Attention at the Twelve-Finger Point
Bhairava
This verse points to a subtle place called the dvādaśānta, a point “twelve finger-widths” from the body, often linked with the breath's endpoint. The practice is to place attention there and let the mind become quiet on its own. When that happens, the usual sense of separation softens.
विज्ञानभैरव तन्त्रम् यथा तथा यि ति द्वादशान्ते मन् वक्षपेत् ॥ प्रवतक्षणम् क्षीणिृत्तेिैलक्षण्यं वदनैभधिेत् ॥ ५१ ॥
vijñānabhairava tantram yathā tathā yi ti dvādaśānte man vakṣapet || pravata-kṣaṇam kṣīṇi-vṛttei-lailakṣaṇyaṃ vadanairbhadhiet || 51 ||
Translation
Vijñānabhairava Tantra. However and in whatever way the mind may be projected toward the dvādaśānta, at that instant, when mental activity has become thin, the distinctiveness of the face or the manifested field dissolves. || 51 ||
Use attention at the dvādaśānta, the subtle point associated with the breath and crown, to let mental activity thin out and reveal a non-different awareness.