IdentityLightVerse 109intermediate
I Am the All-Pervading Lord
Affirm with conviction: "all-knowing, all-doing, all-pervading, the supreme Lord — that very one am I"; by firmness, you become Shiva.
Source verse · Verse 109
सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्ता च व्यापकः परमेश्वरः। स एवाहं शैवधर्मेति दार्ढ्याच्छिवो भवेत्॥
sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca vyāpakaḥ parameśvaraḥ | sa evāhaṃ śaivadharmeti dārḍhyāc chivo bhavet
Affirm with conviction: "all-knowing, all-doing, all-pervading, the supreme Lord — that very one am I"; by firmness, you become Shiva.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes either
How to practice
- 1Sit settled and turn toward your own deepest sense of being.
- 2Affirm, with felt conviction rather than mere words: "The all-knowing, all-doing, all-pervading supreme Lord — that very one is what I am."
- 3Let the affirmation sink past the small self into the awareness that is genuinely boundless.
- 4Hold it firmly and repeatedly (dārḍhya); by that firmness, one becomes Shiva.
Practice note. This is not ego-inflation but its opposite: "I" is recognised as the universal consciousness, not the small person. Firmness — steady, repeated conviction — is the key the verse names.
Terms in this technique
- aham
- The sense of "I"; the self that is inquired into.
- ātman
- The true self; awareness as one’s own being.
- cit
- Consciousness itself, the aware principle.
- bhairava
- The fierce, all-encompassing form of Shiva; ultimate consciousness.
Sources consulted
- Jaideva Singh, Vijñānabhairava: The Manual for Self-Realization (Motilal Banarsidass, 1979)
- Swami Lakshmanjoo, Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization (Universal Shaiva Fellowship, 2007)
- Bettina Bäumer, Vijñâna Bhairava: The Practice of Centering Awareness (Indica Books, 2011)