Vijnana Bhairava 116 117 All Is Consciousness, No Need For Control

Devîn Cachemire

 The realization that all is consciousness and that, therefore, there is no need to control attention :

yatra yatra mano yāti bāhye vābhyantare 'pi vā |

tatra tatra śivāvāsthā vyāpakatvāt kva yāsyati || 116 ||

"Wherever attention goes,

outside or inside,

there is the divine state.

(Consciousness) being (all) pervasive, where could (attention) go ?"

yatra yatrākṣamārgeṇa caitanyaṃ vyajyate vibhoḥ |

tasya tanmātradharmitvāc cillayād bharitātmatā || 117 ||

"Wherever/whenever the Lord's consciousness manifests

through the senses,

there is plenitude, for (that sensory manifestation) dissolves in consciousness,

because (that manifestation) is a power of that (consciousness)."