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21. Samadhi: Experiencing the State of Divine Union · Lately with Lexi

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to Through the Veil.
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  We have reached the final episode of our journey through
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  Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
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  SPEAKER_00: and the Eight Limbs of Yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: Over the duration of the podcast so far,
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  SPEAKER_00: we've explored yoga and the ethical foundations,
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  SPEAKER_00: the different physical practices of asana,
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  SPEAKER_00: yogic breath work, sense withdrawal, concentration, and meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: I truly cannot believe that this is the 21st episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: And before we get into it, I want to share a quick update.
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  There's going to be some big changes in the coming weeks to
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  this podcast based on your feedback.
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  SPEAKER_00: So stay tuned.
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  I'll share a little bit more about that at the end of the
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  episode and what's coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'm really excited and I think you guys will love the
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  SPEAKER_00: So as we dive in to today's episode,
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  SPEAKER_00: we are covering the eighth and final limb of yoga,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is samadhi.
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  And this is essentially the state of enlightenment and complete
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  union with the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you think about yoga, the meaning of yoga is to yoke or to
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  SPEAKER_00: to unite.
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  And it is this union of our individual self with the divine
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  creative consciousness.
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  So essentially Samadhi is the destination that all yoga has
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  been pointing us towards and
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  SPEAKER_00: So in Sanskrit, samadhi means to bring together.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's also known as complete absorption.
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  It is essentially the state where all separation dissolves
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  between you and the
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  SPEAKER_00: divine,
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  SPEAKER_00: between the observer and the observed,
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  SPEAKER_00: between our individual self and
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  SPEAKER_00: and that universal consciousness.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is what yoga truly is all about.
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  It's not just about the physical postures,
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  different breathing techniques.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yoga, again, means union, and samadhi is that union fully realized.
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  Patanjali describes samadhi as the state where the mind becomes
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  so absorbed and
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  in the object of meditation,
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  that it almost loses awareness of itself as separate.
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  So the meditator,
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  the meditation,
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  and the object of meditation become one.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's no you sitting there meditating.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's just pure consciousness experiencing itself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's almost paradoxical.
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  Like the moment you realize you're in that state of pure bliss
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  and samadhi,
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  SPEAKER_00: like you're out of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  I want to kind of kick things off and just be really honest
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  with you guys.
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  Samadhi isn't something that many people experience or even
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  experience for long
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  SPEAKER_00: periods of time or for every waking moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And after listening to,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: this podcast or attending a few yoga classes,
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  SPEAKER_00: will you have an understanding of somebody?
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  SPEAKER_00: Will you have glimmers of it and glimpses of it or an experience of it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Possibly.
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  But it's something that is really developed the state when we
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  are dedicated students of yoga.
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  So it comes from the sustained practice over years and years,
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  even lifetimes of
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  SPEAKER_00: So the great yogis speak of samadhi as kind of the pinnacle of spiritual
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  SPEAKER_00: realization,
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  SPEAKER_00: the state of complete and total enlightenment.
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  And here's what's really beautiful about the path of yoga that
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  I love so much.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not have to reach samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: to benefit from the practices,
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  SPEAKER_00: from the meditation practices we've shared,
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  SPEAKER_00: different yoga poses,
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  SPEAKER_00: pranayama,
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  SPEAKER_00: every step along the way transform you.
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  Think about the first few limbs that we dove into with the
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  ethical foundations of yoga and
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  SPEAKER_00: These are all helping us to really prepare our body,
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  SPEAKER_00: our mind,
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  SPEAKER_00: our being to experience samadhi,
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  SPEAKER_00: to experience the state of oneness.
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  SPEAKER_00: So every limb of yoga that we integrate will bring us more peace,
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  SPEAKER_00: more clarity,
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  SPEAKER_00: deeper connection to this true nature of who we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: So understanding samadhi, I'd say it matters, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's basically our north star in our yoga practice.
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  It shows us that there's something beyond the constant
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  fluctuations of the mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's one of the very foundational things.
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  SPEAKER_00: meanings of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yoga is an opportunity to quiet the fluctuations of the mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what is yoga?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, there's different aspects to yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's the ethical practices and restraints.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are the physical poses of yoga, asana.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are different pranayamas, breath techniques, sense withdrawals.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of these help us to move beyond the illusion of separation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paramahansa Yogananda taught that samadhi is the
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  SPEAKER_00: the conscious experience of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is not a belief or a concept.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is direct perception of the divine presence that pervades all things.
