Monday, June 28, 2010

Vignana Bhairava Tantra - 67


When an ant crawls upward!

Sarvasroto nibandhana Pranashaktyordhwaya Shanaihi| Pipeela Sparshavelayam Prathathe Paramam Sukham||

When all the five organs of perception - eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin and organs of action - the hands, feet, speech, organs of reproduction and excretion - are stilled and refrained from expression, the energy of the mind is diverted and focussed within. It rises within and fills the being. In that heightened state of awareness, the supreme joy that exists is revealed just at the time when a sensation like an ant crawling upward is experienced. The verse gives an idea of the minute and particle-level experience of awareness spoken about. - Swahilya Shambhavi. (Pic. Floating a lamp into the Ganga during arati at the Triveni Ghat in Rishikesh, on the eve of the Shahi Snan at Kumbh Mela in April 2010 - Pic. Swaha)

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