What does Pure Consciousness mean?

[saidevo]

One Hindu sage--I think RamaNa Maharshi--said 'samAdhi' is the status of becoming 'sama'--equal to, 'Adi'--what was in the beginning; but then it is 'Adhi' not 'Adi' in the word 'samAdhi' but even 'Adhi' has a meaning 'foundation'.

In the same way, 'upanishat' can be interpreted as 'upa'--towards, 'nish'--before, 'sat'--truth, existence, that is, 'towards the (truth of) existence before; but then the most popular interpretation is 'upa'--near, 'niShat'--sitting, seated, so 'seated near the guru in learning'.

I think it is Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba who said 'upanayanam' popularly means 'upa'--towards, 'nayana'--leading, so 'leading towards the truth' but it also means 'upa'--together with, (so)additional, 'nayanam'--eye, thus 'the additional (third) eye'.

Sanskrit is a wonderful language with such layers of meanings; and no wonder it is devanAgarI--language of the gods.

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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Idea 1
samādhi समाधि - is samā+dhi.

• Samā = together with , along with , together ; sameness, even-ness, to make equal , balance.
• dhi = is to hold, to delight , to please.

So, samā+dhi is that even-ness, that balance, that is held to delight, to please.

Idea 2
samādhi समाधि - is sam+ā+dhi

• sam - is to join together
• ā - is a noun of śiva ( perfect silence, perfect balance) ; it is also a noun of lakṣmī ; ā also means near to.
• dhi - is to hold, to delight , to please.

Hence sam+ā+dhi is to join (sam) that perfect silence (śiva) that delights (dhi).

The balance of mind, this samādhi is a condition of effortlessness . That state that is perfectly balanced. Effort suggest movement and therefore a weight to one side or another , outside of 'silence'... the balance is not there due to the effort.

samādhi is the resting place ( samā - evenness ) of dhyāna ( meditation); from this nirvāṇa occurs... nirvāṇa is defined as to blow (va) + out (nir). What is this blowing out? That of ignorance , that of imbalance.

Idea 3
samādhi समाधि - is sa+mā+dhi

• sa - is knowledge, meditation; procuring
• mā - ( 3rd derivative) is to measure out ; yet this mā is also madhyama. What is this? It is the middle note,
  m�dhya, middle, central, neutral i.e. the balance point.
• dhi - is to hold, to delight , to please.

Now we have samādhi as that knowledge ( meditation) that holds and delights in m�dhya.
This m�dhya is very attractive in kaśmir śaivism. It is the theme of Vij�āna Bhairava� āgama.

praṇām

words

• vij�āna bhairava - the conversation between śakti and śiva. This is from the Rudrayāmala Tantra.
  • vij�āna is vi+j�āna: vi is to discern, distinction + j�āna is wisdom, knowledge.
• āgama - a traditional doctrine or precept , collection of such doctrines , sacred work , brāhmaṇa.
  
  • In kaśmir śaivism 92 are recognized; these āgama's are śāstra focusing on the knowledge & wisdom offered or aligned to śiva and śakti.

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté ,


Idea 4
lets use saidevo's post as the foundation for this idea/notion:

One Hindu sage--I think RamaNa Maharshi--said 'samAdhi' is the status of becoming 'sama'--equal to, 'Adi'--what was in the beginning; but then it is 'Adhi' not 'Adi' in the word 'samAdhi' but even 'Adhi' has a meaning 'foundation'.

samādhi समाधि - is sama+ādhi when two a's appear side-by-side then the long ā is added. So we can add ā or leave a as it is.

• sama = together with , along with , together ; sameness, even-ness, to make equal , balance
• ādhi - has multiple meanings - it is a place, receptacle ; it is also reflection; also a foundation

For this definition of samādhi, it is the place of even-ness, the receptacle of balance.
Yet if ādhi was written as adhi the definition changes. It means in comparison with, also anxiety, on, at.
How do we get to anxiety? by a+dhi ; a = not + dhi = delight, or pleasing. Hence we get not delightful or not pleasing and hence a ~version~ of anxiety.

If we use ādi that = first, beginning. We could then apply saidevo's definition which I rather like. Yet as saidevo suggest , this is not the word, and taking this liberty would just be applying a new word and not deriving it from the existing word ādhi.

praṇām