Letting go of what abides in one's own body, contemplating 'I am everywhere' with a firm mind and a gaze that looks at nothing else, one becomes happy.
School paraphrase drawing on Jaideva Singh (1979), Christopher Wallis and Bettina Bäumer (as printed in Wallis's concordance); not a quotation.
Commentary
Singh: the dhāraṇā has a negative side ('I am not my body, nor confined to any place or time') and a positive side ('I am everywhere'). Verse 100 contemplates consciousness in all bodies; here one expands one's own consciousness into all forms. Śivopādhyāya distinguishes the two: here the contemplation is 'all this is myself', the awareness of Sadāśiva or Īśvara. Wallis: 'I am everywhere'.
How to sit with it
Let go of the feeling of living only inside this body. With a steady mind and nowhere else to look, contemplate: 'I am everywhere.' Rest in that, and notice the happiness that comes.
Where attention rests
The firm contemplation 'I am everywhere'
Letting go of being located only in this body
Not a body shape. The map is a self that usually sits in one body, opened out to be present everywhere.
Breath
Natural breath. Count about four in and four out only if it helps you settle, then let the count go. No forced hold.
The counts are an optional school pacing aid, not part of the verse. Hold is always 0: this school never adds a deliberate breath-hold.
Any steady, comfortable position (school addition)
Any steady, comfortable position: sitting on a chair, sitting on the floor with support under the hips, or lying on the back. Standing or walking slowly is also acceptable when that is easier. Choose the position in which the body needs the least effort.
School addition. Verse 104 does not specify a body position. The seat is a convenience so the dharana can be practised; it is not part of the technique and makes no claim of tradition.
Safety
Pain is information. Pause, regress, or exit. Never push through sharp pain.
General practice caution only; not medical advice. If this feels disorienting, feel the weight of the body on the floor and open the eyes. If anything feels distressing (dizziness, agitation, strong emotion), stop, open the eyes and rest attention on the feet and the floor.
This door needs no particular posture: sit on a chair, sit on the floor with support, or lie down. Eyes may stay open.
Honesty
Door 081 follows Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra dharana 81 (verse 104) in Jaideva Singh's numbering. The door-to-dharana index is a School of 112 Doorways teaching device. Singh's sequence is one edition's count, not an ancient one-to-one canon. The seat, counts, reaction and beat scripts are school additions.
Door index = Jaideva Singh dharana number: Door 081 is dharana 81, verse 104. Other editions number differently (see dharana.numbering_variants).
The seat, breath counts, reaction metaphor, attention-map drawing and beat scripts are school devices, not part of the verse.
The English is a school paraphrase, not a quotation from any translator.
No medical claims. Reaction names are metaphors, not biochemistry.
New door researched on 2026-10-06 on branch research/vbt-houses-2-7; awaiting guardian review.
School of 112 Doorways: seat, breath counts, reaction metaphor, attention map drawing and beat scripts School devices, following the House 1 conventions (doors/HOUSE-1-REGISTRY.md, guardians/CHECKLIST.md). research/PROMPT_TEMPLATE.md is not present in the repository at 32e76c4.
Pain is information, never a badge. Never force the breath. Practice is not medical treatment. The door-to-dhāraṇā index is a School of 112 Doorways teaching device (school_device), not an ancient one-to-one canon.