On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:57 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
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Yoga-suutra mentions several stages of samaadhi.
The main distinction seems to be sabiija- vs.
nirbiija-samaadhi. The highest stage is, I guess,
dharma-megha-samaadhi.
I wonder what stage "typically"(?) is the one mentioned
in Vibhuuti-paada (third book). It's hardly nirbiija,
because of "artha-maatra-nirbhaasam". Or, then again,
I don't understand anything about the stages of
samaadhi, LOL.
http://web.mac.com/lawsonenglish/iWeb/Site/Meditation%20EEG.html
The highest stage might corresdpond to the periods of
universal EEG coherence where the vertical lines are drawn...
Compare samadhi with turiya in Mandukya Upanishad.
Interesting, the postcontrol breathing seems like more
rapid than the precontrol. Huccome?
Just as fodder for discussion, if anyone's on that
wavelength, it seems to me that the Vedic/Hindu
approach to these different types of samadhi
interprets them as "stages" because they're stuck
in a hierarchical mindset. Because they bring a
hierarchical set of assumptions to the table, they
see these different types of samadhi experience as
existing within a linear structure of experiences
that has a "top" and a "bottom," a structure in
which the experiences at the "top" are "better"
than those further "down," which are perceived to
be "less better."
That's simply because they *accept the laws of karma as true*. If
they realize a path beyond cause and effect--beyond karma (which some
may consider heretical) then they are not as likely to be stuck in
bhumis or stages--or to see things as hierarchical. But really it's a
valid path, simply less direct.
