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Recognition (Pratyabhijñā)
You are already Śiva and only forgot — liberation is simply recognizing it.
Pratyabhijñā means 'recognition,' and it gives the Recognition school of Kashmir Shaivism its name. Its claim is striking: you do not have to become divine or attain anything you lack — you already are the supreme consciousness, Śiva, and have only forgotten it. Liberation is the sudden recognition of this ever-present identity, like recognizing a long-lost beloved standing right in front of you. The means is insight, not strenuous effort.
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- TantrasāraŚrīnagara (Srinagar), Kashmir · 1000explains
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He who sees Me in all things, and sees all things in Me, he never becomes separated from Me, nor do I become separated from him.
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