Letting the World Dissolve

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

How to practice

1. 1With eyes closed, let the image of the world arise — places, people, things.
2. 2One by one, let each dissolve into empty space.
3. 3Let even the space dissolve.
4. 4What remains, aware of all this dissolving, is the ground. Rest there.

Terms in this technique

śūnya

Void, emptiness — not nothingness but open, contentless awareness.

laya

Dissolution, absorption; the merging of attention into its source.

cidākāśa

The space of consciousness; the inner sky of awareness.

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)