Message #14178

[Jitendra Hydonus]

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Yet, the devotee eventually breaks these down and peers beyond the paradoxes,
realizing there is nothing but God,
 and
"abandons the vain idea of any separate existence"

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Patanjali maps the experience we tread...
in early stages of Samadhi (communion / letting go of vain idea of separate existance.


I took part of your post and quoted it above. the word samadhi is used so loosely that
it is interesting to see your description. I have also read that true samadhi Is breathlessnesss
and the heart stops beating.

This whole process of meditation is geared for loosing our vain idea of a separate existance.
The idea and practice of communion and eventually unbroken communion is what we are striving for.
See above thread for the different levels of meditation that Pantajali mentioned in his yoga sutras
here at spiritual portal.

We can often get a better description from opposite defintions. if we are loosing something, we are also
gaining something in that void; an expanding consciousness that merges into everything.
your description gives the idea of leaving or letting go. mine of striving for something.
interesting duality of descriptions; both valid and both worth pondering.

Thanks for bringing my thoughts to such beautiful places.

blah blah blue!

jitendra