EmotionSensationVisualizationVerse 70intermediate
Bliss from Remembered Delight
Even without a partner, the vivid memory of intimate delight can flood you with bliss; enter that bliss.
Source verse · Verse 70
लेहनामन्थनाकोटैः स्त्रीसुखस्य भरात्स्मृतेः। शक्त्यभावेऽपि देवेशि भवेदानन्दसम्प्लवः॥
lehanāmanthanākoṭaiḥ strīsukhasya bharāt smṛteḥ | śaktyabhāve'pi deveśi bhaved ānandasamplavaḥ
Even without a partner, the vivid memory of intimate delight can flood you with bliss; enter that bliss.
▶ Practice this technique5 / 10 / 15 min · eyes closed
How to practice
- 1Recall, vividly, a moment of intimate delight — an embrace, a kiss, a wave of tenderness.
- 2Let the body remember it fully, so that the felt bliss actually rises now, in the present.
- 3Release the remembered person and scene; keep only the flood of bliss itself.
- 4Enter and rest in that bliss, tracing it to its source within you.
Practice note. The memory is only the spark. Drop the story quickly and stay with the living delight, which is your own — not the other person's.
Terms in this technique
- ānanda
- Bliss; the joy intrinsic to consciousness.
- śakti
- Energy, the dynamic power of consciousness; Devi.
- bhāvanā
- Contemplative imagination; cultivating a state through felt imagery.
Sources consulted
- Jaideva Singh, Vijñānabhairava: The Manual for Self-Realization (Motilal Banarsidass, 1979)
- Bettina Bäumer, Vijñâna Bhairava: The Practice of Centering Awareness (Indica Books, 2011)
- Osho, The Book of Secrets (St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998)