Vijnana Bhairava Tantra – 89

Train them inward

Yasya Kasyendriyasyaapi Vyaghathaccha Nirodhitha:|

Pravishtasyadvaye ShunyeTatraivatma Prakashate||

If the individual takes upp even one sense organ and restrains it from going repeatedly to its pastures, he enters into his own non-dual void within. The expression of the mind outward is brought within and there the atman shines in all its glory.

For instance, instead of allowing the eyes to roam around and getting tired watching different forms all the time, they can be kept closed. This allows the eye of contemplation to open within and there lies the discovery of the self. – SS

Vignana Bhairava Tantra – 88

Bhairava expands with consciousness

Evameva Nimeelyadau Nethre Krishnabhamagrataha|

Prasarya Bhairavam Rupam Bhavayanstanmayobhaveth||

In the same way, as soon as you close both the eyes, there is a deep darkness that is seen before you, within closed eyes. Allow the consciousness within, that beholds the darkness, to expand into the form of Bhairava. As you meditate upon that form in this manner, you soon become one with the consciousness of Bhairava. - SS

Vignana Bhairava Tantra - 87

Meditate on the dense darkness of night

Evameva Durnishayam Krishna Pakshaagame Chiram|Taimiram Bhavayan Rupam Bhairavam Rupameshyati||

This verse tells us to do dharana or concentrate the mind on the darkness of the night's sky. It is not the darkness of a bright moonlit sky, but the dense and fearsome darkness when the moon approaches a new moon day of the waning phase. Sit alone with the sky for company and look at the terrible darkness of the sky. Meditate upon this thick black dark form of formlessness and Bhairava the aspect of truth assumes thhat very dark form right before your eyes. - SS

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Only Bhairava everywhere

Kichith Jnatam Dwaitadaayi Bahyalokastamah Punaha|
Vishwadi Bhairava Rupam Jnatvanantaprakasha Bruth||

Having known a little bit of this world outside, dual in nature with ups and downs, joys and sorrows, highs and lows, days and nights - the darkness of non-apprehension of the reality always remains. Withdrawing  our perception from the outer world of differences, if we take our sight to the seer consciousness or Bhairava, nothing else but illumination remains. If there is joy that is revealed, sorrow revealed, wealth, poverty, popularity, and all these states of being are revealed to us, the knowing alone is nothing but the light of pure awareness. - SS

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When space merges within you

Leenam Moordhni Viyathsarvam Bhairavathvena Bhavayeth|
Tatsarvam Bhairavakara Tejasthathvam Twamavisheth||

Meditating on the space in the forehead - Chidakasha Dhyana, is a means of getting absorbed into that consciousness. As you sit with eyes closed, experience as if all the space is getting absorbed in your forehead. Now, feel the presence of consciousness of Bhairava completely pervading the forehead. When the moment of contemplation leads you to the understanding that all that you see is nothing but the thought of Bhairava, you enter into the essence of pure light. - SS

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Look at the empty sky

Aakasham Vimalam Pashyan Krithwa Drishtim Nirantaram|

Sthabdhathma Tatkshanath Devi Bhairavim Vapurapnuyath||

By going on looking into the pure sky for a long period of time, the consciousness becomes one with the sky and attains to the body of Bhairava which is nothing but the empty space. - SS

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Moving meditation

Chalaasane Sthithasyatha Shanairva Dehachalanath|

Prashante Manase Bhave Devi Divyaughamapnuyath||

Movement is medicine. Motion creates emotion. This is an area of meditation where the various dance and movement forms and even playing games fit in. When you move the body gently and sway it left to right or forward and backward, the mind becomes still and connects to become in tune with the energy flow of the divine.

We have many temple rituals such as the dolotsavam, where the deities are placed on a swing and swayed for worship. The Sufi practice of swirling meditations, the ecstatic dances during bhajan sandhyas all point towards to this process of moving the body and reaching an elevated or a sublime state of consciousness. What the mind sees, that it becomes. When it sees the deity swinging, it swings automatically along and stops when the swinging stops. The mind becomes tranquil and flows with the divine. - Swahilya Shambhavi.