"Samadhi is when nothing but the object is shining forth in that meditative absorption, and when the mind is as it were void of its own form, this is known as ecstasy. When entering Samadhi, or absorption in God-consciousness, one feels like a fish released from a small jar into the vast, powerful current of Mother Ganga. One swims everywhere with perfect freedom and spontaneity." - RamaKrishna (19 C. Bengali)
"I am in reality without beginning, without equal. I have no part in the illusion of "I" and "you" or "this" or "that". I am Brahman, one without a second, bliss without end, the eternal, unchanging truth. I dwell within all beings as the soul, the pure consciousness, the ground of all phenomenon, internal and external. I am both enjoyer and that which is enjoyed. In the days of my ignorance, I used to think of these as being separate from myself. Now I know that I am all." - 8th C Hindu mystic Shankara
"In yoga, it is believed that once the soul has been awakened to the presence of its source, consciousness of source can be cultivated through a cornucopia of practices - ethical and lifestyle practices, meditation and postures, mantras and breathing, purification and diet. The classic guide to yoga practice - the eight limbed path, or ashtanga yoga - is entirely organized around the systematic penetration into deeper and deeper states of samadhi. The word yoga itself means literally, "yoked" - or to be in union. Eventually, repeated penetrations into mystic union transform the physical structure of the body, the personality, and the mind. At the highest stages of practice, nirbija samadhi (or samadhi "w/out seed"), the soul is constantly in union with source - at one with the absolute, with Brahman, God, the transcendent ground of being. The classical practices of yoga are believed to methodically create a state of permanent union with the One." - Stephen Cope in Yoga & the Quest for the True Self
"I am in reality without beginning, without equal. I have no part in the illusion of "I" and "you" or "this" or "that". I am Brahman, one without a second, bliss without end, the eternal, unchanging truth. I dwell within all beings as the soul, the pure consciousness, the ground of all phenomenon, internal and external. I am both enjoyer and that which is enjoyed. In the days of my ignorance, I used to think of these as being separate from myself. Now I know that I am all." - 8th C Hindu mystic Shankara
"In yoga, it is believed that once the soul has been awakened to the presence of its source, consciousness of source can be cultivated through a cornucopia of practices - ethical and lifestyle practices, meditation and postures, mantras and breathing, purification and diet. The classic guide to yoga practice - the eight limbed path, or ashtanga yoga - is entirely organized around the systematic penetration into deeper and deeper states of samadhi. The word yoga itself means literally, "yoked" - or to be in union. Eventually, repeated penetrations into mystic union transform the physical structure of the body, the personality, and the mind. At the highest stages of practice, nirbija samadhi (or samadhi "w/out seed"), the soul is constantly in union with source - at one with the absolute, with Brahman, God, the transcendent ground of being. The classical practices of yoga are believed to methodically create a state of permanent union with the One." - Stephen Cope in Yoga & the Quest for the True Self
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