samAdhi -Universe merginginto brAhmaN of shruti- is not an Experience

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Dear Raghava,

 

Samadhi is a condition. Whether it is proper to say that the condition is an experience or not is up to the questioner.

 

I am not trying to be evasive; but there is a certain arrogance to supposing that we can even understand such things. How is it that the human intellect could possibly understand the Supreme Existence? The human intellect is bound by the limits of its capacity. The intellect is bound; but the jiva need not be. Liberation is partially characterized by the absence of these types of questions.

 

Somehow many persons believe that they can create a structure of concepts which can "contain" the unborn, undying, limitless Self. But it isn't possible. Words and concepts are limiting adjuncts and can serve to frustrate and confound the aspirant. Peace only comes as a result of the immersion of the individual existence into the great Ocean of Brahman. Most persons will never achieve it; but through intense longing, sadhana, and by the grace of the guru there is a chance.

 

Warm regards,

 

michael

 

 

 

 

 

---- Raghavarao Kaluri <raghavakaluri > wrote:

> Dear Michael,

>

> Thanks for the kind reply. With your reply, it gives

> me greater confidence that samAdhi is not an

> experience.

>

> I could not understand the following, although I am

> trying to guess now - whether in samAdhi the witness

> is realized first and then one goes forward in samAdhi

> to realize the Supreme-Brahman. Any clarifications

> would be wonderful.

>

> >Many believe that abiding the Witness Consciousness

> >is the culmination of knowledge and the goal itself;

> >but behind even that witness is the Supreme

> > Brahman, the source of All, the Great Being, the

> >Wholy Lord.

>

> Kind regards,

> Raghava