#25. Are You A Believer Or A Skeptic? | Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

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On this spiritual journey comes a point where you have to cross the threshold where you need that escape velocity to break free from the gravitation of your own mind from the gravitation of your own conditionings of your own contractions in life.

There comes a point in this spiritual journey where you need that escape velocity where you need to go beyond this threshold if you stay on that threshold if you stay below that threshold you're thrown back into your mundane life and then you are just involved in your mundane life and once again the spiritual journey it does not carry much meaning for you the spiritual journey only remains a utility to fix this and fix that in your life if you're going through a tough time if you're having not so much happiness in life you would reach out to spirituality as tools but all this will keep you below the threshold will keep you as you are in all your miseries there will be all these ups and downs constantly life will be the same the way you have been living experiencing all throughout your life but if you cross the threshold if you gain that escape velocity you break free from what you have been living so far and then the real journey starts but to gain that escape velocity to cross that threshold to come to that point after that you need to take one of the two paths there are two paths on that crossroad on that point of threshold where you decide where you decide which path to take to move forward to gain that escape velocity to break free from the mundane to break free from all the paths that you have been carrying all throughout your life and just repeating and living that past all together at this point of this crossroad these two paths they both meet once again they move they both take you to the highest experience of life they both take you to enlightenment but these are very two distinct paths what are these two paths one is the path of a believer the other is the path of a skeptic both these paths they lead to the same place none of these paths the path of a believer the path of a skeptic is any higher or any lower any less significant or any more significant it depends on your decision which path you want to take the path of the believer or the path of the skeptic because they both meet once again they both meet in enlightenment they both meet in emptiness once again but along the journey they are very two distinct paths tantra vibration and these sessions they are inclusive of both these paths you don't have to make a choice to be in this session or not to be in this session to be with tantra vibration or to not be with tantra vibration tantra serves both these paths at the same time but you have to choose between the path of the believer or the path of the skeptic before you make the choice let us understand what is this path of the believer what is this path of the skeptic dropping all the prejudices that we have for the path of the believer the path of the skeptic already that the conditionings that we have done to ourselves from all what we have heard listened gathered known let us be open in understanding what is this path of believer and what is this path of the skeptic the first the path of the believer this is the path of unity this is the path of conviction this is the path where deep down you know that there is a truth deep down you have this strength you have this unity your thought your emotion all your energies they come together in a strong unity together and becomes and forms something very powerful known as a belief the entire tradition of religion it does not matter which religion all religions they were based on the framework of this belief they gave you a belief system not to deceive you but to give you that empowerment to bring all your energies to your thought to your emotion to your spirit everything all together to bring that unity and push that energy in a certain direction since you have not yet reached the peak how do you know that peak is worth going there or not therefore you start with belief therefore you start with that strong belief that the peak you will reach that peak that path that you're taking of that belief is going to lead you to there and then the power of belief the magic of belief that you actually reach to that peak which you had never known which was you were somewhat blinded of that but deep down you have that conviction so belief also turns into empowerment and takes you all the way to the peak but of course there are dangers to belief you can be deceived and there have been enough evidences in the past in all religions without exception where there has been deception where there has been misuse there has been all sorts of misconduct to break this path of belief to misuse this path of belief therefore there is a turn off from this path of belief although it is a very powerful path the path of devotion the path of opening your heart without having to think about where are we going why are we going and putting your belief in the path putting your belief in something putting your belief in someone putting your belief in the guide this is one way this path of belief is a straight path this path it you don't have to worry about it you enjoy the path there is a lot of enjoyment there is a lot of devotion on this path and there is a risk the risk of being misguided the risk of being deceived therefore this path is of gamblers this path is of those who have the courage to go all in who have the courage to put everything that they have at stake to be at the peak and the reward of this path is the path is very enjoyable the journey is relatively straightforward then the other path the path of the skeptic this path is of the path of doubt the path where you do not believe in anything where you do not take anything for granted unless you validate this in your own experience this path is also leading to the same place to the same highest knowing to the same highest experience to the same peak the path of skepticism the path of doubt science by its nature is built on this path the path of doubt the path of skepticism to validate everything in one's own experience on this path there are also pitfalls if you see the path of science it is also the current science that we call a science it is not truly built on doubt it is not truly built on skepticism because it wants you to believe first the foundation of the science the current science that we call a science is also a belief see that you start with belief first you believe in the laws of thermodynamics in the laws