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Recieved: 2000/09/06 08:11
Subject: [K-list] Re: On Asthanga Yoga
From: Bob Vincent

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Thank you Horia,

Samadhi in my experience is no thoughts or feelings, just silent
bliss devoid of relative content- profound living silence. That is my
daily experience in meditation, and that also coexists with my active
life as it has become the habit of my nervous system to sustain it
over the years of meditation and yoga practice. There is some paradox
in there. No activity and activity combined, unbounded awareness
amidst the boundaries of life. Yes it is so.... that's yoga, union of
the non-joinable... :-)
It is this polarity which sets the stage for the dramatic final
joining, which is the awakening of kundalini.

There are different "grades" of samadhi, but I have never gotten into
making all the distinctions. For me, immovable silence has been good
enough so far. Others on the list might be able to help with the
distinctions between the different types of samadhi, from an
experiential point of view. I'd be interested in hearing more about
that too.

Peace,
Bob

Hi Bob,

--- In Kundalini-GatewayATnospamegroups.com, "Horia Cristescu" <horiaATnospamc...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> I like the way you explained the meaning of all the 8 limbs of
Yoga. I was
> always wondering what were the separation lines between pratyahara,
dharana,
> dhyana and samadhi. I just call them all 'meditation'. I know their
> definitions but I never quite satisfactory understood the exact
differences
> in terms of personal experience. Your description sheds more light
on this
> matter.
>
> I'm asking anyone who can help me : What are the exact signs of
samadhi as
> in personal experience, not theory ?
> I think I experienced samadhi recently but I am not quite sure. It
could
> have been just a mental void or a state close to samadi.
>
> Love
> Horia
>
> P.S. I just run my spell check and it tried to correct "samadhi"
into
> "salad". hahaha :)))
>
>
> > For review, the 8 limbs of yoga are:
> >
> > 1. Restraints (Yamas)
> > -Non-harming & Non-lying (Ahimsa)
> > -Non-stealing (Asteya)
> > -Non-attachment to sensuality (Brahmacharya)
> > -Non-possessiveness (Aparigraha)
> >
> > 2. Observances (Niyamas)
> > -Purity of body and mind (Saucha)
> > -Contentment (Samtosa)
> > -Intensity for enlightenment (Tapas)
> > -Spiritual study (Svadhyaya)
> > -Surrender to ultimate truth (Ishvara Pranidhana)
> >
> > 3. Postures (Asanas)
> >
> > 4. Breath Control (Pranayama)
> >
> > 5. Withdrawal from worldly attachments (Pratyahara)
> >
> > 6. Bringing attention to a point- concentration (Dharana)
> >
> > 7. Expanding attention from a point- meditation (Dhyana)
> >
> > 8. Transcendence of attention to unbounded awareness (Samadhi)
>
>
>
>
>
>

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