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Subject: [K-list] On Samadhi and Asthanga Yoga
From: Harsha

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Thanks Bob for your nice comments and some great posts on traditional
practices leading to Samadhi. Horia, you raise some good questions on the
nature of Samadhi. There is much literature on this topic in scriptures as
well as by modern writers.

Based on my experience, there are many different types of Samadhis. Samadhis
associated with Kundalini Yoga involve a loss of body consciousness as in
sleep (but there is retention of awareness at subtle levels). In higher
Samadhis, typically the body is temporarily paralyzed as in sleep. Traveling
to celestial planes, visions of angels, gods and the Goddess take place
during various types of Samadhis brought on by the rising of the Kundalini
Shakti. The highest Samadhi is Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Here, not only the body
consciousness, but any remaining mental consciousness is also lost so there
is no room for visions, thoughts, doubts, etc. The mind itself having been
swallowed up, time and space disappear. Here Fullness of Awareness
Recognizes It Self in All Clarity.

Love
Harsha

-----Original Message-----
From: Horia Cristescu [mailto:horiaATnospamcyclop.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:08 AM
To: Kundalini-GatewayATnospamegroups
Subject: [K-list] On Asthanga Yoga

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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