Yoga and Samadhi, or Unified Awareness

In "Yoga, The Greater Tradition" by David Frawley, he talks about Samadhi. He says that "Samadhi is one of the special terms of yoga that refers to a state of absorption in higher awareness, a kind of bliss or inner ecstasy"( Frawley 77). he says that for many it may seem little more than a yogic high, but it is more like a state of deep and unshakeable peace (Frawley 77). Samadhi is a state of meditation so deep that the barriers between yourself and the object of your experience disappear. Frawley also says that "it is when you feel at one with everything at the core of your being"( Frawley 77).

This chapter in Frawley's book was very different. I was used to reading about the different styles of yoga and what they mean, but this one was not about a different style of yoga, it was more about a fragment of one. Samadhi sounds like something that everyone should try to reach. If we all had higher awareness and the things that come with Samadhi we would all live a better, less stressful life. I would, personally, love to experience this higher awareness, and learn more about it.

Frawley, David. "Yoga and Samadhi, or Unified Awareness." Yoga The Greater Tradition. 2008. Print.