Ra Samadhi

Thursday 1:55 p.m.
This is from Wikipedia: "In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, all attachment to the material world and all karma is dissolved. All awareness is withdrawn step by step from the physical, astral and causal bodies until self-realization or oneness with the soul is achieved. During this process, breathing ceases and the heart stops beating. Aware and fully conscious oneness with soul is then achieved in a most loving way, and all cells of the physical body are flooded with the Ocean of Divine Love and Divine Bliss for any period of duration—hours, days, weeks, until the individual shifts his awareness from the soul back to the physical body. "

As the juju process gallops along .... I mean, every blinking week, Jack, it seems to take a jump forward and sometimes one wonders where it is all going to end. So I was reading this stuff about enlightenment experiences off the net, and this joe is going on about getting into this nirvikalpa samadhi. The boy seems to be pretty dead really except this other joe recognises what's going on ...

This nirvikalpa samadhi seems to be what Naropa was after when he was following around after Tilopa a thousande years ago at the start of this Tibetan juju. Tilopa hit Naropa on the head with a shoe, I think, and that was that. Maybe days later the boy's still stunned into immobility by ra bliss. I think the guy in the story I was reading got hit on his third eye spot with a stone chucked by his guru. Anyway ...

So the joe in the story goes into nirvikalpa samadhi and maybe folk think he's dead. If you're not breathing and have no heartbeat people might be forgiven for thinking you're dead. But his pal knows he's not dead and occasionally hits him with a big stick until consciousness returns sufficiently so that the yogi can take some food. I assume his pal was also cleaning up the shit and piss, but this is less clear.

When masters of this juju die, they are supposed to go into an intermediate state for a couple of days when they appear to be dead, but rigor mortis doesn't set in. This must be similar to nirvikalpa samadhi. Paramahansa Yogananda said your guru was useless unless he could do this ... go instantly breathless. So it looks like it's something you can get some control of.

If something like this were to happen to moi whilst surrounded as I am by flatheids ... it doesn't bear thinking about.

Been a great morning for ra bliss. Must go back into the lobby now.