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Samadhi as a Soliton Wave |
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by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi |
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I have always been intrigued by the experience of the great Indian saint Shri. Ramakrishna who remained in Samadhi for almost six months. Fortunately his lay disciple took care of his bodily needs by forcibly feeding him and taking care of him; otherwise he would have died. Shri. Ramakrishna later on said that he was oblivious to the outer world during this time. In the modern parlance this state would be comparable to that being in a coma. Yet he was not brain-dead but in higher state of consciousness.
Soliton is a wave which can remain stable for almost infinite time. These waves have been observed in liquids, gases, optics and even in space and arise because of the non-linearity of the wave phenomenon. The word Soliton is apparently derived from solitary wave which being stable almost acts like a particle. Hence Soliton rhymes with electron!
Human thought which results because of the firing of neurons in certain neural pathways is also a non-linear wave. The thought arises because of inputs from the senses and their interaction with the stored memory in the brain. However for majority of people these thought waves arise and dissipate in rapid succession and result in brain chatter. This is similar to the waves produced by stones being thrown in a lake.
Yet in all these meditative processes ‘I’ or ego remains. Ego or ‘I’ is like a director who helps in concentration and makes the brain keep a certain thought in the vision field. However in certain circumstances when the concentration becomes really intense so that there is a tremendous non-linearity in the system, suddenly a Soliton wave of thought can be formed which renders ‘I’ or ego useless and could be the mechanism of remaining in the state of Samadhi for a long time or even forever. This was probably the state in which Shri Ramakrishna stayed for six months. And he said many times that all his ego, ‘I’, awareness vanished during this Samadhi.
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T.S.Chandra Mouli 09/04/2013 22:44 PM
Anil k Rajvanshi 08/16/2013 21:19 PM
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