--- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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! :-) >
So... Yogananda's interpretation of something proves that it is an original tradition? Get back to me when you find Patanjali or one of the major upanishads talking about it. Shankara will do also.
