This is a state of being, in consciousness, is similar to your most natural state of existence when you were born, which means it’s a refection on your Eternal state of being. This state of being can be considered the waiting room before Self-realization. Your ability to spend some time here will be determined by your dedication, mind control, and surrendering powers. Mind strength is your ability to keep the mind in silent repose, surrendering the world and all your predispositions as a human is a huge part of staying there. To arrive in the Samadhi state takes a high level of surrendering, sincere earnestness, and a lot of practice, because the “Witnessing state” with eyes closed is difficult, but a necessary stage.

The characteristics of the Samadhi state are beyond meditation techniques, because most techniques are designed to get you to the Witness state. However, taking the next step in is done by abandoning any links to the mind and body, all the meditation techniques and thinking is gone. In a transition zone your perceiving (Witnessing) nothing but consciousness, life force, or internal energy. This zone is more or less another waiting area, or stage before you slip into Samadhi, which is the merging or union of the perceiver and the perceived. Altogether, I see four levels or stages of spiritual progression: The Doer state, the Witness state (Active and Inactive), the Samadhi state, and the Eternal state.

Surrendering all concepts that are related to appearances, and ideas of a separate God are part of the transitioning into this divine state. Letting go, releasing your grip, looking away from all personal and conditioned responses of the mind, for one thoughtless and primordial state of being in consciousness. When sitting and waiting in the transition zone of formless meditating witnessing the life force energy it produces an unnoticeable, feelingless merge between the states, before you know it you’re in Samadhi. When consciousness falls in sync with Awareness they sit as one in the Samadhi state, without movement or reason. This thoughtless state of being is characterized as a lost of perceiving of anything external or internal, nothing outside or inside of you is perceivable nor preventing you from just being like this. The Samadhi state is the supreme state of surrendering, and your ability to stay like this for extended periods, determines your ability to surrender and go with it, which is releasing limited identity for the Eternal One. Eventually your fortitude and determination at acquiring this state of being when meditating will release you from your imaginary bondage, once liberated from the universe, death and afterlife, contentment for what is will reign supreme.

This Samadhi state, which is the closest representation of your Eternal state of being while embodied will be last step you can take before Self-realization, the ultimate step will be beyond all. To go beyond, entrainment will happen between the Samadhi state and Eternity (God) Awareness, between consciousness and Awareness, which will deliver you. It’s almost like you’re spreading out consciousness thinly until a tear in the fabric takes exposes the Eternal realm, our real Home.

In a lot of spiritual books consciousness is divided into groups: The universal or super-consciousness, and regular consciousness. This change in consciousness happens when experiencing the Source, our local consciousness changes as well when going into an unconscious state, and consciousness in the afterlife, but super-consciousness doesn’t change. It’s eternal and being eternal is Godly, I call it Awareness.

I classify Awareness as God, Eternity, Soul, Absolute Space and Self, our Eternal identity. While local consciousnesses relationship to energy is needing a form to perceive matter. Awareness is without changing and opposing particles of energy that forms need to exist. Consciousness is the child of Awareness, activated for a tour of duty, is a blessing in disguise.

Awareness’s first point of contact in the universe is in this bio-consciousness mass, referred to as “The Witness” in spiritual books. Consciousness in the body and mind is a moving form of consciousness prone to external forces creating different states of being, however Awareness is always consistent. The watcher perceiving the flow of images through consciousness until it becomes Awareness when the watcher sees Reality. Awareness can’t see the universe or even understand duality until birth. Spiritual experiences in consciousness are all over the charts, but the ultimate experience of Self-realization is the same for one and all, it happens in Awareness only, no moving visuals, no sounds, no forms, no color, no movement. Birth turns on the display of sensory enjoyment when the love affair takes off with energy and the flow of opposites. Lost in the thrill of consciousness our Eternal identity is glossed over by this temporary heightened sense of existence, which is outside the norm.

Consciousness is a product of the universe, and consequently must stay with the universe after death and the afterlife . Awareness sits in its own dimension of pure Space, is unaffected by the unfolding drama of its new attached organism. Awareness is the most subtle form of consciousness, comprised of a Still Eternal Light, the common denominator in all things, which is like a foundation behind movement of life. It seems like Awareness radiated consciousness causing a spreading wave or “Akasha field” of energy seeping out creating the universal expansion we see today. And, even though this subtle movement eventually turned life into the universe, it is still a moving part, reflection of Awareness, not the real You.

You are the still Source that supports the universe, all that appears in the universe is linked to You, but an imperfect link or an imperfect reflection of You. You are perfect at the core and a crucial piece in the puzzle of life and Eternity. Just by existing in your true identity is all you have to do, the best you can do, because by not identifying with this mass of vapors parading around as reality you turn into a beacon of truth for Awareness. Once your Soul gets a sobering look at Reality it washes away all the false notions.

Everyday in our normal working lives we are faced with many opportunities to work on our spiritual development, but we usually waste it on unproductive mind chatter. Why not put this time to good use, it really doesn’t matter how little the time is, because in establishing a new mental pattern it all begins with these wasted moments. Why let the mind control you and take you to places that don’t have any meaning or you don’t want to go, eventually adding weight on the back of your mind. When we take a close look at our internal dialogue, beyond our duties and normal reactions, most of it is complete gibberish, this technique is designed for that and can cultivate stability and mind control. You can work on these moments to advance yourself spiritually, strengthen the mind and concentration, you don’t have to give up anything.

No matter how busy our day is we experience down time with gaps in-between places, which can become mentally and spiritually productive. So many times we are caught between appointments and destinations, and it seems like a big part of life is wasted time, most of the time we fill it up with mental gossip, desires, fears and worries. Why do we reinforce bad behavior in our thoughts and not our kids.

Practice these pauses can also be done with the eyes open, whether in front of the computer, TV, reading, or any number of ways. I was able to find many ways throughout the day, there is no need of posture. When it’s down time anyways why not do it? Why entertain all this childish mind stuff that just provides more issues. There is no need to be obvious, keep it hidden, under the radar, you can do spiritual work any time and any place, a series of pauses can help you regulate your emotions. It’ll give you a calm foundation to check in at throughout the hectic day, give you a sense of peace in trying moments.

Negating thoughts by superimposing another dialogue over them works well here and necessary part of this. Catch the stupid thoughts as quickly as you can before the energy takes over with a snowball effect. The sooner you do the easier it is to shelf them and return to spiritual dialogue or down them in a meaningless and childish rhetoric.

Another technique is withdrawing your attention away to observe and focus on internal energies, thereby being in the moment with that energy. You will notice different types of currents and sensations that once observed (without thinking) in short time starts calming them down. It will depend on what you’re involved with at the time, but by going in you start defusing the situation. The over stimulated areas loose their concentrated energy, leaving the energy to flounder aimlessly, dissipating it without direction resulting in a spreading action. You can perceive this and different kinds of wavy currents, heart rate, blood flow and heat changes. I actually enjoy checking in with the life-force whenever I can. It’s like a short detour. It’s good to start with these pauses, because sitting for long periods of time in a thoughtless manner is hard to master, so you work up to more time. When you are in the background observing the current the mind ceases, but when your involved in thought your back to the foreground and the world. It’s a change in direction with your attention and focus, by falling back to the rear position before the energy you can sit and watch the inside energy move. It improves your mental health.

Remember you are not what you observe in life, so be what you are, and separate yourself from what you are not, this is the goal of peaceful pauses and meditation in general.