Communion with Shiva - Samadhi state (2005) CasTaN

Samādhi (Sanskrit: समाधि) in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a
higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna, which transcends the realms of body,
mind and intellect, and where the logical and analytical ability of the being becomes
silent. Samadhi, being the ultimate stage of Yoga, symptomatically represents itself as
the transcendental state, wherein even consciousness of the yogi might get detached from
the body. According to Bhargava Dictionary Samadhi is the exercise of austerity of a
Yogi whereby he acquires the power of suspending the connection between the body and soul
as long as he likes. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb
identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali.

In terms of Consciousness, it has been described as a non-dualistic state of consciousness
in which the consciousness of the experiencing subject becomes one with the experienced
object, and in which the mind becomes still, one-pointed or concentrated while the person
remains conscious. In Buddhism, it can also refer to an abiding in which mind becomes very
still but does not merge with the object of attention, and is thus able to observe and gain
insight into the changing flow of experience.