Samadhi The Great Freedom

In his fifth book, Gregor Maehle shows how all yogic techniques and methods collaborate to bring about its pinnacle - the state of samadhi. The book culminates in a detailed description of the eight classical samadhis as listed in the Yoga Sutra, both from the practical view of content and experience and from the techniques to access them. The author also shows the importance that these states have for a new enchantment with our world, nature, and all beings. On the way to that climax, Maehle dissolves misconceptions about samadhi, shows the importance of both objectless and the much-neglected objective samadhi, what exactly stands in the way of their arising, how obstacles are removed and dissolved, the role of the teacher, and the role of grace and devotion. He also shows how many other yogic techniques contribute to samadhi. Also covered are:• The future possible spiritual evolution of humanityu2028• The difference between yoga/mysticism and religionu2028• The one underlying truth and essence in all sacred traditionsu2028• Integration of the mystical stateu2028• Samadhi, enlightenment, situationism, and developing the center • Why ecstasy is importantu2028• Whether it is possible to experience the world as it truly is?u2028• Conditioning and its historical aspectu2028• The process of deconditioningu2028• Converting mind into intelligenceu2028• Types of karmau2028• Asking, guidance, and consecrationu2028• The Divine in the Yoga Sutrau2028• Withdrawing the guru projectionu2028• A new way of looking at the teacheru2028• The two inner sheaths and their statesu2028• Wrong objectless samadhis: videha and prakrtilayau2028• Samadhi and the breathless stateu2028• Samadhi and chakrasu2028• Samadhi and mudras