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🌺 THE STATES OF RĀMA 🌺 गतिः स्थानं स्वप्नजाग्रदुन्मेषणनिमेषणे। धावनं प्लवनं चैव आयासः शक्तिवेदनम्॥८६॥ बुद्धिभेदास्तथा भावाः संज्ञाः कर्माण्यनेकशः। एष रामो व्यापकोऽत्र शिवः परमकारणम्॥८७॥ Moving, staying, going in dreams, staying in wakefulness, the twinkling of the eyes (unmeṣa and nimeṣa), running, jumping, not-knowing (ignorance), and knowing one’s own energies. Śakti vedanam, when he is aware of all his senses. That is śakti vedana when he is aware of all his senses and he makes the senses follow him. He is the actor, not the acted. And in addition, all differentiated states of knowledge, all moods, all names, all actions, all this collectively is called “rāma,” because He pervades all these movements. So, hence, Rāma is Śiva, and He is the supreme real cause of this whole universe. Rāma means who plays in this universe– the player. कल्मषक्षीणमनसा स्मृतिमात्रनिरोधनात्। ध्यायते परमं ध्येयं गमागमपदे स्थितम्॥८८॥ How you can get entry in the state of rāma? You have just to stop (vikalpa). Just stop various thoughts. You have to stop them, not by the ordinary mind, but by that mind which is an absolutely pure. By that mind, you have to see that all thoughts are put away. It is in vijñānākala–just entry. Vijñānākala is the entry. The entry begins from vijñānākala, the entry in one’s own nature. And there he contemplates on that supreme object which is established, that is established, in gama and agama: prāṇa and apāna from the āṇavopāya point of view, pramāṇa and prameya or jñāna and kriyā from the śāktopāya point of view, and prakāśa and vimarśa from the śāmbhavopāya point of view. Just be attentive. Don’t lose your own subjective consciousness. Bas, that is all. You just have to observe and hold what you are really. Nothing is to be practiced. Everything is there. ~ Swami Lakshmanjoo, Light on Tantra

ramō ramō rama iti prajānamabhavankathaḥ/ ramabhūtaṁ jagadabhūdramē rajyaṁ praśasati//

॥वातूलनाथसूत्राणि॥ महासाहसवृत्या स्वरूपलामः ॥1॥ By the exposition of Supreme and great courage, the nature of real rapture is acquired. By ascending from Objective and Cognitive worlds, you are established in Subjective Consciousness, but that is not attainment of Universal Self, although you feel oneness of God-Consciousness. You have to descend to the state of Cognitive Consciousness and Objective Consciousness. This is the daring courage and that courage is, keeping the awareness of your real nature. There in that Supreme state the universal Consciousness becomes one with the Objective Consciousness and vice-versa. To put it simply, ''I” becomes “this” and “this” becomes “I”, in that state of perfection. Everybody has got ability to do it as all are rays of the Universal-Consciousness and are inseparable from that universal-Being. - Svāmī Laksmana Joo

तमीश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतम् । पति पतीनां परमं परस्ताद् - विदाम देवं भुवनेशमीड्यम् ॥ May we realize Him-the transcendent and adorable master of the universe-who is the supreme lord over all the lords', the supreme God above all the gods, and the supreme ruler over all the rulers.

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"There are two ways of experiencing bhairava. First is when the sadhaka, seeks the divinity within, turn introverted, away from the world and finds bhairava in seclusion. This is not the real state of bhairava. It not real state of bhairava because the restrictive condition of seclusion, isolation, inwardness was emplyed in the search of bhairava and this finding does not has freedom. Freedom is when bhairava is found, irrespective of inwardness or ourwardness, internal or external, ie everywhere in this world, this world which is bhairavi. This world is expansion of bhairava's energy, bhairavi. The full glamour is experienced when bhairava is experienced in this world, without any conditions, without any means. That is real bhairava." 🔹@Kashmir_Shaivism 🔹@Kashmir_Shaivism_Group

भैरव उवाच साधु साधु त्वया पृष्टं तन्त्रसारम् इदम् प्रिये। व्यपदेष्टुमशक्यासावकथ्या परमार्थतः। अन्तः स्वानुभवानन्दा विकल्पोन्मुक्तगोचरा। यावस्था भरिताकारा भैरवी भैरवात्मनः॥ वि○भै○ O dear Parvati, O priye, you have asked me that which is the essence of all Tantras. This state is infact indescribable. In reality it cannot be told. Internally it happens. It is filled with your own ecstacy, your own bliss. It is beyond the apprehension of thoughts. That state which is always full, that full state of Bhairavi, is the full state of Bhairava. ~ Swami Lakshmanjoo Bhairava is essentially saying to Bhairavī: “You are the best part of me. You’re the ultimate essence of what I am.” He literally says, “that state of fullness is you Bhairavī, you are the hridya of Bhairava.” ~ Hareesh

