Vijnana Bhairava 49 50 51 Awareness Above the Head

Tiru Gnâna Sambandhar

The practice of dissolving awareness in the space above the head (verses 50 and 51), or in the heart (verse 49) :

hṛdyākāśe nilīnākṣaḥ padmasampuṭamadhyagaḥ |

ananyacetāḥ subhage paraṃ saubhāgyam āpnuyāt || 49 ||
"With closed eyes and attention focused
in the space of the heart,
in the middle of the two lotuses joined,
one shall get supreme happiness,o Happy One !"

sarvataḥ svaśarīrasya dvādaśānte manolayāt |
dṛḍhabuddher dṛḍhībhūtaṃ tattvalakṣyam pravartate || 50 ||
"Always dissolving attention in 
the space above the head of one's body,
for one who has stable intelligence,
stable being, the aim, shall become alive."

yathā tathā yatra tatra dvādaśānte manaḥ kṣipet ||
pratikṣaṇaṃ kṣīṇavṛtter vailakṣaṇyaṃ dinair bhavet || 51 ||
"Throwing attention above the head
in all situations, at each moment,
for the one whose mental activity is being destroyed,
the undefinable shall happen in days."