open space of the armpits; peace comes by dissolution.

The awareness of an outer object, or of a desire within, is not really confined there; see it as all-pervading and become all-pervading.

Contemplate every substance of the body as pervaded by space; held steadily, this contemplation becomes firm.

All pleasure and pain comes through the doors of the senses; let the senses go, and rest established in your own Self.

At the first instant of fear, anger, or longing — before it becomes a story — look.

In eating or drinking, become the taste itself, and through it the fullness.

In the joy of meeting a loved one, do not cling to the cause — rest in the joy.

At the height of union, attention turns from the other to the living energy itself.

Remember the whole world, or your own body, as filled with your own bliss; at once, you brim with supreme delight.

A sudden playful touch sparks an immediate burst of joy; in that flash of delight, reality shows itself.

Even without a partner, the vivid memory of intimate delight can flood you with bliss; enter that bliss.

In the incomparable joy of music or other delight, merge so fully that you become the joy itself.

Wherever the mind feels satisfied, hold it right there; in that contentment, supreme bliss unfolds.

The instant a desire flares up, look at it calmly; it sinks back into the very source it sprang from.

In the very field of desire, anger, greed, or pride, still the intellect — and that reality alone remains.

See the whole world as a conjuror's illusion, a painting, a passing whirl; contemplating thus, joy wells up.

When a desire or a thought arises, meet it knowing "this too is the Self"; undistracted, you see reality in it.

Do not throw the mind into pain, nor into pleasure; know what reality remains in the middle.

At the end of a sneeze, in terror or grief, atop a chasm, fleeing danger, in sharp curiosity or hunger — that very edge is full of Brahman.

The clear insight that rises in a detached heart through a surge of devotion is the Shakti of Shiva; rest in it, and become Shiva.

The purity the limited imagine is not purity in the vision of Shiva; nothing is pure or impure — so, thought-free, be happy.

Cultivate neither attraction nor aversion to anything; freed from both, in the middle, Brahman flows forth.

Watch where the rising breath becomes the falling breath; rest in the turn.

Fix gentle attention at the brow-centre; let thought thin into light.

At the first instant of fear, anger, or longing — before it becomes a story — look.

Do not fight the wandering mind; wherever it lands, the nature of Shiva is already there.

At the threshold where waking turns to sleep, hold awareness in the in-between.

Fill awareness to the crown, break upward through the brow-bridge, and rest thought-free in all-pervasion.

With eyes closed, set the mind in the open space within the skull; steady it, and the highest goal appears.

Close the gates of the senses; in the point of light that appears and dissolves, the supreme state rests.

Steadily contemplate emptiness at the back, the root, and the heart all at once; in that simultaneity, the thought-free dawns.

Dissolve the mind into the space all around the body; for steady awareness, the truth stands firm.

Knowing two states, rest in the middle; drop both at once, and reality shines in the gap.

When one object is released and the mind not yet on the next, contemplation unfolds in the open middle.

With the senses dissolved in the space of the heart, settle one-pointed in the centre of its lotus.

From the meeting of the two breaths — within or without — the yogi becomes a vessel for the dawning of equanimity.

Wherever the mind feels satisfied, hold it right there; in that contentment, supreme bliss unfolds.

Fix a motionless gaze on a single object; make the mind support-less, and you soon reach Shiva.

In the very field of desire, anger, greed, or pride, still the intellect — and that reality alone remains.

Whirl the body until dizzy, then suddenly drop to the ground; as the agitation stops, the supreme state arises.

When a sharp sensation pricks one spot of the body, join attention exactly there; the clear path into Bhairava opens.

When a desire or a thought arises, meet it knowing "this too is the Self"; undistracted, you see reality in it.

Do not throw the mind into pain, nor into pleasure; know what reality remains in the middle.

Hold the eyes perfectly still, and — the verse says — liberation can dawn at once.

Sit on a soft seat poised on one point, hands and feet unsupported; in that suspended balance, the mind grows full.

Sit with the arms gently bent, and rest the mind in the open space of the armpits; peace comes by dissolution.

Open the mouth, rest the tongue in the middle, place awareness in the centre, and mentally sound "HA"; you dissolve into peace.

Meditate on the inner energy as strong, then as faint, in the space above; carrying it into the heart, you find freedom.

The split of knower and known is common to everyone; the yogi's one difference is constant attentiveness to the knowing itself.

While knowing one object, all other things are empty; meditate on that emptiness, and even the known subsides into peace.

Wherever the mind goes, in that very instant let it go; with nothing to settle on, you grow waveless.

Cultivate neither attraction nor aversion to anything; freed from both, in the middle, Brahman flows forth.

Carry awareness up through twelve stages, gross to subtle to supreme, releasing each in turn; at the end, Shiva.