भैरव उवाच साधु साधु त्वया पृष्टं तन्त्रसारम् इदम् प्रिये। O dear Parvati, O priye, you have asked me that which is the essence of all Tantras. व्यपदेष्टुमशक्यासावकथ्या परमार्थतः। This state is infact indescribable. In reality it cannot be told. अन्तः स्वानुभवानन्दा विकल्पोन्मुक्तगोचरा। Internally it happens. It is filled with your own ecstacy, your own bliss. It is beyond the apprehension of thoughts. यावस्था भरिताकारा भैरवी भैरवात्मनः॥ That state which is always full, that full state of Bhairavi, is the full state of Bhairava. ~ Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Swami Lakshmanjoo Bhairava is essentially saying to Bhairavī: “You are the best part of me. You’re the ultimate essence of what I am.” He literally says, “that state of fullness is you Bhairavī, you are the hridya of Bhairava.” ~ hareesh

शिवः शक्त्यायुक्तो यदि भवति शक्तः प्रभवितुं नचेदेवंदेवोनखलु कुशलः स्पन्दितुमपि । अतस्त्वाम्आराध्यां हरिहर विरिन्चादिभिरपि प्रणन्तुंस्तोतुंवाकथ- मक्र्तपुण्यःप्रभवति ॥  सौ○ ल○ शिव निस्पंदित, निष्क्रिय हैं यदि नहीं शक्ति के साथ यदि शक्ति सहित हैं तो रच देंगे अतुल, अगाध; जब शिव स्वयं विष्णु-ब्रह्म के साथ तुम्ही को पूजित करते किस प्रकार तब अकृत-पुण्य जन योग्य बनेंगे सहज तुम्हारी आराधन के ॥१॥ "Shiva united with Shakti becomes able to manifest. If otherwise, this god knows not even how to pulsate. How then could one of ungained merit be able to bow to, or even praise One such as you, adored by Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma."

|| विज्ञान भैरव तंत्र || VIGYAN BHAIRAV TANTRA ĀŃAVA - SĀMBHAVA Dhāranā 6, v29 उद्गच्छन्तीं तडिद्रूपां । प्रतिचक्रं क्रमात्क्रमम् । ऊर्ध्वं मुष्टित्रयं यावत् तावदन्ते महोदयः ॥२९॥ When you feel that it is just like lightning, and it is rising from mūlādhāra, it rests again in each and every cakra. It shoots upwards, just like the streak of lightning, in a successive form. This is the formation of prāna kundalini. In the end it reaches the state of Brahmarandra, there the sādhaka experiences the great rise of the divine nature. The supreme bliss of Lord Siva shines. ⁃ Vigyan Bhairav Tantra manual of self realisation by Swami Laxman joo

🌺Initiation into Trika's anuttara mārga🌺 एवमेव कश्चित् - परशक्तिपातानुगृहीतो वेत्ति यः 'एतज्ज्ञानमेव हि दीक्षा कान्यात्र दीक्षा' । अत एव एवं जानन् विभुना भैरवभट्टारकेण दीक्षितः । 'Evam 'Yaḥ kaścit' means: he who has been favoured with the highest grace (parashaktipAtAnugrhito), 'vetti' means he alone.knows. This realization alone is diksha, what else is diksha (initiation)?' Therefore thus knowing, he has (really) been initiated by revered Bhairava. स्वस्वरूपपरिज्ञानं मन्त्रोऽयं पारमार्थिकः । दीक्षेयमेष यागश्च क्रियायामप्यनुत्तरः ॥ "Recognition of One's essential nature-this is the highest mantra. This is the real initiation. This is the real sacrifice. Among all the ceremonies, this is the highest rite." ~ Mahāmāheśvarācharya Abhinavgupta.

🌿 O Kulešani! The Guru shall desist from taking for his disciple who says white lie, cunning, impure regarding wealth and wife, and doesn’t mind what code is or what is prohibited. v7. 🌿 Who is ungrateful, concealing what is within, trust breaker, disloyal. v9 🌿 Who is ever eager to deceive all, proud that he is the best in deceiving, untrue, cruel, indulging in indecent speech. V11. 🌿 Who is slandering people behind their back, talking sweet in front, talking like a Brahmana (though without that knowledge), resorts to steal knowledge, self-laudatory egotist. V13. 🌿 Who makes others fight, agonized by others, void of self-consideration and self-harming, talks of his own ills; traitor to his master, deceiver of himself. V15. 🌿 Who spoils sacred substances, proud of service to the Guru, hater of women, fallen from the tradition, cursed by a Guru. Such Sisyas are to be rejected. V22.   - Kularnava Tantra, Ch13