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  SPEAKER_00: In his autobiography,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you've ever read it,
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  SPEAKER_00: highly,
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  SPEAKER_00: highly recommend,
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  SPEAKER_00: Autobiography of a Yogi,
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  SPEAKER_00: he describes his experience of samadhi as a state of infinite bliss,
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  SPEAKER_00: of boundless consciousness and complete knowing.
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  SPEAKER_00: He also taught that there's different stages of samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in the beginning stages,
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  SPEAKER_00: you experience glimpses or glimmers,
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  moments where the sense of separation dissolves and you touch
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  something infinite.
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  In deeper stages,
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  you can remain in that state for extended periods of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think about a
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  And in the highest stage,
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  what's called nivripakal,
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  ooh,
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  am I getting this right?
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  Nivrikalpa,
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  nivrikapa,
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  samadhi,
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  you are established in that divine consciousness permanently.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, that is a sight to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is something that,
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  SPEAKER_00: sure,
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  SPEAKER_00: we could say we're aspiring to in our yoga practice,
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  SPEAKER_00: to have that state,
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  SPEAKER_00: that highest experience of yoga,
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  SPEAKER_00: divine consciousness permanently,
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  SPEAKER_00: even while moving through everyday life.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's really what we are
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  SPEAKER_00: working towards experiencing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's funny because it's not necessarily through doing more.
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  A lot of times it's like through these practices of like
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  release and shedding of
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  SPEAKER_00: the ego and of our identities that
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  that's how we can start to really live into that highest state
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  of samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for me, I've had glimpses, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: In deep meditation moments where like there's no me anymore, right?
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  Where there's just this like vast peaceful awareness where time
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  completely
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  SPEAKER_00: disappears and there's just this deep presence and bliss.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those moments are enough to
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  I would say change everything,
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  impact our relationships,
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  our lives,
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  the direction we're headed.
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  Because once we've experienced even a taste of that union,
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  you know that it's real,
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  right?
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  SPEAKER_00: When you have that sense of,
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  SPEAKER_00: God and divinity that is not some external entity,
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  SPEAKER_00: but it's something you can really harness and experience within yourself,
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  SPEAKER_00: you can start to lead your life from that space.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's just going to have a really beautiful,
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  SPEAKER_00: profound ripple effect of positively benefiting other people around you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know that everything you've been seeking,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the peace,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the love,
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  SPEAKER_00: all the fulfillment,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's not out there,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not in achievements or relationships, more money, experiences.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's recognizing what you already are, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So samadhi teaches us you are already whole.
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  SPEAKER_00: You were never separate from the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the ultimate truth that samadhi and yoga reveals.
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the seeking,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the practices,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the effort we put in to our spirituality,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's not about becoming something,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're not.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not about achieving or manifesting or even coming into alignment.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about removing the veils that hide what you've always been,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is fully human,
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  SPEAKER_00: fully divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: So imagine for a moment that you are the ocean, but
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  you've identified as just a wave you've spent your whole life
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  feeling small
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  temporary isolated kind of on your own and then one day you
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  realize you know what
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  i'm not just this wave i'm the entire vast ocean it's always
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  been the ocean i have
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  SPEAKER_00: always been a part of that i just forgot and
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what samadhi is.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the remembering that it teaches us,
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  SPEAKER_00: the recognition of that divinity that we all have access to.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the direct experience of your true nature as infinite consciousness,
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  SPEAKER_00: temporarily expressing itself as a human being,
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  SPEAKER_00: that is what samadhi teaches us.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Patanjali describes different types of samadhi as well.
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  So there may be experiences of union,
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  but there's like a subtle sense of duality.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's still some awareness of the experience happening, right?
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  Then there's that highest state of samadhi we talked about
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  where even that dissolves.
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  SPEAKER_00: and the only non-dual awareness.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's no observer, no observed, just pure being.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the Bhavagar Gita,
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  it describes the person established in samadhi as someone who
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  remains unshaken by
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  SPEAKER_00: joy,
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  SPEAKER_00: by sorrow,
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  SPEAKER_00: one who sees the divine in all beings,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  SPEAKER_00: who acts without attachment to results.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're in the world, but not of it.
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  They engage fully with life while resting in the awareness of
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  their true nature.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from a yogic perspective, every human being is destined for samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe not necessarily in this lifetime,
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  SPEAKER_00: but eventually,
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  because we're all divine consciousness having a temporary
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  experience of separation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And
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  And the purpose of that experience,
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  it's to remember,
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  it's to awaken,
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  it's to return home.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the eight limbs of yoga are a roadmap, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: They show us how to navigate the journey from identification with,
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  SPEAKER_00: you could call it the small self,
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  SPEAKER_00: the ego,
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  SPEAKER_00: to recognition of the infinite self,
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  SPEAKER_00: the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think that if we,
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  SPEAKER_00: for a moment,
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  just think about this path that we've been traveling together
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  over these last 20
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  SPEAKER_00: episodes,
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  SPEAKER_00: we started with the yamas,
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  SPEAKER_00: how we relate to others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the niyamas, how are we relating to ourselves?
