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Can there be a partial experience of samadhi?

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Samadhi is not a partial experience; it is the total dissolution of the knower, where glimpses of the divine can only be seen from the heights of the mind, never fully realized until one plunges into the depths of being.

— Osho
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Core Insight:
According to Osho, samadhi cannot be experienced partially; it is total dissolution of the knower. What exists are preliminary, mental or bodily glimpses - peak moments in health, love, sex, art, music - authentic yet elementary, like seeing the ocean from a mountain. These glimpses occur within mind/body, can be aided by another, and fade; true samadhi is spiritual, one's own, and irreversible.
You can have real but distant peeks of the soul from body or mind highs, but samadhi is a total merging that no one can give you and that changes you forever.
Why this matters practically
- Avoids mistaking highs for enlightenment
- Use peak moments as signposts to deepen meditation
- Reminds you real realization is self-earned, not borrowed
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