...But i did enter this breathless state once. i believe it may have been a 'gift' from the guru since it happened at a srf convocation years ago. i still remember it as if it was yesterday....
Steve, do you have a recall of the lenght of breathlessness?
The most fascinating thing about meditation is that when u really experience such sublime states there is a sense of timelessness. So if the mind were to cognize time as the mind 'grasped' the idea of no breath the function of 'thinking' envelops the bliss of 'experiencing'. So if i was experiencing timelessness asking the question how long is somewhat contradictory to the phenomena of 'timelessness'. This leads to another question. Can the mind understand and effectively express what the soul experiences in material measurements? Maybe so but i am not able to since this experience was at those precious 'moments' which are 'timeless'. Didn't Yogananda have to find out how much time elapsed after some of his experiences?
It would have had to b long enough to recognize there was no need for breathing. These r not such common experience for me that i have found a way to verify them in quantifying terms. Perhaps this would satisfy the scientist in us all!
