#samadhi

🧘𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐢 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝

In Yoga philosophy, Samadhi is the state of complete absorption where the mind becomes still and the sense of ego dissolves. It is a deep experience of unity, clarity, and inner peace, described by Patanjali as the moment when only pure awareness remains. Though profound, even brief glimpses of Samadhi can bring balance, focus, and calm into everyday life through mindful practice.

August, 1959

Sri Jibankrishna discussed:

Thakur (Sri Ramkrishna) says, ‘By divine love one forgets the world and even this dearest body’. But by forgetting world why eating is necessary?

What happens in Samadhi (Profound meditation being merged into Supreme Self)? It is withdrawal of self i.e., by self-exertion the mind is taken to such a zone where there is complete elimination of body sense.

When "samadhi" becomes dangerous. When less reactive becomes less effective.

When you feel that sense of calm from “letting go,” how can you tell whether it is giving you more freedom to act or quietly training you to accept less from life?

Many people live in situations where pushing back does not work. When they speak up, they get shut down, judged, or punished in subtle or direct ways. Over time, they learn something very simple that trying to assert yourself only makes things worse.

So they turn inward.

Instead of changing the situation, they try to change themselves. They reduce their expectations. They stop insisting. They loosen their sense of “this is me, this is what I want.” Practices like Zazen can support this, because they teach you to sit, observe, and not react so strongly.

From the inside, this can feel like relief. The constant tension of wanting things, being blocked, getting angry starts to quiet down. People may call this “letting go of the ego” or even think they are moving toward something like what is described as enlightenment. But instead of this, something simpler is happening. They are not transcending the self. They are reducing how much they push, because pushing has been too costly.

So the mind adapts so that you don’t expect too much, don’t insist, don’t take things personally, don’t react strongly. This creates calm. But it’s a specific kind of calm: the calm of lower engagement.

The confusion comes when this is mistaken for a higher state, something like “samadhi” or deep realization. Instead of this what people are experiencing is more basic, they have found a way to suffer less by wanting and asserting less. And that works up to a point. But the cost is quiet but real. When you reduce how much you want and assert, you also reduce how much you can change your situation. You become less reactive, but also less effective in shaping what happens around you.

Sri Ramana Maharshi ~ "Conscious of Awareness"

It's nothing new. People have been weaseling their way into blissful states like samadhi for years (see Ramakrishna).