VBT 24-25

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Here is the precise, essential difference between VBT Verse 24 and Verse 25, in clear bullets:

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VERSE 24 AND VERSE 25 (Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra)

1. Primary Focus

Verse 24 — Focus on the generation of breath and the visarga (two-point emission).

• Centers on how prāṇa (exhale) rises and jīva/apāna (inhale) descends.

• Emphasizes the places where they originate (top of exhale, bottom of inhale).

• Practice is about filling these origin-points with awareness.

• Essence: Attune to the birth of breath → fullness (bharitā) appears.

Verse 25 — Focus on the pause or stillness in the breath’s two spaces.

• Centers on the tiny voids where breath rests (between inhale/exhale).

• Emphasizes not returning too quickly from these pauses.

• Practice is about staying in the gap, the inner and outer voids.

• Essence: Abide in the natural pause → Bhairava reveals.

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2. Orientation of Attention

Verse 24:

Attention = on the movement and its two points of origin.
You watch the energetic flow rise and fall, and rest awareness in the birthing-points.
It is dynamic, like watching the tide turn.

Verse 25:

Attention = on the stillness between movements.
You enter the void-like spaces where breath briefly stops.
It is static, like resting in the calm between waves.

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3. Language of Result

Verse 24:

Result = bharitā
→ fullness, saturation, plenitude.

Verse 25:

Result = the manifestation of Bhairava through Bhairavī
→ revelation of pure consciousness.

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4. Subtle Technical Difference

Verse 24:

• Treats inhale and exhale as a visarga, a two-point expression of Śakti.

• The yogi recognizes the energetic polarity of breath.

Verse 25:

• Treats the inner and outer pause as two voids (vyoma-yugma).

• The yogi recognizes the spatial emptiness underlying breath.

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5. In Simple Terms

Verse 24:

Observe where the breath begins.
Awareness fills the origin-points → fullness arises.

Verse 25:

Observe where the breath stops.
Awareness rests in the void-points → Bhairava appears.

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6. Experiential Metaphor

Verse 24:

Like watching the moment a wave forms.

Verse 25:

Like abiding in the still surface after the wave dies.

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7. Relationship Between Them

Together, they describe the entire cycle of subtle breath:

• Verse 24 → origination-points (beginning of inhale/exhale).

• Verse 25 → termination-points (end of inhale/exhale).
  They are complementary halves of a single practice-stream (Y1).

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One-sentence difference:

Verse 24 teaches awareness of the breath’s origin as Śakti’s twofold emission; Verse 25 teaches awareness of the breath’s pause as the double void where Bhairava shines.

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If you want, I can also give:

• A side-by-side diagram,

• A practice protocol combining 24 & 25,

• Or the deeper Trika metaphysics behind visarga and the two voids.