Contemplate emptiness at the back and at the root of the body together; by a body-free energy, the mind becomes void.

When the props of "I" and "mine" are examined and let go, the mind goes to the supportless; meditating thus, you grow calm.

Visualize the central channel fine as a lotus fibre; awareness travels it and opens.

Imagine the body burning upward into ash; what does not burn is what you are.

Picture energy rising from the root as fine rays, ever subtler, until it subsides above — and Bhairava dawns.

See the energy flash upward like lightning, centre by centre, to a great arising at the crown.

Let the mind rest on empty space, a blank wall, or a worthy being; it dissolves on its own and grace flows.

Meditate on a subtle fire-point at the crown or heart; as it dissolves, you dissolve with it.

Contemplate the principles of body or world dissolving from gross to subtle to subtlest, until the Supreme is laid bare.

Contemplate the entire universe of worlds and planes — gross, subtle, supreme — until the mind itself dissolves.

Contemplate the whole body — or the whole world — as nothing but consciousness; thought-free, the supreme dawns.

Remember the whole world, or your own body, as filled with your own bliss; at once, you brim with supreme delight.

Even without a partner, the vivid memory of intimate delight can flood you with bliss; enter that bliss.

Let the gaze rest where light from sun or lamp dapples space with colour; there your own nature shines.

See the whole world as a conjuror's illusion, a painting, a passing whirl; contemplating thus, joy wells up.

Drop attachment to your own body and contemplate "I am everywhere"; with firm, undistracted vision, you grow happy and vast.

As waves are to water, flames to fire, rays to the sun, so all the worlds are waves of you — Bhairava.

Consciousness is the one nature in every body, the same everywhere; contemplate all as that, and conquer becoming.

While vividly recalling an object or a place, suddenly drop the mind from it; with the body unsupported, the Lord spreads forth.

Close the eyes, find the darkness in front, and expand it; contemplate it as Bhairava's form until you become one with it.

The Bhairava-state is present everywhere, even in the most ordinary things; nothing exists apart from it — this is the non-dual way.

Imagine the fire of time rising from below and burning your whole body-city to nothing; at the end, a peace dawns.

Contemplate the Shaiva reality pervading the utmost limits of the whole universe, all around; a great arising follows.

Contemplate every substance of the body as pervaded by space; held steadily, this contemplation becomes firm.

Contemplate the entire world burnt to nothing; for the undistracted, the supreme human state dawns.

A little knowing gives duality; know the whole universe as the form of Bhairava, and you bear infinite light.

All this stands like an unreal magic show; asking firmly "what is the reality of a magic show?", you come to peace.

Do not fight the wandering mind; wherever it lands, the nature of Shiva is already there.

Turn attention back on the one who is aware; the 'I' has no edge you can find.

Contemplate the whole body — or the whole world — as nothing but consciousness; thought-free, the supreme dawns.

Silently repeat the letter "A" — without point or aspirate — and a sudden flood of knowing arises.

Meditate on yourself as space — open in every direction, leaning on nothing; then consciousness reveals its own nature.

Contemplate that there is no mind, intellect, or ego inside you at all; with thought-constructs absent, you are free of them.

Drop attachment to your own body and contemplate "I am everywhere"; with firm, undistracted vision, you grow happy and vast.

As waves are to water, flames to fire, rays to the sun, so all the worlds are waves of you — Bhairava.

When no desire and no knowing has yet arisen — who am I then? Rest as that, before the first thought.

When a desire or a thought arises, meet it knowing "this too is the Self"; undistracted, you see reality in it.

Consciousness is the one nature in every body, the same everywhere; contemplate all as that, and conquer becoming.

Feel awareness in another's body as vividly as in your own; releasing concern for your own body, you grow all-pervading.

Wherever consciousness shows itself through any sense, dissolve the mind into that pure perceiving; fullness follows.

Whatever is unknowable, ungraspable, empty, or non-existent — contemplate all of it as Bhairava; at its end, awakening dawns.

The awareness of an outer object, or of a desire within, is not really confined there; see it as all-pervading and become all-pervading.

All knowing is causeless, supportless, dreamlike — and in truth belongs to no one; contemplate so, and become Shiva.

The split of knower and known is common to everyone; the yogi's one difference is constant attentiveness to the knowing itself.

The clear insight that rises in a detached heart through a surge of devotion is the Shakti of Shiva; rest in it, and become Shiva.

The Bhairava-state is present everywhere, even in the most ordinary things; nothing exists apart from it — this is the non-dual way.

Contemplate the Shaiva reality pervading the utmost limits of the whole universe, all around; a great arising follows.

Make the mind supportless and form no thought-constructs; in the identity of self and Supreme Self, Bhairava is realized.

Affirm with conviction: "all-knowing, all-doing, all-pervading, the supreme Lord — that very one am I"; by firmness, you become Shiva.

