On Feb 25, 2007, at 12:22 AM, sparaig wrote:
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://what-buddha-taught.net/Books/Ajahn_Chah_Dangers_in_Samadhi.htm
Wrong samadhi is where the mind enters calm and there's no awareness
at all. ...the mind enters calm, and we don't want to come out to
investigate anything. We just get stuck on that happiness ... With
right samadhi, no matter what level of calm is reached, there is
awareness. There is full mindfulness and clear comprehension.
Sigh. Samadhi is where the thalamus stops (or at least extremely
reduces) accepting
sensory input from the outside world AND stops (or at least
extremely reduces) allowing
cortical-thalamic-cortical feedback loops, while the brain remains
in a restfully alert state.
So in forms of samadhi where the senses remain intact, the thalamus
tries to close them down?
This sounds like something you heard, did not examine critically and
then believed (and parrot).
Different forms of samadhi occur in consciousness and the hardware of
consciousness, the brain, shows that change in consciousness.
