How to Attain Savikalpa Samadhi in Meditation

In order to attain samadhi in meditation, you firstEach time, less upheaval, less desire, more
have to understand what keeps you fromfreedom.
attaining Savikalpa samadhi.And after a while, he passes by the bar and has
At the level of unconsciousness, which is to say,no interest in going in.
the level of being identified with your thinking, youHe can't even imagine why anyone would want to
are a victim of your thoughts.go in there on such a beautiful day and drink such
Your thoughts and emotions control you andawful tasting stuff.
ultimately create your world. Every thought youIt is the same with your thoughts and entering
think becomes your reality.samadhi.
So if the thought arises "I am not good enough."If you get to the level of attention where you
Then you identify with that thought. You becomecan see the thought arising, then you can choose
the "I" in that sentence. You experience theto let it go.
stress and unhappiness around it. You take it onIt maybe hard at first, there maybe much
personally and become that thought.upheaval. It may feel like you have just lost your
But in meditation, at the level of awareness, yousecurity blanket.
have the choice of whether you identify with theBut with every thought you let go, it is easier to
thoughts or you let them go and remain as thelet the next one go and remain as the witness.
witness.The thought arises about cookies, and you really
With awareness, when the thought arises "I amwant to imagine eating the cookie, but you let it
not good enough," you can see the thought arisinggo.
and let it go. And then it will not affect you in theAnd it hurts a little, not having the pleasure of
least. It will not be personal. You will remain as theimagining that cookie.
witness in a perfect state of peace.But with practice, very quickly the bliss of
Thoughts arise by themselves. In meditation, wewitnessing the thought will far outweigh the tiny
are not looking to control thoughts any more thanpleasure and stress you get for imagining the
we are looking to control the rain. So allow thecookie.
thoughts to come but watch them.And then when witnessing becomes your natural
If your attention is strong enough in meditationexperience, you enter samadhi.
that you are aware of the thought arising, thenIn Savikalpa samadhi, you will experience the
you are at choice. You can choose to let go ofthoughts arising as energy out of energy and
the thought.disappearing back into energy.
You are aware of the thought arising and youAnd in Savikalpa samadhi, you will no longer feel
instantly let it go. You never identify with it. Youany desire to identify with thoughts. It is like the
recognize it as a thought without ever making itbond between you and thoughts has been broken.
personal and you let it go.In samadhi, the idea of a 'me' as a person with
And this is no easy task because you areproblems and desires has been transcended and
attached to identifying with thoughts in the sameyou exist in your pure state of awareness.
way a drunk is attached to drinking.You will experience everything as energy. You will
So say he decides to stop drinking.be immersed in a peace beyond what could be
He walks by the bar the first time and the desireimagined. As though every cell has been reset to
is too strong and he has to go in for a drink.its natural vibration of bliss.
The second time he walks by the bar, he wantsTo enter into Savikalpa Samadhi some form of
to go in but he does not give in to the desire. AndShakti (Spiritual energy) is usually needed. Usually
without that drink there is much upheaval,this Shakti is given through an enlightened master.
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