Thank you for this lovely video. Nirvikalpa Samadhi in medical terminology is Cortico-Thalamic disjunction. Think of it this way, your cerebral cortex is your hard drive where pre written commands are stored as files and then the thalamus as your processor that cherry picks your thoughts/ habits and makes consciousness possible. When these two parts are disconnected; temporarily, you don’t even remember that you’re a human being or that you’re alive. That’s Unity! It’s a subjective feeling that only the experienced will know. No amount words or description can ever explain it entirely. There’s definitely elements and factors beyond the science we know at this moment and so I’m absolutely not refuting the fact that there could be a spiritual aspect attached to it somewhere
Some of this story goes right in line with a profound experience I had with DMT, actually that was how I found this stuff out. But the part about getting back to worldly things resonates. That was the most difficult part for me because the meaning of everything was gone. It was blissful and concerning at the same time. Blissful because I had a deep knowing that all is well and always has been and will be. But I also have kids and life in general and to be at that level of “nothing matters anyway” actually caused me to freak out. On top of that, when this profound experience happened, I knew nothing about any of this. Only things I had ever heard was Christian teachings and all that went up in flames instantly after all I saw. Thanks for sharing your experiences brother 🙏 ~ Peace Profound
Iam happy you said it was a black empty space.i meditated one night around 2 or 4am.i felt like i went to deep i entered a space or state where i was there and not there kinda hard to explain i was aware of the darkness or the black i wasnt scared or happy i felt nothing but i was aware or my awarness it was a stillness i never felt this before no thoughts no feeling just awarness floating in this dark.i wasnt sure if this was before or after but it felt like it was pulling me ferther into this dark as if the dark was behind me pulling me and me myself as i know me was in front getting ferther and ferther away but i stopped it iwasnt sure if i entered this dark i will ever be able to get myself back thank you for sharing your story i havent meditated since that day i searched google for days to understand what happened and i found myself here is this a good or bad thing and can you lose yourself in this meditation sorry if my spelling bad i had to get this off my chest
Hi. I agree with another poster here. This isn't Nirvikalpa Samadhi. This is just scratching the surface. In true ego dissolution, you do in fact become God with full ability to change your reality with thought alone. And it won't just be you but us all since we are one mind. There's just so much more, permanent bliss with full ability to change this reality and time/space. That's the end of the road when we awaken from the dream. It'll only be a little while longer. Then we will wake fully.
I feel like I may be young, but maybe I have even experienced this at a young age through occultish kundalini meditiation in a will to attain higher samadhi with nirvikalpa the goal but that state of emptiness and a quiet inner peace has changed me and set me apart in many ways. I am doubtful it was true nirvikalpa as it was such a high attainment but I think I may have been close to what you described. On LSD once I attempted this meditation and stripped myself of worldly form in a way killing my ego and I became a much more understanding and wise person. And I totally agree with and empathize with the detachment and trouble returning to the world in things like a job or family, the fuzz and white noise is loud but it is a near psychotic state of constant formless mind maneuvering that will transform you and manifest into wisdom. Please let me know if you have any insights to a next step
OMG it is amazing how this contend is all free and how there is so little views. I saw all 12 Yoga videos up to here and I have some questions: 1) How does your Samadhi experince influenced your afraid of dead? 2) How does it influenced your experience of suffering and afraid of it? 3) How do you experienced sex after Samadhi. Any change? 4) What do you think about mahasamadhi? Do you feel that you are able to leave this body?
Thanks for your questions. The changes you described did not occur for me after samadhi, however I had already had similar realisations after achieving a samadhi-like state through another practice (the invocation of my ‘Holy Guardian Angel’). We can see beyond death, suffering and even the physical body when we discover that part of us that is one and the same with the Eternal, which needs nothing and which never dies. I will make future videos on my experiences with the Holy Guardian Angel. I do not feel I can comment on mahasamadhi; if such a thing is possible then I have never witnessed it.
Hi Sir, thanks for sharing your experience. I was wondering whether there are any scientific studies on gender and nirvikalpa/savikalpa samadhi. Suppose total n1 number of men are having samadhi experience and total n2 number of women are having samadhi experience. So which will be higher n1 or n2. Is there way to know.
