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Knowledge Belongs to No One

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

Source verse · Verse 99
निर्निमित्तं भवेज्ज्ञानं निराधारं भ्रमात्मकम्। तत्त्वतः कस्यचिन्नैतदेवम्भावी शिवः प्रिये॥
nirnimittaṃ bhavej jñānaṃ nirādhāraṃ bhramātmakam | tattvataḥ kasyacin naitad evambhāvī śivaḥ priye
All knowing is causeless, supportless, dreamlike — and in truth belongs to no one; contemplate so, and become Shiva.
▶ Practice this technique10 / 20 min · eyes either

How to practice

  1. 1Watch a thought or piece of knowing as it arises.
  2. 2Contemplate that it has no real cause, no support, and the dreamlike quality of all appearances.
  3. 3See that, in truth, this knowing belongs to no separate "knower" — there is no little self that owns it.
  4. 4Rest in the ownerless awareness that remains; contemplated thus, one is Shiva.
Practice note. The radical move is "belongs to no one": not your knowledge, not anyone's — just knowing, happening, ownerless. Rest there.

Terms in this technique

cit
Consciousness itself, the aware principle.
aham
The sense of "I"; the self that is inquired into.
ātman
The true self; awareness as one’s own being.
śūnya
Void, emptiness — not nothingness but open, contentless awareness.

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)