Imagine Spirit Within and Around You - Universe Spiritualizes
इत्थं ये योगिनो दृष्ट्वा व्याख्यातव्यं तु योगिभिः ।
ittham ye yogino drishtvaa vyaakhyaatavyam tu yogibhih |
VBT Verse 125
The Sutra
"Imagine spirit simultaneously within and around you until the entire universe spiritualizes."
Paul Reps translation, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957)
Understanding
Spirit is not only within you and not only around you - it is simultaneously both. This technique asks you to feel spirit inside your body and outside it at the same time, with no gap between inner and outer. When this simultaneous feeling becomes total, the distinction between inner spirit and outer matter collapses. The entire universe spiritualizes - every atom, every space, every being is recognized as spirit expressing itself.
Original Sanskrit
इत्थं ये योगिनो दृष्ट्वा व्याख्यातव्यं तु योगिभिः ।
ittham ye yogino drishtvaa vyaakhyaatavyam tu yogibhih |
Vijnanabhairava Verse 125 (Technique 102 of 112)
How to Practice
Sit quietly and feel the spirit within you - the aliveness, the awareness, the presence inside your body.
Now feel the spirit around you - in the air, in the walls, in the earth beneath, in the sky above.
Hold both simultaneously. Spirit within and spirit around you at the same time. Let there be no gap.
Gradually let the boundary between inner and outer spirit dissolve. It is one continuous field.
As this feeling deepens, the entire universe begins to feel alive, aware, spiritual. Matter becomes spirit.
Rest in this spiritualized universe. There is no dead matter anywhere - only spirit within and around, everywhere.
Duration
20-30 minutes
Best Time
Dawn or twilight when inner and outer worlds feel connected
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