Yes we are ! Hare Krishna 🕉️ Om Nama Shivaya 📿 !!!

Yes,me too!

You never aren't.

@@alukuhito I am, forever and ever. ❤

@LifesInsightNo. It's not a thing. It's who you are. If there is an empty vessel without a heart, that is known to awareness.

@LifesInsightAwareness IS existence. "Existence" as you have used it depends on awareness, but awareness doesn't depend on that definition (life energy) of "existence". In Vedanta, we don't call existence "life energy". Energy is an object to you, Awareness, Existence. The whole universe depends upon awareness, so to say that awareness is empty is misleading. That sounds like Buddhism, not Vedanta.

@LifesInsightYeah, it is.

Hello. Can you say something more about your words : ,, vast luminous space ,, experience ? Thx.

@@jerry-mind-sky Hello Jerry, before saying something more about the vast luminous space I want to give thanks once again to swami Tadatmananda for these great videos on the psychology of samadhi, swami is a great teacher, and I look forward to watch more of his videos. According to the system of chakras the first chakra , the muladhara is in the perineus between the anus and the genitals, this is the earth chakra, above this is the second chakra that is the water element and above this in the solar plexus this the third chakra that is the fire element, every disciple should heal, integrate and develop these 3 chakras.......the earth element deals with instincts, the water element deals with emotions and the fire element deals with thoughts......this is the battlefield of every disciple.........the 4th chakra is the heart chakra and deals with the air element............. theosophy explains that there are 4 ethers or spaces the 4th chakra is the 4th ether or space, the 5th chakra in the throat is the 3rd ether or space, the point in the middle of the eyebrows is the 6th chakra and is the 2nd ether or space, and finally the crown chakra is the 1st ether or space.............each of these 7 chackras has 7 levels and the task of every disciple is to heal, integrate and develop each one of the layers or levels of each chakra................the majority of disciples do all this process unconsciously and is normal because it is part of the path that unfolds step by step. Many people around the world use the heart chakra, the throat chakra, the ajna chakra and the crown chakra but they function only in the lower levels of these chakras. Thus answering to your request the initiate starts perceiving the vast luminous space when he reaches the 4th chakra, the air element that is the 4th ether or space..........the arhats and saints who have done all the process mentioned above reach the 4th chakra and receive moksha or liberation and many of them die and go to other higher realms of the universe in order to continue with their evolution............some initiates while still with a body on planet earth reach the 3rd ether or space and become adepts or sages, their experience of the vast luminous space in the 3rd ether is greater than the previous one................if the inititiate-master decides to remain on earth then he reaches the 2nd ether or space and become a siddha or chohan perceiving a greater vast luminous space and if he keeps evolving he reaches the 1st ether or space and become a mahasiddha experiencing the greatest vast luminous space. The concept of vast luminous space comes from the tradition of the 18 siddhas called the immortals ones such as Mahavatar Babaji, Boganathar, Agastyar, and Ramalinga...................they are called immortals because they reach and gain moksha, liberation but instead of dying and going to other realms of the universe they remained on earth and they started descending their spiritual realization............first they descended their spiritual realization to the intellect and became adepts-sages then they descended the spiritual realization to the mind and became siddhas-chohans and then they descended their spiritual realization to the vital body and became mahasiddhas and finally in a spectacular apoteosis they descended their spiritual realization to the root chakra to the earth element and they became Naths-Lords. The vast luminous space referred in the tradition of the 18 siddhas is related to the concept of the realization of emptiness and clarity in Buddhism......here emptiness is refered to the ether or space element and claritiy refers to the luminous aspect.......there is a nice interview to Marshall Govind on the topic of siddhanta, advaita and yoga where he elaborates and explains what I say in this comment about the 18 siddhas. My name is Alejandro Gomez Ramirez, my name as a master is lapis Vitae and I am from Bogota Colombia in South America.........I have experienced the vast luminous space and at the same time I recognize the spiritual value and great understanding of people such as Swami Tadatmananda and Marshall Govindan and some others who are in different parts of the world............. The Spiritual Hierarchy of the Planet is real and is formed by the true male and female saints of all religions, by male and female adepts, by male and female siddhas and by male and female mahasiddhas........................may every disciple through a constant and joyful effort receive the guide of one or some of the members of the Spiritual Hierarchy of the planet. Swami Tadatmananda thanks againg for sharing these videos of the psychology of samadhi.............these videos are a real help for many people around the world. I am not going to comment anything else in this video...........This is the place and site of Swami Tadatmananda and I respect him and his site.... Many Blessings to swami Tadatmananda and his spiritual work. The disciples of swami Tadatmananda have a great teacher in him.

@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda Dictionary meanings of the terms “meditation” and “contemplation” notwithstanding, I prefer to draw a distinction between yogic meditation (as presented in these videos) and Vedantic contemplation. For me, the latter is a Vedanta-guided ex post facto reflection on ordinary experiences, such as dream and dreamless deep sleep, as well as on extraordinary experiences such as nirvikalpa samadhi. Subsequently, for qualified individuals or adhikaris, what takes place is the removal of any uncertainty they may harbor about the truth of the Upanishadic mahavakyas revealing their true nature as Brahman.

@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda The answer to that question should be apparent to those who believe they have a FALSE nature! 😜

Great question. It kinda depends what you mean by “deep sleep” because you could be referring to turya which is indeed like samadhi (although NB: patanjali describes different types of samadhi so perhaps your answer is therein)