Focus Quote by Alberto Villoldo

“Consciousness is imbued with the three qualities (gunas) of luminosity (sattva), vibrancy (rajas) and inertia (tamas). The gunas also colour our actions: white (sattva),…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Samadhi is the journey from individual to collective consciousness. The steps of Samadhi are the steps towards reaching the collective consciousness. In meditation, the…

— Amit Ray

“Freedom, that is to say direct experience of samadhi, can be attained only by disciplined conduct and renunciation of sensual desires and appetites. This…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“All this bringing of the mind into a higher state of vibration is included in one word in Yoga — Samadhi.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“The Samadhi (state of inner bliss) that prevails amidst mental, physical and external afflictions is the Samadhi (state of inner bliss) of the Soul.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Awareness of the body should not go away in Samadhi (state of inner bliss). There should be awareness of all the (five) senses in…

— Dada Bhagwan

“No matter how hard one tries, samadhi (state of inner bliss) cannot be maintained even for a minute, in this worldly life. He is…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.”

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

In Samadhi, that very deep state of meditation, you are given energy and long-lasting bliss. It carries you higher and higher until your very…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Samadhi is perfect absorption to the point where there is no sense of being absorbed, not the consciousness of knowing that you are having…

— Frederick Lenz

Samadhi is the actual awareness of what you really are.

— Frederick Lenz

How do you know you were in samadhi? You know when your awareness returns to the plane of self and ideation that you have…

— Frederick Lenz