Bhavana

Bhavana

"creative contemplation", "perception", "reflection"

Uninterrupted reflection and thinking about the truth.

A contemplative practice in which a feeling directed at a certain object is cultivated.

शक्त्यवस्थाप्रविष्टस्य निर्विभागेन भावना ।
तदासौ शिवरूपी स्यात् शैवी मुखमिहोच्यते ॥२०॥

śaktyavasthāpraviṣṭasya nirvibhāgena bhāvanā |
tadāsau śivarūpī syāt śaivī mukhamihocyate ||20||

"When the [contemplative] experience (bhāvanā) of [a person], who has entered the state of Śakti, [becomes that of unity and] without any differentiation, he thus becomes [one] with Śiva's nature, [for] here [in this tantra] Śaivī is considered to be the entrance [into Śiva]." /20/

Ksemaraja's commentary on “Vijnana Bhairava Tantra”, shloka 20.