Yogic Withdrawalpratyāhāra
Esoteric
Yukti #95Verse 120
Embodied III
Verse 120kvacid vastuni vinyasya śanair dṛṣṭiṃ nivartayet ।
taj jñānaṃ citta-sahitaṃ devi śūnyālayo bhavet ॥Fix the gaze on some object, then slowly withdraw it, then the thought of it, then the heart-mind [itself]: O Goddess, one [who practices this] becomes an abode of spaciousness.
Simplified Steps
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Fix the gaze on some object until your focus is steady
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Withdraw your attention into the heart-space while still seeing the object
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Let go of the external object and notice the internal impression of it in consciousness
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Let that impression dissolve
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Let the holder of that impression (the mind) likewise dissolve
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Rest in open spaciousness.
