Indriya Dhāraṇā · Dhāraṇā 54
शक्तिचक्रप्रभाकृतं विश्वमात्मानमात्मनि । विचिन्तयन्नभेदेन ततो विश्वपतिर्भवेत् ॥
śakticakraprabhākṛtaṃ viśvam ātmānam ātmani | vicintayann abhedena tato viśvapatir bhavet ||
Contemplating the universe as created by the radiance of the circle of energies, the Self in the Self, without differentiation — thus one becomes lord of the universe.
Fifty-fourth technique. Śakticakraprabhākṛtam — created by the radiance of the circle of śaktis. The wheel of energies constituting all manifestation. Not a mechanical universe but a display of conscious energy.
Viśvam ātmānam ātmani — the universe, the Self, in the Self. All contained within oneself. Not the ego inflated to believe it is everything. Consciousness recognizing that all it perceives is its own manifestation. Subject and object unified.
Abhedena — without differentiation. Viśvapatiḥ bhavet — one becomes lord of the universe. Not lord as dominator. Lord as one who is identical to the totality. The ocean is “lord” of waves not because it controls them but because waves are the ocean.