🌺ॐॐॐॐॐ🌺 ॥ Jāgrat Suşupti ॥ (deep sleep in the state of wakefulness) When in the state of wakefulness that individual subjective body, both externally and internally, loses consciousness of the objective world and also loses consciousness of the world of impressions, he is in the state of jāgrat suşupti. Externally, he is not experiencing the objective world and internally, he is not experiencing the world of impressions. In our Saivism, this state is called Prabuddhah, “with consciousness," because he has reached very near to the Supreme Consciousness of Being. ⁃ Swami Lakshmanjoo Raina, KASHMIR SHAIVISM "The Secret Supreme"

दृषद्विचित्रतल्पयोर्भुजङ्गमौक्तिकस्रजोर् गरिष्ठरत्नलोष्ठयोः सुहृद्विपक्षपक्षयोः । तृणारविन्दचक्षुषोः प्रजामहीमहेन्द्रयोः समप्रवृत्तिकः कदा सदाशिवं भजाम्यहम् ॥ ता○स्तो○ When will I be able to worship SadaShiva having an equanimous mind towards various forms of the world. When will I be able to see the sameness in the garland made of pearls and those made of snakes, between a priceless gem and a lump of clay, between a friend and a foe, between a vision that is like lotus and one that is like a blade of grass, between an emperor and a common man. ▬▬▬▬ He knows one truly worships SadaShiva when he is truly able to see him in the entire universe not just in one form at Kailasha. He beautifully describes when will he worship Sadashiva by having an equanimous minds in various objects of the world? One's mind is said to be equanimous only when he genuinely realizes the divine essence in everything and every being. Till then the names and forms keep deluding him and make him like or dislike something.

Shiv Sutra 3.14 The absolute independence is same in the external world as it was in samadhi. For yogi, there is no difference between the independence experienced in samadhi and the independence experienced in the external state (vyutthana). He may reside in samadhi or he may be given to the activity of the world; his reality of independence is the same. - Swami Lakshmanjoo शिव सूत्र ३॰१४ उस का ऐसा स्वातन्त्र्य न केवल अपने शरीर में ही अभिव्यक्त होता है, अपितु सर्वत्र होता है। वह जिस किसी भी शरीर से जो कुछ भी जानना या करना चाहे, वह सब कुछ जान और कर सकता है। फिर केवल समावेश की दशा में ही नहीं, अपितु लोकव्यवहार की दशाओं में भी उसका पारमेश्वरी स्वातन्त्र्य चमक उठता है। जाग्रत, और स्वप्न, में भी तथा सभी सांसारिक व्यवहारों में भी जो चाहता है उसे जान सकता है और कर सकता है। - डा. बलजिन्नाथ पण्डित

अहिंसा प्रथमं पुष्पं द्वितीयेन्द्रिय निग्रहम् । तृतीयन्तु दयापुष्पं भावपुष्पञ्चतुर्थकम् ॥ पञ्चमन्तु क्षमापुष्पं षष्ठं क्रोधविनिर्जितम् । सप्तमं ध्यान पुष्पन्तु ज्ञानपुष्पन्तु अष्टमम् ॥ एतत् पुष्पविधिं ज्ञात्वा अर्चये लिङ्गमानसम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नोति देहलिङ्गार्चनेन तु ॥ कौ○नि○ The Manasa Linga is to be worshipped and not with external but with mental flowers and incense. The first flower is Ahimsa. The second, Control over the Senses. The third, Kindness. The fourth, Idealism. The fifth, Largeness of Heart. The sixth, Suppression of Anger. The seventh, Meditation. The eighth- Knowledge. The salhaka should, through gradual training give up, all kinds of desires, anger and pride (कामक्रोधञ्च दम्भञ्च त्यजेल्लोभं शनैः) and Cultivate Equanimity.

“This soul has come into the body as an incarnation. A wise person ought to think, “I have come in this body to elevate this whole universe.” Being the elevator, He wants to make others get themselves elevated. Actually, whoever has come into this body, he is there to make you understand that you are Bhairava, you are one with Parabhairava. There is nothing less than Bhairava existing in you also– in anybody! In a feeble person also, he is also Parabhairava. He has come into this body to elevate the whole universe.” - Swami Lakshmanjoo 🔹@Kashmir_Shaivism 🔹@Kashmir_Shaivism_Group

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साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः । तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानस्तद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम् ॥ One who has no inclination towards literature, music/dance and arts, is literally an animal without a tail and horns. The animals are lucky that this person lives without eating grass!(otherwise nothing would be left for them) ~Bhartṛhari