Spandana is like an inner pulse, a subtle vibration that then creates things from thoughts, spandana is the manner in which Shiva manifests the world from his own self and projects it out as a bubbling Universe of life form.

There is a technical term used in Kashmir shaiv Darsana, called 'spandana'.
Spandana is like an inner pulse, a subtle vibration that then creates things from thoughts, spandana is the manner in which Shiva manifests the world from his own self and projects it out as a bubbling Universe of life form.
I have always related the spandana pictorially to the Damru: the sound beat of the Lord. Shiva plays out the cosmic dance with his Damru, and we are born. Aum Namah Shivaye.