Dhyāna Dhāraṇā · Dhāraṇā 11

ग्राह्यग्राहकसंवित्तिः सामान्या सर्वदेहिनाम् । योगिनां तु विशेषोऽयं सम्बन्धे सावधानता ॥

grāhyagrāhakasaṃvittiḥ sāmānyā sarvadehināṃ | yogināṃ tu viśeṣo 'yaṃ sambandhe sāvadhānatā ||

The consciousness of the perceived and the perceiver is common to all beings. But what is special to the yogi is attention to the connection between them.

Eleventh dhāraṇā. One of the most revealing in the text. All beings — sarvadehināṃ — have consciousness of subject and object. They see things, hear sounds, think thoughts. This is sāmānyā — common, ordinary.

What distinguishes the yogi? Sambandhe sāvadhānatā — attention (sāvadhānatā) to the connection (sambandha) between perceiver and perceived. Not the object. Not the subject. The space of relationship between both. That space is pure consciousness.

This technique is practiced in any moment of perception. You see a tree: instead of losing yourself in the tree or in yourself seeing it, attend to the very act of seeing. That luminous nexus where subject and object meet. There is Bhairava.