Technique 107 of 112 — The Unbroken Flow Of Totality

This dharana is a quintessential expression of the 'Shambhavopaya'—the path of Shambhu (Shiva), which involves a direct leap into non-duality without the need for complex rituals or purifications. The verse mentions the 'saptaka-panchaka' (thirty-five) plus Maya, totaling the 36 Tattvas (elements of existence) in Shaiva cosmology. The core teaching here is a radical 'Short Path': the realization that even Maya (delusion) and the world of diversity are nothing other than the play of the Absolute. If everything is the Divine, then nothing is 'impure' and nothing needs to be 'cleaned.' Many spiritual paths focus on purifying the mind or suppressing thoughts; this dharana argues that since the mind and its thoughts are also manifestations of Shiva's energy, they are already sacred. By dropping the effort to fix oneself, the practitioner enters a state of 'Sahaja'—the natural, effortless state. The metaphysics here suggests that the distinction between 'pure' and 'impure' is the only real impurity. Once this realization dawns, the practitioner sees the entire cosmos as a single, unbroken non-dual fabric, and the need for spiritual struggle vanishes into the light of recognition (Pratyabhijna).