Re: Samadhi
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I will use a past post to offer one view on the question you pose.
We are informed by vasuguta-ji in the 1st section (called svarūpa spanda1) & the 17th kārikā, the following:
tasyopalabdhiḥ satataṁ tripadāvyabhicāriṇī|
nityaṁ syātsuprabuddhasya tadādyante parasya tu||17
It informs us,
to the elevated/awakened one (suprabuddhasya), there is (syāt), always (nityam) and continual (satatam), uninterrupted perception (upalabdhiḥ) of That ( tasya ‘of the real nature’) or of Self.
It is there ( this uninterrupted perception) in tripada (or the 3 conditions of consciousness wake-dream-sleep). However (tu) to the other one (parasya) That (tad) occurs only at the beginning (ādi) and end (ante).
This needs a bit more explaining... This says for the one awakened\fully alert and elevated the experience of Self ( That/Being, turiya or pure awareness) is there continually; yet to the other one? Who is the other one? That person, practitioner or yogi or sādhu who is not elevated to the suprabuddhi level, only experiences or recollects it during the entry point (ādi) or exit point (ante) of one’s practice ... of one’s ‘dive’ inward taking that person to the level of the 4th (turīya) or pure awareness.
For some this too does not occur. They will say, hey I have not even had this experience of the entry or exit point... then one just needs more practice as it comes with the territory.
Hence we have 3 types of practitioners:
- the suprabuddha sādhu
- the prabuddha sādhu
- the aprabuddha sādhu
One’s real nature is always there ( how could it not, we would not be alive!) ;
1. for the elevated one(suprabuddha sādhu) it is a continual experience.
2. for the prabuddha sādhu the experience comes at the beginning and end;
3. for the aprabuddha sādhu , he or she is work in process.
Now the secret is this: for the prabuddha sādhu this pure awareness is found during the entry point (ādi) or exit point (ante). Yet the beauty is this exit and entry point is found many times throughout the day and night, we call it the gap , some call it madhya ( middle), others may call it viśrānti or rest point.
It is that madhya between wake and dream, even between dream and sleep. It is found between two breaths, that gap between inward and outward breath ( some call sun and moon, others prāṇa and apāna). These are just a few e.g. between two thoughts, between object A and object B, etc.
इतिशिवं
iti śivaṁ
1. This chapter is from the spanda-kārikās, considered a commentary on the śiva-sūtras; note that the śiva-sūtras emphasize prakāśa ( pure being) of the Supreme, and in the spanda-kārikās it emphasizes vimarśa. Vimarśa is the dynamic , creative impulse of the Supreme, paramaśiva.
Last edited by yajvan; 24 September 2017 at 05:04 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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