The purity the limited imagine is not purity in the vision of Shiva; nothing is pure or impure — so, thought-free, be happy.

Contemplating its meaning — he who sounds forth all, the all-giving, all-pervading — continuously utter the word "Bhairava", and become Shiva.

Hold the gaze steady through the great mudras of the Goddess; in that fixed gaze, the supreme is attained.

A little knowing gives duality; know the whole universe as the form of Bhairava, and you bear infinite light.

Maya, the deluder, and the limiting powers are themselves contemplated as not separate from the Self; then nothing stands apart.

When the props of "I" and "mine" are examined and let go, the mind goes to the supportless; meditating thus, you grow calm.

All this stands like an unreal magic show; asking firmly "what is the reality of a magic show?", you come to peace.

For the changeless Self there is no knowing and no doing; knowing depends on objects — so this world is void.

There is no bondage and no liberation for me; these are only bogeys for the frightened — reflections, like the sun in water.

All pleasure and pain comes through the doors of the senses; let the senses go, and rest established in your own Self.

Everything is revealed by knowing, and the Self reveals all; since they are one in nature, knower and known shine as one.

Mind, awareness-energy, power, and self — when this fourfold dissolves, that very dissolution is the Bhairava-body.

Feel the breath as energy rising and dissolving; in its dissolution, peace.

Picture the whole world dissolving into emptiness; rest in the awareness it leaves.

At the threshold where waking turns to sleep, hold awareness in the in-between.

Picture energy rising from the root as fine rays, ever subtler, until it subsides above — and Bhairava dawns.

Fill awareness to the crown, break upward through the brow-bridge, and rest thought-free in all-pervasion.

Feel empty space in every direction within your own body at once; thought-free, you become all space.

Meditate on a subtle fire-point at the crown or heart; as it dissolves, you dissolve with it.

Sound a mantra through its gross letters into ever-subtler tones — half-moon, point, resonance — until it ends in the void, and you become Shiva.

Steadily contemplate emptiness at the back, the root, and the heart all at once; in that simultaneity, the thought-free dawns.

Contemplate the skin as a thin wall with nothing at all inside it; meditating on that emptiness, become the un-meditatable.

Dissolve the mind into the space all around the body; for steady awareness, the truth stands firm.

Contemplate the principles of body or world dissolving from gross to subtle to subtlest, until the Supreme is laid bare.

Contemplate the entire universe of worlds and planes — gross, subtle, supreme — until the mind itself dissolves.

Contemplate the whole body — or the whole world — as nothing but consciousness; thought-free, the supreme dawns.

Seated or lying, contemplate the body as resting on nothing; as the mind thins, old tendencies fall away.

The instant a desire flares up, look at it calmly; it sinks back into the very source it sprang from.

As waves are to water, flames to fire, rays to the sun, so all the worlds are waves of you — Bhairava.

Whirl the body until dizzy, then suddenly drop to the ground; as the agitation stops, the supreme state arises.

When the mind dissolves — through exhaustion, helplessness, not-knowing, or letting go — at the end of that, the Bhairava-state remains.

Stand above a deep well or chasm and gaze steadily down; the thought-free mind dissolves at once.

Wherever consciousness shows itself through any sense, dissolve the mind into that pure perceiving; fullness follows.

While vividly recalling an object or a place, suddenly drop the mind from it; with the body unsupported, the Lord spreads forth.

Rest the gaze on an object, then slowly withdraw it — together with the knowing of it; you become an abode of the void.

Whatever is unknowable, ungraspable, empty, or non-existent — contemplate all of it as Bhairava; at its end, awakening dawns.

Place the mind in the open outer sky — eternal, supportless, void, all-pervading — and then enter the spaceless.

For just one moment, contemplate the whole body as sheer emptiness; thought-free, you become the thought-free Self.

Contemplate all of space dissolving at the crown as Bhairava-nature; then merge into that radiant reality.

While knowing one object, all other things are empty; meditate on that emptiness, and even the known subsides into peace.

Wherever the mind goes, in that very instant let it go; with nothing to settle on, you grow waveless.

Imagine the fire of time rising from below and burning your whole body-city to nothing; at the end, a peace dawns.

Carry awareness up through twelve stages, gross to subtle to supreme, releasing each in turn; at the end, Shiva.

Contemplate emptiness at the back and at the root of the body together; by a body-free energy, the mind becomes void.

Contemplate the entire world burnt to nothing; for the undistracted, the supreme human state dawns.

Maya, the deluder, and the limiting powers are themselves contemplated as not separate from the Self; then nothing stands apart.

For the changeless Self there is no knowing and no doing; knowing depends on objects — so this world is void.

Mind, awareness-energy, power, and self — when this fourfold dissolves, that very dissolution is the Bhairava-body.