of physics there is a belief yes there has been some proofs done to make you believe those make you believe can be you can be made to believe anything therefore the science that we currently are exploring and using there is also a foundation of belief in that and we've come to that point where we see propaganda of belief in science the path of science should be the path of doubt of skepticism why would there be a need to believe in science if you were to believe in science you could have very well taken that straight path of belief of religion but why do you choose now to believe in science so the path of science the path of skepticism the path of doubt is also a very powerful path also requires a lot of courage requires your intelligence requires your thinking requires a reflection and awareness strong enough that you can see through every little detail it is not a path of unity it is a path of division you break the whole house of cards you see even in the foundations where is the truth and once you go on this path of doubt the path of skepticism then doubt everything that you see doubt everything that you hear doubt all what comes from your perception is that the truth or is that the reality doubt your own self am i real or am i just a projection of something doubt yourself doubt everything but then the whole house of cards falls the whole foundation falls and you don't want that to happen because in that falling of all the foundation there is fear there is requirement of tremendous courage tremendous honesty and can we maintain that honesty can we maintain that courage if you can then the path of skepticism is for you it is not a direct path you will have to break you will have to dig you will have to go through a lot of dark tunnel where you will not know where you are but if you remain true honest to your doubt to your skepticism and dig everywhere you reach to the same peak the way you will reach to the same peak is through emptiness you will see that none of it which you are doubting none of it which you are skeptic about none of it has any sort of validation of any kind everything is just an assumption the entire world is based on just assumptions so for a true skeptic a true doubter no assumption is good enough do not make any assumptions so therefore choose between these two either the true believer or the true skeptic don't mix these two the moment you will mix these two that you are on the path of skepticism but you're still believing in something holding on to something as a belief and the rest you're questioning you have lost the choicelessness you have to be true to your path you have to be choiceless to the path either be a true skeptic or be a true believer believe in all gods believe in everything believe in the whole world believe without any division or do not believe be a skeptic of everything without any exception choose that at the junction at the crossroad your path the path of belief or the path of skepticism stick to it until you reach to the top otherwise you will fall in the ditch these are two different paths you will fall into the ditch if you will if you will mix these two or you will always remain below the crossroad below the threshold where you pick some belief you pick some skepticism some doubt and you will only validate what you already know you will only repeat the past your own knowing there will be no growth there will be no transcendence into spirituality into any form of higher experience higher knowledge higher consciousness with that let us listen to the technique for today which bhairava has given in vijnan bhairava tantra and follow the technique practice the technique bhairava in vijnan bhairava tantra says meditate on the body as only enclosed by the skin with nothing inside nothing outside thus attain the one who is not an object of meditation let me repeat meditate on the body as only enclosed by the skin with nothing inside and nothing outside thus attain the one who is not an object of meditation this is another technique of emptiness which we have been discussing over the past sessions past few sessions have been directly or indirectly about emptiness how to reach to emptiness and here bhairava gives one more technique where he says meditate on the body as as if it is only skin so you will assume you will imagine you will visualize that you're just skin your body is just a thin film of skin and inside is emptiness outside is emptiness and it is the same emptiness that is outside and that is inside and when you are in this visualization when you subject yourself in this visualization in this imagination in this contemplation that you're just a bag of skin there is only a very thin film of skin and everything else is empty there's no flesh no bones no blood no organs nothing it's only emptiness inside the same emptiness that is outside the only thing in between these two inner emptiness and the outer emptiness is a thin layer of skin when you do that when you subject yourself to that slowly that division also disappears and there is only emptiness you become one with that which cannot be meditated upon you become one with shiva one with pure consciousness with pure emptiness let us practice that in our silence in our awareness please close your eyes and take a posture that is comfortable for you your body relaxed sitting upright posture head neck shoulders back aligned and rested the breath is flowing naturally in and out at its own pace allowing your body to rest your mind settle bring your awareness to your body and visualize your body it's just an enclosure of skin use your thought your imagination your feeling to be in this sense that you're just an enclosure of skin a thin film of skin is your body there's nothing inside this enclosure of skin no bones no flesh no orbits you put all your energy in this visualization that there is emptiness inside this bag of skin everything on the inside of your skin is emptiness nothingness you inside is emptiness and outside skin all around you is also emptiness you what surrounds you is emptiness touching your skin and what is inside is the same emptiness you there's only emptiness inside no thought no emotion no sensation no breath only emptiness inside you outside is the same emptiness you you're just a thin enclosure of skin this emptiness inside and outside no thought no emotion no sensation only pure emptiness silence awareness you leave all effort all visualization and simply sit in this silence in this awareness you everything dissolves disappear in this emptiness you don't hold on to anything you back to your breath to the sensations in 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