VBT 24 X STILL POINT

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Here is a clean BULLET-POINT GIST distilling the shared meaning of all the translations of Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra — Verse 24, focused on visarga / breath-pause meditation:

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BULLET GIST — Verse 24 (Visarga / Breath-Pause Meditation)

• Breath as divine expression: Inhale (jīva/apāna) descending and exhale (prāṇa) ascending are the two poles of Parā Śakti’s self-expression (visarga, “emission,” “outpouring”).

• The two points: Each breath has two “birthplaces” —

  • the top of the exhale,

  • the bottom of the inhale.
    These are the subtle origin-points where one breath ends and the next begins.

• The practice:

  • Rest awareness exactly in these two turning points,

  • letting them be “filled” with silent, steady presence.

• What is visarga here:

  • The pair of movements (upward prāṇa + downward jīva) constitutes a two-point visarga, the living mantra of the Goddess (often symbolized as haṃ–saḥ).

  • Awareness holds the two poles as one continuum.

• Effect:

  • Abiding in the gap/transition between breaths reveals a state of inner fullness, plenitude, saturation (bharitā).

  • The sense of separate doership dissolves; the yogi experiences Śakti as the source of prāṇa.

• Experiential essence:

  • In the still point between breaths, infinite space opens.

  • The “pause” is not forced; it appears naturally when attention is steady.

• Summary in one line:
  Attend to the natural pause at the top of exhale and bottom of inhale—where Śakti is born—and fullness reveals itself.

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If you want, I can also produce:

• A one-sentence gist,

• A practice instruction,

• A diagrammatic explanation,

• Or a comparison with nearby verses (e.g., 25–27).