Samadhi through Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti means devotion and devotion is an expression of love from our heart space. If we see god everywhere and understand god created the whole universe, all service is indirect devotion to god.
The Second Round of Samadhi: Asamprajnta Samadhi
Reaching Samadhi is a gradual process.Having knowledge and realizing knowledge are two different experiences. Before we experience and realize the knowledge, be open to it.
The Illusions of Memory and Sleep
Both memory and sleep, through dreams, create emotions in us that are obstacles to experiencing our true spiritual being and its state of unconditional love.
The First Round of Samadhi, Samprajnata
Detachment comes when we start to tap into our higher self and the first round of Samadhi follows, where inner happiness and inner satisfaction is experienced.
Restrain Mental Modifications through Regular Practice
Set intention for your desire of steadiness of the mind and bring it from the astral world to this dimension. In Yoga culture, this is called Sankalpa.
Meditation for Recognizing Our Delusions
In the Yoga Sutras, the term ‘Mental Modifications’ includes right knowledge, misconception, verbal delusion, among others. If we do not identify with our true spiritual self, we are naturally going to identify with something else from the material elements.
From Knowledge to Realized Knowledge through Meditation
Take your knowledge that you are a divine loving spiritual being and turn it into realized knowledge through meditation.