Hello , ivee been watching some of your videos and i want to thank you for the knowledge. and i wanted to know what is your necklace in this video . thanks have a nice day
Thanks for sharing. Is that something you achieved in meditation? A lot to think about. Your account of white noise reminds me of one scientist work.He said that's how universe sounds and it will heal. Will post a link in a comment.
Thanks for sharing, really interesting. When you said there was nothing in your perception to hold on to, did you felt a separate I experiencing this? Was there any sense of me experiencing this? Thanks for sharing again, another fellow yogi here.
Thanks for your question. During the samadhi experience there was no sense of the I left. I can't even really say that there was a complete conscious awareness (it felt like more of a semi-conscious state) during the experience
you experienced 8th jhana of neither perception nor non perception not nirvikalpa samadhi. Nirvikalpa samadhi is god realisation and will only really happen after nirvana/pure consciousness. It took ramankrishna over 15 years to achieve nirvikalpa samadhi and then he spent the rest of his life in sahaj samadhi (maintaining god realisation/nirvikalpa samadhi in daily life instead of passing away). Normally once people reach nirvikalpa samadhi they will chose to die, as you escape reincarnation and start your eternal experience and journey of/as infinity, with the other realised selves. Only a few like ramana maharishi, vivekananda, ramakrishna etc stay to reach perfection (sahaj samadhi- being aware of self as god and man simultaneously). This is because you can accumulate infinitely more infinite power, knowledge and bliss when you are realised and have a physical body, than without.
Perhaps. I would say there are some strong parallels between the state of consciousness in Nirvikalpa Samadhi and the Eighth Jhana, but experienced and described differently because of the influence/expectations of their respective traditions. From my own studies I have learned Sahaja Samadhi is definitely linked to Nirvikalpa Samadhi, but is a much more advanced state further along the path
Hi! I am reading Swami Vivekananda Raja Yoga book as you recommended. When he teached pranayama he wrote: "One day, if you practise hard the Kundalini will be aroused." Does it means that kundalini awakening is mandatory to reach Samadhi? Did you awake kundalini? Thanks, Thanks.
There are some yogis who say success in pranayama or meditation will lead to kundalini awakening. However, in my experience making specific efforts to awaken the kundalini is not necessary to raja yoga. The goal in raja yoga is mastery of each of the eight limbs. If kundalini awakening is an objective of yours then you are better off exploring disciplines centred around that objective (such as kundalini yoga or tantra). If you go down that path then patience is key; efforts to force the kundalini to awaken prematurely can be very dangerous
Keep practicing thoughtless awareness meditation and everything good for You will follow from that. I've read from an advanced Yogi's site that not everyone always feels the Kundalini rise, he mentioned those who were realised in their previous life, the born realised. Even They must establish a daily practice of meditation though or little of their potential will be reached and They can even lose their way from the path just Those who are young in Their seeking, or any of Us. Just connect to the Divine daily Friend, all the wisdom and guidance flows from there. I'd do the Sahaja Yoga Meditation realization sequence too.
How do you know your experiences were savakalpa and nirvikalpa samadhi? Are you working with a skilled teacher that knows your practice and verified that or are you guessing on your own? It’s very easy to mistake meditation experiences for different levels of samadhi or even path moments to use Theravadin terminology. Pretty unlikely to enter very deep samadhi states without being on long retreats with intensive, sustained practice.
If people from West learn spirituality they win the world. As a Body they are out of bandage due to open minded sex in their early life and are liberated from sex urging .. So if West gets spirituality in mid age they win the self ..
Forgive me, but what you have described wasn't a nirvikalpa experience. The experience you are talking about was a type of dhyana. 1. your description seems to indicate there was still an experiencer and the experienced. which is never the case with nirvikalpa samadhi - that is an actual enlightening moment that changes the whole life for the sadhaka. it would move you to that marrow of your bones. 2. during the experience of nirvikalpa samadhi the entire universe is gone, inner and outer. the Supreme shines from within for itself. the bliss of sat cit ananda objectless bliss, the supreme universal Self is revealed in his own dimension outside of space and time. outside of any notion of I AM - I experience. There is no perception, nothing but naked awareness as it is in its primordial form. you as an I AM doesn't exist in the Nirvikalpa condition. 3. never heard anybody referring to NS as ''white noise''. that is simply not NS. also, it is not something neutral. the bliss that is raised and is the actual movement of shakti in sushumna and the cessation of mind is beyond any description. you get that once by your own efforts following skillful means, you are potentially enlightened. - then the seed of liberation is planted. 4. It is the direct audience with Parabhairava Himself. what happens when you meet Him you are no longer there with Him in the room, the room is gone too and your notion of audience as well - instead, Shiva Parabhairava ALONE shines in His eternal glory. you come back to normal consciousness with practical knowledge of the essence of the tantras and will experience what citta-vritti-nirodham in Patanjali yoga actually means. 5. the external sign - there is no breathing for the breath is pulled inwards into sushumna. unlike in dhyana where breathing continues.
