77 - Maithuna Rahas 2

Before seeking union with another, sit in silence and visualize the two forces within your own spine. The cold, lunar breath (Ida) and the hot, solar breath (Pingala). Maithuna begins when these two become one in the Sushumna. Without this inner marriage, physical union is just friction. Verse 77: The Silence Beyond Ecstasy "Seventy-seven times the serpent coils, and on the seventy-eighth, it disappears. So too, the lovers, after the final breath, forget the world and remember only the Self." The number 77 is deeply symbolic. In many traditions, 7 represents completion (7 chakras, 7 days, 7 notes). Two sevens—77—represents a double completion: the end of the physical and the end of the mental.

By The Inner Pilgrim

Jai Ma, Jai Ka. (Hail the Mother, Hail the Eternal.) Have you experienced a moment of "still union" or the collapse of duality in your own practice? Share your reflection below. Maithuna Rahas 2 77