--- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from geocities. Comparing this experience to the statements of MMY, > my conclusion is that Ramakrishna's experience is a case of a lack >of > integration.: > > > State Of Samadhi in the Life of Sri Ramakrishna > > During the sadhana of Vedanta, Sri Ramakrishna tried to transcend >all > the limitations of body-mind duality. Under the guidance of his > teacher - Tota Puri - Sri Ramakrishna took to the practice with > intense zeal and determination that knew no bounds. When the > effulgent form of Mother obstructed his entry into the realm of > superconscious state, he put an end to it with the 'sword of > discrimination'. He went into a state of highest nondual > consciousness and was established in Nirvikalpa Samadhi. >Continuously > for three days Sri Ramakrishna was lost in that state, sitting like >a > stone - lifeless to outer world and stimuli. His face was calm, > serene, and radiant. A doctor examined the functions of his heart >and > lungs, but he was dead like a wood to the external stimuli. After > three days he gradually regained his normal consciousness. >Afterwards > Sri Ramakrishna was in state of samadhi continuously for six months. > * > "We intently watched Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in samadhi. His > whole body relaxed and then became slightly rigid. There was no > twitching of the muscles or the nerves, no movement of any limb. >Both > his hands lay in his lap with the fingers lightly interlocked. The > sitting posture of the body was easy but absolutely motionless. The > face was slightly tilted up and in repose. The eyes were nearly but > not wholly closed. The eyeballs were not turned up or otherwise > deflected, but they were fixed and conveyed no message of outer > objects to the brain. The lips were parted in a beatific and > indescribable smile. There was something in that wonderful smile > which no photograph was ever able to reproduce." > * > "In the state of samadhi the master's body was bent on one side and > therefore the cameraman went to make him sit erect by softly > adjusting his chin. But as soon as he touched the chin the whole >body > of the Master came up like a piece of paper - so light it was. The > Master was completely unaware of this incidence. Swami Nirvanananda > said that he had heard that people experiencing samadhi of a certain > type or depth generally do become light."
What a great account, interesting that his head *did not fall* onto his chest, but the body was in an immobile fixed *upright* state, true transcendental consciousness or Samadhi. Unlike many meditators who fall asleep in meditation, assume a poor posture and call that successful meditation! It may have been successful sleep but hardly merits the term meditation (dhyana) in the true sense of the word!
