--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:40 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > > > If you mean someone who reports the above plus shows pure > > > > > transcending for an entire 20 > > > > > minute meditation period, every mediation period, then no studies > > > > > have been published on > > > > > such people. > > > > > > > > Turiyatita? Try continuous samadhi, 24/7/365. > > > > > > > > > > Sigh. Please point me to a study or studies on people who show > > continuous breath > > > suspension for 20 minutes at a time under lab conditions rather than > > ambiguous results > > > found in a cave some place using portable equipment with > > questionable calibration. Hell, for > > > 20 minutes continuous breath suspension associated with samadhi > > rather than just holding > > > your breath, show me ANY research at all. > > > > Exactly right, breath suspension (no breath) AND NO heartbeat! > > Samadhi! Any research for even 5 minutes?...good point! > > > > > > > Where does the claim of no heartbeat come from?
I can't find the exact passage right now, but according to Yogananda even the heart stops, and the body is held in a state of suspension, being completely supported by cosmic 'prana', the higher breath, as you related. I'll look for it and let you know....Happy Sunday! :-)
