On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Vaj wrote:
In legitimate saints they will often lock into the style of samadhi
that occurs at death--and can only be experienced in two places
(death and special forms of meditation)--and in such a case the
person does maintain their asana, their head remains erect, they
don't "slump over" and their heart area will remain warm--often for
days. In unrealized saints they just die and lose color rapidly. I
suspect the reason for the quick announcement was that after he
died, he exhibited none of the traditional signs of a yogi. If he
did, they'd be milking it for all it's worth. I suspect this photo
was leaked to give that illusion.
Am I the only one who finds this whole discussion a tad ghoulish?
What difference does it make what position his body was in when he
died?
When it comes to yogis and dying, it's the just the type of question
any one experienced would ask. But they are just signs. Symbols. And
it's like any other sign: you either know how to read them or you
don't. And of course you can misread signs. No big deal. But I at
least will ask what the signs were. Also if you've had that
recognition (of dying), or have been trained in dying (or worked with
the dying) you naturally ask certain questions.
