Swamiji describes how the actual state of God Concsiousness rises in meditation. This is an excerpt from the “Special Verses on Practice" now called The Wisdom of Kashmir Shaivism. He says, "They are for your daily recitation. Maybe sometime you will experience these stages.”
Special Verses-882 (04:30)
prakāśamāne paramārthabhānau
naśyatyavidyātimire samaste /
tadā budhā nirmaladṛiṣtayo’pi
kiñcit na paśyanti bhavaprapañcam // 3
This is the way you should recite this śloka.
Prakāśamāne paramārthabhānau, when the actual sun of God consciousness has risen, when actual sun . . .
Sun means sun. Which sun?
DENISE: Actual sun.
SWAMIJI: Actual sun, yes.
. . . when the actual sun of God consciousness has risen, naśyatyavidyātimire samaste, at that time, samaste, all avidyātimire, all darkness of ignorance naśyati, is vanished altogether. You can’t find any darkness of ignorance there when that sun has risen; sun of God consciousness has risen.
Tadā, at that moment budhā, those who are elevated, yogis, nirmala-dṛiṣtayo’pi, although their eyes are wide-open, kiñcinna paśyanti bhavaprapañcam, they don’t find any existence of saṁsāra before them. They find only God consciousness from all sides; in front, in backside, in right side, in left side, in corners; they find only the glamour of God consciousness everywhere. So they don’t find anything of those worldly things. Worldly things [saṁsāra] are gone for them for good.
Source: The Wisdom of Kashmir Shaivism featuring Swami Lakshmanjoo’s collection of Special Verses on Practice.
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