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The Spirit of the Upanishads1578
Spirituality, the fire which burns up the straw of desire, is all that is meant by
the word Samadhi, not at all the attitude of silence and contemplation.
Yogavasishtha.
Let the mind function out into the condition beyond distraction; let it, then,
take on the form of the idea “I am Spirit;” and let it lastly subside into entire
forgetfulness of all personality whatever. This is the real ecstasy of the Saint.
Aparokshanubhuti.
The absolute sense of universal Being is realized only when consciousness,
void of all that it makes conscious, loses itself in the Self, being purified of all
relation to personality.
Yogavasishtha.
When all material thinking is put out by complete identification with the idea
of non-existence, then indeed does consciousness, the common substratum
of all, ripen into the absolute sense of universal Being.
Yogavasishtha.
Let Carnal Love and its kind by all means remain for those who still are
deluded thereby; Their mere existence can certainly give no offence to
the Wise, for the old she-serpent now deprived of her poisonous fangs, is
powerless to do any harm to such as these, who have perceived the serpentnature
within her beautiful tinted skin.
Jivanmuktimveka.
Enjoyment accompanied by Spiritual Knowing conduces to pure
contentment. The thief, admitted into company with knowledge of him as
thief, becomes more a friend than a foe.
Yogavasishtha.