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  And then asana,
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  which is all about embodying presence through yoga postures.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pranayama, regulating our energy, directing our energy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pratyahara, the withdrawing from external distractions.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then daryana, focusing the mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dayana, subtle awareness of meditation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now samadhi, complete union.
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  SPEAKER_00: So each limb builds on the previous one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each practice and contemplation of the limbs prepares you for the next.
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  And all of it is designed to bring you to this moment of
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  recognition that you are not separate.
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  SPEAKER_00: You never were.
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  SPEAKER_00: The divine you've been seeking is the consciousness and
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  SPEAKER_00: that is accessible in any given moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this week,
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  I want to invite you to reflect on a couple of things so you
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  can journal or
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  SPEAKER_00: meditate on these questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first being,
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  SPEAKER_00: what would it feel like to truly know myself as divine,
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  SPEAKER_00: not as a concept,
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  SPEAKER_00: but as a lived reality?
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  SPEAKER_00: What
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  SPEAKER_00: Where in your life are you still believing in separation?
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  SPEAKER_00: Separation from others, from God, from your own true nature?
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  What if everything you've been seeking through external
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  validation or external
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  SPEAKER_00: means is already present within you?
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  SPEAKER_00: How would you live differently if you knew beyond doubt that
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  SPEAKER_00: that you are infinite consciousness having a temporary human experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: Samadhi isn't something you can force or even practice directly.
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  SPEAKER_00: It arises naturally when all of the conditions are right.
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  So here's how you can orient your practice towards creating
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  those conditions.
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  SPEAKER_00: So three simple things you can do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one, dedicate yourself to the eight limbs.
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  You know,
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  if you've been resonating with this podcast,
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  go revisit any of them
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  SPEAKER_00: at any given time, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: They do not have to be practiced in order by any means.
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  SPEAKER_00: The most direct path to samadhi is consistent,
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  SPEAKER_00: devoted practice of all of the eight limbs of yoga,
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  SPEAKER_00: not just meditation,
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  SPEAKER_00: but also the ethical foundations,
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  SPEAKER_00: living with integrity,
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  SPEAKER_00: practicing contentment,
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  SPEAKER_00: cultivating discipline,
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  SPEAKER_00: self-study,
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  SPEAKER_00: surrendering to the divine,
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  SPEAKER_00: stabilizing your physical body,
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  SPEAKER_00: regulating your breath,
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  SPEAKER_00: withdrawing your senses,
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  SPEAKER_00: focusing the mind,
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  SPEAKER_00: sustaining your awareness.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, this isn't a checklist to complete.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a way of life.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the way of the yogi,
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  SPEAKER_00: and it is a constant refinement,
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  a deepening commitment to aligning every aspect of your being
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  with your highest
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  SPEAKER_00: expression of truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the more that you integrate these different practices,
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  SPEAKER_00: the different limbs,
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  SPEAKER_00: the more naturally samadhi will arise.
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  The second thing you can do is to practice self-inquiry,
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  meditating on the question,
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  who am I?
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a question we explored in, which episode was it?
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  SPEAKER_00: It was the, I think it was maybe the third or fourth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Third?
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  SPEAKER_00: Gosh, I can't remember.
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  But in the episode on Swatvia,
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  that episode,
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  we explored this question,
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  who am I?
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's the question that is the doorway to samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: So who are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: Not who do you think you are,
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  SPEAKER_00: not the roles or identities that you wear,
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  SPEAKER_00: but who is the awareness that's experiencing all of this?
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  SPEAKER_00: Who is the consciousness that's been witnessing your entire life?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, sit in meditation and contemplate this question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't try to answer it intellectually.
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  Let it dissolve all of your concepts,
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  all of your identifications and stories.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who am I?
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  SPEAKER_00: Meditate on that,
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  allowing it to strip away everything that's non-essential until
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  only pure awareness
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  SPEAKER_00: remains.
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  SPEAKER_00: That awareness is what you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's who you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what remains in samadhi when everything else falls away.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then third, cultivate moments of presence throughout your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: So samadhi,
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  it's not just about a peak experience after an hour of breath
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  work or a really
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  SPEAKER_00: juicy yoga asana practice when relying in shavasana.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about recognizing the divine in every moment, even in Costco.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, Costco on a Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like one of my worst nightmares.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's so busy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Practice being fully present.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anytime you're practicing presence, you're practicing yoga.
