"Nirvikalpa Samadhi is sometimes spelled Nirbikalpa Samadhi
Nirvikalpa Samadhi is achieved through the advanced and prolonged practice of Kriya Yoga and is the state of oneness with atman - the self or soul.
through the complete practice of Kriya Yoga and relevant teachings - all attachments to material world and all karma is dissolved. then in an advanced session of Kriya Yoga all awareness is withdrawn step by step from physical body, astral body, causal body until self realization or oneness with soul is achieved.
During the progress of above steps - breathing ceases, heart activity stops completely. Aware and fully conscious oneness with soul is then achieved in a most loving way and all cells of physical body are flooded with an ocean of divine love and divine bliss for any period of duration - hours, days, weeks until kriya yogi is shifting his awareness from soul back to physical body."
In some circles it was said that Jesus traveled to India during his "lost" years , and was taught to meditate, it was also said in some circles that he found it important to "die daily" - meaning dissolve the ego, or meditate. In some circles it is thought that Jesus actually reached a state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi when on the cross, and that his heart rate slowed so dramatically that to someone unknowing of such capabilities -he would appear dead.
This is food for thought, about the limitations of language and understanding woven throughout religious stories carried to cultures that do not understand, or have the background knowledge-or terms,the concepts that they are introduced to. Food for thought also about the limitations of not updating the stories when new information is introduced.
Happy Eostar everyone, today has been a day of importance for many cultures, for many different reasons. The stories of reason may change , yet here we are in the now- able to see the overlapping themes, and archetypes that unite us as humans with thinking minds.
