meditation 19

Beginning at the navel . . .

softly intone

the sacred sound

A u m . . .

passing the sound

gradually

through heart , , ,

to the face . . .

the middle of the eyebrows . . .

to the forehead . . .

and then . . .

to the crest

of the head . . .

and

beyond . . .

into Void . . .

You are blessed . . .

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Swami Lakshmanjoo and Dina Nath Muju's 1975 – 1975 translation of the verse reads as follows:

Verse 42

Softly intone the sacred word Aum by beginning at the navel and then pass the sound gradually through heart to face and then to the middle of eyebrows, thence to forehead and then to the crest of your head and then beyond that into the void. You are blessed.

To enable his commentary on this scripture to endure down through the ages, Swami Lakshmanjoo left it in two forms:

(i) a series of videos gracing each verse, which over a few years, John Hughes of the Lakshmanjoo Academy recorded, and

(ii) Swami Lakshmanjoo's textual embodiment of the tapes, The Manual for Self-Realization: 112 Meditations of the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra (edited by John Hughes).

Both are treasures! In each, Swamiji comments on the scripture while responding to questions from his students. Swamiji emphasizes that the video version transmits his teaching with a higher level of fidelity.

For Swami Lakshmanjoo's commentary on this verse, please refer to his (i) Manual for Self-Realization (John Hughes, ed.), and (ii) to Jaideva Singh's The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment, which he went over word for word with Singh.