--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is not so difficult to attain Life beyond death, or walking over > water. > > During the practice of Pranayam when the breath becomes still, after > two hours, how far one wants to go in water one can go, because, when > Water, Voidness and the self, all are One and I myself is the same, > then tranquilizing breath in this body, inner Illumination is > attained, when the "Kebali Kumbhaka" is held, i.e., when the air of > respiration becomes tranquil in the normal course of practice. > > This is one piece of information I comprehend but do not experience > or realize as yet. > > It is not difficult to enter into eternal Life during the present > tenure of life this is written in the Upanisad. > > "Jivanmukta" refers to a person who is liberated while living in the > physical body. When the breath becomes tranquil by the practice of > Kriya, if the seeker holds on to this state for two hours he can dive > into deep meditation for as long as he wants, he can tune himself in > Oneness for a long time. > > Because water, i.e., the patches of waves in between the eyebrows, > Voidness, i.e., ether or Akash, and the Sun, i.e., Light or Energy > all are One, i.e., the reflection of the Self or pure Consciousness > and absolute I, the embodied Self is so. Eventually the breath is > stilled by the practice of Kriya; technically this is called Kebali > Kumbhaka in Yoga science. > > Then every cell of the physical body is illuminated by the inner > Light of the Self. As a result, the whole body is illumined and is > divinized. The seeker (to be called Jivanmukta) thus attains eternal > Life beyond time or death. > > This information was comprehended by Yogiraj Sri Sri Shyama Charan > Lahiri Mahasay on the day when he recorded this realization.
I believe this is how Yogananda left the body voluntarily, as in the mahasamadhi. >
