Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1

The World of Tantra 1 October 1972

Tantra is a science of technique to transcend mind into pure being; through love and 112 methods Shiva shows how to clear doubt and realize the formless.

The Path of Yoga and the Path of Tantra 2 October 1972

Yoga suppresses; Tantra accepts, indulge with awareness. Surrender has no method; true growth brings inner disturbance then a real transformation

Breath -- a bridge to the universe 3 October 1972

Breath is the bridge to the present: by noticing the tiny pauses and turns between inhalation and exhalation, mind stops and truth dawns not by seeking.

The deceptions of the mind 4 October 1972

You are already divine; awakening is discovery, not attainment: simple awareness of the breath's gap can reveal the hidden treasure by removing mind's fears.

Five techniques of attentiveness 5 October 1972

Attention at the third eye turns mind into witness; prana fills the head, showers as light, making imagination real - mastering dreams, death, and inner rebirth

Devices to transcend dreaming 6 October 1972

Dreaming pervades waking life; transcend it by treating the world as a dream and by self‑remembering 'I am' — devices to awaken beyond sudden shocks.

Techniques to put you at ease 7 October 1972

Learn three Tantra techniques—become the caress to enter timeless love, stop senses like an ant’s creep, and feel weightless to transcend mind and be at ease.

Total acceptance and non-division 8 October 1972

What does tantra mean by purity? Purity is undivided innocence: accept all impulses without moral division; experiencing them transforms and dissolves the ego.

Techniques for centering 12 November 1972

Root yourself in the hara: melt five-colored senses into an inner point or focus on the lotus-thread of the spine; concentrated attention dissolves the mind.

Fulfillment through becoming centered 13 November 1972

Self-actualization is the basic need: become centered in the navel, balanced and at ease; meditation transcends thought via contemplation and concentration.

Techniques to penetrate the inner centers 14 November 1972

Close the seven head openings to awaken the all-inclusive third eye; draw senses into the heart-lotus and keep the mind poised in the middle until no‑mind is realized.

Beyond mind to the source 15 November 1972

Centering anywhere draws consciousness back to the navel as the existential root; be authentic, choiceless and heartful to transcend mind and polarity.

Entering the inner centering 16 November 1972

Center consciousness inward through indirect techniques—love, bodily sensitivity, rhythmic movement, and piercing—to transcend senses and awaken inner being.

Changing the direction of energy 17 November 1972

Centering gathers scattered energy into the navel to trigger an 'explosion' into samadhi; methods, not descriptions, guide inward; love can be the natural path.

Toward the untouched inner reality 18 November 1972

Disidentify from past and projections: witness memories as dreams, unwind your mind backward, use single-object focus to reach inner void and remain centered.

Beyond the sin of unconsciousness 19 November 1972

Use moods—anger, desire—as paths inward: neither suppress nor vent them but return their energy to its source; unconscious identification is the true sin.

Several stop techniques 8 December 1972

Sudden stoppage of impulses converts outward-moving energy inward, revealing the center of being; stop, consider, or exhaust actions to touch true awareness.

Remaining with the facts 9 December 1972

Be authentic by considering and confronting your facts—anger, sex, violence—through awareness and unconditioning; grace comes when helplessness follows effort.

A Technique for the intellectual and a technique for the feeling type 12 December 1972

Mind itself is the disease; transcend it by witnessing imagined death or exhaustion at the instant of deprivation, or surrender in devotion—devotion frees.

Ordinary love and the love of a buddha 13 December 1972

Love is a state of being, not an act—like breathing; attachment springs from fear and possession; tantra transforms sexual energy into devotion.

Three looking techniques 14 December 1972

Eyes are the gateway to the self: stop eye movement to see your inner being; fix on whole form to return to the witness; see as if for the first time.

The third eye and psychic eye power 15 December 1972

Redirecting eye-energy into the third eye opens the subtle world; stop ordinary eye-movement, feel sourceless light, and beware burning sensations and misuse.

Several more looking methods 16 December 1972

Turn senses inward: awareness of death and meaning frees the mind; simple practices—look into the empty sky, listen to master, peer into a well—bring serenity.

Doubt or faith, life or death; the bases of different paths 17 December 1972

Know your type: intellect uses doubt; feeling uses faith. Use birth or death as poles to transcend both; death-like stillness prepares the inward turning to the deathless.

From words to pure sounds to being 22 January 1973

Identification with mind causes misery; move from words to pure sounds to subtle feeling and then be free — visualize letters, bathe in sound or plug ears.

Tantra: an acceptance of the peaks and the valleys 23 January 1973

Accept and understand the animal within instead of suppressing it; Tantra transforms instincts by saying yes, not by control, and makes them creative energy.

Soundlessness, soundfulness and total awareness 24 January 1973

Intone Aum slowly to move from sound into soundlessness (soundfulness): use the mind as a jumping board, remain intensely alert to avoid mantra-induced sleep and hypnotic illusion.

Meditation: an unburdening of repressions 25 January 1973

All social faces are false; meditation is thoughtless witnessing to release repressions, reveal the original face, and reclaim mastery over inner robotic self.

Sound methods for the dropping of mind 26 January 1973

Intone and progressively silence a beloved sound to drop the mind into the heart; total acceptance of the world frees energy for inner awakening.

Surrendering to a master 27 January 1973

Total acceptance dissolves ego and transforms repression into wholeness; surrender—first seen in sex—opens one to a master and to awakening.

From sound to inner silence 28 January 1973

Tantra is a subjective science: use sound and breath as technology—silently intone 'AH', emphasize exhale and body-awareness to touch inner silence.

The path of surrender 29 January 1973

Tantra is the path of total surrender, not will; it turns sex and life into meditative alchemy by flowing with nature, making 'you' the central subject.

The spirituality of the tantric sex act 22 February 1973

Use sexual energy to dissolve the split between mind and feeling: stay in the warm beginning, avoid release, enter shaking and remember union to become whole.

"Cosmic orgasm" through Tantra 23 February 1973

Tantra is an amoral science: use sex as a doorway to timeless, egoless, natural bliss—enjoy rather than sacrifice, turning orgasm into meditation.

Turning inward toward the real 24 February 1973

Turn inward from mind's reflections to self-remembering: be aware you are, actualize moments of satisfaction, catch the waking-sleep gap to touch the ever-living.

From maya (illusion) to reality 25 February 1973

Self-remembering uproots the false ego, restoring your real center so the world ceases to be maya; the guru disturbs dreams to awaken true being.

Techniques to witness the flux-like film of life 26 February 1973

Remain the undisturbed witness amid extreme desire; view life as a picture-show, stay between pleasure and pain, and accept desires in you and others.

Toward the authentic being 27 February 1973

Pure mind is formless awareness; identification with name, memory and roles creates suffering — accept states, wait, and authenticity replaces falsehood.

From the wave to the cosmic ocean 28 February 1973

Become a wave in the cosmic ocean: breathe consciousness as inner breath, use the wandering mind and senses as doors to turn inward drop ego and witness oneness.

Sudden Enlightenment and its obstacles 1 March 1973

Enlightenment is a sudden discontinuity, not gradual: practice removes barriers to make you available; the final leap dissolves mind, desire and self.