| It has already been mentioned that samadhi is the final | | | | can consciously determine the day when he will leave |
| step in the eight-fold path of yoga. Ordinary people are | | | | his body. After taking final Mahasamadhi he will not |
| only familiar with the lower and middle states of | | | | come back to earth, for the specific purpose for which |
| consciousness: “unconsciousness, | | | | he came to the world will have been fulfilled. He is no |
| sub-consciousness, and consciousness”. Few are | | | | longer tied to the chain of rebirth, having attained the |
| aware that mind can rise to the state of | | | | highest level of consciousness possible, leading to the |
| super-consciousness known as samadhi. | | | | merging with the Absolute, and perfection in all of the |
| Samadhi is beyond reason, beyond the intellect and | | | | eight siddhis. |
| beyond the workings of mind. It is a question of | | | | Kutastha |
| practice, not theory, and therefore it is impossible to | | | | Kutastha is the place of spiritual perception located |
| philosophize on the subject. However, the reality and | | | | between the eyebrows of every human being, directly |
| existence of this state, which is scientifically attainable | | | | opposite the sixth chakra (ajna chakra). It is also |
| through kriya yoga, has produced spiritual masters, | | | | referred to as the Third Eye, the Eye of Wisdom, and |
| saints and prophets throughout every age: and their | | | | the Transcendental Eye. As a symbolic reminder of |
| experience of super-consciousness are the | | | | this place it is customary for Indian women to wear a |
| foundations upon which the major religions of the | | | | bindi on the forehead. When a Brahmin priest performs |
| world are built. | | | | puja, he strokes red powder onto the eyebrow center |
| Once the yogic practitioner has attained samadhi, the | | | | of the person he is blessing, called tilak. |
| mind remains fully awake through untouched by the | | | | Kutastha is within the grasp of every human being, but |
| mental tiredness, which afflicts the ordinary person. | | | | for the ordinary person who is unaware of its |
| Although the body is a physical tool, which requires a | | | | existence, reality is entirely external. There is only |
| certain amount of rest, when the yogi sleeps there is | | | | darkness behind closed eyes. At the time of initiation, |
| no descent into the unconscious sate. Instead, the | | | | kutastha is revealed to the initiate by the self-realized |
| human body is forgotten and he enters his astral body. | | | | Guru, and this ‘awakening’ remains with the |
| First, there is sahaja samadhi, followed by the deeper | | | | initiate permanently. However, without practice, |
| savikalpa samadhi. This state of deep meditation can | | | | kutastha is like a sun covered by dark clouds, which |
| be called ‘conscious death’ or the ‘deathless | | | | can only be cleared through personal effort. The inner |
| state’, because the heartbeat stops completely | | | | light to be seen in kutastha is also the destroyer of |
| and the body’s cells neither increase nor decay. | | | | death, and kriya practice erases the fear of death day |
| The need to breathe externally ceases spontaneously | | | | by day even for the beginner.Thank you for reading |
| in the state of nirvikalpa samadhi (also known as | | | | my article, I love to hear any ones opinion or |
| kevala kumbhaka inkriya yoga). | | | | suggestions. Good luck to everyone. |
| The yogi who has overcome death itself in samadhi | | | | |