Sixteenth technique. Vyomākāram — having the form of space. Contemplate your own Self (svam ātmānam) as unlimited space. Digbhir anāvṛtam — not covered, not limited by any direction. Without north, south, above, below. Without center.

This dhāraṇā dissolves identification with the body by expanding identity to infinite space. It is not fantasy. It is the recognition that consciousness has no edges. The body has edges. Thoughts have edges. The consciousness containing them does not.

Nirāśrayā citiḥ śaktiḥ — the energy of consciousness without support. When it rests upon no object — neither body, nor thought, nor emotion — svarūpaṃ darśayet — it reveals its own nature. Consciousness sees itself. That is the moment of recognition that the Kashmir Śaivas call pratyabhijñā.