"2. during the experience of nirvikalpa samadhi the entire universe is gone, inner and outer. the Supreme shines from within for itself. the bliss of sat cit ananda objectless bliss, the supreme universal Self is revealed in his own dimension outside of space and time. outside of any notion of I AM - I experience. There is no perception, nothing but naked awareness as it is in its primordial form. you as an I AM doesn't exist in the Nirvikalpa condition." This basicly described my first and last mushroom trip. I've been in search for knowledge relating to event ever since.
Lol everyone is so different is it not? Ive experience things that is a blend of all that was said. I appreciate all he described.. what kaleidoscope perspective of experience he did experience. There is the deepest level of samadhi and beauty present right now shining in the background is what I'll focus on into the next moments.
Hey bro, my name is Elijah and i practice raja yoga here in Missoula Montana. thanks for your video, i have some questions and i was hoping you could contact me so we can talk? ive been practicing raja yoga for a few years now
Thank you for this lovely video. Nirvikalpa Samadhi in medical terminology is Cortico-Thalamic disjunction. Think of it this way, your cerebral cortex is your hard drive where pre written commands are stored as files and then the thalamus as your processor that cherry picks your thoughts/ habits and makes consciousness possible. When these two parts are disconnected; temporarily, you don’t even remember that you’re a human being or that you’re alive. That’s Unity! It’s a subjective feeling that only the experienced will know. No amount words or description can ever explain it entirely. There’s definitely elements and factors beyond the science we know at this moment and so I’m absolutely not refuting the fact that there could be a spiritual aspect attached to it somewhere
Thanks for the comments and for relating samadhi to scientific concepts. Very interesting!
Some of this story goes right in line with a profound experience I had with DMT, actually that was how I found this stuff out. But the part about getting back to worldly things resonates. That was the most difficult part for me because the meaning of everything was gone. It was blissful and concerning at the same time. Blissful because I had a deep knowing that all is well and always has been and will be. But I also have kids and life in general and to be at that level of “nothing matters anyway” actually caused me to freak out. On top of that, when this profound experience happened, I knew nothing about any of this. Only things I had ever heard was Christian teachings and all that went up in flames instantly after all I saw.
Thanks for sharing your experiences brother 🙏 ~ Peace Profound
Iam happy you said it was a black empty space.i meditated one night around 2 or 4am.i felt like i went to deep i entered a space or state where i was there and not there kinda hard to explain i was aware of the darkness or the black i wasnt scared or happy i felt nothing but i was aware or my awarness it was a stillness i never felt this before no thoughts no feeling just awarness floating in this dark.i wasnt sure if this was before or after but it felt like it was pulling me ferther into this dark as if the dark was behind me pulling me and me myself as i know me was in front getting ferther and ferther away but i stopped it iwasnt sure if i entered this dark i will ever be able to get myself back thank you for sharing your story i havent meditated since that day i searched google for days to understand what happened and i found myself here is this a good or bad thing and can you lose yourself in this meditation sorry if my spelling bad i had to get this off my chest
Hi. I agree with another poster here. This isn't Nirvikalpa Samadhi. This is just scratching the surface. In true ego dissolution, you do in fact become God with full ability to change your reality with thought alone. And it won't just be you but us all since we are one mind. There's just so much more, permanent bliss with full ability to change this reality and time/space. That's the end of the road when we awaken from the dream. It'll only be a little while longer. Then we will wake fully.
Hey, thanks for posting this! I am now eager to start my own Yoga journey. Much appreciation!!!
Thanks for your support!
Thanks for sharing Your experience.
Was impressed with Your descriptions.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing this experience.
