Namaste
As others have explained on this thread, Turiya is not a state as such says MAndukya Up. It is the foundation Atma tattva that allows waking, dream and sleep.
TurIyAtIta (beyond / transcendental) can be called a state.
I think a better qn would be "Is samAdhi blissful"?
SamAdhi can be very very restful and peaceful OR very blissful depending on the type.
Samadhi on NirAkAr(formless) brings BramhAnanda,
Samadhi on & with the Supreme Person (& His associates) brings LeelAnanda.
It is either blissful or peaceful, particularly if you notice it involuntarily - i.e. there is no effort. In both cases, you need not be sitting in one place with eyes closed. You are in the world but not of it.
-- When engaged in the material world, the mind is "behind the steering wheel", driving rashly, or gracefully, peacefully, dutifuly, responsibily, racing,getting mad at other [drivers] - depending on the 3 modes of nature.
1. In nirAkAr samadhi (formless) - no thoughts as such, the car is in parking. One need not wake out of it to know it was peaceful.
You may feel the extreme peace during. Why? Because there is no burden of the need for thinking like in the material world, but awareness is there owing to the turIya - witnessing atma. To exist in the world and perform basic duties, responsibilities, you have to think, worry, get surprised, be cautious. It is tiring. So you immediately see/feel the contrast. The question is how engaging is it going to be after the mind has had full rest.
2. Bhakti-samAdhi is involuntarily stepping straight in the abode of the Supreme Person, God, or just perpetually being with Him. There is no effort on your side, as everything is just happening.
and it is as if you are "going/being taken for a ride in the chariot", but not driving. As opposed to the material world, where the mind is working and working.
Here, you are not dreaming it up with mind as active instrument. It is happening.
In VaishNav or bhakti language we call it smaraNam in the prior stage
and the ripe stage may be called turIyAtIta. God consciousness. Serving the Supreme Person (BhagavAn, God) - BHAKTI in its real true form.
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Om namo bhagavate vAsudevAya ~
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