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  When you're drinking your coffee,
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  don't just drink the coffee,
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  be present with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you're walking, just walk.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe without your phone, just step into that moment of pure presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even when you're with someone, be completely there with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: These moments of total presence are glimmers of samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are cracks in the illusion of separation.
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  There are opportunities for us to remember the truth of who we
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  really are.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the more that you practice presence, the more natural it becomes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And eventually that presence becomes our baseline, right?
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  Where we're no longer lost in thought about the past or
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  worrying about the future.
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  We're simply here,
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  present,
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  aware,
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  alive,
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  connected to the eternal present moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are three ways we can further develop and practice samadhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I cannot believe it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna say it again as I did at the beginning.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are coming to the end of our journey through the eight limbs of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in many ways, like this is just the beginning, truly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because understanding this path and the eight limbs intellectually,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's very different from walking it.
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  You know,
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  I think about my kundalini yoga teacher training,
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  the way that you walk
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  learn kundalini yoga and you become a teacher is not through
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  knowledge alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's through experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's the same thing with eight limbs of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: So knowing about samadhi is different from experiencing it.
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  And everything we've explored together over these 21 episodes
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  now,
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  they're all an invitation to
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  not just to learn,
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  but to practice,
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  to embody,
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  to truly live the path of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember,
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  SPEAKER_00: the path of yoga is this path of remembering who you really are,
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  SPEAKER_00: fully human,
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  SPEAKER_00: fully divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the most beautiful thing about this path is
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  SPEAKER_00: is that you're not trying to become something you're not.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not trying to achieve some state of perfection.
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  You're simply removing the obstacles that have been hiding you
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  from your true nature.
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  SPEAKER_00: So every practice exists.
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  SPEAKER_00: brings you closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every moment of awareness is a homecoming.
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  Every glimpse of your divine essence is proof that samadhi
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  isn't some far off
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  SPEAKER_00: destination for monks alone in the mountains.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's for us householders too.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's what you are waiting to be recognized.
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  So as you move forward from here,
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  from this series of episodes of the eight limbs and
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  SPEAKER_00: you have this opportunity to keep practicing,
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  SPEAKER_00: to keep turning inward,
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  SPEAKER_00: to keep asking this question,
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  SPEAKER_00: who am I?
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  SPEAKER_00: Who am I really?
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  SPEAKER_00: beyond the stories and illusions that I tell myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: keep choosing presence over distraction,
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  SPEAKER_00: awareness over unconsciousness,
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  SPEAKER_00: and union over separation.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the path.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the practice.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the ultimate promise of yoga is this.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are already what you are seeking.
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  SPEAKER_00: You just have to remember it.
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  So with that being said,
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  I want to thank you for listening to Through the Veil.
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  We have just completed our journey through all of the eight
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  limbs of Patanjali's
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  SPEAKER_00: eight limbs of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these are really the foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are the foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the path that countless beings of yogis have
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  SPEAKER_00: walked before us.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is your invitation to live it,
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  SPEAKER_00: not just learn it,
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  SPEAKER_00: but to really integrate and embody these teachings.
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  So as I mentioned at the start of this episode,
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  big changes are coming to this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm super excited.
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  Please make sure you are subscribed over on Substack to stay
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  connected as we
• 20:57
  SPEAKER_00: continue to explore deeper dimensions of
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  SPEAKER_00: spiritual practice in our busy lives.
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  Next week,
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  we're going to have a little bit of a mini rebrand,
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  dare I say.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to have a name change to this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: A few other things are going to be different.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to be on camera moving forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you enjoy video podcasts, we're going to start having that as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll be welcoming you into my home, just hanging out in my living room.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the episodes are going to be
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  a little bit more of a way for me to share personal insight and
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  stories from my
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  SPEAKER_00: life as a business consultant,
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  SPEAKER_00: a healer and entrepreneur.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think you're really going to enjoy the changes that are coming and
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  SPEAKER_00: So I hope you continue to listen in and tune in.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm so grateful that you are here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as always,
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  if you want to book an energy healing and intuitive reading or
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  a consult with me,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the links to work with me are in the show notes below.
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  SPEAKER_00: I cannot wait for next week's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to be different.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to be a new format.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll have video.
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  And I think you're really going to love all of the
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  conversations that we're going
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  SPEAKER_00: to start having together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much again for joining.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will see you next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Om, peace, amen.