Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.126

c19.126

The union of bindu and rajas is the aim of the Yoga; and, although it is difficult to achieve, its realization is the highest state. The place of union is of the highest importance. Bindu is of two kinds, pale-white and blood-red,² and is the root or cause of the body.³ Its conservation is both the protection and the preservation of the body. Primarily bindu as pale-white is the semen virile,⁴ the circular image of the moon, nectar, white as cow's milk, curds and silver. It is the product of the moon and is distilled to the left of the space between the eyebrows. Its seat is in the hollow above the throat, the *Vyoma* cakra, also described as the hole at the upper end of the suṣumṇā.⁵ Thence it naturally proceeds down through the suṣumṇā to the place of fire, in the mūlādhāra, or in the nābhiṣṭhana, where it is consumed. For this reason the khecarīmudrā (see next chapter) is performed to hold the bindu in its native station; and other devices are used to cause it to return after it has actually gone down. It is Śiva. The conservation and control of the bindu is of great importance.