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Date Posted: 13:31:06 10/16/06 Mon
Author: Helion - 19 Sept 2006
Subject: Re: Atha yoganushasanam
In reply to: m - 17 Sept 2006 's message, "Re: Atha yoganushasanam" on 13:29:22 10/16/06 Mon


Thank you very much, M

You were right in reference to 'on the one star.' After you post, I understood that the framework of the question was wrong. Thank you again.

Here is the complete thought of Yogiraj defining the state of Samadhi. “Stilling the intellect and keeping the mind transfixed in the bindu, the stoppage that comes about from continuously gazing on the one star is called Samadhi.”

The 'one star' is the absolute consciousness,Bramha chintan, the object of meditation.

About Bindu,

"The Bindu is near the end of the subtlest aspect of mind itself, after which one travels beyond or transcends the mind and its contents. It is near the end of time, space, and causation, and is the doorway to the Absolute. To understand this principle is extremely useful, if not essential to Advanced Meditation.
Awareness of the nature of Bindu helps tremendously in seeing how all of the various practices are complementary, not contradictory, with each, in its own way, leading in the direction of the Bindu. The Bindu is the convergence point of Meditation, Contemplation, Prayer, and Mantra, and is part of the mystical, esoteric aspect of many, if not most religions and meditative traditions. The experience of Bindu is an actual, internally experienced reality, which is the convergence point of the highest principles and practices of Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra. Seeking to experience and then transcend the Bindu serves as an organizing principle and focal point for all of those spiritual or yogic practices that are intended to lead one to direct experience."

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