Where there is pain, there is Shiva
Kinchidangam Vibhidyadau Teekshnasoochyadina Tataha
Tatraiva Chetanam Yuktva Bhairave Nirmala Gatihi.
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If someone had the experience of having acupuncture needles running through the body, connected to electric impulses, then this Vignana Bhairava Tantra may have some meaning to them already! This Tantra is 
not entreating you to invite pain and suffering upon yourself. But when there is a prick of a needle, there is a point in the body where it pains. Draw your attention to that spot. The pain is nothing but a pure and fresh movement in the consciousness called Bhairava. Be there and experience it in the moment.
It is not just about experiencing the physical pain. It can be an inexplicable pain in the heart too, when one experiences suffering born out of separation of a loved one, dejection, depression, sadness. When such heaviness of the heart happens, be there in that moment without comment or judgement. You experience Consciousness. The pain can liberate too. A word of caution! There is no need to wish for pain and suffering. But experiencing it when it visits is what this verse of the Vignana Bhairava Tantra conveys.
Picture: A memorial for the many children who lost their lives at the Madavamedu village off Nagapattinam coast in Tamil Nadu when the tsunami struck. The little children who died where those who were washed away while they were blissfully watching the television at home. - Swahilya Shambhavi
4 comments:
Beautiful!! The posts on vigyan bhairav tantra are really wonderful. ts a treasure and worth many re-reads. Will be grateful for more!!
Thank you Parvathy. It will surely continue.
swahilya ,
when you love someone the expectation is that there should not be any seperation -that is your pain.
when you love some one you expect
togetherness always - that is your pain.
accept both and your pain is gone.
Anonymous: Dry Vedanta can be spoken when everything is fine. But for the person suffering separation, loss of life or property that is dear to the heart, the pain is real. No one invites pain upon themselves. But the Vignana Bhairav Tantra says, when there is pain, be with it. And through the pain and the suffering, experience the truth.
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