SAVIKALPA SAMADHI AND NIRVIKALPA SAMADHI
The ground floor represents the life of passion in the sense-universe. The first storey corresponds to Savikalpa Samadhi. The second storey is tantamount to Nirvikalpa Samadhi. The third storey represents the Sahajavastha or a Jivanmukta.
The moving of a bullock cart can be compared to Savikalpa Samadhi. It stops. This is Nirvikalpa Samadhi. The bulls are detached. This is Sahajavastha. When the Yogi has reached the last perfect stage of meditation and Samadhi, the fire whereof burns surely all the residue of his actions, he at once gets Liberation (Jivanmukti) in this very life.
In Savikalpa Samadhi, there is Triputi or the triad- Dhyata (the meditator), Dhyana (meditation) and Dhyeya (object of meditation).
In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, this Triputi vanishes (Triputirahita). Nirvikalpa means "free from all sorts of modifications and imaginations." The mind completely melts in Brahman. The happiness or bliss that you get in Savikalpa Samadhi is termed Rasasvada.
(When ever a sadhaka shares with the author that he/ she is experiencing extreme bliss/ joy in mediation, the author asks the same question as Sri Ramana asks- " Who is the one who is experiencing Joy/ Bliss??. If it is not you, then you cannot experience it, if it is you, then transcend that identity also and then come and tell me what did you experience !!)
This is also an obstacle for further spiritual progress. It makes you stop here. It cannot liberate you. You must further march onwards to attain the highest Nirvikalpa state wherein lies your whole freedom.
ADVANTAGES OF BHAKTI YOGA SADHANA
Devotion or Bhakti Yoga is easy and safe. Any man can repeat the Name of God. Anyone can sing His praise. Without a mother, you cannot have a son.
Even so, without Ananya Bhakti (one-pointed or single-minded devotion), you cannot have Jnana. When Bhakti is fully ripe, Brahma-Jnana dawns of itself, without much effort on the part of the Sadhaka.
Any Mantra is very powerful. It purifies the mind. It induces Vairagya. There is a spiritual current in all Mantras. A Mantra takes the devotee's soul first to one centre and then to another and so on, till access is gained to the goal or final region.
Dhruva had Darshana of Lord Hari by repeating the Dvadasakshara (consisting of twelve letters) Mantra 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya' given by Rishi Narada.
Prahlada had Darshana of Mahavishnu by repeating the "Narayana" Mantra.
Valmiki realised God by repeating "Mara-Mara" (which becomes Rama-Rama during the course of repetition).
Tukaram of Maharashtra became one with Lord Krishna by chanting always "Vittala-Vittala," the name of the reputed image of Sri Krishna at Pandharpur.
CONTEMPLATION-FILLING-IDENTIFICATION
Mark the three processes that take place in the mind during meditation. These are: CONTEMPLATION, FILLING, IDENTIFICATION. This is another triplet. Remember these three word-images. Repeat them mentally while doing Sadhana. It will help you a lot really.
When the mind is withdrawn from the objects and deep reflection sets in, the objective consciousness is shut up; Savitarka Samadhi commences.
When your meditation becomes deep, you generally operate through the subtle Karana Sarira only.
The Karana-Sarira consciousness becomes your normal consciousness. Yogis have a normal Karana-Sarira consciousness.
Bhaktas like Lord Gouranga, Tukaram, Tulsidas identified themselves with their Karana Sarira and had a normal Karana-Sarira consciousness.
A Bhakta of Karana-Sarira consciousness is an occupant of Brahma Loka even when living in the fleshy tabernacle.
He is one with Brahman or Hiranyagarbha. He has Divine Aisvarya; yet he has a thin ethereal body.
He keeps up his individuality. A whirlpool is one with the whole mass of the water. It has a separate existence also. Similar is the case with the Bhakta who has a life with his Karana-Sarira in Isvara.
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