You're welcome
I feel like I may be young, but maybe I have even experienced this at a young age through occultish kundalini meditiation in a will to attain higher samadhi with nirvikalpa the goal but that state of emptiness and a quiet inner peace has changed me and set me apart in many ways. I am doubtful it was true nirvikalpa as it was such a high attainment but I think I may have been close to what you described. On LSD once I attempted this meditation and stripped myself of worldly form in a way killing my ego and I became a much more understanding and wise person. And I totally agree with and empathize with the detachment and trouble returning to the world in things like a job or family, the fuzz and white noise is loud but it is a near psychotic state of constant formless mind maneuvering that will transform you and manifest into wisdom. Please let me know if you have any insights to a next step
You saw the Beloved
Thanks for sharing your experience!
My pleasure!
OMG it is amazing how this contend is all free and how there is so little views. I saw all 12 Yoga videos up to here and I have some questions:
1) How does your Samadhi experince influenced your afraid of dead?
2) How does it influenced your experience of suffering and afraid of it?
3) How do you experienced sex after Samadhi. Any change?
4) What do you think about mahasamadhi? Do you feel that you are able to leave this body?
Thanks for your questions.
The changes you described did not occur for me after samadhi, however I had already had similar realisations after achieving a samadhi-like state through another practice (the invocation of my ‘Holy Guardian Angel’). We can see beyond death, suffering and even the physical body when we discover that part of us that is one and the same with the Eternal, which needs nothing and which never dies. I will make future videos on my experiences with the Holy Guardian Angel.
I do not feel I can comment on mahasamadhi; if such a thing is possible then I have never witnessed it.
Hi Sir, thanks for sharing your experience. I was wondering whether there are any scientific studies on gender and nirvikalpa/savikalpa samadhi. Suppose total n1 number of men are having samadhi experience and total n2 number of women are having samadhi experience. So which will be higher n1 or n2. Is there way to know.
Hello , ivee been watching some of your videos and i want to thank you for the knowledge. and i wanted to know what is your necklace in this video . thanks have a nice day
Thank you very much for your feedback! The necklace I am wearing is a talisman of the archangel Michael
@@LiftingtheLamp ok thank you for the info
Samadi means stay still with eyes open ear open senses open ??? And stay steady...
What was your yoga practice routine like leading to this?
I had been practising Raja Yoga for 3 to 4 years, at first every day or every other day but then switching to a one hour practice once a week
@@LiftingtheLamp What would be the best source to read or watch to start my own daily Raja Yoga practice that you would recommend? Many Blessings
@@chrxmefacelook up Swami Vivekananda book on Raja Yoga
Thanks for sharing. Is that something you achieved in meditation? A lot to think about. Your account of white noise reminds me of one scientist work.He said that's how universe sounds and it will heal. Will post a link in a comment.
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@@TaxHelpUSA Thank you for the link
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Thanks for sharing, really interesting.
When you said there was nothing in your perception to hold on to, did you felt a separate I experiencing this? Was there any sense of me experiencing this?
Thanks for sharing again, another fellow yogi here.
Thanks for your question. During the samadhi experience there was no sense of the I left. I can't even really say that there was a complete conscious awareness (it felt like more of a semi-conscious state) during the experience
you experienced 8th jhana of neither perception nor non perception not nirvikalpa samadhi. Nirvikalpa samadhi is god realisation and will only really happen after nirvana/pure consciousness. It took ramankrishna over 15 years to achieve nirvikalpa samadhi and then he spent the rest of his life in sahaj samadhi (maintaining god realisation/nirvikalpa samadhi in daily life instead of passing away). Normally once people reach nirvikalpa samadhi they will chose to die, as you escape reincarnation and start your eternal experience and journey of/as infinity, with the other realised selves. Only a few like ramana maharishi, vivekananda, ramakrishna etc stay to reach perfection (sahaj samadhi- being aware of self as god and man simultaneously). This is because you can accumulate infinitely more infinite power, knowledge and bliss when you are realised and have a physical body, than without.
Perhaps. I would say there are some strong parallels between the state of consciousness in Nirvikalpa Samadhi and the Eighth Jhana, but experienced and described differently because of the influence/expectations of their respective traditions. From my own studies I have learned Sahaja Samadhi is definitely linked to Nirvikalpa Samadhi, but is a much more advanced state further along the path
Hi! I am reading Swami Vivekananda Raja Yoga book as you recommended. When he teached pranayama he wrote: "One day, if you practise hard the Kundalini will be aroused." Does it means that kundalini awakening is mandatory to reach Samadhi? Did you awake kundalini? Thanks, Thanks.
