VBT 25

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Here is a clean, distilled BULLET GIST capturing the shared meaning of all translations of Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra — Verse 25, the continuation of the two-point pause / visarga practice:

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BULLET GIST — Verse 25 (The Two Pause-Points, Y1 continued)

• Two “voids” or spaces:

  • The breath briefly rests at two natural turning points:

    • After exhale, before inhale (outer space / bāhya-vyoma / dvādaśānta).

    • After inhale, before exhale (inner space / antara-vyoma).

• The instruction:

  • Do not let attention “return” or slip away immediately from these two empty spaces.

  • Stay present in the gap, without forcing, extending, or manipulating breath.

• What these spaces are:

  • They are micro-voids, the inner and outer hearts (as later commentaries call them).

  • These are not merely respiratory pauses but subtle doorways where prāṇa dissolves.

• Role of Bhairavī (Śakti):

  • These two spaces are Bhairavī—the dynamic power that reveals.

  • By resting in her (the gap), she manifests Bhairava, the pure consciousness underlying breath.

• Result:

  • In the still point between breaths, the form / body / essence of Bhairava becomes evident.

  • Breath-movement and spacious stillness are seen as a single continuum of awareness.

• Experiential essence:

  • When breath momentarily stops, either inside or outside, a double void opens.

  • These twin gateways reveal nondual presence, the union of Bhairava and Bhairavī.

• One-line summary:
  Rest in the natural pauses at the inner and outer turning of breath; within these twin voids, Śakti reveals Bhairava.

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If you want, I can also create:

• A side-by-side comparison of Verses 24–25,

• A practice instruction combining both verses,

• A diagram or flow-map of the two pause-points.