Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Lessons

• 1. The Gap Between Two Breaths – In the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Devi asks Shiva about the true nature of reality, and Shiva answers not with philosophy but with 112 doorways, simple ways to enter the present. The first doorways are in the breath.…
• 2. Following a Sound into Silence – Shiva suggests listening to the sound of a bell or a stringed instrument and following it as it fades, until it dissolves into silence. Every sound is born from silence and returns to it. When attention travels with…
• 3. Gazing into the Open Sky – One of the most beautiful doorways is simple: gaze into the clear sky beyond the clouds, and become that clarity. The sky has no centre and no edge. Clouds pass through it without leaving a mark. When we look into it…
• 4. Between Waking and Sleep – Shiva points to a doorway we pass through every day without noticing: the moment between waking and falling asleep, when the outer world has faded but sleep has not yet come. In that threshold there is a natural…
• 5. Awareness in Every Direction – Another doorway says: feel your being spreading in all directions, far and near, as if consciousness were not inside the body but everywhere at once. We normally feel ourselves as a point behind the eyes. When…
• 6. Dwelling in Delight – The Vigyan Bhairav Tantra does not reject the senses. It says: when you feel delight, while eating or drinking something lovely, meeting a dear friend, or hearing music, become that delight. Joy is a doorway too.…