by Gregor Maehle | Jul 17, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Sutra 1.2 states: “Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” But this stanza only defines objectless samadhi, the higher of the two types. Taken out of context and without being supplemented by the other definitions of samadhi, one might think yoga...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 5, 2015 | Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Mythology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
When Paramahamsa Ramakrishna was asked how he attained samadhi his answer was, “Through total acceptance of the gift of samadhi from the Divine.” This is the most direct way! I am not saying other methods suggested should not be practiced, but they should be...