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Vijnana Bhairava Tantra · Dharana 42 · Verse 65

Body or universe as one’s own joy

This has the same shape as the practice that treats the body or the world as awareness, but the quality you hold is joy. Consider the body, or the whole field of the world, as already full of a quiet happiness that does not depend on events going well. Sit with that, or carry it through the day. Outer conditions are not the source. You are remembering a warmth that belongs to being itself.

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Remember the whole world, or your own body, as full of your own joy. Then, all at once, through your own nectar, you become supreme bliss.

After you look: if it is still alive, stay with it. If it has gone quiet, let tomorrow bring the next one.