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Vijnana Bhairava Tantra · Dharana 9 · Verse 32

Peacock-tail circles

Look at the colored rings of a peacock feather, or at any image of nested circles. Gaze until the rings lose their solidity and open into space. The picture is not the point. The point is what happens when a form is watched so long that it forgets to stay a form.

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Meditate on the five voids as the many-colored circles of a peacock’s feathers, and you enter the heart, the supreme void.

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