samadhi QUESTIONS & ANSWERSQ. What is the difference betweenthe state of samadhi and the awakening of kundalini energies?
M. When the kundalini is awakened, you maybe or you may not be in samadhi, and when you are in samadhi yourkundalini may be or may not be awakened. You see, kundalini isa kind of psychic energy. It takes care of the body. It's likewhat we call in Chinese "Chi". When you awaken that"Chi" you'll have vital power, the body is strong, yourmind is strong, but samadhi offers you wisdom. Your body mightbe very weak, very sick, but you are in samadhi, you have wisdom.So that's the difference between samadhi and kundalini.
..... Q. Dear Master, is it right that we have to be at orbeyond the second level of spiritual practice to have a samadhiexperience?
M.No, no. It's not true. It's just that deeper or shallower samadhi.If you see the light or hear the sound, that means you're alreadyin samadhi. It's just a little bit not very deep. And sometimesyou're in very deep samadhi, and you sit there and only awareof the inside, and sometimes aware of both, inside and outside.
..... Q. How many kindsof Samadhi levels are there?
M. Wow... Many, many. There are manylevels of consciousness, hence also many levels of samadhi. Butthe last one is the non-Samadhi Samadhi. It means you carry onworking in the world just like an ordinary person, but at thesame time, you are always in Samadhi, and that doesn't smell,(Master and all laugh) doesn't give out any odor that you cansmell, the person is in Samadhi. That is the highest Samadhi.
..... Q. Have you experienced death? Do you remember a deathexperience?
M.Well, I can every day! I die and I come back.
Q. Can I do that?
M.You can, and I will teach you how. I think that it was Saint Paulwho said, "I die daily." When you are in Samadhi, youcan sever the ties with this world for a few hours and then reconnectagain. You come back because it isn't time to go. We must comeback and finish our job again.
Q. Why do you want to die so many times?
M.I don't want to die. I just have to die in order to live.
..... Q. To what extent does thinking botherthe samadhi state?
M. [Master laughs] If you still have thought,then there is no samadhi. Samadhi has no thought.