There are some yogis who say success in pranayama or meditation will lead to kundalini awakening. However, in my experience making specific efforts to awaken the kundalini is not necessary to raja yoga. The goal in raja yoga is mastery of each of the eight limbs. If kundalini awakening is an objective of yours then you are better off exploring disciplines centred around that objective (such as kundalini yoga or tantra). If you go down that path then patience is key; efforts to force the kundalini to awaken prematurely can be very dangerous
Keep practicing thoughtless awareness meditation and everything good for You will follow from that.
I've read from an advanced Yogi's site that not everyone always feels the Kundalini rise, he mentioned those who were realised in their previous life, the born realised.
Even They must establish a daily practice of meditation though or little of their potential will be reached and They can even lose their way from the path just Those who are young in Their seeking, or any of Us.
Just connect to the Divine daily Friend, all the wisdom and guidance flows from there.
I'd do the Sahaja Yoga Meditation realization sequence too.
How do you know your experiences were savakalpa and nirvikalpa samadhi? Are you working with a skilled teacher that knows your practice and verified that or are you guessing on your own? It’s very easy to mistake meditation experiences for different levels of samadhi or even path moments to use Theravadin terminology. Pretty unlikely to enter very deep samadhi states without being on long retreats with intensive, sustained practice.
Bro it's better not say these stuffs..
If people from West learn spirituality they win the world.
As a Body they are out of bandage due to open minded sex in their early life and are liberated from sex urging ..
So if West gets spirituality in mid age they win the self ..
Forgive me, but what you have described wasn't a nirvikalpa experience. The experience you are talking about was a type of dhyana.
1. your description seems to indicate there was still an experiencer and the experienced. which is never the case with nirvikalpa samadhi - that is an actual enlightening moment that changes the whole life for the sadhaka. it would move you to that marrow of your bones.
2. during the experience of nirvikalpa samadhi the entire universe is gone, inner and outer. the Supreme shines from within for itself. the bliss of sat cit ananda objectless bliss, the supreme universal Self is revealed in his own dimension outside of space and time. outside of any notion of I AM - I experience. There is no perception, nothing but naked awareness as it is in its primordial form. you as an I AM doesn't exist in the Nirvikalpa condition.
3. never heard anybody referring to NS as ''white noise''. that is simply not NS. also, it is not something neutral. the bliss that is raised and is the actual movement of shakti in sushumna and the cessation of mind is beyond any description. you get that once by your own efforts following skillful means, you are potentially enlightened. - then the seed of liberation is planted.
4. It is the direct audience with Parabhairava Himself. what happens when you meet Him you are no longer there with Him in the room, the room is gone too and your notion of audience as well - instead, Shiva Parabhairava ALONE shines in His eternal glory. you come back to normal consciousness with practical knowledge of the essence of the tantras and will experience what citta-vritti-nirodham in Patanjali yoga actually means.
5. the external sign - there is no breathing for the breath is pulled inwards into sushumna. unlike in dhyana where breathing continues.
Not to argue, but maybe he reached the dhyana state right before samadhi is attained.
"2. during the experience of nirvikalpa samadhi the entire universe is gone, inner and outer. the Supreme shines from within for itself. the bliss of sat cit ananda objectless bliss, the supreme universal Self is revealed in his own dimension outside of space and time. outside of any notion of I AM - I experience. There is no perception, nothing but naked awareness as it is in its primordial form. you as an I AM doesn't exist in the Nirvikalpa condition."
This basicly described my first and last mushroom trip. I've been in search for knowledge relating to event ever since.
Have you experienced this? Or this is info from some book?
Lol everyone is so different is it not? Ive experience things that is a blend of all that was said. I appreciate all he described.. what kaleidoscope perspective of experience he did experience. There is the deepest level of samadhi and beauty present right now shining in the background is what I'll focus on into the next moments.
kind of you to go through the trouble of explaining the issues of this fellow's odd labelling of his experiences.
indeed, nowhere near samadhi yet.
Hey bro, my name is Elijah and i practice raja yoga here in Missoula Montana. thanks for your video, i have some questions and i was hoping you could contact me so we can talk? ive been practicing raja yoga for a few years now